Viji Sara Mathew
Software Engineer
Bangalore
Summary
Industrious Dev Operations Engineer offering 8-year background setting up CI and CD pipelines and scripting deployment activities and total 13.8 years working with various projects handling both development as well as support roles. Well-rounded and conscientious professional committed to proactively managing change and quickly deploying critical applications. Expertise in configuration management and Agile methodologies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
Bangalore
09.2016 - 01.2021
- I was responsible for providing end to end automation for the software delivery lifecycle in keeping the firmwide vision in mind. This includes automation of individual components (build, test, deploy, monitor) to the completely automated end to end pipeline.
- Providing prompt support to AD teams to resolve issues and working closely with them to triage issues.
- Spearhead onboarding of applications from manual deployment to automated Docker-based service architecture.
- Write generic scripts/create templates to ease the task of onboarding.
- Developed continuous improvements and implemented solutions to existing infrastructure, tools and processes.
- Implemented deployment strategies using container orchestration tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Gaia Cloud Platform
- Mentored DevOps engineer interns on proper engineering methods.
- Created team strategy for SDLC automation, configuration management and release management.
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions.
- Participate in organization level workshops to encourage AD teams to move to new tools like Jules and bitbucket and so on and provide necessary guidance for the same.
DevOps Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
Mumbai
10.2012 - 09.2016
- Worked with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that improved overall functionality and performance.
- Automated deployments for over 25 applications using shell script and powershell.
- Performed process re-engineering for one of the very complicated application which required installation of multiple MSIs on different hosts with different packaged configuration and made deployment to this application as one-click.
- Perform deployment for these applications on non-prod environments as per schedule.
- Working on automation of various deployment scripts using shell scripting and further putting them on a user-friendly UI so that respective teams can run the script via Jenkins.
- Create code branches and code merging activities on SVN for the various code repositories.
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Wrote code and developed tools and integrations to meet cross-platform user needs.
- Researched and identified new technologies to use in agile development environment.
- Built automation tools and applications to deploy next-generation platforms.
- Collaborated with team to determine application requirement specifications.
- Implemented best practices to protect data and assets.
Application Support Analyst
Tech Mahindra Ltd
Pune
07.2009 - 10.2012
- Provide proactive support in resolving issues and help progress orders quickly.
- Resolve user issues by responding promptly and providing apt solutions.
- Liaise with interfacing teams to resolve issues.
- Plan and conduct trainings for new joinees in team.
- Mentoring team to follow the processes, guiding and helping them in delivering the quality.
- Have taken lead in several major and minor production release deployments.
Developer
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Pune
10.2007 - 07.2009
- Designed, developed, and implemented software applications for mainframe application BFPA which was a Bill Formatting and Printing Application for British Telecom.
- Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessary modifications.
- Collaborated with project managers to select ambitious, but realistic coding milestones on pre-release software project development.
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
- Coordinated with project management on database development timelines.
Education
Master of Science - Software Engineering
BITS Pilani
10.2007 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Vivek College
Mumbai 06.2004 - 03.2007
Skills
Docker
Kubernetes
Jenkins
Bash
Powershell
Organizational Skills
Adaptability
Change Management
Certification
ITIL V3
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
09.2016 - 01.2021
ITIL V3
07-2014
DevOps Engineer
JP Morgan Chase
10.2012 - 09.2016
Application Support Analyst
Tech Mahindra Ltd
07.2009 - 10.2012
Developer
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
10.2007 - 07.2009
Master of Science - Software Engineering
BITS Pilani
10.2007 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Vivek College
06.2004 - 03.2007