Dec 2019 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 10 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Role: Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) for the Gumtree/eBay Motors group, focused on enhancing distributed cloud infrastructure (private and public) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaboration: Worked with feature teams to optimize CI/CD and infrastructure setups according to their needs.
• Cloud Migration: Led migration of private cloud to GCP, Azure, and AWS, employing industry best practices.
• Knowledge Sharing: Empowered development teams to manage their own CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure.
• Kubernetes Setup: Built an end-to-end Kubernetes environment using Terraform, deploying microservices with Helm, Flux, and GitOps via Jenkins.
• Monitoring Stack: Developed and maintained monitoring solutions with Prometheus, Grafana, Stackdriver, and Graphite.
• Microservices Migration: Involved in migrating monolithic applications to microservices for Gumtree services.
• HashiCorp Stack: Worked with HashiCorp tools (Vault, Nomad, Consul) using SaltStack for automation.
• Configuration as Code: Created server configurations as code with SaltStack and Puppet.
• Distributed Systems: Experience with technologies like Cassandra, Kafka, ClickHouse, and Hadoop in complex distributed systems.
• Database Management: Managed large databases to ensure a smooth user experience with cost-effective solutions.
• On-Call Duties: Handled on-call responsibilities, ensuring adherence to SLAs and SLOs for various services.
• Automation Advocate: Developed Slackbots using Python, promoting the "Everything as Code" philosophy.

Jul 2016 – Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos · London, United Kingdom

• Role: Collaborated with and led the DevOps team for Lloyds Banking Group, focusing on Consumer Servicing.
• Infrastructure Design: Designed and implemented CI/CD journeys for 17+ project teams, managing costs effectively.
• Cloud Automation: Utilized Azure Public and Private Cloud with Terraform to automate infrastructure deployment.
• Architecture Development: Worked closely with technical leads to scaffold 3.0 architecture and shape the RTL pipeline for future developments.
• Scrum Leadership: Facilitated scrum ceremonies and served as the technical point of contact for the Consumer Servicing team.
• Support and Training: Provided hands-on support, scaling, and training for cross-functional teams.
• Microservices Implementation: Designed and implemented Microservice CI/CD for IBM Cloud Private with a focus on cybersecurity compliance.
• Digital Transformation: Led digital transformation initiatives using technologies such as Kubernetes clustering, PortWorx, and StorageOS.
• Air-Gapped Environments: Managed Kubernetes cluster setups and configurations in air-gapped environments.
• Testing Infrastructure: Established Selenium Grid and SauceLab connectivity for robust BDD testing with cross-browser capabilities.
• Key Achievements:
• Digitalization Leadership: Led the monolithic digitalization for 100+ developers using Maven build tools, helping the organization meet transformation milestones.
• Efficiency Improvement: Containerized Kubernetes digital tool provisioning reduced lead time from 1 week to 1 day, saving £0.5m in effort.
• Cost Savings: Contributed to over £400k in cost savings for the client through pipeline optimization and scalable Selenium solutions.

Nov 2015 – May 2016 · 6 mos

• Role: Led technical analysis and development of an e-commerce portal for 7+ brands in the Australia region, achieving successful on-time completion.
• Agile Communication: Managed end-to-end communication with the Product Owner while adhering to agile methodologies.
• E-commerce Development: Delivered e-commerce portal development, including testing automation and deployment, within challenging timelines.
• Technical Leadership: Served as both Technical Lead and DevOps, enhancing the branching strategy and implementing a "pipeline as code" CI/CD approach for consistency.
• Server Provisioning: Piloted Ansible for server provisioning, scaling its implementation across the organization.
• Automation Coaching: Introduced and coached the team on Selenium-based automation using the Magento test automation framework, leading to significant cost and time savings

Nov 2014 – May 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Responsible for Requirement gathering, Analyzing, development and Product owner communication.
• Experience in leading the team and working tightly with the Product Owner.
• Voluntarily given quite an appreciated contribution for software engineering process improvement.
• The primary contribution to the First and successful Project completion.
• Responsible for server management on demand.

Apr 2012 – Nov 2014 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

• Rapid Advancement: Quickly progressed from Trainee to owning an end-to-end module, demonstrating a strong commitment to ownership.
• Module Leadership: Achieved module leadership in a short time, thoroughly fulfilling responsibilities and delivering projects on time.
• Requirement Conversion: Converted business requirements into functional code, ensuring alignment with regional business rules.
• Feature Development: Analyzed, documented, and developed features based on specific requirements.
• Early Career Success: Successfully performed as Module Lead early in my professional career, showcasing strong leadership and technical skills.
• Performance Tuning: Conducted performance tuning and automation using JMeter tools and scripts.