Resume - Sanjay Balaji
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Sanjay Balaji
Senior DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer | Automation Enthusiast | Tech Blogger
Summary
I am a Cloud / DevOps / SRE Engineer with a passion for automation and cloud technologies. I specialize in building efficient and fault-tolerant infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing cloud costs. I enjoy learning new technologies and applying them to create innovative solutions.
Experience
Senior DevOps Engineer
May 2022 - PresentTellius
- Automating the Tellius app stack with Terraform for compatibility across all 3 major cloud providers
- Building CI/CD pipelines using Drone CI and Argo CD
- Implementing Istio and other tools for improved security
- Managing & tracking compliance of application deployments using Vanta
- Managing KOPS clusters and working on cloud cost optimization
Recognition:
- Received the Innovation award within 3 months of joining Tellius
Site Reliability Engineer
Feb 2022 - May 2022Eightfold AI
- Wrote Python APIs utilizing AWS Boto SDKs for internal tooling applications
- Developed CloudFormation templates to deploy app stacks across regions
- Assisted with developer productivity for internal tooling and automation
Cloud DevOps Engineer 1 & 2
April 2020 - Feb 2022Oracle
- Dockerized applications and deployed them to Kubernetes
- Scaled traditional applications and designed deployment plans for monoliths to improve fault-tolerance and availability
- Collaborated with Product teams to build and deploy applications to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Built cross-region disaster recovery systems and SOPs across Canada & Australia
Recognition:
- Rated Outstanding Employee every year during tenure at Oracle
- Won multiple awards at the Quarterly Awards Ceremony for Innovation and Drive
- Promoted within 1 year and 10 months for outstanding performance
Internship
Jan 2019 - April 2020Oracle
- Worked extensively on Docker and Jenkins to setup CI/CD pipelines
- Developed a Java 8 application using Kubernetes SDKs to deploy and manage customer environments on K8s Clusters
Skills
Cloud Platforms
- AWS
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
- Multi-cloud architecture
DevOps & SRE
- Kubernetes (KOPS)
- Docker
- Terraform
- CI/CD (Drone CI, Argo CD, Jenkins)
Programming
- Python
- Java
- Shell Scripting
Other
- Istio Service Mesh
- CloudFormation
- Compliance (Vanta)
- Cost Optimization
Education
Information Technology - PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore
CGPA: 9.01, Graduated 2019High School - St. Jude's High School & Junior College, The Nilgiris
Percentage: 91%, Graduated 2015Contact
Email: balz.sanjay@gmail.com
GitHub: github.com/sanjayBala