Aparna Unnikrishnan
About Aparna Unnikrishnan
Aparna Unnikrishnan is a Cloud Engineer 2 currently working at BlueCat in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has extensive experience in cloud infrastructure management and automation, having previously worked at Tata Consultancy Services in various engineering roles.
Work at BlueCat
Aparna Unnikrishnan has been employed at BlueCat as a Cloud Engineer 2 since 2020. In this role, she has focused on implementing automation projects for Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure Identity and Access Management (IAM) using Terraform and GitLab pipelines. Her responsibilities include managing over 250 AWS accounts and infrastructure, utilizing Terraform and CloudFormation for efficient management. She has also contributed to improving operational efficiency by creating document-as-code for automated documents and runbooks.
Previous Experience at Tata Consultancy Services
Before joining BlueCat, Aparna Unnikrishnan worked at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in various roles. She served as a System Engineer from 2016 to 2019 and later as an Information Technology Analyst for six months in 2019, both positions based in Bangalore, India. Additionally, she held the position of Assistant System Engineer from 2014 to 2015 in Kochi, India. During her tenure at TCS, she managed production Elasticsearch clusters, troubleshooting over 50 instances using Elasticsearch APIs and Python scripts.
Education and Expertise
Aparna Unnikrishnan earned her Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the College of Engineering Chengannur. She completed her studies from 2010 to 2014. Her educational background provides a strong foundation for her expertise in cloud engineering, automation, and infrastructure management.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Aparna Unnikrishnan has developed a range of technical skills throughout her career. She has utilized JIRA automation for automatic ticket generation and improved security measures by securing secrets in HashiCorp Vault. Additionally, she has created reusable templates for secret management. Her commitment to knowledge sharing is evident as she has trained and mentored five new joiners and team members on support duties and best practices.