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VAISHNAVI HAMBARDE

VAISHNAVI HAMBARDE

Pune

Summary

Experienced Cloud and DevOps Engineer with 8.5 years in IT, including 5.5 years specializing in Kubernetes, AWS, and cloud automation. Proficient in designing, deploying, and managing EKS clusters, implementing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and leveraging GitOps with ArgoCD for efficient application delivery. Strong expertise in cloud infrastructure, automation, and security, with hands-on experience in Terraform, CloudFormation, and service mesh technologies like Linkerd. Skilled in monitoring and performance optimization using Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability of cloud environments.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification

Work History

Cloud Operations Engineer

Eviden
Pune
10.2022 - Current
  • Extensive experience as a Kubernetes Engineer, specializing in Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS) and cloud operations
  • Deployed and managed EKS clusters, ensuring scalability, reliability, and high availability for critical applications.
  • Upgraded Kubernetes clusters and optimized key components such as Cluster Autoscaler, Kube-Proxy, CoreDNS, and Metrics Server.
  • Designed and implemented Jenkins pipelines using CloudFormation for automated Kubernetes upgrade and patching.
  • Deep understanding of Kubernetes Networking (Services, Ingress route, Ingress Controller), Security (RBAC, Webhooks and Admission Controller), Policy (OPA), Storage (CSI, PV, SC, PVC), and Scheduling (Labels, Selectors, taints, tolerations).
  • Managed rolling updates, rollbacks, and configurations using ConfigMaps and secrets.
  • Utilized Helm charts for efficient and reusable deployments.
  • Automated application deployment to Kubernetes clusters using ArgoCD with GitOps.
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, ensuring efficient and error-free deployments.
  • Deployed Linkerd as a service mesh for traffic management and mutual TLS security.
  • Troubleshot Kubernetes and Docker-related issues, working closely with teams to ensure system stability.
  • Led disaster recovery (DR) activities for multiple applications, ensuring business continuity.
  • Managed SSL certificate renewals and Kubernetes secret updates for a secure environment.
  • Created and optimized Jenkins pipelines to enhance continuous integration and delivery (CI/CD) processes.
  • Proficient in version control systems like GitHub and Bitbucket for streamlined code management.
  • Familiar with AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) and Amazon MQ.
  • Experienced with monitoring tools such as AppDynamics, Datadog, Grafana, and Prometheus.
  • Managed incidents, service requests, and change management using ServiceNow.
  • Prepared and updated critical documentation, including weekly reports, user consumption reports, HLD, SMTD, SOPs, CMDB, and KB articles.

Cloud Administrator

Wipro Technologies
Pune
07.2020 - 10.2022
  • Managed AWS services and Azure Virtual Machines.
  • Administered AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2, ELB, EBS, EFS, ECR, ACM, Security Groups, Route 53, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, Auto Scaling, and CloudTrail.
  • Deployed and maintained Amazon EKS clusters, node groups, and AMI refresh cycles.
  • Monitored cloud resources using CloudWatch and Datadog for performance optimization.
  • Managed AWS Workspaces, backups, snapshots, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Troubleshot SSH connectivity issues for EC2 instances (Linux/Windows).
  • Configured cloud alarms and oversaw SSL certificate management.
  • Managed IAM roles, user privileges, and security policies for AWS environments.
  • Ensured high availability, performance, security, and scalability of cloud infrastructure.
  • Led EC2 instance decommissioning and maintained technical documentation.

Senior Citrix Administrator

Wipro Technologies
Pune
12.2016 - 06.2020
  • Extensive experience in Citrix Virtualization (XenApp, XenDesktop).
  • Experience in Installing, publishing and configuring business Applications/Desktop.
  • Managed Citrix Machine Catalogs, Delivery Groups, and Policies.
  • Performed XenDesktop migration (7.11 to 7.15 LTSR CU2).
  • Configured and maintained SSL certificates in Citrix Storefront.
  • Administered Citrix infrastructure (Storefront, Delivery Controller, Director, License Server).
  • Troubleshot Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop issues and automated tasks using PowerShell.
  • Managed Hyper-V VMs, AD users, Groups, and AWS Workspaces.
  • Conducted manual patching and handled incidents & service requests via ServiceNow.

Education

MTech - System Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology And Science
06-2022

BTech - Information Systems

Birla Institute of Technology And Science
06-2020

Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunication

GH Raisoni Polytechnic
06-2016

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure Fundamentals
  • Kubernetes & Containerization: Amazon EKS, Docker, Containerd
  • DevOps Tools: GitHub, GitOps, ArgoCD, Jenkins,Cloudformation and Terraform
  • Service Mesh: Kong, Kuma, LinkerD
  • Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
  • Scripting & Automation: Shell scripting, YAML, Helm Charts
  • Security & Networking: RBAC, Ingress Controllers, SSL Certificate Management
  • Virtualization: Citrix Administration, Windows Server
  • OS: Linux RedHat and Windows

Certification

AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Languages

Marathi
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Marathi
Advanced (C1)
C1

Accomplishments

  • Wipro CIS Award for outstanding contributions.
  • CIS Delivery Star Award for excellence in operations.
  • Certificate of Appreciation received for four consecutive quarters.
  • Spot Recognition Award received twice for exceptional performance.
  • Bronze Award for significant achievements in project delivery.

Timeline

Cloud Operations Engineer

Eviden
10.2022 - Current

Cloud Administrator

Wipro Technologies
07.2020 - 10.2022

Senior Citrix Administrator

Wipro Technologies
12.2016 - 06.2020

MTech - System Engineering

Birla Institute of Technology And Science

BTech - Information Systems

Birla Institute of Technology And Science

Diploma - Electronics and Telecommunication

GH Raisoni Polytechnic

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