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Sandeep Mendirtata

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-mendiratta-a302417/ @smendiratta

Accomplished IT professional with 20+ of experience with demonstrated success building robust, scalable distributed systems, and mentoring high performance teams in multiple domains. My experience has given me a breadth knowledge in infrastructure areas such as: Public/Hybrid cloud, Docker/ Kubernetes, Virtualization, Infrastructure as Code, scalable microservices, Enterprise Storage, Wintel / Linux platforms, Server Hardware, Datacenter Server Delivery, and Server Operating Systems.

Skills

Operating Systems : Linux Windows OSX

Languages : Golang Java Python Ruby Bash

Technologies : AWS GCE GKE Azure Kubernetes Helm Docker Spinnaker Chef Terraform Ansible Consul git Packer Jenkins Vault Splunk DataDog auditd SeLinux PKI Nmap Wireshark F5 tcpdump DNS DHCP Spinnaker Drone NGINX Garfana Influx

Education

2012-2014 : Bachelor of Engineering; Electronics and Communication, Gulberga University

Experience

Target, Lead Engineer – Cloud and Compute, Minneapolis, MN, April 2016 to Present

• Lead efforts around offering Containers as a Service, using Kubernetes, in Target Stores and distribution Centers
• Designed and built highly automated immutable Kubernetes cluster for Stores' edge computing platform Unimatrix – which revolutionized the way Target developers deliver software to our stores.
• Designed and implemented a continuous build-test-deployment (CI/CD) system with multiple component pipelines using drone to support our releases and out-of-cycle releases based on business needs.
• Develop, build and maintain cloud infrastructure components and built microservices for platform and clients to consume for easy of working with our cloud platform.
• Provided leadership to peers, contractors and 2nd level support, also created architectural and training documentation
• Lead transition from manual configuration and deployment to ‘infrastructure as code’ using ansible, including design and implementation of playbooks
• Ensured the uninterrupted flow of business-critical operations by introducing the spinnaker canary which deployed a sample app every 10 mins. which reduced ours downtime up to 35%.
• Built full automation for renewing certs from Venafi for Kubernetes Nginx ingress. This includes automatically renewal of certs, build and load new certs to the cluster with extensive monitoring in case any of the automation failed.
• Led custom full docker registry caching solution which integrates with antifactory and Kubernetes for edge clusters to pull the images which reduced the time by 100%
• Developed and implemented software release management strategies for various applications according to agile process.
• Built and Managed Spinnker

Target, Lead Engineer – Server technology, Minneapolis, MN, October 2011 to April 2016

• Responsible for working with business units and developers to gather requirements to insure successful implementation of infrastructure.
• Mentors junior Infrastructure Engineers and provides Technical Leadership in the realm of IT Engineering.
• Co-led the initiative for selection criteria for the company next generation of server hardware which included chassis, blades, network and storage ($40 million investment to replace older hardware with new platform)
• Designed, build/architecture, implementation and automation of Dell VRTX (Chassis) platform to replace older hardware
• Platform owner and responsible for of over 5,000 Wintel Servers running at 1,700 locations.
• Re-architected the Stores server build process to use the new server image, as well as download build files from a centralized repository for all platforms, rather than maintain separate build environments for all 7 of the Stores platforms (12,000 servers)
• Developed and executed a Virtualization Strategy for 500 physical servers running legacy Windows 2000 Server software.
• Created a Windows Server 2008 R2 image and build process that will be utilized over the next three years by the Stores Refresh Virtualization Project, utilizing Microsoft Hyper-V to reduce physical server count at all stores from 12,000 to 3,400 servers.
• Led an initiative to standardize security on all corporate servers to ensure compliance with industry regulations.
• Led the team that successfully converted 1,700 Windows 2003 servers running Microsoft Virtual Server to Windows Server 2012 running Hyper-V in only 3 months.
• Regularly partnered with internal security compliance team to ensure all components of server infrastructure meets the compliance needs for GLBA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX etc
• Experienced in 24/7 on-call for PRODUCTION L3 support

Target, Sr. Engineer – Infrastructure Support, Minneapolis, MN, October2009 to October 2011

• Provided top-level tier support to field engineers, technicians, and product support personnel fulfilling the role as a subject matter expert.
• Implemented new workflow management procedures to better prioritize and track incoming projects and eliminate inefficient methods of intake.
• Identified and transitioned additional support duties to our global partners to allow team members to focus on more engineering opportunities.
• Developed processes and automation that identified and remediated various security vulnerabilities on approximately 9,300 servers throughout the Enterprise.
• Instituted a weekly on-call review process with all Windows platform engineers to reduce unnecessary on-call support activities and to improve work-life balance.
• Improved the departmental documentation repository by creating a new structure and standards for project documentation geared around ease of finding information in emergency situations and on-call support.
• Developed a security update review process to formalize our response to monthly and out of band Microsoft security patches.
• Hands on experience working in Tier 2/3 data center operations with high-availability configurations.

Target, System Engineer – System recovery and support, Minneapolis, MN, March 2005 to October 2009

• Responsible for the high availability of systems, servers and related components and the security of the business applications.
• Provided Wintel based server support for servers across HQ, Distribution Centers, and Stores Environments.
• Stores Platform Owner within Systems Recover Server Infrastructure team.
• Managed incoming Infrastructure Work Requests for both Wipro vendor team along with the SRSI team.
• Build full automation for Dell BIOS/Firmware updates across the Wintel Stores platform and build proces setting up DRAC remediation. Build automated the and SAN OS upgrade preparation, the development of the internal Technology Ownership Reporting and server file cleanup efforts.
• Played a key role in ensuring the successful opening of Target Bangalore office which included installing, coordinating all IT infrastructure for new 2000 team members office.
• Successfully led and implemented technical project plan for Target India (Bangalore). Spent 7 weeks in Bangalore for this project. Coordinated and installed/ configured servers, switches, access point, workstations, printers, and phones. Provided training to new hire.