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PRANEETH KOTLA

Omaha,NE

Summary

  • Worked on Azure migrating like creating AZURE VMs, storage accounts, VHD, storage pools, migrating on premise servers to AZURE and creating availability sets in Azure.
  • AZ 104 and AZ 400 certifications.
  • Experience in using various Azure services like Azure Spring App, Azure, Azure key vaults, Storage etc.
  • Managed AWS EC2 instances, including provisioning, configuration, and optimization for performance and cost.
  • Designed and implemented AWS Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), subnets, and security groups.
  • Implemented Azure Active Directory for identity and access management, ensuring secure authentication and authorization

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

FiservInc
Omaha, NE
09.2023 - Current
  • Demonstrated proficiency in working with major public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure.
  • Configured, monitored, and maintained cloud infrastructure such as virtual machines, networks, and storage.
  • Performed system administration tasks to maintain high availability of cloud services.
  • Analyzed existing architectures and developed strategies for migrating workloads from on-premises systems to the cloud.
  • Collaborated with stakeholders across multiple departments to develop a comprehensive strategy for leveraging cloud services.
  • Optimized application performance by monitoring serverless computing platforms like AWS Lambda or Azure Functions.
  • Worked closely with DevOps engineers on automating various processes within the Cloud environment.
  • Advised on project costs, concepts or design changes.
  • Handled troubleshooting tasks for Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks and to reduce network connectivity problems.
  • Automation in Terraform, Ansible, Python and bash shell.
  • Worked on Azure Active Directory and experience on LDAP, Centrify, Cyberark.
  • Experience in resolving vulnerabilities on the cloud infrastructure.
  • Integrating splunk with Azure service to monitor the alerts.

System Engineer II

FiservInc
Omaha, NE
02.2019 - 08.2023
  • Extensive experience in Unix/Linux system administration, including installation, configuration, and maintenance of servers.
  • Managed user accounts, file systems, and performed system updates and patches.
  • Proficient in shell scripting (Bash, Shell) for automating repetitive tasks and system administration processes.
  • Experience in automating day to day tasks using salt and Ansible.
  • Proficient in shell scripting (Bash, Shell) for automating repetitive tasks and system administration processes.
  • Utilized containerization tools like Docker for packaging applications and Kubernetes for container orchestration.
  • Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform.
  • Stayed current with emerging threats and vulnerabilities specific to cloud environments.
  • Maintained detailed documentation of vulnerabilities, risk assessments, and remediation efforts.
  • Enhanced IAM policies to align with compliance requirements and enforce least privilege access principles.
  • Experienced in UNIX/Linux System Administration and Support of various applications on RHEL 5/6/7, CentOS 6/7, Fedora, Ubuntu.

  • Conducted regular access reviews and audits to maintain compliance with access controls

System Engineer I

FiservInc
Omaha, NE
04.2016 - 01.2019
  • Supporting cloud services in AWS/Azure for existing infrastructure and also by creating infrastructure from scratch.
  • Patching of Linux environments.
  • Experience in administering and maintaining Production/CAT/QA and Development environments.
  • In-depth knowledge of Linux operating systems, including kernel tuning, performance optimization and system security.
  • Regularly reviewed and updated governance policies to adapt to evolving cloud environments.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement mitigation strategies and improve overall risk posture.
  • Covered 24*7 on call support for the Patching support also mainly on Production on call support.
  • Worked on multiple projects at a time.
  • Knowledge and ability to support infrastructure with automation like Ansible Playbooks, creating Ansible roles, or automation platforms like BigFix.
  • Experience in service now , CA service desk and BMC remedy.

Unix Administrator

Only It Consulting
01.2015 - 03.2016
  • Developed and implemented security policies for Unix systems.
  • Performed system administration tasks including user account management, software installation, and hardware maintenance.
  • Configured network services such as DNS, NFS, SSH, FTP, SMTP and Apache web server.
  • Managed storage devices like LVM and RAID configurations.
  • Installed, configured and maintained various Linux distributions such as RedHat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu.
  • Implemented automation scripts using shell scripting languages such as Bash or Perl to automate routine tasks.
  • Deployed applications on Unix servers using configuration management tools such as Salt and Ansible.
  • Investigated root cause of application errors reported by users.
  • Monitored disk space usage on file systems used by Unix servers.
  • Worked with vendors to resolve product related issues with their products running on Unix platforms.
  • Monitored network performance to determine adjustments needed.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO
12-2014

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Computer Science

JNTU
Hyderabad , India
05-2013

Skills

  • Virtualization Technologies
  • System Monitoring
  • Configuration Management
  • Scripting Languages
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Incident Response
  • Cloud Computing
  • Technology Support

Certification

  • AZ 104 and AZ 400

Timeline

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

FiservInc
09.2023 - Current

System Engineer II

FiservInc
02.2019 - 08.2023

System Engineer I

FiservInc
04.2016 - 01.2019

Unix Administrator

Only It Consulting
01.2015 - 03.2016

Master of Science - Computer Science

University of Central Missouri

Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Computer Science

JNTU

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