Sagar Mehta

About Sagar Mehta

Cloud EngineerFields of Experience : AWS, Puppet, RESTful WebServices, AngularJs, SDN Technologies, Spring Boot, Jenkins, Maven, Docker, Bash Scripting, TICK(Telegraf, Influxdb, Chronograf, Kapacitor) stack. Skills: Languages : Java, SQL, C, Embedded C, Python (Basics), GoLang (basics)Web technology : HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Angular 4, Node.js, Bootstrap, jQuery (Basics), JSF 2.0 (Basics)Frameworks : Java RESTful Web-Service, Spring Boot, Servlets, Maven, Seam framework, Hibernate, JPA, EJBSDN technology: SDN OpenDayLight Controller, OpenVSwitch, Mininet, OpenFlow, Floodlight Controller (Basics)Big Data : Pig Latin, MapReduce, Hadoop, Apache Spark, Spark streaming, Elastic searchOther : Qracle Database, MySql Database, DB2 Database, AWS EC2 (basics), SVN, Git, Jenkins, Docker Additional strengths: Strong Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithms, and complexity analysis. Experienced in working with large teams ranging from 4-50 team membersI believe that I am a quick learner and have the curiosity to learn new things and implement them to best of my abilities. I believe in taking up new challenges which could expand my knowledge and open doors for innovations. I like to take on thought-provoking projects and see them through completion in a timely manner. I evaluate and analyze the problem before making any judgement about it and adapt to changes by making necessary amendments in my work to obtain a productive output.

Experience

1. Software Engineer

   Cisco

   Jun 2019 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Deploy and manage persistence applications in AWS Cloud including but not limited to EC2, Elasticache, RDS, MSK, Opensearch, VPC, and Route53. • Own, Maintain and troubleshoot persistence services such as KAFKA, RabbitMQ, Kafka Schema Registry, AWS Opensearch, and AWS RDS, ensuring end-to-end reliability and availability. • Security Patch Automation for Kafka Proxies: Automated rollout of security patches, fixing all vulnerabilities and improving the security posture of Kafka solutions. Reduced patch rollout time from 2+ hours to just 15 minutes per node. • Saved 66% in operational costs by implementing Kafka Proxy optimizations, improving efficiency and reducing resource usage. • Designed and implemented automation frameworks leveraging Python automations with StackStorm, Terraform, Ansible, and Hashicorp Vault to streamline infrastructure provisioning and improve system reliability. • Led complex infrastructure migrations including ON-prem Kafka to Confluent Cloud, Automation migration to Terraform/Ansible (IaC). • Implemented observability solutions by collecting metrics and logs, building Grafana dashboards, and monitoring availability, latency, and system health to ensure reliability and enable proactive issue resolution. • Improved operational practices to minimize service disruptions and enhance platform stability. • Drove cross-team alignment and process standardization, enabling smoother deployments and improved collaboration. • Enhanced customer-facing documentation, supporting seamless adoption of new features and boosting customer experience. • Delivered critical production support by resolving high-impact issues, remediating risks, and ensuring long-term system stability. • Demonstrated strong leadership and accountability by proactively driving architectural improvements, sustainable solutions, and bold decision-making.

Education

• The University of Texas at Dallas

  Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

  2015

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics Engineering

  2010 — 2013

• Shri Baghubhai Mafatlal Polytechnic

  Diploma, Digital Electronics

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Openvswitch
• C++
• Basic Html
• Microsoft Office
• Big Data Analytics
• Javascript
• Servlets
• Node.js
• Html
• Customer Service
• Mysql
• C
• Programming
• Sql
• Restful Webservices
• Jboss Application Server
• Software Development
• Python
• Bootstrap
• Openflow
• Embedded C
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Android Development
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Representational State Transfer (Rest)
• Microsoft Word
• Opendaylight
• Apache Pig
• Angularjs
• Project Management
• Java
• Eclipse
• Mininet
• Pl/Sql
• Strategic Planning