Avinash Ranga
About Avinash Ranga
Avinash Ranga is an Associate Tech Lead in Site Reliability Engineering at Thomson Reuters, with a background in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. He has extensive experience in automation, cloud services, and configuration management, having worked at notable companies including VMware and iGATE.
Work at Thomson Reuters
Avinash Ranga currently serves as an Associate Tech Lead - SRE at Thomson Reuters, a position he has held since 2017. In this role, he focuses on site reliability engineering, contributing to the stability and performance of systems. His work includes automating the deployment and management of Linux-based operating systems through CI/CD pipelines. He has also been involved in enterprise-level source control management using GitHub and GitLab, enhancing collaboration and version control across projects.
Education and Expertise
Avinash Ranga earned a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) in Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering from AMC, where he studied from 2006 to 2010. His educational background provides a strong foundation in engineering principles, which he applies in his current role. He also completed his early education at Sacred Heart Boys School from 1992 to 2004.
Background
Before joining Thomson Reuters, Avinash Ranga gained extensive experience in the technology sector. He worked at iGATE as a Senior Systems Engineer from 2010 to 2012. He then transitioned to VMware, where he served as a Technical Engineer from 2012 to 2015 and later as a Technical Engineer - Premier Services from 2015 to 2017. His roles at VMware involved working with virtualization technologies and providing technical support.
Achievements in Automation and Configuration Management
Avinash Ranga has made significant contributions to automation and configuration management throughout his career. He developed and managed Ansible playbooks and Puppet manifests to streamline configuration processes. He created automated CI build and deployment infrastructure for multiple projects, enhancing efficiency. Additionally, he automated AWS components, including EC2 instances and Security Groups, using AWS CloudFormation templates, showcasing his expertise in cloud technologies.
Technical Skills and Tools
Avinash Ranga possesses a diverse skill set in various technologies and tools. He is proficient in using Docker and container orchestration tools such as Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and Amazon EKS. His experience includes utilizing vRealize Orchestrator for automating VMware deployments and vRealize Operations for monitoring system performance. He practices sustainable incident response and conducts blameless postmortems, emphasizing a culture of continuous improvement.