Ankur S. — SRE (Site Reliability Engineer)

Hello there, fellow professionals and code enthusiasts! I'm Ankur, a software engineer with a diverse skill set and a passion for sharing knowledge. With a background in Information Technology and experience in various domains, I've cultivated expertise in DevOps, Android programming, mentoring, teaching, and embracing the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) mindset. As an advocate of the SRE philosophy, I strive to build reliable and resilient systems, ensuring optimal performance and high availability. I bring this mindset to every project, emphasizing proactive monitoring, fault tolerance, and effective incident response. In the realm of DevOps, I specialize in bridging the gap between development and operations, streamlining software delivery pipelines, and fostering a culture of collaboration. I have hands-on experience with cutting-edge tools and technologies that enable automation, continuous integration, and deployment. But my journey doesn't stop at coding; I find immense fulfillment in mentoring and teaching others. Guiding aspiring developers, sharing my experiences, and helping them grow is a true passion of mine. I believe in empowering the next generation of tech professionals. When I'm not immersed in coding, you can often find me exploring the great outdoors. I have a love for cycling and hiking, and these activities provide a refreshing escape from the digital world and fuel my creativity. Apart from my tech pursuits, I also enjoy keeping up with the latest industry trends and indulging in a good cup of coffee. Oh, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I appreciate a well-crafted programming pun from time to time. If you're interested in connecting to collaborate, discuss reliability engineering, or simply chat about shared interests, feel free to reach out. Let's explore the possibilities of building innovative solutions while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Services and DevOps expert with a focus on reliability engineering.

Location: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 6 yrs 8 mos

Skills

Microsoft Azure
Openshift
Kubernetes
Aws

Career Highlights

Expert in Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps practices.
Proven track record in optimizing cloud costs and enhancing security.
Passionate mentor dedicated to empowering aspiring developers.

Work Experience

Red Hat

Senior Site Reliability Engineer (11 mos)

Site Reliability Engineer (2 yrs 6 mos)

HERE Technologies

DevOps Engineer / SRE (6 mos)

Zycus

Senior DevOps Engineer (9 mos)

DevOps Engineer (7 mos)

Associate DevOps Engineer (1 yr)

Trainee Software Engineer - DevOps (4 mos)

CabbageSoft Technologies

Android Developer (2 mos)

Thakur College Of Engineering and Technology

Research And Development Coordinator (1 yr)

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE at University of Mumbai

Ankur S.

SRE (Site Reliability Engineer)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India6 yrs 8 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps practices.
Proven track record in optimizing cloud costs and enhancing security.
Passionate mentor dedicated to empowering aspiring developers.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Services and DevOps expert with a focus on reliability engineering.

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Skills

Core Skills

Microsoft AzureOpenshiftKubernetesAws

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Analytical SkillsCloud AdministrationCommunicationComputer ScienceDebuggingDistributed SystemsGitlabGo (Programming Language)Interpersonal SkillsObject-Oriented Programming (OOP)On-call SupportOrchestrationProblem SolvingPython (Programming Language)

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Experience

Red hat

2 roles

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2025 – Present · 11 mos · Remote

Site Reliability Engineer

Oct 2022 – Apr 2025 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Remote

> Working for development, maintenance & support for Red Hat OpenShift managed service on Azure Cloud
> Provided insights on ARO cluster installation success rates globally by enhancing code for emitting cluster metrics (including version) for all customers and creating dashboard (feeding this metrics) for clear visualisation. This helped in identifying which versions of ARO has lower success rates and what are the majorly re-occuring issues that needs attention bringing stability during installations.
> Led an initiative for generating cost-optimization standards by creating scripts to find out top under-utilised clusters and proceed for right-sizing initiatives. Also, promoted use of spot instances in clusters with non-critical or stateless workloads to further reduce the overall cloud cost.
> Contributed to Security Compliance Verification & Rectification initiative for Azure Red Hat Openshift - Resource Provider as a response after attack on Microsoft by Midnight Blizzard. Headed an epic to take care of imposing use of latest TLS on Azure CosmosDB server & associated clients AND contributed in setting up MISE for authentication related security enhancement & removing local authentication mechanisms.

Microsoft AzureCommunicationOpenShiftOn-call SupportDebuggingKubernetes+5

Here technologies

DevOps Engineer / SRE

Apr 2022 – Oct 2022 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · Hybrid

> Working as Platform Engineer to maintain huge kubernetes clusters spread in different regions on AWS & Azure cloud platforms which are used by all the product teams across the organizations
> Ownership of upgrading & fixing bug of the kubernetes services
> Implementing & deploying on-cluster products to export health metrics of components & services on kubernetes cluster to be monitored in Grafana & alerted in case of actions to be taken up.

GitlabCommunicationAmazon Web Services (AWS)Python (Programming Language)KubernetesRoot Cause Analysis+4

Zycus

4 roles

Senior DevOps Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2021 – Apr 2022 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

> Ownership of on-boarding and promoting entire product stack to production in accordance to existing CICD platform & process. This included product understandiing, communication & information gathering from multiple teams, implementing custom scripts & automations to make products compatible to existing generic CICD flow and troubleshooting & fixing issues pre-hand for smooth production deployment.
> To comply with organizational standards, designing & implementing GitLab-CI automation for verifying details of AWS infrastructure which is later automatically provisioned using Terraform.
> Designed and planned integration of code scanning, test-case execution & healthcheck of products in CICD cycle for reducing manual efforts and increasing security & reliability of deliverables being promoted to production

CommunicationRoot Cause AnalysisVersion ControlInterpersonal SkillsProblem Solving

DevOps Engineer

Nov 2020 – Jun 2021 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

> Implemented end-to-end CICD with integration between JIRA(for records and triggering) & GoCD(for deployments and orchestration). To accomplish, used new technology stack comprising of Nomad, Terraform, AWS Lambda, Ansible, Consul for entire automation.
> Made use of CI feature of GitLab to automate validations and merging/code push based on conditions and checks.
> Contributed for production deployments of around 80+ products in each of two major releases.

CommunicationVersion Control

Associate DevOps Engineer

Nov 2019 – Nov 2020 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

> Designing and implementing generic CICD pipelines for products on AWS
> Improvising and implementing generic scripts for Zero-Downtime-Deployments of 20+ new products
> Contribution in Release Management for deployment of 80+ products on customer facing environments over the globe
> Implementation of health-checks to monitor services for 50+ products across all environments
> Implementing Gitflow for smooth and hassle-free management of repositories and user's access
> Automating everythingg...........

Version Control

Trainee Software Engineer - DevOps

Jul 2019 – Nov 2019 · 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

> Learnt about DevOps and good practices followed for end-to-end CICD.
> Learnt about Docker and set up & used it locally for demo purpose.
> Learnt about Jenkins and set up Jenkins using docker containers. Implemented pipelines for small scale automation using Groovy scripts
> Learnt about Git and set up GitLab locally using docker containers & used it for storing and fetching groovy codes for pipelines in Jenkins.
> Learnt about Ansible and best practices to implement production ready scripts.

Cabbagesoft technologies

Android Developer

Dec 2017 – Feb 2018 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

> Android application development for seamless enterprise, inventory and human resource management
> Application was Multi-tenant, consisting of multi-level user access management policy using OAuth2
> Application was integrated with backend made using php framework called LARAVEL which was hosted on AWS cloud
> Application proved to be an efficient solution by saving time and increasing service delivery multi-folds.

CommunicationVersion ControlInterpersonal SkillsProblem Solving

Thakur college of engineering and technology

Research And Development Coordinator

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

> Participated and encouraged students to participate in college, state and national level hackathons to get better insight of the technological advancements
> Hosted & conducted hands-on workshops on various in-demand technologies like Android Application Development and Blockchain
> Hosted & conducted a project exhibition on Engineer's Day to allow and motivate students to build & showcase technical projects
> Represented my college and won hackathons at inter-college, state and national level