DevOps Consultant (November, 2025 – Present)

Project: Transamerica

• Designing and reviewing DevOps architectures; implementing end-to-end CI/CD solutions on Jenkins, PowerShell, vault on AWS platform.

DevOps Consultant / DevSecOps / L1, L2, L3 Support / FAST Automation Developer / Gen AI (December, 2019 – November, 2025)

Project: Citi Equity

• Designing and reviewing DevOps architectures; implementing end-to-end CI/CD solutions on OpenShift using Helm, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Developing CI/CD policies, governance frameworks, and pipelines with Maven, NodeJS, Python, and Jenkins; integrating auto-rollback mechanisms.
• Installing and configuring DevOps tools including Bitbucket, TeamCity, SonarQube, JFrog, UrbanCode Deploy, Snyk, BlackDuck, Tekton, and Harness.
• Leading POCs, migrations, and custom DevOps implementations (e.g., Lightspeed Classic & Enterprise); ensuring compliance, cost optimization, and risk mitigation.
• Managing team workloads, troubleshooting complex build/release issues, and optimizing performance in multi-component environments.
• Building a GenAI-based DevOps accelerator using AWS, Kafka, Grafana, JMeter, Checkmarx, and other modern technologies.
• Integrating AI/ML pipelines into DevOps using MLflow, Kubeflow, and SageMaker for continuous training, versioning, and model deployment.
• Automating infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Ansible (IaC).
• Enhancing system reliability and performance through observability stacks like Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, and Loki.
• Leveraging NLP/GenAI models (e.g., GPT, BERT) to automate release documentation, generate intelligent incident reports, and manage knowledge bases.
• Providing L1–L3 support across multi-cloud and on-prem environments for build, deployment, and production incidents.
• Collaborating with development and QA teams to standardize environments, reduce build failures, and minimize rollbacks.
• Developing FAST (Fully Automated Scripted Testing) frameworks to enable continuous testing and auto-healing capabilities.
• Implementing AI-based auto-remediation logic for known infrastructure issues, integrated with monitoring and incident management platforms.

Associate Specialist Technology – Build, Release & Environment Management (May, 2010 – November, 2019)

Project: Riskonnect Inc.

• Engineered DevOps automation frameworks and CI/CD workflows to optimize SDLC across diverse applications.
• Managed source control (Git, SVN), branching strategies, versioning, and merges in cross-functional collaboration.
• Streamlined deployments via shell/script automation; integrated fail-safe rollbacks and static code analysis (SonarQube, Veracode, NCover).
• Built automated testing pipelines with Selenium, LoadRunner, Web UI tools, integrated into CI platforms (Jenkins, TeamCity, CruiseControl).
• Containerized apps using Docker; orchestrated microservices deployments via Kubernetes (pods, services, autoscaling).
• Provisioned AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, IAM, CloudFormation, CodeCommit); enforced security groups and access control.
• Monitored infrastructure/applications using Nagios, Splunk, Cacti; maintained health reports and participated in daily standups.
• Packaged software using InstallShield and WiX; supported DB transformation, anonymization, and migration efforts.
• Automated infra provisioning and app deployment using Ansible and Jenkins to accelerate release cycles.
• Drove Infrastructure as Code (IaC) adoption with Terraform and CloudFormation for repeatable, version-controlled environments.
• Implemented Blue-Green and Canary deployment strategies to reduce downtime and release risk.
• Promoted “shift-left” by embedding security/testing early in CI/CD with Dev and QA collaboration.
• Tuned Kubernetes clusters for performance with autoscaling, health checks, and resource quotas.
• Led RCA and post-mortems for production issues; implemented permanent fixes to enhance resilience.
• Secured deployments via secrets management tools (AWS Secrets Manager, HashiCorp Vault).

• Managed software build and release cycles across products (e.g., SYSTAT, SigmaPlot) using CruiseControl, IBM ClearCase, and Batch/VB scripts on Windows 7/8 and Unix platforms.
• Automated deployment pipelines and CI workflows, ensuring streamlined delivery across environments.
• Created custom installer packages using InstallShield, Wise for Windows Installer, and developed utilities in C/C++ with Windows API for services, registry actions, and manual setups.
• Built Excel add-on tools and license key generation utilities to support technical teams, using C/C++.
• Authored technical documentation and HTML-based install guides; contributed to analysis, design, and implementation of interactive modules in C/C++.
• Integrated version control and branching strategies within ClearCase, enhancing parallel development and code stability across distributed teams.
• Designed rollback and patching mechanisms for product updates, improving system reliability and minimizing release downtime.
• Optimized installer performance and reduced setup issues by implementing advanced custom actions and system checks using Windows Installer APIs.
• Collaborated with QA to create automated test triggers post-deployment, ensuring functional verification of new builds.