Edwin Philip

Experience

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  Zensar Technologies

  Feb 2018 - Feb 2021

  DevOps Engineer

  ~ Spearheaded the creation and management of Kubernetes clusters using Kops across both production and non-production environments.~ Established a comprehensive pipeline for microservices, from build to deployment.~ Integrated a range of CI/CD tools including Jenkins, CircleCI, and Spinnaker, and developed a Continuous Testing pipeline using both CircleCI and Jenkins.~ Implemented robust logging solutions with Elasticsearch, Fluentd, and Kibana, complemented by monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana.~ Vigilantly monitored software integration processes, ensuring prompt resolution of any issues.~ Evaluated emerging DevOps tools and applications, driving the design and implementation of cutting-edge administrative systems.~ Played an instrumental role as an initial team member in project kick-off.~ Seamlessly integrated Git and Bitbucket with CI/CD tools for streamlined source code management.~ Successfully incorporated semantic-release and commitizen in JavaScript repositories, and independently integrated semantic-release with CircleCI across 45+ repositories.~ Automated pipeline processes using Spinnaker templates, CLI, and API.~ Updated Keycloak to its latest stable version, ensuring high-availability production readiness.Cloud Services Expertise: Worked extensively with Azure and AWS services, including Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, VPCs, VPN, Route53, and ACM.~ Automated iOS and Android build artifact generation in CircleCI, with subsequent uploads to GDrive.~ Crafted npm packages, including semantic-release and cli repo generator, to bolster CI/CD as a proficient Node.js and JavaScript developer.~ Collaborated with Helm and Chartmuseum for efficient Kubernetes chart management. Show less

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  HackerRank

  Feb 2021 - now

  ~ Successfully implemented and oversaw CI/CD pipelines, achieving a 50% reduction in release cycles through automation.~ Architected and sustained a high-availability AWS infrastructure, ensuring 99.99% uptime and enhanced scalability.~ Streamlined cloud deployments using IaC tools like Terraform and Ansible, achieving a 30% reduction in deployment time and consistent environment setups.~ Spearheaded k8s native application development with DevSpace, boosting developer efficiency by integrating DevSpace for local development.~ Developed robust monitoring systems using the ELK stack and Prometheus, enabling proactive issue detection and a 20% reduction in downtime.~ Pioneered the implementation of a GitOps workflow with ArgoCD, slashing commit-to-deployment times by 60%.~ Innovated a decoupled deployment approach using ChatOps and GitOps, enhancing Deployment Frequency and Lead Time for changes.~ Implemented Argo Rollouts (Blue-Green deployment) to minimize Change Failure Rate and expedite rollbacks.~ Led the migration of AWS on-demand applications to Spot instances and proposed cost-saving strategies, significantly reducing cloud expenses.~ Played a pivotal role in architectural discussions, driving initiatives that achieved an 80% reduction in application and EKS EC2 bootup times.~ Orchestrated the migration of CI unit-tests from Travis to Jenkins, halving the total test time from 2 hours 45 minutes to just 50 minutes.~ Designed a universal component helm chart, eliminating the need for individual application-specific helm charts.~ Maintained umbrella helm charts for infrastructure-level applications in k8s, standardizing deployments across multiple EKS clusters. Show less ~ Leveraged Git and GitHub for effective version control management, and employed GitHub Actions for continuous integration.~ Implemented DevSpace to optimize local development processes.~ Demonstrated advanced skills in Unix/Linux environments and scripting with Shell and Python.~ Achieved a 66% reduction in build and deploy times for Rails applications by harnessing Jenkins' build cache, decreasing times from 45 minutes to 15 minutes.~ Seamlessly integrated the IaC CI tool, Atlantis, with GitHub and Terraform, facilitating infrastructure modifications via GitHub PRs.~ Utilized HashiCorp Packer for efficient AMI generation.~ Successfully executed AWS EKS upgrades across all production and non-production environments without any service interruptions.~ Implemented a high-availability Prometheus setup using Thanos and integrated alert mechanisms with Slack and Opsgenie via Alertmanager.~ Developed comprehensive Grafana dashboards for enhanced data visualization.~ Designed and maintained a Slack chatbot for streamlined daily production push commits, facilitating seamless feedback from developers and QA.~ Collaborated on a robust logging solution using Filebeats, AWS Elasticsearch, Logstash, and AWS Kibana.~ Crafted Helm charts tailored for deploying k8s Rails backend and React frontend applications.~ Authored Terraform scripts for AWS Cloudfront CDN, ensuring robust disaster recovery mechanisms.~ Collaborated with self-hosted GitHub Actions runner and Jenkins to showcase helm diffs in pull requests.~ Effectively harnessed Open Source tools to achieve significant AWS cost reductions in EKS environments.~ Developed the 'nodekicker' app, designed to automatically taint nodes when IP addresses are exhausted in a subnet, ensuring rapid scalability during high-demand events. Show less

  • Senior DevOps Engineer

    Apr 2022 - now

  • DevOps Engineer

    Feb 2021 - Apr 2022