Nikhil Ramasani

Mail: are@[Link] DevOps/Cloud Engineer

Mobile: +1 9402392891

SUMMARY

 Having 10 years of industry experience and Implemented DevOps strategies and efficient solutions
to seamlessly deliver high-quality software applications.
 Expertise provisioning AWS Cloud Services EC2, IAM, S3, AMI, EBS, ELB, Auto - Scaling, Config,
Secrets, Route 53, KMS, DNS, VPC, VPN, CFN,SNS, SQS, RDS, CloudFront, Glacier, Lambda, API
Gateway, CDN, CDK & CLI, etc.,
 Provisioned and managed a wide range of Azure Cloud services including Resource Manager,
Subscriptions, Resource Groups, App Services, Virtual Networks (VNets), VPN tunnels, Blob Storage,
VM Scale Sets, Azure SQL Databases, Log Analytics, Security Center, Traffic Manager, CDN, and
Notification Hubs.
 Experience with computing services like IAAS, PAAS, and SAAS throughout SDLC using Agile
methods.
 Extensive experience in handling all the aspects of Installation, Configuration, and Administration of
RPM, and NPM on Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Debian), Unix, and Windows servers.
 Managed Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters and associated Azure resources to ensure
scalable and resilient deployments.
 Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for automated build, test, and deployment
processes.
 Containerized microservices using Docker, and Kubernetes for automated deployments, scaling &
operations.
 Deployed scalable data pipelines on Databricks using Terraform for infrastructure as code.
 Integrated Harness with GitHub, Jenkins, and monitoring tools for full-stack DevOps automation.
 Integrated Copado tool with Azure DevOps to streamline Salesforce release management and CI/CD
pipelines.
 Deployed and maintained Apache Druid in on-premise and cloud-native environments for real-time
data analytics.
 Automated deployment processes by configuring Copado tool in conjunction with Azure DevOps
workflows.
 Created reusable Terraform modules to standardize cloud infrastructure deployments across
multiple environments.
 Configuring, Branching, Merging, and Tagging Version Control/SCM using Git,ARM Templates,
GitHub, SVN & and Bitbucket.
 Configured Jenkins, Bamboo & TFS for continuous integration & delivery by creating pipeline,
builds, plugins.
 Experience with Middleware installations, deployments, and domain configurations for Java/J2EE
applications and web servers Apache Tomcat, Red Hat JBoss, IBM WebSphere, IIS, and Oracle
WebLogic.
 Wide knowledge of J2EE SOA technologies such as Servlets, JMS, CFN, JSP, JDBC, and Object-
Oriented Programming & Java frameworks (MVC & Spring boot), etc.,
 Handled ICM (Incident and Case Management) workflows for rapid incident response and resolution.
 Utilized Geneva and Kusto queries for service monitoring, diagnostics, and telemetry analysis.
 Maintained and debugged backend services written in C# to ensure high availability and
performance.
 Integrated APIs for seamless communication between services and client applications.
 Developed automation scripts and internal tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual
interventions.
 Wide knowledge using IDEs like AWS Cloud9, Visual Studio, PyCharm, Eclipse.
 Involved in designing, and configuring Microservices, and REST APIs using Java (Spring), and Python
(Boto3/Django).
 Experience with RDBMS and SQL Databases Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL & MongoDB, restorations,
log generation, datastores, and caching (Memcached, Redis), reviewing queries, partitioning,
backup/restoring and syncing data.
 Assisted configuring defect tracking using JIRA/Confluence and SNOW and workspace chat Slack &
Teams.
 Experience with RedHat Product Services RHE Linux CentOS, OpenShift, JBoss, Ansible Tower.
 Performed Server Migrations deploying applications, Terraform,databases, and Linux/Unix servers
moving all client’s data.
 Strong awareness of Storage, Networking, Internet Protocols, OSI, and Distributed Networks.
 Data Engineering by modifying Python scripts to automate and manage ETL processes and
Dependencies.
 Worked with Hadoop clusters & and Elastic Map Reduce to migrate files to Redshift with Data
pipeline.
 Data Management using big data solutions Redshift, Glue, Kinesis, Hadoop & and EMR clusters
services on the cloud.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Debian, Alpine), Unix, Windows
 Infra as a Code: Chef, Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation CFT & ARM Templates
 Middleware/Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic, JBoss, IIS
 Cloud Services: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, GCP
 Containerization & Orchestration: Docker/Swarm, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Elastic Services, PCF
 Continuous Integration/Delivery/Testing: Jenkins, Bamboo, VSTS/TFS, TeamCity, SonarQube,
Selenium
 CICD Plugins: Maven, Ant, Nexus, Artifactory, J frog, u Deploy
 Version Control Systems: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, SVN
 Scripting & Programming: JSON, YAML, Shell, Python, Groovy, Java Scripts & C++,
Java/J2EE, .Net
 API Services: AWS API Gateway, Apigee, MuleSoft, Postman
 Identity/Asset Management: Active Directory, IAM
 Data Security Compliance & Governance: HIPAA, PHI, PCI, PII & DSS
 Key Service Metrics: SLA, SLO, SLI, KPI & SOA
 Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, SMTP, VPN, SSH, SSL, DHCP, Firewalls, Load Balancers
 Database: RDBMS, MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Memcached
 Virtualization: Oracle VM Virtual Box and VMware
 ALM Bug Tracking/ Ticketing/Env’s: Atlassian (Jira, Confluence), SNOW, Scrum, Agile
 APM/LM: Splunk, Dynatrace, New Relic, Datadog, SolarWinds, ELK, Nagios, AppDynamics,
Prometheus/Grafana

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Client: Pacific Life, CA

Role: DevOps/Cloud Engineer
Duration: April 2024 – To Date

Responsibilities:
 Provisioned infrastructure as code, execution plans, resource graph, and change automation using
Terraform.
 Setting up the build and deployment automation for Terraform scripts using Jenkins.
 Containerized Applications using Docker, EKS, CFN, ECR, and ECS services for managing the
application life cycle.
 Managed containerized applications using Kubernetes, including Helm charts, rolling updates, and
cluster scaling.
 Developed Python automation scripts for CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure provisioning, and log
aggregation.
 Integrated Databricks notebooks with version control systems like Git for streamlined collaboration
and code management.
 Implemented Copado tool branching strategy within Azure DevOps Git repos to manage multiple
development streams.
 Automated Databricks job scheduling and monitoring using REST APIs and custom Python scripts.
 Administrated Kubernetes for automating deployments via helm charts.
 Installed and Configured Linux (RHEL), Unix platforms patches, updates, file system, backup,
security, etc.
 Implemented a CI/CD pipeline with Docker, CFN,VSTS (TFS Plugin installed), GitHub, and Container
Service.
 Configured build Plugins Maven and Ant stored artifact builds in jFrog and Nexus repos.
 Configured OpenShift platform clusters for container deployments, and migrated cloud
deployments.
 Implemented Software Release Management strategies for various Java and .Net apps according to
the Agile process.
 Monitored Applications (APM) using Splunk, Dynatrace, SolarWinds, Datadog
 Shell/Python (Boto3, Django) scripts to automate builds for web apps to manage files and networks.
 Involved in Microservices development using Java Framework (Spring boot & MVC).
 Collaborated with SQL database teams in provisioning,ARM Templates, capacity planning, and
upgrades, and analysed performance issues.
 Deployed and managed microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), optimizing scalability
and uptime across production environments.
 Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, enabling automated builds, tests,
and rollouts across multiple environments.
 Automated deployment processes using GitOps workflows with ArgoCD on Kubernetes
environments.
 Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Harness for seamless, automated deployments and rollback
capabilities across multiple environments.
 Automated back promotion and conflict resolution using Copado tool in Azure DevOps integrated
workflows.
 Used Copado tool for audit tracking and compliance reporting of Salesforce deployments via Azure
DevOps.
 Orchestrated containerized applications using Kubernetes, enabling efficient deployment, scaling,
and management of microservices.
 Wrote Python scripts to parse logs, monitor metrics, and trigger alerts in DevOps workflows.
 Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
across multi-cloud environments.
 Configured Glue Jobs & EMR cluster distribution using Python scripts.
 Data Management on large datasets sort, aggregate & join ETL Processes and configure EMR
clusters & and Redshift.
 Orchestrated ETL workflows on Databricks using Apache Airflow integrated with cloud storage and
compute.
 Installed and configured MQ Clustering and messaging broker queues using AMQ,ARM Templates,
SQS, SNS, Kafka & and Cognito.
 Microservices over monolithic approach, applications to be independently scalable, version-able,
and deployable.

Environment: Azure, RHEL, Ansible, Shell, Jira, Jenkins, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, SonarQube,
Terraform, Hashi Corp Vault, Splunk, Apigee, Databricks, LDAP, IAM, EMR, Tomcat, WebSphere,
Kafka, ETL, Redshift, Redis, RabbitMQ, Java

Client: Sentara Healthcare, VA

Role: DevOps/ AWS Cloud Engineer
Duration: August 2022 – April 2024

Responsibilities:
 Configured and maintained AWS Infrastructure Services, Linux, and Applications in multiple
environments.
 Managed the AWS Security & Compliance resources for Application/User Security & cut
vulnerabilities to 20%.
 Installing, configuring, and administering Jenkins CI/CD on Linux/Windows machines along with
adding/updating plugins such as Build Pipeline, SVN, SSH Agent, GIT Hub, Maven, ANT, SonarQube,
Thin Backup, Junit, etc.
 Integrated Terraform with CI/CD pipelines for automated and consistent infrastructure rollouts.
 Performed drift detection and state management using Terraform Cloud and remote backends.
 Enabled monitoring and alerting for Databricks jobs and clusters using Prometheus, Grafana, and
cloud-native tools.
 Streamlined DevOps practices for ML lifecycle using MLflow within Databricks.
 Managed live incidents through ICM (Incident and Case Management), ensuring minimal downtime
and tracking resolution workflows.
 Assisted Data Management process and dependencies using AWS Datasets services Glue & Config
EMR clusters.
 Configured and managed Databricks clusters for development, testing, and production
environments in AWS.
 Configured Jenkins to create build pipelines, new jobs, managing plugins like Maven, Docker, etc.
for build configurations using Groovy and deploy docker images to AWS ECS/ECR & Google Cloud
GCR.
 Designed and maintained production-grade Kubernetes clusters for microservices orchestration and
autoscaling.
 Implemented Kubernetes RBAC, namespaces, and Network Policies to enforce multi-tenant security
standards.
 Involved in designing and integrating APIs using Apigee and AWS API gateway.
 Configured AWS route 53 to push traffic to Lambdas that are closer to customers using CloudFront
Edge location.
 Built and maintained Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, autoscaling, and fault
tolerance.
 Monitored Druid cluster performance metrics and logs using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack.
 Integrated multiple RESTful APIs for inter-service communication, supporting seamless client-
service interactions.
 Automated infrastructure provisioning and service deployment through custom scripting and
DevOps tooling (PowerShell/Python).
 Administrated OpenShift origin clusters to deploy multi-tenant applications using Kubernetes on the
cloud.
 Developed and maintained Databricks infrastructure using Terraform modules to ensure repeatable
and consistent deployments.
 Integrated Databricks workflows into enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
 Installed & and configured Kubernetes to deploy, scale, load balance and manage Docker
containers.
 Build Docker Images and deployed Restful API microservices in the Containers managed by
Kubernetes.
 Configured container-based deployments using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker hub,
and Docker registries, installing and configuring Kubernetes.
 Used Spinnaker for Kubernetes Continuous Deployment and Rolling Updates.
 Deployed and managed serverless app websites and scheduled cron jobs using AWS Lambdas
Serverless.
 Collaborated with the Production Team in Configuring and integrating RESTful API calls using JSON.
 Shell/Python Scripts to configure various app services to Insert/Delete/Modify content.
 Developed single-page applications using AWS CDk’s, jQuery, JavaScript, NodeJS, HTML & CSS for
styling.
 Modified Redshift UDFs and Lambda functions using Python for custom data transformation and ETL
processes.
 Used AWS Redshift, S3, Redshift spectrum, and Athena services to query large amounts of data
stored on S3 to create a Virtual Data Lake and process the datasets, and ETL process and Glue Jobs
using Python.
 VM’s Server migrations by moving all client’s data, and configuration settings using Amazon
Migration Services.
 Designing lambda functions to generate email/text messages publish/subscribe using SQS, SES,
and SNS and configured Kafka clusters/broker topics and serverless functions based on event, and
schedule driven.
 Responsible for handling AWS (Amazon Web Services) Security Operations (SecOps) and
troubleshooting, and fixing the network related issues.
 Customized JIRA/Confluence for documentation, workflow, and creating various dashboards based
on bugs/issues.
 Implemented Performance Monitoring of CPU, Memory, Disks, and Network using Cloud Watch &
Cloud Health.

Environment: AWS, RHEL, Linux, Unix, Windows, Chef, Jira, Jenkins, TFS, Python, Docker,
Kubernetes, CFT, Terraform, Git, Hashi Corp Vault, Java, databricks, Tomcat, JBOSS, Kafka, Splunk,
Nginx, PCF, Active Directory, Alert Logic, Lambda

Client: Fortune Marketing, India

Role: DevOps/Middleware Engineer
Duration: March 2018 – June 2021

Responsibilities:
 Configured AWS & Azure cloud services and multi-platforms Linux/Unix, RHEL, and Windows
servers.
 Provisioned infrastructure as a code using CloudFormation, ARM, and Terraform JSON/YAML
Templates.
 Configured Azure DevOps pipelines for the build process, and integrated pipeline, and deployed
existing VSTS/TFS builds.
 Implemented a CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps (VSTS/TFS) in both cloud and on-premises with
GIT, MS Build, Docker, and Maven along with Jenkins plugins using YAML/JSON.
 Led deployment and scaling of microservices using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and managed
supporting Azure resources.
 Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to streamline code integration and delivery
workflows.
 Managed incidents using ICM, ensuring timely resolution and root cause analysis for service-
impacting issues.
 Configured Jenkins/Bamboo Pipeline for managing weekly Build/Test/Debug/Deploy chain
 Managed Azure Infrastructure Web Roles, Worker Roles, VM Roles, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure
AD Licenses, Virtual Machine Backup and Recover from a Recovery Services Vault using Azure
PowerShell and Azure Portal.
 Administrated IIS servers and configured Microsoft OMS, Backup, and Restore for the application
data using Azure.
 Modified Shell/Java scripts to run the unit tests on different jobs in Jenkins/Bamboo for testing the
code quality.
 Worked on creating custom Docker container images, tagging, and pushing the images.
 Used Docker Swarm for automating the deployment of applications inside software containers.
 Configured Kubernetes services like Kube API, Kube-Controller, proxy and Scheduler, Pods, etc.,
 Exposure to SQL database systems like MySQL, Oracle, and PostgreSQL.
 Performed service maintenance and enhancements in C#, improving reliability and reducing
downtime.
 Integrated REST APIs across client and service layers, enabling seamless cross-platform
communication.
 Created custom automation scripts and tooling in PowerShell/Python to optimize deployment and
operational tasks.
 Drove release planning through the SDP process, coordinating end-to-end service delivery and
version control.
 Build and Deploy Java/J2EE web application environments like models, portals, navigation, and page
layouts.
 Configured & managed API’s integrations using MuleSoft & Postman, Jira services.
 Integrated Splunk with Active Directory and LDAP for authentication and messaging services on the
servers.
 Developed and Maintained documents of user accounts, files, and directory permissions, securing
Linux systems.

Environment: AWS, AZURE, Windows, Linux, VMs, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker,
Oracle, PostgreSQL, LDAP, WebLogic, Tomcat, Ansible, uDeploy, Python, Shell.

Client: Nucleus Software, India

Role: DevOps/Build Release/Linux Engineer
Duration: September 2014 – March 2018

Responsibilities:
 Configured AWS cloud services like EC2, EBS, ASG, ELB, AMI, SNS, SQS, Lambda, and CloudWatch.
 Configured AWS network settings VPN, VPC, DNS, Route 53, Load balancers, and security groups.
 Configured AWS storage services S3 & Glacier and buckets, versioning, and life policies.
 Configured AWS security & Governance IAM, MFA, Guard duty, Inspector, Macie, WAF, KMS/CMK.
 Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform templates & and CloudFormation CFT.
 Build CI/CD Pipelines in Jenkins to retrieve code, compile apps, perform tests, and push build
artifacts to Nexus.
 Admin Databases RDS, Aurora, Dynamo DB, Azure SQL & and IIS for reporting, and APIs.
 Configured Azure Cloud Services, Storage, SQL Azure and web, worker roles, and Azure web apps.
 implemented Python, and shell scripts by using stranded libraries to automate jobs and for getting
all agent logs, Inventory, Remote connections, Network USA, and performance counters from
Linux/Unix & windows servers.
 Querying RDBMS such as Oracle, MY SQL, and SQL Server by using PL/SQL for data integrity.
 Administrated Active Directory & and configured security protocols SAML, Kerberos, LDAP, OWASP
& SSL.
 Linux Administration Installation, Configuration, Patching, Tuning, and Upgrades of Linux &
Windows machines.

Environment: AWS, Chef, Terraform, Linux, Windows, SAN/NAS, Oracle, My SQL, SAML, OWASP