Kathy Juchas
Development
IL, United States
Skills
DevOps
About
KATHY JUCHAS's skills align with Consultants and Specialists (Information and Communication Technology). KATHY also has skills associated with Programmers (Information and Communication Technology). KATHY JUCHAS has 6 years of work experience.
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Work Experience
Junior DevOps Engineer
World Fuel Services
March 2018 - July 2021
- Streamlined AWS infrastructure setup by creating adaptable Terraform modules and templates, achieving a 40% faster deployment cycle and uniformity in resource provisioning. Integrated Prometheus into an EKS cluster, enabling early issue detection and continual improvements in system performance. Enhanced Jenkins CI/CD pipelines with refined Bash scripts and Makefile adjustments, achieving a 24% increase in deployment efficiency. Orchestrated Docker container deployments across multiple projects. Utilized AWS Elastic Container Registry (ECR) for streamlined container image storage and retrieval, resulting in a 20% improvement in deployment speed. Configured Route 53 DNS records for web resources, ensuring 99.9% uptime and improved website load times by 15%.
DevOps Engineer
DXC Technology
July 2021 - Present
- Designed and executed a GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline to automate infrastructure provisioning and application deployment, enhancing the development workflow and ensuring consistent, error-free deployments. Leveraged Terraform for infrastructure as code, enabling on-demand, scalable cloud resource management. Consolidated multiple projects in a Kubernetes cluster with AWS Secrets Manager and CSI Driver, automating secret rotation, which enhanced security and reduced configuration errors by 50%. Developed Jenkins Configuration as Code (JCasC), streamlining the CI/CD pipeline and enhancing consistency, which reduced deployment-related errors by 25%. Established an Amazon EKS cluster and integrated an RDS database for a critical microservices-based application in the development environment, leading to a 30% increase in deployment frequency. Managed AWS IAM roles for users and services, ensuring secure access to resources and CI/CD pipelines while adhering to the principle of least privilege, enhancing overall system security and operational efficiency. Guided a DevOps team, providing mentorship and conducting weekly Scrum meetings to aid in feature planning and problem-solving, ensuring seamless project progression and a 40% improvement in project delivery efficiency. Implemented Datadog for comprehensive monitoring and analysis of system performance, aiding in proactive issue detection and contributing to enhanced operational efficiency.
