Vinay Kumar Racharla
Lead Site Reliability Engineer
Frisco,TX
Summary
Results-driven Site Reliability Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing, implementing, and managing complex cloud infrastructures. Passionate about driving cloud transformation, automating operational workflows, and building scalable, secure, and cost-efficient solutions. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams and fostering cloud-native environments to achieve operational excellence. Proven expertise in DevOps, infrastructure-as-code (IaC), CI/CD pipelines, and advanced observability tools. Adept at leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform to optimize system performance, ensure high availability, and enhance deployment speed. Known for mentoring engineering teams, staying ahead of tech trends, and solving complex technical challenges in fast-paced environments.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certificates
Work History
Site Reliability Engineer
Walmart
04.2024 - Current
- Lead cloud-native infrastructure initiatives, optimizing Kubernetes-based solutions for scalability and performance
- Collaborate with developers and product teams to design robust CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment cycles by 30%
- Implement Terraform for IaC, ensuring consistent and reliable infrastructure across production and development environments
- Evaluated new technologies and tools to enhance overall system performance, stability, and security.
Site Reliability Engineer
Securonix
06.2021 - 01.2024
- Directed a cross-functional team to deliver high-availability solutions, ensuring 99.9% uptime for critical applications.
- Implemented advanced monitoring and alerting systems using Grafana and Prometheus, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 40%.
- Led initiatives to automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, reducing deployment times by 50%.
- Conducted technical training sessions to upskill team members on cloud-native technologies and DevOps best practices.
- Built and maintained scalable AWS applications using Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and managed services like EMR and RDS.
- Set up end-to-end SaaS applications for data ingestion and monitoring, enabling actionable insights through efficient analytics.
- Optimized resource utilization and developed cost-effective cloud solutions, reducing operational expenses by 15%.
Cloud DevOps Engineer - Big Data/Hadoop
Early Warning
01.2019 - 05.2021
- Led a team of 5 to manage Big Data infrastructures, including Hadoop, Cassandra, and Elasticsearch
- Implemented secure data pipelines, ensuring encryption in transit and at rest, while adhering to compliance standards
- Automated infrastructure deployments using Ansible and Terraform, improving efficiency and reducing manual interventions
DevOps Engineer
Orgspire Inc.
01.2016 - 04.2020
- Spearheaded DevOps transformations, building CI/CD pipelines and automating deployments across hybrid environments
- Enhanced observability and performance monitoring using Grafana and Prometheus, reducing incident resolution time by 40%
Hadoop Administrator / Big Data Engineer
UPS & Nationwide
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Migrated data from legacy systems to Hadoop clusters, ensuring minimal downtime and secure data replication
- Built scalable solutions for historical data analysis, leveraging Spark and Datameer for actionable insights
Education
Master of Science - Cybersecurity
01.2019 - 06.2020
Master of Science - Computer Science
01.2015 - 01.2016
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
01.2006 - 01.2010
Skills
Cloud Technologies: AWS (EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda), Azure, GCP
undefinedTimeline
Site Reliability Engineer - Walmart
04.2024 - Current
Site Reliability Engineer - Securonix
06.2021 - 01.2024
New England College - Master of Science, Cybersecurity
01.2019 - 06.2020
Cloud DevOps Engineer - Big Data/Hadoop - Early Warning
01.2019 - 05.2021
Hadoop Administrator / Big Data Engineer - UPS & Nationwide
01.2017 - 01.2018
DevOps Engineer - Orgspire Inc.
01.2016 - 04.2020
San Francisco Bay University - Master of Science, Computer Science
01.2015 - 01.2016
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
01.2006 - 01.2010
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect
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