Recent role responsibilities

    CI/CD Pipeline Migration

    •  - design migration process from TeamCity to Jenkins/Bamboo using automated disposable build servers (using cloudbolt/vmware/aws) to create .NET/.NET core application build configurations.

    •  - includes the packaging (chocolatey), creating Chef config management cookbooks to automate the configuration of the ephemeral build servers.

    •  - requirement definition, requirement streamlining, requirements categorization, existing nuget_lite migration into Nexus binary repo.

    BAU

    •  - patching, availability, upgrades (.net,security), certificates _automating renewal, messaging platform for communication across network tiers

    •  - Ensuring confluence pages are up to date, defining process to assign ownership and automate yearly reminders to ensure documentation is always up to date

    •  - continuous automation, reducing commit-to-build times, improving process when work patterns change (wfh)

    •  - implementing Grafana/InluxDb for providing insight into the messaging platform (Tibco FTL) behaviour and reducing latency/noise. Logging and querying using Splunk dashboards

Experience:

 - TeamCity 

    build configuration

    build steps, release, package, publish

    build triggers

    build parameters

    build agents

 - Azure DevOps

    Boards to manage work items (replicate JIRA)

    repos -  to pull in code from GitHub, GitLab, Atlassian Git

    pipeline - to create CI/CD

    test plan - 

    artefacts - to store binaries (NuGet, maven, PyPI)

 - Creating NuGet packages with the help of chef cookbooks with associated ChefSpec test recipies.

 - Experience with Git

    used on a daily basis

    uses GitFlow to define main branches where work can reside

    uses hook to enforce conditions for PR/merges

 - previously developed excel add-ins, created a utility to facilitate ad migration and more recently build a utility to securely rotate service account password across 1700 servers

 - use PowerShell on a day to day basis to improve/extend the deployment process.

 - experience using JIRA boards Kanban and weekly scrum to manage user requests/issues

Non Essential Experience

 - experience using chef (cookbooks unit tests using ChefSpec/InSpec), Puppet

 - cloud experience using AWS/Azure (also have certification in both)

 - familiar with Linux environment

 - first degree in Computer Networking (CCNA certification)

 - ITIL certification and usage of various IT Service Management software (Remedy/ServiceNow)

 - experience troubleshooting K8/docker; and currently studying for the DCA/CKA certification