Shaik Mujahid Ashhad

Software Engineer

About Me

  • Enterprising professional with over 3 years of work experience; targeting to express potential via challenging assignments in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and Cloud Engineering with an organization of repute.

Work Experience

Software Engineer
- HCL Technologies
  • Client: Microsoft | Period: June 2023 - Present | Team Size: 7
  • - Minimized copyright concerns by ensuring adherence to policies for offers on Azure Marketplace and AppSource.
  • - Performed routine security flaws evaluations in VM images, such as Cisco, use-after-free, out-of-bounds, and PWNKIT vulnerabilities.
  • - Employed Azure DevOps and Agile technique to manage projects effectively.
  • - Contributed to story assignment, scrum meetings, sprint preparation to improve communication with clients and senior management.
  • - Drove automation projects to decrease human intervention, such as web scraping data from the Store Management interface and automating communication duties for efficient workflow.
  • - Worked with publishers and other stakeholders to comprehend requirements & concerns while assisting in the resolution of issues.
  • - Facilitated efficient team communication by utilizing Agile methodologies and Azure DevOps, working in tandem with teammates, clients, and upper management to ensure project success.
  • - Maintained focus on following rules to reduce legal risks and proactively found and fixed security flaws to improve system integrity.
  • - Participated in the OARA team's continuous improvement initiatives, putting best practices for enhanced productivity and streamlined workflow into practice.
  • - Supported customers by attending to their needs, promptly addressing issues, building trusting connections, and providing timely solutions in order to ensure client satisfaction.
October 2021 - Present
Chennai
Software Engineer
- HCL Technologies
  • Client: PayPal | Period: October 2021 - May 2023 | Team Size: 15+
  • - Worked as SRE, managing infrastructure and operations for messaging and streaming technologies such as Apache Kafka, AMQ.
  • - Provided operational support for AMQ and Kafka during new releases and changes, managing customer support for production and QA environments during the AMQ Application Team's onboarding.
  • - Monitored 600+ active applications, ensuring reliable client services with weekend assistance.
  • - Assisted clients in resolving queries or issues on platforms like Slack and Teams.
  • - Ensured timely resolution of issue and incident tickets, collaborating with various Application Teams.
  • - Contributed to establishing Kafka clusters in QA and Prod, implementing mm2 setup and SASL roll-out for improved security.
  • - Automated shell scripting and Ansible cluster creation operations.
  • - Played a key role in the 5.x kernel version upgrade for Mirror Maker, Zookeeper, and Kafka brokers.
  • - Updated packages to fix security flaws in Kafka hosts and coordinated log4j roll-out to address P1 vulnerability.
  • - Resolved infrastructure problems, ensuring host stability in case of failures.
  • - Examined capacity needs, adjusted AMQ application and Kafka host capacity, especially during peak holiday preparation times.
  • - Leveraged GIT Command Line and Workflows, configured tasks, implemented branching strategies, and provided regular GIT support.
  • - Managed GitHub repositories, performed push, pull, fetch, and stashing operations.
  • - Provided GIT support for projects, emphasizing repository maintenance and version control.
  • - Facilitated Jenkins integration for Continuous Integration (CI) pipelines, deploying artifacts into QA and Dev. environments.
  • - Configured Jenkins for CI, including administration, master/slave setup, and configuration.
  • - Participated in in-house product training for practical experience.
  • - Planned and conducted client meetings, weekly meetings, and daily meetings for efficient project management and communication.
  • - Provided guidance and knowledge transfer sessions to team members, facilitating process understanding and skill development.
October 2021 - May 2023

Education

MBA (Human Resource Management & Marketing)
2022 - 2024
Sri Harsh P.G. College
B.Tech. (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
2018 - 2021
Geetanjali Institute of Science and Technology
Diploma (Electrical & Electronics Engineering)
2015 - 2018
Sree Venkateswara College of Engineering

Certifications

Google Cloud Certified Associate - Cloud Engineer
2023 - 2026
Apache Kafka for Absolute Beginners
  • Udemy
Google Cloud Profile
  • https://www.cloudskillsboost.google/public_profiles/0a730313-9216-4b33-b4bc-ff410fd777b9
DevOps Beginners to Advanced | Decoding DevOps with Projects
  • Udemy
Docker and Kubernetes Hands-on Training
  • KodeKloud