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Chandu Chode

Devops Engineer / Cloud Enthusiast

About

Professional Profile

DevOps engineer with 6+ years of experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines, containerization tools, infrastructure as code, and code integration and deployment. Seeking a challenging position to apply my skills and expertise in developing reliable and efficient DevOps solutions.

Skills

Just My Awesome Skills

A result-driven IT professional with extensive experience in DevOps and Cloud Technologies. I work well under pressure and can produce high-quality work in short periods of time. I have strong interpersonal skills and work with a wide variety of people.

AWS Cloud

EC2, S3, EKS, SQS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch

Other Tools

SonarQube, Okta, Splunk, ArgoCD, Terraform, Ansible

DevOps

Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines

Scripting

Python, Bash, PowerShell

Knowledge

  • Skilled in containerization tools, infrastructure as code, and code integration and deployment.
  • Proficient in troubleshooting and solving networking connectivity issues.
  • Experienced in cloud technologies, including AWS and virtualization using VMware.
  • Familiar with Linux operating system, including installation, disk management, and user and password policies.
  • Knowledgeable in IIS Server, DHCP Server, DNS Server, and FTP server.
  • Experienced in managing Active Directory and user accounts.
  • Knowledgeable in storage management and disk partitioning with different volumes, such as Stripe, Mirror, Spanned, RAID 5.
  • Familiar with TCP/IP and wireless network technologies.
  • Experience in configuring and managing different servers, including FTP, HTTP, and YUM, and monitoring Linux.
  • Proficient in managing virtualization and cloud computing technologies.
  • Knowledgeable in monitoring and logging tools, such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Experienced in security practices, including vulnerability assessment and penetration testing.

Experience

6+ Years Experience!

As a DevOps engineer with experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines, I possess a broad range of technical skills and tools. My expertise includes containerization tools, infrastructure as code, code integration and deployment, and cloud computing. I have experience working with various web technologies, databases, and operating systems, and I am proficient in code integration and deployment tools such as Jenkins, and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation. I also have hands-on experience with containerization tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and Argo CD, as well as monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.

Cloud Engineer

May 2023 - Present

Managed RHEL server upgrades ensuring improved performance and security for servers hosting applications such as SMTP Relay, GitLab Server and Runners, Splunk DB Connect, and Splunk Deployment.

I integrate cloud security practices with operational processes to ensure continuous protection and compliance in our cloud environments

Implemented vulnerability patches and set up monitoring alarms using Terraform and Terragrunt, contributing significantly to security efforts.

Led multiple Business-As-Usual (BAU) operations to maintain seamless day-to-day IT operations.

Built prebaked AMIs using Packer and Ansible to streamline deployment processes and enhance scalability.

Managed the entire Sainsbury's Bank estates ensuring thorough compliance and governance practices.

Collaborated with multiple teams within the organization to ensure cohesive security development and operational strategies.

Worked with ITsec fixing vulnerabilities and emergency changes and patches.

DevOps Engineer

Jan 2022 - May 2023

Collaborated with development and operations teams to improve software delivery speed and quality.

Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab.

Installation, Maintenance, Monitoring & Troubleshooting of Kubernetes clusters (on-prem EKS & AKS).

Designed and implemented monitoring and alerting solutions using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana & Splunk.

Extensive experience in writing Terraform configuration from scratch for services like EKS, EC2, RDS, Elasticsearch.

Writing Ansible playbooks for AMI build and refresh.

Management of Chef Recipes/Cookbooks.

Migration of applications from Bare-metal servers to Cloud using AWS Server Migration Service.

Cloud Engineer

Jan 2017 - Dec 2020

Designed and implemented cloud infrastructure on AWS for multiple clients.

Managed cloud resources such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, S3 buckets, and VPCs.

Implemented cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, security groups, and encryption at rest.

Worked with DevOps team to implement CI/CD pipelines using build tools Gradle, Xcode, Maven.

Creation of Landing Zone using AWS Control Tower.

Setting up of a load-balanced environment for a business-critical application backed by Nginx reverse proxy servers.

Automated infrastructure deployment with IAC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.

Creation of CI/CD for build deployment of containerized application into Kubernetes.

Education

University of Central Lancashire

Masters in Information Technology Security

2021- 2023
On this course I had learned about the tools and procedures used to identify computer security weaknesses to help prevent the loss of sensitive computer data. and skills in evaluation of ideas and concepts, effective communication, synthesis of ideas and become a reflective practitioner.
D.V.R COLLEGE OF Engineering AND Technology

Masters of technology in CSE

2015 - 2017
During my course i learned specialised concept of Computer Science Engineering with in-depth theoretical and practical knowledge of computer science concept. The various areas of computer science which are covered during my course include Network, System Integration, Algorithms and Logic, Software Engineering, Distributed and Embedded Systems, and the Digital Systems.

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Chandu Chode

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indestructible.