saurav-k / automation-scripts

Repo for creating awesome automation scripts to make my panda lazier

Hi there, I'm Saurav Kumar 👋

About Me

Experienced Software Engineer with over 9 years of driving high-impact projects and delivering scalable software architectures at Fanatics, NetApp, and Oracle. Skilled in designing fault-tolerant, secure systems using open-source technologies, cloud platforms, and microservices architectures. Proven leadership in managing small groups to deliver high-quality projects.

Core Skills

• Architecture: Application Architecture design, Infrastructure Architecture design, API Development, Frontend Development, Data Pipeline Development, Security Analysis
• Patterns: Microservices, Event-Driven Architecture, Micro Frontend
• Languages: Python, Go, Java
• Technologies: Kubernetes, Helm, Docker, Microservices, REST, Hashicorp Vault, Prometheus, ELK stack
• Databases: Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, SQLite
• Cloud Platforms: AWS, Oracle Cloud
• UI Tech Stack: React + Ant Design, Understanding of Angular, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
• Others: CICD, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Vault, Consul, Service Mesh, Kubernetes, Docker

Professional Experience

Fanatics

Senior Software Engineer (Full-Stack)
Apr 2021 – Present

• Designed and implemented a B2B product suite using Go, Kotlin, Java, Javalin, React, and Ant Design.
• Set up infrastructure using Terraform on AWS.
• Developed CI/CD pipelines for both frontend and backend containers.
• Reviewed ongoing infrastructure changes to ensure security.
• Engaged in discussions with product management and UX professionals for design requirements.
• Developed a Purchase Order & Supplier Portal Application:
  • Designed and developed a data model for B2B and B2C procurement.
  • Led cross-functional teams in API and UI development.
  • Integrated Kafka and Pulsar for asynchronous event processing.
  • Developed monitoring, alerting, and dead letter queue mechanisms.
  • Reduced service request load by 50% through multiple self-service utilities.
  • Integrated with various master data services (Customer, Supplier, Product, etc.).
• Contributed to Demandmade (Custom Apparel Print Software):
  • Deployed application on Kubernetes using Helm.
  • Implemented fluentd-based logging system with Kafka and Graylog.
• Developed several operational tools:
  • Slack bots for creating ServiceNow tickets and health checks.
  • Automated remediation actions using StackStorm.
  • Python scripts for bulk processing in the supplier portal.
  • AWS DataSync infrastructure for on-prem to cloud data transfers.

NetApp India

Member of Technical Staff – 3
Nov 2019 – Apr 2021

• Designed a Hashicorp Vault-based microservices controller for on-prem Kubernetes.
• Developed and designed Helm charts and CI/CD pipelines for NetApp HCI.
• Created new services for migrating persistent states from Docker Swarm to Kubernetes.
• Developed REST API standards for uniform API interfaces.
• Designed Istio-based service routing and a Kubernetes provisioner for scalable cluster deployment.
• Developed services for metric aggregation and exposed them for Prometheus monitoring.
• Implemented a Vault helm chart with custom controllers for secure deployment.

Oracle India, Bangalore

Software Engineer
Jun 2015 – Oct 2019

• Owned and delivered key cloud projects, recognized for high-quality solutions.
• Developed core automation for ARC (Automatic Refresh Copy) for Oracle ERP, reducing refresh times by 3x.
• Designed and developed Nucleus (CMDB Application) using Elastic, Python, Oracle JET, and Kibana.
• Developed automation for storage administration (NFS and LVMs) and disaster recovery environments.
• Created scripts for periodic disaster recovery tests and database/application cloning across cloud regions.
• Developed scripts for backup and restoration to S3 object storage.

Education

• Master of Technology, Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, Oct 2018
  • Seminar on SOC Architecture Prototyping, Cloud Architecture Design & User Interface Design.
  • Developed a full-stack Android app with REST API using Python and Flask.
• Bachelor of Technology, National Institute of Technology, Patna, Jun 2015, CGPA: 8.9/10
  • Student Co-Ordinator for the annual Techfest.
  • Central Head, Extreme Engineers Society (Robotics club).
  • Training and Placement coordinator for the 2014-15 session.
  • Major project on Fault Detection of AGV based on PID and Neural Network.

Certifications and Conferences

• AWS Certified Developer - Associate
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Architect Associate
• Oracle Database SQL Certified Associate
• Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2019 Certified Specialist
• Attended Kubernetes conference Bangalore in FEB-2020

Contact

• Email: [email protected]
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/trivedisaurav

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