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Vikram Pendyam

Dublin,CA

Summary

· Proficient DevOps/SRE Engineer skilled in managing cloud infrastructure technologies

· Experienced in architecting, developing, and deploying infrastructure using CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible

· Proficient in designing CI/CD pipelines with AWS CDK, Azure DevOps pipelines, GitLab, GitLab Actions, Jenkins, and Azure Pipelines

· Strong in Python development with a focus on automation and integration tasks

· Experienced in Linux system administration, bash scripting, and configuration management

· Strong at AWS solutions, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, and other AWS services

· Experienced in managing HPC (High-Performance Computing) based applications and infrastructure

· Proficient in Kubernetes-based applications, including deployment, scaling, maintenance, and optimization

· Experienced in implementing blue-green pipeline deployments for seamless and efficient application releases

· Expertise in monitoring and logging systems with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Kibana

· Strong background in data management, optimizing large file systems like Amazon EFS, NetApp, FSx Lustre, and FSx On Tap

· Proven track record in leading application migration projects, transitioning legacy applications to microservices architecture deployed on Kubernetes clusters

· Adept at driving efficiency and scalability in software development and deployment processes

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr.. Staff Devops Engineer

Rivian Automotive
12.2020 - Current
  • · Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure using AWS services.
  • · Architect and deploy infrastructure with Terraform, AWS CDK, and CloudFormation.
  • · Implement CI/CD pipelines with AWS Code Pipeline, CodeBuild, and Code Deploy., Azure pipeline for AKS.
  • · Handle HPC applications and job scheduling with SLURM, PBS, and Open MPI.
  • · Maintain large file systems like EFS, NetApp, and FSx.
  • · Lead application migration to Kubernetes microservices.
  • · Configure networking components such as VPC, Transit Gateway, and VPC endpoints.
  • · Monitor system health and performance with CloudWatch and ELK stack.
  • · Collaborate with development teams for streamlined deployment processes.

Sr. Principal Staff Engineer

Medidata Solutuion
08.2011 - 12.2020
  • · Responsible for day-to-day management of numerous Oracle/MYSQL UNIX and Linux in a growing and dynamic environment.
  • · Setup and configured automated deployment using chef and scaling infrastructure on Amazon using EC2, S3, Route53, Elastic Load Balancer, RDS and Virtual Private cloud with Ubuntu and RHEL.
  • · Chef/Ansible configuration management for deploying the CMS application, Develop custom python modules for ansible custom playbooks.

ORACLE DBA/Jr UNIX Admin

Language Line Services
08.2008 - 08.2011
  • Implemented disaster recovery plans to safeguard against unexpected events, minimizing potential losses.
  • Optimized database performance by conducting regular system updates and implementing new features.
  • Enhanced data security by implementing backup and recovery strategies, ensuring minimal data loss.

Education

Master of Science - Aerospace Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
12.2007

Skills

  • Python,
  • Bash Scripting and Azure Pipelines,
  • Kubernetes Management,
  • MongoDB, Aurora, DynamoDB, Oracle, MySQL, Postgres
  • Linux System Administration,
  • Typescript,
  • AWS CDK, Terraform,Cloudformation, Ansible
  • Azure pipelines

Certification

AWS certified solution Architect Professional

AWS certified solution Architect Associate

Kubernetes certified Developer (still working)

Oracle certified 10g DBA,

Oracle Certified PL/SQL Developer

MYSQL Certified DBA

Timeline

Sr.. Staff Devops Engineer

Rivian Automotive
12.2020 - Current

Sr. Principal Staff Engineer

Medidata Solutuion
08.2011 - 12.2020

ORACLE DBA/Jr UNIX Admin

Language Line Services
08.2008 - 08.2011

Master of Science - Aerospace Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology
Vikram Pendyam