Anshar Ali

Platform Engineer @Bjss

Working to deliver and maintain Identity and Access Management services as part of the Care and Identity Service 2 (CIS2) team. Responsibilities: • Configured Jenkins deployments to Azure and Azure Kubernetes environments • Set up and maintained Azure infrastructure and configured CICD pipeline items written in YAML (Kubernetes), Groovy and bash/shell (Jenkins), JSON ARM Templates (Azure Deployments) and Terraform (Azure Deployments) • Created and maintained Splunk Dashboards and inputs • Automated deployment of Splunk dashboards and alerts written in its native format • Worked collaboratively with developers to maintain code in GitHub repositories and approved pull requests • Worked in an agile SCRUM environment and participated in and on occasion lead associated ceremonies • Understood technical risks and functional and non-functional requirements • Performed investigation and proof of concepts for the use of new technologies/solutions and tested their suitability for the requirements at hand • Applied problem solving ability when troubleshooting issues • Planned and estimated backlog items and user stories • Updated and maintained backlog items in Jira • Updated and maintained documentation and KOPs (Key Operational Procedures) in Confluence • Worked collaboratively with service and operations teams to plan and support releases and configuration changes • Engaged with internal and external stakeholders on service tickets • Onboarded and mentored new colleagues • Liaised with end users and customers and setup client access • Adhered to Platinum service standards and patterns/blueprints in terms of performance, cost efficiency, availability, scalability, security and best practice Achievements: • Performed investigation into monitoring runtime security in Kubernetes containers with Falco being chosen as the preferred tool. Automated deployment and configuration using Jenkins and Helm charts and configured monitoring using Splunk dashboards