Prakriti D.

About Me

Prakriti is a Lead DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience in the IT industry specializing in DevOps, automation, build & release engineering, configuration management, and cloud infrastructure provisioning. She designs and implements robust CI/CD pipelines and automates workflows using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, CloudWatch, and Ansible to enhance system scalability and reliability and to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence. Prakriti has strong leadership and mentoring abilities with a proven track record of managing cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, and ensuring alignment with business goals.

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Work history

Gartner
Gartner
Lead DevOps Engineer | DevOps Lead
2022 - Present (3 years)
Remote
  • Implementing IaC principles using Terraform to automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of cloud resources.

  • Designing and configuring AWS infrastructure (API Gateway, ACM, EKS, S3, Lambda, ELB) across multiple geographic regions with automatic failover mechanisms.

  • Configuring CloudFront distributions for websites and APIs, setting up origin servers, and implementing SSL/TLS for secure data transmission.

  • Optimizing caching strategies to ensure efficient content delivery and reduce latency.

  • Managing AWS environments ensuring applications are highly available, auto-scalable, and secure.

  • Creating deployment pipelines and collaborating with software development teams to integrate their Java and Node.js applications.

  • Rearchitecting front-end applications to serverless architecture using CloudFront, S3, and Lambda@Edge.

  • Provisioning MongoDB and PostgreSQL databases over EC2 and AWS Managed Services like DocumentDB and Aurora.

  • Provisioning and configuring DynamoDB and OpenSearch via automation.

  • Monitoring performance, availability, and security of digital infrastructure using Splunk and CloudWatch, proactively identifying and addressing issues or anomalies.

  • Managing code repositories and version control, enforcing best practices for branching, merging, and code review processes.

  • Training, mentoring, and guiding the team by delegating tasks and organizing problem-solving sessions.

  • Devising rollback strategies and automating application rollbacks to maintain stability.

DevOpsTerraformInfrastructure as Code (IaC) AWS CloudAWSAmazon API Gateway ACM Problem Solving AWS S3AWS EKSAWS Lambda AWS ELB Amazon CloudFront CDNSSLTransport Layer Security (TLS) Caching Serverless ArchitectureLambda@Edge Amazon AuroraAmazon DocumentDB MongoDBPostgreSQLAWS EC2Amazon DynamoDB Amazon OpenSearch AutomationAWS CloudWatchSplunkVersion Control Repository Management Configuration Management
UKG
UKG
Lead DevOps Engineer
2018 - 2022 (4 years)
Noida, India
  • Developed reusable generic Terraform modules to create resources on GCP such as Organization, Folder, Cloud DNS, VPC, IAM, storage bucket, GCE, GKE, Labels, Cloud SQL, etc.

  • Automated deployment, scaling, and management of cloud resources with reusable templates and workflows in RightScale.

  • Developed RightScripts in Shell and Python for configuration management and automation tasks.

  • Configured and managed databases (MSSQL and PostgreSQL).

  • Created orchestration workflows to automatically upgrade/rollback applications with zero downtime using forms and Groovy scripts of Alfresco Activiti BPM tool.

  • Automated deployment of load-balanced, multi-region, multi-node authentication service and Managed File Transfer Services in the cloud.

  • Developed templates with custom actions to support Blue-Green model for upgrading production services to ensure simple rollouts, quick rollbacks, and easy disaster recovery.

  • Worked on DR setup of applications and enabling replication with PR to ensure business continuity during events of disaster.

DevOpsTerraformGCPOrganization DNSAmazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)AWS IAM Google Compute Engine (GCE) Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) GCP Cloud SQLShell ScriptingPythonConfiguration ManagementAutomationAutomated Deployment Scripts PostgreSQLMSSQLGroovyAlfresco Activiti BPM Workflow Tools Workflow Automation
Publicis Sapient
Publicis Sapient
Associate L2
2017 - 2018 (1 year)
Gurugram, India
  • Developed a dashboard that presents the overall status of various projects for management to review, using a range of metrics.

  • Developed environment provisioning solutions using Docker and Jenkins Pipeline as Code.

  • Set up FTP server and implemented application setup over Kubernetes cluster.

  • Worked with Docker, Jenkins, Make, AWS (EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, Route 53, Security Groups, IAM), JFrog Artifactory.

Dashboards Jenkins Pipeline DockerFTP Servers KubernetesJfrogArtifactoryJenkinsMakeAWSAWS EC2Amazon EBS AWS S3Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)Amazon Route 53 Azure Network Security Groups AWS IAM
Quess Corp Limited
Quess Corp Limited
Associate L1
2016 - 2017 (1 year)
Gurgaon, India
  • Managed the complete Dojo suite of applications - Bamboo, SonarQube, Bitbucket, Crowd, Jira, SVN, Confluence, and Fisheye.

  • Set up a complete infrastructure environment and provided highly available, multi-node applications using Apache web servers.

  • Responsible for upgrades, impact analysis of plugins, data migration (Git-Git), and releases of applications.

  • Supported multiple project teams to set up their CI/CD pipeline on Bamboo, closely integrated with Jira, Bitbucket, SonarQube, and Fisheye, and helped multiple projects with Sonar analysis and code coverage.

  • Migrated infrastructure from Rackspace to EDC using Ansible to manage configuration of new servers.

  • Automated MySQL/PostgreSQL database backups and restoration.

  • Performed SonarQube cleanup using web APIs and MySQL database queries, significantly reducing database size, and wrote User Renaming script for SonarQube, which involved database update.

  • Created a utility to fetch server performance statistics based on date range using Jenkins and Shell Scripting.

Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets
Genpact Headstrong Capital Markets
Technical Associate
2015 - 2015
Remote
  • Set up branching strategy, CI, and jobs to build, compile, and run tests for Java applications.

  • Integrated static code analysis using Sonar in build jobs.

  • Used JFrog Artifactory to store build artifacts and created documentation for runbooks.

  • Deployed code on different test and production environments.

  • Mastered Shell Scripting, automating repetitive tasks and reducing manual intervention.

JavaSonarStatic Application Security Testing (SAST) JfrogSecurity Testing Code Deployment Shell ScriptingAutomationDocumentationArtifactory
NIIT Limited
NIIT Limited
Software Engineer
2014 - 2015 (1 year)
Delhi, India
  • Created digital educational content using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

  • Created database schema for the application on MySQL.

  • Set up Tomcat Server and Jenkins.

  • Worked on Build & Release for Java applications using Jenkins and Maven.

  • Performed sanity testing after deployment and environment maintenance.

  • Gained a solid understanding of DevOps principles and iterative improvement environments.

Education

B.Tech Computer Science
B.Tech Computer Science
Maharshi Dayanand University - India
2010 - 2014 (4 years)