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SIVAPRAKASH ANANDHAN

Chennai, Pudur, Ambattur

Summary

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) with 10.5 years of experience and good exposure in Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, DevOps, Terraform, Monitoring, and various Open-Source tools. Experience in release management through GitLab CI/CD pipeline and site reliability with strong troubleshooting skills. Have good exposure in Infrastructure as code and GitOps. Technologically-savvy professional with proven customer service, time management, and multitasking abilities. Attentive to customer needs and ready to break down technical problems to develop effective solutions. Talented Support Engineer adept at applying abilities, drive, and technical skills to deliver positive impact. Proactive and hardworking team player with focused mentality and rigorous approach.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Support Engineer

Comcast India Engineering Center
Chennai
03.2024 - Current
  • Provide expert-level support for AWS services and EKS Kubernetes clusters, addressing complex issues to ensure optimal performance and uptime of customer SaaS products.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve escalated issues from L2 teams by accessing and analyzing Kubernetes clusters, identifying root causes, and implementing effective solutions.
  • Utilize Docker for containerization and manage infrastructure using Terraform to maintain and enhance deployment processes.
  • Employ Salesforce for tracking and managing support tickets, ensuring timely and efficient resolution of customer issues.
  • Use Jira for issue tracking and project management, coordinating with cross-functional teams to address and resolve technical challenges.
  • Continuously monitor system performance and conduct proactive maintenance to prevent potential disruptions and improve overall system reliability.
  • Develop and maintain documentation for troubleshooting procedures, system configurations, and best practices

SECDEVOPS SPECIALIST

TATA ELXSI LTD
Chennai
12.2022 - 03.2024
  • Demonstrated strong hands-on experience in Ansible, developing and implementing Ansible code for various infrastructure components such as GitLab, HashiCorp Vault, and NTP
  • Utilized Ansible to automate deployment, configuration, and orchestration processes, ensuring efficient and reliable infrastructure management
  • Proficient in managing Ansible code within GitLab, facilitating collaboration, version control, and code review processes
  • Implemented secure DevOps practices by integrating security tools into the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring early detection and remediation of vulnerabilities
  • Prepared execution environments for building Podman images, leveraging Ansible for seamless integration and deployment
  • Extensive experience with Harbor Registry, including pulling and pushing images, and conducting vulnerability assessments using Harbor Trivy
  • Deployed Ansible code in VMware vCenter environment using AWX, ensuring streamlined deployment and management of infrastructure resources
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and refine user stories and guidelines for security components, aligning with industry best practices
  • Demonstrated exceptional troubleshooting skills in identifying and resolving issues related to DevOps tools, ensuring smooth operations and minimal downtime

SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

03.2022 - 12.2022
  • Deploying and maintaining container applications to the Kubernetes cluster using terraform and GitLab CI/CD and troubleshooting k8s cluster issues and maintaining terraform state file for migration and upgradation
  • Helm chart deployments, ingress services, and troubleshooting pods
  • Running the production environment by monitoring availability and taking a holistic view of system health
  • Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability
  • Experience in Troubleshooting Kubernetes clusters and documenting the process
  • Kubernetes certificate renewal by upgrading k8s cluster
  • Enable Kubernetes Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and protect etcd with TLS, Firewall and Encryption
  • Monitor Network Traffic to Limit Communications and enabling audit log
  • Excellent knowledge of AWS services such as S3, EC2, ELB, etc
  • Configuration and managing databases such as MySQL, MariaDB, Mongo, elk stack
  • Experience in Supporting & maintaining Linux, Virtualization and container platform
  • Excellent analytical & troubleshooting skills.

TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED
11.2019 - 04.2021
  • NFVI OPEN STACK FOR TELECOM CLOUD VIRTUALIZATION
  • Integration and Configuration of NFVI on Open stack
  • Integration of CEPH storage
  • VNF packages that conform to package and NFV environment requirements of particular service providers (SPs) or onboarding systems
  • NFVO consumes TOSCA VNFD
  • Create VNF Descriptor (VNFD)/VNFFGD and elements such as described for Tacker, Application configuration/state data model and APIs (yang)
  • Uploads VNF to onboarding system, which performs basic package validation with artifacts needed to bring up the VNF in a specified NFV environment
  • In a compatible NFV environment, the SP verifies basic functionality of the VNF, per tests supplied/described by the developer
  • Verification of test in specific NFV env, executing tests, in compatible NFV environments
  • NFVO/VNFM systems deploy the VNF per the requirements of the VNF/service/end-user
  • Creation of CatLog for (VNF and NS) Dev Ops, On boarding and Production in OPNFV
  • Installation and deployment of NFVI and VNF Orchestration for Ericsson Telecom Project
  • Onboard VNF using CLI and Horizon dashboard

RANCHER KUBERNETES ENGINEER

NOKIA NETWORKS LTD
04.2021 - 02.2021
  • Maintaining an expert-level understanding of the SUSE and Rancher portfolio of products
  • Strong Knowledge in K8S architecture and Master, Worker node and deploying container in Kubernetes
  • Demonstrating the impact of SUSE and Rancher solutions for partners and users
  • Experience with containers and container orchestration (Rancher, Kubernetes, Docker, Mesos)
  • Perform deep-dives into product code as necessary to help triage and investigate issues
  • Analyse trends from tickets toward options for enhancing the overall supportability of SUSE Rancher solutions
  • Strong knowledge of K8s Architecture and CRE
  • Strong knowledge of Kubernetes object and resources (PODS, Services, storage, Label, selector, annotation, Istio, ETCD, Master Node, worker node handling
  • NFV solutions and Open stack technologies
  • Installation, dimensioning, and trouble shooting
  • Preferably CEE the Ericsson version of Open Stack
  • Fault management of NFV/SDN Open stack
  • Issue handling in compute, storage, Network in order to have good VNF Environment
  • Handling alarms of compute, storage, networking, and open stack components via CIC and Fuel
  • NFV Infrastructure (NFVI) and Cloud Native Infrastructure (CNI) are the current Cloud Solutions, which are based on the PDU Cloud products CEE, HDS & SDN and EO (ECM), that provides an Infrastructure for our Ericsson and 3PP VNFs/Applications
  • Work with core team on list of potential activities and solutions
  • Troubleshooting compute related issue via console, Kernel log and fault fixing
  • Troubleshooting Storage related issues ( Nexenta Storage) and take care portioning of disk
  • Handling OpenStack based Cloud infrastructure services including Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Storage (Cinder/Glance/Swift), Ceilometer among many others
  • Strong Knowledge on VM Rebuild, VM Migration, CSU Replacement, Disk replacement
  • Knowledge and experience with virtualization technologies - Docker containers
  • Solid understanding of Intel x86 architecture
  • Practical experience and knowledge of Linux architecture and Kernel drivers
  • Knowledge in wireless communication and familiarity with one of the cellular standards, i.e., 2G/3G/LTE/LTE-Advanced/5G-NR advantage

NETWORK OPTIMIZATION ENGINEER

NOKIA NETWORK LTD
05.2017 - 11.2019
  • Multi-Vendor Experience: Alcatel, Nera, Nokia, NEC, SIAE
  • Extensive knowledge in Operation and Maintenance of GSM/3G and microwave networks
  • Directed systems analysis and test, troubleshooting supervision, and conduct/coordinate technical support
  • Proactive / Reactive Backbone alarm monitoring with resolution, customer incident resolution and carrying out planned outages for data network (Alcatel SAM 5620, NEC PNMSJ01, SIAE tools), test and deliver error free services to customers
  • Strong knowledge in 2G ,3G, LTE Technologies
  • Regularly monitor ODU transmit and receive power, SNR, and other
  • Link to performance indicators
  • Regularly review historical records
  • Pay special attention to the links with transmit power more than 3 dB from the designed value
  • Detailed working Knowledge in MW optimization in design level
  • Microwave and fiber bandwidth Tracking and planning optimization activities and up gradations
  • Supporting vendor teams during new hop deployment and supporting operating teams during outages
  • Preparing BOQ for MW links and Other Transmission related Equipment and cards based on the requirement
  • Analyze the transmit and receive power of the microwave link both during the fault and historically
  • Possible fault types include LOS, multipath fading, ODU faults
  • Microwave database Maintenance
  • Microwave Network Performance analysis (EB, SES, ES, UAS)
  • Handling Performance related issues raised by RAN/Core team
  • Identifying LOS Issues, Fading, Interference issue and take action accordingly to rectify the issue
  • Preparing MW utilizations Report
  • SPOF analysis and recommendation
  • Rerouting activities if required for community/power/LOS issues
  • Network Synchronization Alarm Analysis
  • CAC /IP based route capacity
  • Complete transmission network database management (HLD, LLD, Topology, DCN, QoS, Sync)
  • Links capacity/MOD/Channel spacing/Conf
  • Monitoring Transmission parameters such as Frequency, Capacity, Hi-low violations, Visibility, ALCQ/ATPC settings, Labelling, Rx level and correcting the values in case of any deviation
  • RSL Deviation checking based on planning data and priorities critical and major RSL Db deviations and escalating to Field team to correct the deviation

SDH/DWDM PLANNING ENGINEER

TATA COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSFORMATION LTD
08.2015 - 04.2017
  • Planning & Design for New 2.5G, 10G, 40G & 100G build using DWDM Ciena CPL/ 6500, 5400
  • Planning & Design for New 10GEthernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 100Meg Ethernet circuits builds using transmission to handover to router point
  • As part of planning & Design preparing Technical Design Document & Traffic routing analysis & Circuits remodeling using Mori & Cramer tool
  • Detailed Core Network Planning & Design
  • Relating order using Mori & CRAMER applications
  • Co-ordinations with Vodafone UK Clients
  • New MUX Integration & Commissioning of OMS-1684, 1664, 840
  • Preparation of Transmission Design Documents to establish 100G/40G, 10G, 1G circuits in core Network & Customer access bearer
  • Maintaining Planned outage completion within time
  • Up gradation of DWDM, OTN, SDH networks
  • Circuit VC12, VC3, VC4 & 100meg, 1G circuits provisioning using NMS, EMS
  • Co-ordinate with internal/external stack holders
  • Providing effective solution for customer requirement of products of IPVPN, EWL, EPL/IEPL, IPLC/NPLC, and Internet access, voice and bandwidth of 2MB/100MB/1000MB/2.5G/10G/40G/100G circuits
  • Planning customer access Single, Dual Diverse & Network protection based on requirement
  • Network capacity check, interacting with OLO for quotes, solution proposal and documentation

FAULT MANAGEMENT ENGINEER- NETWORK OPERATIONS

NOKIA NETWORKS LTD
CHENNAI
04.2014 - 08.2015
  • Good Knowledge in NOKIA NOC Process
  • First level analysis and troubleshooting problems in Network Elements
  • Monitoring load on signaling links
  • ATCA Media Gateway troubleshooting & analyzing
  • Creating & Deleting backup, diagnosing/Troubleshooting hardware's in daily basis for ATCA MGW
  • Analyzing the CLEAR CODE in network elements & taking necessary action
  • Maintaining the weekly MOD BACKUP for all network elements
  • Operation & maintenance MSS/MGW's and its units
  • Coordination with GSM/CDMA/PSTN operators, to solve the problems in E1's and links down issues
  • Alarm analysis of all the servers
  • Daily backup Activities

OPENSTACK Trainee

Nex-G Exuberant Solutions Pvt
  • Ltd
  • ICS_CLOUD_AWS_L1, EXPERIENCE
  • Hashi Corp vault, consul, NTP, Gitlab, Redis, PostgreSQL, PgBouncer, Sidekiq, Kafka
  • AWS, SUSE Rancher K8s, Docker Engine, Kubernetes
  • Optus cloud
  • Ericson Hyperscale Datacenter System (HDS8000)
  • Red hat Open stack Fuel, CIC, Nexenta Storage, Zenoss, TeMIP
  • Ericson Cloud Manager, Ericson Orchestrator, Ericson Cloud Container

Education

B.E - Electronics and Communications

sns college of tech Coimbatore
india
SEP ‘2013

Skills

  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Gitlab CICD
  • Linux
  • Harbor Registry, Harbor Trivy
  • Monitoring tools
  • Cloud
  • Grafana, Prometheus
  • AWS, Open stack
  • Telecom (2G ,3G ,4G, 5G)
  • NFVi
  • Rancher, Ericson cloud
  • Docker, Container, Podman
  • SDH, DWDM, Microwave
  • JIRA Ticketing tool
  • AWX

Certification

CKA Certified (Certified Kubernetes administration) CCNA Certified CCNP Course completed

Timeline

DevOps Support Engineer

Comcast India Engineering Center
03.2024 - Current

SECDEVOPS SPECIALIST

TATA ELXSI LTD
12.2022 - 03.2024

SITE RELIABILITY ENGINEER

03.2022 - 12.2022

RANCHER KUBERNETES ENGINEER

NOKIA NETWORKS LTD
04.2021 - 02.2021

TECH MAHINDRA LIMITED
11.2019 - 04.2021

NETWORK OPTIMIZATION ENGINEER

NOKIA NETWORK LTD
05.2017 - 11.2019

SDH/DWDM PLANNING ENGINEER

TATA COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSFORMATION LTD
08.2015 - 04.2017

FAULT MANAGEMENT ENGINEER- NETWORK OPERATIONS

NOKIA NETWORKS LTD
04.2014 - 08.2015

OPENSTACK Trainee

Nex-G Exuberant Solutions Pvt

B.E - Electronics and Communications

sns college of tech Coimbatore

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