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"Don't ever let someone tell you, you can't do something. You got a dream, you got to protect it."

  • Name: Tejas Bhagat
  • Location: New York, New York
  • Email: tbhagat94@gmail.com
  • LinkedIn: Tejas Bhagat

Education

August 2012 - May 2016

Bachelor of Science in Integrative Neuroscience

Binghamton University

Dean’s List: Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Executive Board: Pakistani Student’s Association

Certifications

August 2020

Google IT Automation with Python Specialization

Verify Credential ID: 2MFRCE2DF32V

June 2020

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-002)

Verify Credential ID: CQDC6V8K3FF1Q3CS

Professional Experience

May 2022 - Present

DevOps Engineer

Bounteous

● Led DevOps effort creating AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, alerting and documentation for next iteration of NomNom accelerator.
● Created CI/CD pipeline for initial Sumo Logic deployments to client AWS accounts.
o Decreased response time for outages/failures through the creation of standard alerting for AWS infrastructure and Cloudflare traffic.
● Automated AWS Personalize model retraining by utilizing AWS Step Functions, Python, Lambda, Boto3.
● Designed, developed, and deployed internal AWS SSM parameter management Angular application, allowing developers to easily update parameters in client accounts for dev/staging/prod environments.
● Supported and maintained AWS infrastructure in 15+ client accounts, including supports for P1/P2 level outages.
● Managed Cloudflare DNS and Security for 15+ client accounts.
● Reduced DevOps and developer toil by creating various CI/CD pipelines, converting infrastructure to IaC through CloudFormation and properly maintaining documentation.

March 2021 - Present

Software Engineer, DevOps

TransUnion (Previously Verisk Financial)

● Designed and developed front and serverless backend for AWS cost savings application utilizing a variety of boto3 APIs to provide end users with an easily digestible view of EC2, RDS, Redshift, and EMR instances and their associated daily cost. Allowing users to pause/resume resources on demand or via a schedule.
● Re-architected and enhanced serverless data aggregation pipeline from Lambda to AWS Batch and extended capabilities to incorporate 3 more regions into credit card processing studies.
o Utilized CloudFormation, AWS SAM and Gitlab CI/CD for automated deployments to dev/staging/prod.
o Reduced operational complexity by enhancing end to end automation and reducing failure rate/processing time.
o Managed timelines and feasibility of enhancements with TPM.
o Lead handoff to internal support teams by providing documentation, demos and workshops.
● Leveraged Lambda, CloudWatch Events, SNS and Python to generate automated reports to inform operational teams on status of data lock, hydration, aggregation.
● Automated data refreshes for several Postgres tables by utilizing Python, SQL, AWS Batch, Lambda and Step functions.

October 2019 - February 2021

IT Operations Engineer

JetBlue Airways

● Supported 20+ mission critical applications running on Windows Server in production, staging and developer environments.
● Opened and managed technical bridges within 15 minute SLA for company wide IT outages directly affecting operations.
● Escalated support issues for components of JetBlue’s infrastructure including Active Directory, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP.
● Maintained IT infrastructure and application stability by working closely with engineering and support staff.
● Monitored application and server stability using AppDynamics, Azure, SolarWinds, and email based alerts.

July 2019 - October 2019

Analyst IT CTS

JetBlue Airways

● Composed 15+ knowledge articles to train current and new team members on operational processes.
● Designed a streamlined ServiceNow dashboard utilized by 90 crew members across three teams.
● Trained and mentored IT CTS team members across 7 locations on operational and technical procedures.
● Created Powershell scripts to automate Active Directory users/groups changes in mass.
● Analyzed historical ticketing system data to create optimized 24x7, 4x10 schedule for 40+ crew members at 3 locations

February 2017 - July 2019

Associate Analyst IT CTS

JetBlue Airways

● Provided Tier 2 & 3 hardware and software support onsite at JFK Terminal 5 and remote support for 22,000+ crew members at JetBlue airport locations, Long Island City HQ and residential agents.
● Created and managed user accounts and access in Microsoft Active Directory, on premises Exchange Management Console and Office365 Cloud Exchange Management Console.
● Utilized Citrix Desktop Director to support 5000+ residential agent’s running Citrix XenDesktop on ThinClients.
● Configured and managed 700+ information display and Citrix access HP thin clients through HP Device Manager and Altiris deployment console.
● Provided support and management of Apple iPads and iPhones through Airwatch.
● Troubleshot Citrix environment issues for residential agents via Help desk using Citrix Desktop Director to resolve issues.
● Diagnosed and resolved issues pertaining to Sabre Interact at ticket counters and gates as well as partner airline SITA Common Use equipment, ie Astral (Aer Lingus), Amadeus (TAP Portugal), Sabre Native (Hawaiian).

October 2016 - February 2017

IT CTS Support Intern

JetBlue Airways

● Responsible for day-to-day desktop support operations including ticket prioritization, tracking, and timely resolution, as well as technical support to 1000+ onsite crew members and 2000+ remote crew members.
● Migrated 700+ laptops/desktops to Windows 10, ensuring successful data migration.
● Provided support for all JetBlue hardware/applications including telephony and mobile.
● Facilitated software package roll outs and maintenance.

December 2015 - May 2016

IT Intern

Universal Instruments Corporation

● Organized PC bit width information into Lotus Notes inventory by modifying Windows PowerShell logon script in order to advance Windows 10 upgrade process.
● Upgraded and migrated company’s primary file server from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2012 R2 using VMware vSphere.
● Performed companywide in-place Windows 10 Operating System upgrades over 310 computers.
● Prepared training materials for remote users to perform Windows 10 upgrades on their own PCs.
● Prepared and deployed new PCs, including data transferring and scheduling with clients.
● Diagnosed and performed PC hardware repairs, in addition to data recovery and backup.

August 2013 - June 2015

ITS Residential Computer Consultant

Binghamton University ITS

● Diagnosed, troubleshot and resolved a range of software, hardware and connectivity issues on various operating systems, including but not limited to Microsoft Windows, (Vista, 7, 8) Mac OS X, Android and iOS.
● Routinely responded to and resolved tickets generated by clients in a timely manner.
● Collaborated with a team to ensure campus network access constantly remained stable.

Projects

October 2020

AWS Serverless Covid-19 Event Driven Dashboard

● Technologies Utilized: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB AWS SAM, Cloud Watch Events, Amazon SNS, CloudFormation, git, Github, Github Actions, Python (Boto3, Pandas), HTML, CSS, W3, Javascript, Google Charts.
● Created serverless U.S Covid-19 tracking dashboard with an integrated CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions for front end and back end code.
● Leveraged Python Boto3, Pandas and Lambda to automate & serve changes to/from DynamoDB based on current Covid data from New York Times and John Hopkins.
● Used HTML, CSS, W3, Javascript and Google Charts for front end development/ data visualization.
Completed Dashboard
Blog Post
GitHub Repo

August 2020

AWS Serverless CI/CD Website (Front end & Back End)

● Technologies Utilized: AWS S3, Route53, Certificates Manager, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, AWS SAM, CloudFormation, git, Github, Github Actions, Python (Boto3), HTML, CSS, W3, JavaScript.
● Launched serverless S3 hosted static website with integrated CI/CD pipeline for front and back end code.
● Automated back end infrastructure creation using AWS SAM and Github Actions.
● Leveraged Python Boto3 and Lambda to automate & serve changes to/from DynamoDB using API Gateway.
Blog Post
Cloud Resume challenge

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