Bala J
About Bala J
Bala J is a Senior DevOps Engineer with extensive experience in cloud infrastructure and application migration. He has worked for several companies, including HCL Technologies, Cigna, and Softrams, and holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Work at Softrams
Bala J currently serves as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Softrams, a position he has held since 2021. In this role, he focuses on enhancing operational efficiencies and ensuring service reliability. His responsibilities include designing and implementing solutions that facilitate user interaction and monitor service health status.
Previous Experience in DevOps and Software Development
Before joining Softrams, Bala J worked in various roles across multiple organizations. He was a DevOps Engineer at AdventHealth from 2020 to 2021, where he contributed to the development and deployment of cloud-based solutions. Prior to that, he worked at AT&T as a Project Engineer from 2016 to 2017, and at Cigna as a Software Developer from 2018 to 2019. His career began at HCL Technologies, where he worked as a Software Developer from 2014 to 2015.
Education and Expertise
Bala J holds a Master of Science in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Wright State University, which he completed from 2015 to 2017. He also earned a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from CVR College of Engineering in Hyderabad, graduating in 2014. His academic background provides a solid foundation for his technical skills in DevOps and software development.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Bala J has developed a range of technical skills throughout his career. He has designed Kubernetes dashboards for user interaction and service health monitoring. He implemented LDAP integrations for tools such as Nexus, Vault, and Grafana. Additionally, he utilized Terragrunt to maintain DRY principles in Terraform infrastructure deployments and configured Logic Monitor for comprehensive monitoring of AWS Cloud and Datacenter Hardware.
Projects and Implementations
Bala J has been involved in significant projects that showcase his expertise in cloud technologies. He migrated applications from Elastic Beanstalk managed EC2 instances to Kubernetes on AWS using EKS services. He also developed ETL processes using Python to extract and transform data from MSSQL and MongoDB, which were essential for creating transaction dashboards and reports.