Hi, I’m Dhruv Dixit.

Engineer | Researcher & Published Author | Youth Life Coach & Volunteer

Hello, I’m a DevOps & Cloud Engineer by profession & a lot more as a human. I’m 24 years old (still young :p) and based out of India. I hold a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science & Engineering. I am an aspiring young leader & love to research. I’m also a published author of two research papers in IEEE & Elsevier with 30 Citations in just 3 years. I love to volunteer for various causes to give back to society, whenever I find an opportunity.

On the personal side, I love to travel and explore various untouched places. I am a huge football fan and an ardent Liverpool F.C. supporter. My passion lies in helping people from whatever knowledge and experience I have by sharing my learnings with others. I’m very much interested in animal psychology and fascinated by Big Cats . There was a time when I wanted to become a Wildlife Biologist. Personal Finance is another area where I have developed my knowledge by self-learning.

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Professional Journey

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DevOps & Cloud Engineer + Application Manager
Novartis
Sep, 2020 – Present
Full-time
Hyderabad, India
- Tech Stack: Microsoft Azure, BlazeMeter, Python, DevOps, CI/CD, Jira, Confluence, TeamCity, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Xray for Jira, Shell, Bash, Java, SAFe Agile
- 3-time Star Award Winner for outstanding performance at Novartis by taking up huge responsibilities.
- Saved ~100K USD to the CoE by bringing in an automation using Python overnight.
- My work involves but is not only limited to the following:
  - Collaborating with stakeholders across the globe, understanding business requirements and translating them to scalable solutions. (architecture, design/ data flow and implementation)
  - Setting up projects/ products on Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence, SonarQube, TeamCity and Bitbucket,
  - Automating processes in the DevOps CI/CD pipeline,
  - Migrating from on-premise (server) to cloud,
  - Bringing in new applications/ functionalities/ features and initial research,
  - Scripting or coding,
  - Access management and license management for applications,
  - Application & infrastructure administration including vulnerability remediation.
  - Implementing SOPs for the DevOps pipeline and toolset.
Talent Brand Ambassador
Novartis
Jul, 2021 – Present
Part-time
Hyderabad, India
- Got nominated amongst the very few across Novartis as Talent Brand Ambassador by P&O and Novartis Business Partners.

Associate – DevOps Engineer
Novartis
Aug, 2019 – Aug, 2020 (1 year)
Full-time
Hyderabad, India
Intern
Novartis
Jan, 2019 – July, 2019 (6 months)
Hyderabad, India
Tech Stack: Jira Plugin Development using Atlassian SDK, Java, MVC Architecture, Spring Framework, JIRA Administration, Confluence Administration
Intern- Information Risk Management & Automation
Firstsource
June, 2017 (1 month)
Bangalore, India
Tech Stack: Automation Anywhere, Python, HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, AJAX

Authored & Published Research Papers

Here’s my Google Scholar Profile.

IoT-based Healthcare Monitoring System for War Soldiers using Machine Learning
- Presented at: “Robotics & Smart Manufacturing” (RoSMA), 2018
- Published in Elsevier Procedia, 2018
- 30 Citations in just 2 years
- Tech Stack: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, LoraWAN, ZigBee, Biomedical sensors, Machine Learning, Cloud, Data Analytics, Tableau
Facial Identification using Haar Cascading with BRISK
- Presented at: “IEEE International Conference on Emerging Trends in Information Technology and Engineering”, 2020
- Published in IEEE Xplore, 2020
- Tech Stack: Python, CLAHE, Haar Cascades, BRISK algorithm

Professional Certifications

Certified SAFe 5 DevOps Practitioner
Issued July, 2021
BlazeMeter: Master Performance Testing
Issued June, 2021
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Issued March, 2021
Certified SAFe 5 Practitioner
Issued Jan, 2021

Other Courses

Too many courses to mention here. Please visit my LinkedIn for a detailed list.

Skillset

ADVANCED:

Python, Patience, Leadership, Jira, Confluence, SonarQube, Teamcity, Bitbucket, CI/CD, DevSecOps, Application/ Infra/ License Management, SAFe Agile, BlazeMeter

INTERMEDIATE:

Wordpress, REST APIs, Xray, Microsoft Azure, C/ C++, OpenCV, Computer Vision, Java, MVC Architecture, Automation Anywhere, Tableau, HTML/ CSS, PHP, SQL, Machine Learning, Data Visualization, TensorFlow

BASIC:

AWS, Blockchain, Docker, Hadoop MapReduce Framework, MATLAB, R, Groovy, IoT, Arduino, Raspberry, Sensors

Education Background

Vellore Institute of Technology
(VIT University)
B.Tech (Bachelor’s) in Computer Science & Engineering
8.96 CGPA
2015-2019
Chennai, India
- IInd Best Project Award for RESEARCH PAPER: Facial Identification using Haar Cascading with BRISK.

Important Scores:

CBSE X 2013: 9.8 CGPA
CBSE XII 2015: 94%
JEE Mains 2015 Qualified: 132 (Cutoff: 105)
NPAT (National Programming Aptitude Test) 2017: 91 %ile

Volunteer Experience

Youth Life Coach & Volunteer
WeHeal
Jun, 2021 – Present
Free Online Coaching Sessions
Volunteer at Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Council
Novartis
Jul, 2019 – Jan, 2020 (7 months)
Hyderabad, India
- As a Volunteer at D&I Council, conducted various fun events for PwD (people-with-disability/ specially-abled) at Novartis, Hyderabad campus.
- Contributed in spreading awareness around inclusion of PwD within the organisation.
Vice President
Uddeshya
Aug, 2017 – May, 2018
Chennai, India
DIrector of Information Technology (IT)
Uddeshya
Nov, 2016 – Aug, 2017
Chennai, India
- Among the youngest members in the board of Uddeshya VIT Chennai.
Student Volunteer
Uddeshya
Aug, 2016 – Oct, 2016
Chennai, India
- Volunteered for various causes to help spread awareness about various social and civic issues.
- Organised various medical camps in and around Chennai.
- Volunteered for free medical camp in Kasuva village, helped in distributing medicines worth INR 25,000.
- Collaborated with Everest NGO to teach basic Computers to young school children in Chennai.
- Collected used but reusable goods as donation and distributed them to the poor.

Other Projects I’ve Worked On

GPU Virtualization and Performance Analysis of Machine Learning Algorithms through Nvidia GPU Docker
2018
Tech Stack: Nvidia GPU Docker, Machine Learning
Distributed Farmer’s Market using Blockchain and Ehereum
2017
Tech Stack: Blockchain, Ethereum, Metamask
Hostel ‘Complaint’ and ‘Lost & Found’ Online Portal
2016
Tech Stack: HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, PHP, AJAX
Obstacle Avoiding Robot “Emo”
Tech Stack: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Ultrasonic Sensors