Prasanth Bodepudi

Accomplishments :

• Led a team of 10 platform engineers in managing and optimizing AWS EMR clusters, resulting in a 30% reduction in processing times for big data workloads.
• Successfully managed migration of On-Prem Hortonworks platform to AWS EMR, resulting in an annual cost reduction of $1.44M.
• Successfully designed and implemented scalable EMR cluster architectures such as persistent, transient and serverless, supporting over 3PB of data in agile environments.
• Collaborated with internal and vendor SME's to review and implement disaster recovery solutions for all 3 EMR products.
• Automated cluster provisioning and management using Terraform and CloudFormation, reducing setup times by 40% and implemented reliability engineering techniques for improve stability.
• Implemented cost-saving strategies by changing instances to graviton-based, utilizing spot instances and auto-scaling. Resulted in a 30% decrease in AWS costs and a 40% improvement in performance.
• Enforced security best practices, including Kerberos, Ranger, IAM roles and policies, encryption, and ensuring compliance with industry standards.
• Utilized AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Dynatrace, Splunk, and custom scripts to establish proactive monitoring and alerting solutions resulting in a sustained 99% uptime rate for EMR clusters.
• Collaborated and supported 1000+ customers from data delivery and data science teams, optimizing Spark and Hadoop jobs to enhance processing efficiency by 20%.
• Developed and implemented a streamlined approach to incident response, including RCA and documentation, empowering end customers with self service capabilities
• Generated reports on platform health , user metrics, cost metrics and project progress for leadership awareness.
• Conducted regular training sessions and workshops on AWS best practices and new features for platform engineers, enabling them as needed.
• Presented and educated user community on new features and EMR success stories.

Experienced Senior Hadoop Administrator with a proven track record in deploying and optimizing large-scale Hadoop clusters. Skilled in automating cluster management, ensuring high availability, and implementing robust security measures. Adept at enhancing data processing efficiency and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable big data solutions. Committed to maintaining system performance and ensuring data integrity.

Accomplishments :

• Enabled On-Prem Bigdata Hortonworks clusters on Teradata appliances.
• Successfully upgraded and maintained clusters to support 1PB data.
• Migrated 1PB data from on-prem to AWS S3 and enabled EMR clusters.

Worked on deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Hadoop clusters, with a focus on optimizing performance and ensuring data integrity. Skilled in monitoring cluster health, troubleshooting issues, and implementing security measures. Committed to learning and apply best practices in big data administration to support efficient data processing and analytics workflows.

Accomplishments :

• Managed 22 linux servers and Hadoop clusters
• Successfully enabled Hadoop clusters in all environments

Worked as a System admin to mange of IBM WebSphere Application Server environments. Learned and deployed applications, monitored server performance, and troubleshooted issues to ensure optimal functionality. Familiar with implementing security measures and conducting routine system backups. Dedicated to expanding technical expertise in WebSphere technologies and contributing effectively to the seamless operation of mission-critical applications.

Accomplishments :

• Administrated IBM WebSphere platform in all environments.