Nikhil Rangaraju

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end OCI cloud migrations, including planning, designing, and executing the migration of enterprise applications and databases to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.
• Architect, deploy, and optimize OCI services like Compute, Object Storage, Autonomous Database, and Oracle Networking to meet business requirements.
• Implement Oracle GoldenGate for real-time data replication and integration between on-premises and OCI systems, ensuring seamless data consistency across hybrid environments.
• Design, deploy, and manage WebLogic Server clusters in OCI for high-availability, fault tolerance, and scalable enterprise application deployments.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess legacy infrastructure, design cloud-native architectures, and build a roadmap for cloud adoption.
• Oversee security and compliance posture by applying best practices for OCI Identity and Access Management (IAM), Cloud Guard, and Vault to ensure secure access and data protection.

Achievements:

• Led the migration of a global Energy and Resources platform to OCI, improving scalability and reducing infrastructure costs by 30%.
• Automated the deployment and scaling of WebLogic, Databases, EBS applications using OCI's Infrastructure as Code tools, reducing maintenance time by 50%.
• Successfully implemented Oracle GoldenGate for a multi-region, hybrid cloud database architecture, ensuring low-latency replication and data consistency.
• Reduced the Daily/Weekly/Monthly clones timing on OCI frpm 4 hours to 30 mins by Effectively using the OCI Storage features.

• Managed a team of 12 members delivering Oracle DBA, Oracle Apps DBA, EXADATA, Oracle Weblogic, Oracle Cloud and AWS cloud services for more than 70 clients
• Developed a Fusion automation tool for DBA activities (FDBA) that can fully automate cloning, patching and other regulatory activities on EBS, Databases and Weblogic Applications.
• Worked on all major versions of EBS that includes 11.5.10.2,12.1.3,12.2.4 and 12.2.6 with DB versions includes 9iR2,10gR2,11gR2,12c,18c and 19c
• Provided technical Guidelines/architecture for online patch cycles, File system customization, clones, upgrades, RMAN backups, recovery, audit reporting, health checks, alerts, monitoring, performance tuning, data duplication, standby/DR instance build and active duplication techniques.
• Worked on Administration of Oracle Weblogic 11g and 12c servers, that includes Code deployments, Security configurations, Log Configurations, Creating data sources and JVM configurations
• Worked closely with DEVOPS teams and system administrators by Providing compute, storage, network and ELB requirements for all the applications and thereby facilitating them in procuring cloud infrastructure on Oracle cloud and AWS
• Created a RUN book for each client to keep track of client's SLAs, day-to-day routines, scheduled activities, critical production activities and clone QA check lists
• Actively managed a 24/7 shift environment by defining shift schedules, mitigating issues in the shift through smooth handovers, Gathering feedback from the client and senior technical account managers
• Provided status reports and team performance metrics to higher management on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis
• Extracted incident management, change management and task managed reports from Service now
• Also, provided on-boarding documents to ensure easy and quick new customer's on-boarding engagement
• Published white papers on "guidelines for using ONLINE PATCHING CYLCE for 12.2.x EBS envs", "12.2 RUN/PATCH FS and fixing CUSTOM_TOP implementations".

• Worked on migrating on premise EBS and DB environment to oracle cloud and involved in preparing sales pitches, business proposals, pricing and billing activities with the core business and sales teams
• Designed and implemented hybrid cloud strategies for clients, integrating Oracle Cloud Infrastructure with existing on-premises and third-party cloud services.
• Led workshops and training sessions for clients to help them understand OCI products and migration strategies, including GoldenGate and WebLogic.
• Designed and implemented high-performance, high-availability cloud architectures using Oracle Cloud services, such as Compute, Block Storage, and Autonomous Database.
• Developed and executed detailed migration plans for clients transitioning from on-premises databases (e.g., Oracle DB, SQL Server) to OCI-managed cloud databases.
• Provided troubleshooting and optimization support for clients’ Oracle WebLogic implementations, ensuring seamless integration with other OCI products.
• Worked on administration of oracle fusion middleware infrastructure that includes, Oracle SOA and Weblogic, OAM/OID, Hyperion, OBIEE and Discoverer tools

• Administration of oracle EBS (11.5.10.2, 12.1.x and 12.2.x), Agile PLM, Demantra and WebLogic on both cloud and on premise servers
• Worked as a dedicated resource to a client as per the client's ask and worked on all the implementations of oracle related products (Oracle Database, Oracle EBS, Oracle SOA, Weblogic server, AGILE and Demanta)
• Worked in a shared pool DBA support environment and exposed to handling more than 30 clients
• Played a major role in eliminating escalations, upgrading Demantra, migrating Discoverer, Bar code labels, Agile and EBS databases
• Provided status updates and issue resolutions with RCAs to account managers, closely worked with Oracle Support in evaluating ongoing issues and issue resolution.

• Administration of Oracle 11i EBS (11.5.10.2 and 11g RAC), automation of cloning activities
• Configuration of scheduled Alerts and health check metrics using OEM 12c
• Manage a team of 4 in 24/7 shift environment, prioritizing tasks as per client's SLAs and thereby eliminating escalations and timely continuous delivery
• Implementing best practices and optimal solutions to solve mission critical issues and mentoring the team by providing them required documentation and guidelines as necessary
• Installation, Configuration and administration of oracle fusion middleware components, that includes installing weblogic, SOA, BPM and UCM products, configuring the Load Balancers and ensuring high availability of these servers through clustering, applying patch-sets.

• Worked on installation and configuration of Oracle EBS environments
• Cloning of application (RAC to Non RAC) and (RAC to RAC)
• Installation of 11gR2 Database, Weblogic 10.1.4, Oracle RCU 11.1.1.4, SOA & BPM 11.1.1.4, OSB 11.1.4, Web Center 11.1.1.4, Identity Management 11.1.1.4, Oracle Enterprise Content Management - 11.1.1.5, Oracle OID and OAM (Oracle Access Manager) Setup
• Configuring 11g SOA - 11.1.1.4, Identity Management - 11.1.1.4, Content Management - 11.1.1.4, Oracle Service Bus - 11.1.1.4, Web Center 11.1.1.4 with Oracle Weblogic Server 10.1.4 where Weblogic server's acts as ADMIN servers and all other component servers acts as Managed Servers
• Worked on applying patchsets, installing java and configuring JVM parameters, analyzing thread dumps, configuring Load balancers, clustering and log configuration.

• Administration of Oracle 11i EBS (11.5.10.2 and 11g RAC), automation of cloning activities
• Configuration of scheduled Alerts and health check metrics using OEM 12c
• Manage a team of 4 in 24/7 shift environment, prioritizing tasks as per client's SLAs and thereby eliminating escalations and timely continuous delivery
• Implementing best practices and optimal solutions to solve mission critical issues and mentoring the team by providing them required documentation and guidelines as necessary
• Installation, Configuration and administration of oracle fusion middleware components, that includes installing weblogic, SOA, BPM and UCM products, configuring the Load Balancers and ensuring high availability of these servers through clustering, applying patch-sets.

• Administration of Oracle 11i EBS (11.5.10.2 and 11g RAC), automation of cloning activities
• Configuration of scheduled Alerts and health check metrics using OEM 12c
• Manage a team of 4 in 24/7 shift environment, prioritizing tasks as per client's SLAs and thereby eliminating escalations and timely continuous delivery
• Implementing best practices and optimal solutions to solve mission critical issues and mentoring the team by providing them required documentation and guidelines as necessary
• Installation, Configuration and administration of oracle fusion middleware components, that includes installing weblogic, SOA, BPM and UCM products, configuring the Load Balancers and ensuring high availability of these servers through clustering, applying patch-sets.

• Worked on installation and configuration of Oracle EBS environments
• Cloning of application (RAC to Non RAC) and (RAC to RAC)
• Installation of 11gR2 Database, Weblogic 10.1.4, Oracle RCU 11.1.1.4, SOA & BPM 11.1.1.4, OSB 11.1.4, Web Center 11.1.1.4, Identity Management 11.1.1.4, Oracle Enterprise Content Management - 11.1.1.5, Oracle OID and OAM (Oracle Access Manager) Setup
• Configuring 11g SOA - 11.1.1.4, Identity Management - 11.1.1.4, Content Management - 11.1.1.4, Oracle Service Bus - 11.1.1.4, Web Center 11.1.1.4 with Oracle Weblogic Server 10.1.4 where Weblogic server's acts as ADMIN servers and all other component servers acts as Managed Servers
• Worked on applying patchsets, installing java and configuring JVM parameters, analyzing thread dumps, configuring Load balancers, clustering and log configuration.

Percentage: 71.1%

Percentage: 83.33%