About

Arif Shaik is a seasoned Senior DevOps Engineer with over 13 years of experience in the IT industry. He currently works at UnitedHealth Group, where he is responsible for software build and release engineering. Arif holds a postgraduate degree in Computer Science from the University of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom and is ITIL V3 Foundation certified. Arif has excellent communication skills and is a strong analytical and problem-solving professional. He is passionate about automating software tools and has a strong background in Software Configuration Management, Continuous Delivery, and Continuous Integration tools such as Anthill Pro, Team Foundation Server, and Hudson/Jenkins. Arif has hands-on experience in both Windows and Linux operating systems and is proficient in DevOps/Cloud tools such as Chef and Amazon Web Services. Arif has worked with various Continuous Integration tools such as Anthill Pro, Hudson/Jenkins, and Source Code Repositories such as Subversion, GIT, and CVS. He has also worked with Software Build Tools such as Ant, Maven, and Gradle. Arif is skilled in scripting to automate processes using Shell Scripting, Bash Scripting, and Python. He has experience in Application Deployment using JBoss Application Server, Websphere, Apache Tomcat, and RabbitMQ. Arif has worked with Issue Management tools such as Confluence JIRA, Rally (Kanban), and Central Repository Management tools such as Archiva, Artifactory, and Nexus. He is also proficient in Software Code Coverage tools like Sonar and Cobertura and Software Code Analysis/Review tools like Fish Eye & Crucible, Gerrit, and Gerrit Hub OI. Arif has a strong programming knowledge of Java, Big-data, and .Net and has worked with Cloud environments such as VMware Vcloud, AWS (EC2, ELB, VP3, S3), and Docker Management. He has also worked with databases such as Oracle, PLSQL, and SQL. Arif has experience working with various deployment management tools such as XL-Deploy, XL-Release, and Releasing products (Production) using HP Project & Portfolio Management Workbench. Arif has previously worked as a Senior Software Build and Release Engineer at Optum and as a Software Build and Release Engineer at Trimios. At Optum, he was responsible for monitoring builds and configuring software tools for continuous deployments on both Windows and Linux machines. Arif also worked on various DevOps responsibilities such as Infrastructure as a code, Docker Management