Nikhila Kancharla
Development
MO, United States
Skills
DevOps
About
Nikhila Kancharla's skills align with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). Nikhila also has skills associated with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). Nikhila Kancharla has 7 years of work experience.
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Work Experience
DevOps Engineer
BrightInsight Inc
June 2021 - Present
- Responsibilities: * Proficient in architecting, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP), leveraging services such as Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, and Cloud Functions to design scalable and reliable solutions. * Experienced in container orchestration with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), including cluster setup, deployment, scaling, and monitoring of containerized applications, enabling efficient management of microservices architectures. * Proficient in version control systems such as Git and collaboration platforms like Bitbucket, facilitating code management, collaboration, and integration within DevOps workflows. * Expertise in designing and implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines on GCP, utilizing tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Cloud Build to automate software build, test, and deployment processes. * Defined process for building mobile applications on Bitrise. * Enforced the team to adhere to the process while building the pipelines end-to-end like building the mobile apps, enabling the code quality, signing the apps, and distributing the apps to TestFlight/Firebase. * Integrated Bitrise CI/CD pipelines to perform code quality checks through Sonar, unit test and Veracode. * Expertise in implementing DevOps culture through CI/CD tools like Repos, Jenkins, Code Deploy, Code Pipeline, Maven, and configuration management tool like Ansible. Had set up staging and production environments for CI workflow. * Collaborated with development teams to integrate automated testing into the CI/CD process, leading to a 15% decrease in software defects using code scan. * Enabled failure checks to mark the build as failure during the end-to-end process. * Managed incident response and performed root cause analysis for production issues, reducing the number of incidents. * Experience in setting up Baselines, Branching, Merging and Automation Processes using Shell/bash Scripts. * Collaborated with the team to enhance the existing process documentations in Jama and Confluence. * Experience in creating customized Docker files for creating Docker images and pushing them to GCR container registry. * Administered and Implemented CI tools Jenkins, Gitlab and Bitrise for automated builds. * Assisted end-to-end release process from the planning of release content through to actual release deployment to production. * Configured Splunk dashboard for monitoring application logs. * Used Gradle as a build tool on java projects for the development of build artifacts on the source code. * Troubleshoot Build and Deployment issues, with little downtime for mobile pipelines in Bitrise tool. * Organized and coordinated Product Releases, worked closely with Product Development, QA, Support across various locations to ensure successful releases.
Data Research Analyst
Marist
October 2019 - May 2021
- * Created a data migration framework that transferred data from an in-house database to a Sakai cloud using Snowflake which reduced report generation time by 35%. * Created and maintained aggregated fact tables using SQL to allow users to access insights 40% faster than the atomic data model. * Socialized test results and other analytical findings with inter-departmental technical and non-technical teams. * Developed within group testing methodology that enhanced metric sensitivity and reduction in testing time. * Recommended and implemented 100+ changes in existing reports and dashboards by collaborating with finance and BI teams on data importance and additional new requirements. * Performed quality assurance & software testing for Marist web portals & Sakai community products. * Identified bugs in the CRM system & created Jira tickets for documentation. * Assisted in equipment setup, systems administration, configuration, & troubleshooting errors. * Provided technical support to faculty, staff, & students in the learning management system * Update procedure documentation to improve training procedures and create lasting records. * Worked with project teams and confirmed system power requirements to update design documents, test results and designs.
Associate DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
October 2016 - June 2019
- * Working knowledge on automating infrastructure provisioning using tools such as Ansible, reducing manual errors and improving scalability. * Collaborated with development and operations teams to streamline release processes and enhance cross-functional communication. * Implemented monitoring and alerting systems, leading to a reduction in system downtimes. * Assisted in the implementation and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines for various projects on Google Cloud Platform. * Worked on managing private cloud environment using Ansible. * Bootstrapping instances using Ansible and integrating with auto scaling. * Collaborated with team members to troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues. * Gained exposure to containerization and orchestration technologies, including Docker and Kubernetes. * Contributed to the documentation of DevOps processes and best practices. * Worked on setting up the new repos, managing the permissions for various GIT branches. * Used the continuous integration tool Jenkins to automate the daily processes. * Perform Quality checks for the activities done by peers. * Review and update the Standard Operating Procedures timely to reflect the latest updates. * Worked on setting up the new repos, managing the permissions for various GIT branches. * Used Jenkins as Continuous integration tool: creating new jobs, managing required plugins, configuring the jobs selecting required source code management tool, build trigger, build system, and post build actions, scheduled builds, notifying the build reports etc.
Education
MARIST COLLEGE
Master of Science in Information Systems Management
August 2019 - May 2021
