Kiran Sk

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India12 yrs 9 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 10 years of expertise in Automation and DevOps.
  • Reduced deployment time by 30% through optimized CI/CD pipelines.
  • Automated provisioning, reducing setup time by 90%.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Automation and DevOps expert with extensive experience in cloud technologies.

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsCi/cdInfrastructure As CodeCloud AutomationMonitoringAutomationTestingFramework Design

Other Skills

Team LeadershipBashJenkinsGitHub ActionsTerraformAnsibleGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)AWS CloudFormationPythonGitLab CIJavaAppiumSeleniumCICDKubernetes

About

Hi, This is Kiran SK, an experienced Automation Engineer and DevOps with a passion for accelerating product delivery through cutting-edge DevOps practices and automation technologies. With over 10 years of expertise, I am dedicated to driving organizational success by delivering robust and scalable solutions. ๐Ÿ“– ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ โ€ข ๐—งech: โžค Scripting/Programming: Python, Shell/Bash,Java โžค Networking: Subnetting, VPC, Subnets, Load Balancers, Route 53, Zero Trust โžค Cloud Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Linode โžค Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation โžค Configuration Management Tools: Chef, Puppet, Ansible โžค Programming: Java/ GoLang โžค Containerization: Docker โžค Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Google GKE, Linode LKE โžค Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ElasticSearch, FluentD, Logstash, Datadog โžค CI Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, CircleCI โžค CD Tools: ArgoCD, FluxCD โžค Security: IAM, KMS, VPN, SSH, Firewalls, ZeroTurst โ€ข ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜†: โžค DevOps Culture: Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Deployment โžค Git Workflow: GitFlow, GitHub Flow โžค Code Quality: Automated Testing, Code Reviews โ€ข ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: โžค Container Registry: Docker Hub, Amazon ECR โžค Artifact Repository: JFrog Artifactory, Nexus โžค Continuous Integration: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, AWS CodeBuild โžค Continuous Delivery: AWS CodeDeploy โžค Source Code Management: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€: Problem-Solving, Team Collaboration, Leadership ๐Ÿ“ฌ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ I am always excited to network with professionals and explore opportunities to collaborate. Feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn or reach out to me directly. I look forward to building impactful solutions together in this dynamic tech ecosystem!

Experience

12 yrs 9 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 2 mos
Average Tenure
8 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

Akamai technologies

3 roles

Senior 2 SDET

Dec 2022 โ€“ Present ยท 3 yrs 5 mos

  • โœ” Accelerated Product Delivery: Reduced product go-to-market time by implementing DevOps practices, automation, and IaC using Terraform and Ansible.
  • โœ” Infrastructure Automation: Automated provisioning and management of cloud environments with Terraform and Ansible, reducing setup time by 90%.
  • โœ” Optimized CI/CD Pipelines: Built and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by 30%.
  • โœ” Improved Deployment Processes: Enabled blue-green and canary deployments, minimizing downtime and enhancing deployment reliability.
  • โœ” Cross-Team Collaboration: Fostered a DevOps culture through workshops, training, and integration of automation tools across development, QA, and operations teams.
  • โœ” Compliance Integration: Automated security and compliance checks in CI/CD pipelines, aligning deployments with FedRAMP and Zero Trust standards.
  • โœ” Increased Delivery Frequency: Boosted deployment frequency by 2x, enabling faster feature rollouts and competitive agility.
  • โœ” Incident Resolution: Reduced MTTR by 25% with automated monitoring, self-healing scripts, and integrated alerting systems.
Team LeadershipBashDevOpsCI/CD

Senior 2 Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2021 โ€“ Dec 2022 ยท 1 yr 5 mos

  • โœ” Cloud Automation: Designed AWS CloudFormation templates for EAA client deployment, automated using Python scripts for efficiency and consistency.
  • โœ” Azure ARM & GCP Deployment: Automated Azure ARM deployments for EAA clients and GCP deployments for EAA agents, integrating Python for seamless orchestration.
  • โœ” Python-Driven Automation: Developed end-to-end Python scripts to manage multi-cloud deployments, monitor services, and standardize processes across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • โœ” Cross-Platform Testing: Automated client libraries using Appium, Python, and PyTest, integrated into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation.
  • โœ” Distributed Systems: Automated workflows for processing billions of records daily using Kubernetes and Python in distributed environments.
  • โœ” Big Data Automation: Built frameworks for Kafka-based real-time data ingestion and Prometheus-driven monitoring for distributed systems.
  • โœ” CI/CD Optimization: Developed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, automating containerized deployments in Kubernetes.
  • โœ” Monitoring and Logging: Integrated Prometheus and ELK stack for observability, ensuring proactive issue detection and resolution.
BashGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Cloud AutomationCI/CD

Senior Automation Engineer

Jul 2017 โ€“ Jul 2021 ยท 4 yrs

  • โœ” CI/CD Pipeline Design: Developed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI, integrating automated testing, deployment, and monitoring to streamline delivery cycles.
  • โœ” Monitoring and Alerting: Integrated Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack for real-time monitoring and logging, automating alerting mechanisms to improve system reliability and reduce incident resolution times.
  • โœ” Big Data Workflow Automation: Automated data pipelines using Hive, Cassandra, and Hadoop, optimizing data ingestion and processing for analytics platforms handling billions of records daily.
  • โœ” Data Analytics Framework: Designed a data analytics framework with Pandas and NumPy, enabling automated data validation, transformation, and insights generation across distributed systems.
  • โœ” Beacon Log Validation Framework: Created a Python-based PyTest framework to validate client-side beacon logs, integrated with Kafka for real-time log streaming and analytics.
  • โœ” TestOps Framework Development: Designed and implemented an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline for TestOps workflows, ensuring seamless integration of automated testing, test result aggregation, and environment provisioning.
  • โœ” Cross-Platform Testing Automation: Worked on automating client-end libraries using Appium, Python, and Katalon Studio, integrated with CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation and faster feedback loops.
  • โœ” Distributed Systems Automation: Developed Python and Unix-based automation frameworks for distributed systems, managing deployments with Ansible and monitoring with Prometheus.
BashGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)CI/CDMonitoring

Blinkit

Automation Specialist

Mar 2016 โ€“ Jun 2017 ยท 1 yr 3 mos ยท Bengaluru Area, India

  • โœ” Automating both Backend and frontend Android Mobile applications and Restful Web Services of Core Retail and Fulfillment Systems of E-commerce System using cutting edge automation technologies like Java-Retrofit, OkHttp, Appium, Webdriver, JPA, TestNG, CI -Jenkins.
  • โœ” Designing the Regression, Sanity Suite for Automation and Testing requirements using Automation technologies i.e. Java - Appium - Selenium - TestiNG for Continous Integration and Continous Development.
BashGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)AutomationTesting

Vedantu

Automation Architect

Aug 2015 โ€“ Mar 2016 ยท 7 mos ยท Bengaluru

  • โœ” Working on cutting edge Automation technologies like Java, Selenium Web Driver, Appium, TestNG, AutoIT, Sauce Labs, The Web and Mobile Automation frameworks.
  • โœ” Designing Automation Frameworks such as Hybrid, Data Driven, Modular Driven and Sauce Labs for both Web Applications and Mobile App platform.
  • โœ” Proving the Automation Tech solution for E-learning platforms supporting continuous integration and continuous development.
BashTerraformAutomationFramework Design

Dmx technologies group ltd

Software Engineer

Jul 2013 โ€“ Aug 2015 ยท 2 yrs 1 mo ยท Bengaluru Area, India

  • โœ”Experience in Designing Automation Framework such as Hybrid, TestNG, Data Driven.
  • Understanding the Automation framework and generating the Test Report using TesNG framework. SQL Skills in writing the MSSQL/ PostGres database queries.
  • โœ”Performed Platform/Environment testing using Selenium Grid, Proficient in Web Elements handling .ie, XPATH, CSS Selector etc. Good understanding of Page Object Model and creating the Page Object Repository.
  • โœ”Converting Manual Test Cases to Automation scripts, Experienced in Manual Testing in Multiple Projects.
  • Designing Test Plan and Traceability matrix.
  • โœ”Involved in Test case review and execution of the same. Well versed in Manual test procedures and Concepts. Experience in all stages of Software testing Life cycle.
  • โœ”Proficient in Test Case Authoring, Defect Tracking and Reporting. Having good judgment skills while reporting and prioritizing software bugs, Involved in Smoke, Sanity, Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing Regression Testing and Adhoc Testing.
  • โœ”Performed the Compatibility Testing, Installation Testing. Understanding the Functionality and behavior of the Application. Analyzing the Test Results and Coordinating with the Development Team for the Bug Fix.
  • โœ” Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Test Life Cycle (STLC), Bug Life Cycle & it's different phases. Experience in Automation Testing using Selenium Web Driver.
BashTerraformAutomationTesting

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

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