Gomathi S
Associate Engineering Manager
California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolGomathi S is an Associate Engineering Manager based in California with over 20 years in automation and seven years in engineering roles focused on software and DevOps. She leads cross-functional teams at Ansible by Red Hat, combining hands-on backend development with people leadership to deliver robust automation for cloud and networking environments. Her open-source contributions to core Ansible and the amazon.aws collection include bug fixes, unit tests, multi-region features, and enhancements to AWS modules—work that directly improves infrastructure automation for many users. Prior roles at Nokia, Juniper, and Tellabs gave her deep expertise in test automation, CI pipelines, and networking protocols across consumer and carrier-grade products. She’s fluent in building automation frameworks from the ground up and has a knack for simulating complex systems to expand test coverage. Off the beaten path, she sums up her approach as “debugging life as source code,” reflecting a pragmatic, iterative mindset toward engineering and leadership.
6 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Madras Institute of Technology, Anna University,ChennaiBITS Pilani, Birla Institute of Technology and ScienceBachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science, Bachelor of Engineering - BE Computer Science at Madras Institute of Technology
Github Skills (18)
ec10
unit-testing10
network-configuration10
debug10
python10
amazon-ec210
aws10
ansible10
eos10
network-automation10
ansible-galaxy10
testing8
devops8
terraformer5
terraform5
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ansible-collections/amazon.aws
Aug 2022 - Dec 2022
Ansible Collection for Amazon AWS
Role in this project:
Backend Developer & DevOps Engineer
Backend Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:215 reviews, 30 commits, 90 PRs in 3 months
Contributions summary:Gomathi's primary contributions involved modifying and enhancing Ansible modules within the AWS collection. They addressed various bug fixes, including handling edge cases and data type issues within modules such as `ec2_security_group`. The user added new features, such as hibernation options and multi-region support, while also refactoring code and adding tests to improve module functionality. Their work also extended to promoting and testing the `elb_application_lb*` module, reflecting involvement in both development and potentially DevOps aspects.
ec2ansible-collectionansibleamazonamazon-aws
ansible/ansible
Oct 2019 - Aug 2020
Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:26 commits, 56 PRs, 14 pushes in 10 months
Contributions summary:Gomathi primarily contributed to bug fixes and the addition of unit tests within the Ansible project. Their work involved modifying Python modules related to network device configuration, specifically for Arista EOS devices. They addressed issues in areas such as logging and interface configuration. Furthermore, the user added new unit test cases for modules related to logging, vlans, and lacp interfaces, ensuring code quality and stability.
everythingpythonit-automationdevopsdeployment
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