Lokesh Chikuru
Multi Cloud Architect | OCI - Azure Infra Architect | Databricks Platform Architect | OCI Admin | Oracle Cloud Operations
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Multi-cloud architect with over 10 years of IT experience, including 7+ years
specializing in infrastructure architecture and administration, and strong expertise
in data platforms and analytics architectures. Proven ability to design resilient,
scalable, and secure multi-cloud solutions across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
and Microsoft Azure, with a focus on greenfield deployments, complex migrations,
and enterprise modernization initiatives.
Highly experienced in building high-availability cloud architectures while
optimizing performance, security, and cost efficiency in multi-cloud environments.
Demonstrated expertise in cloud data platforms, including Azure Databricks for
large-scale analytics, real-time data processing, and advanced FinOps and GenAI
use cases.
Holds a Master's degree in Information Technology and multiple OCI and Azure
certifications, reflecting strong technical depth, architectural leadership, and the
ability to align cloud and data strategies with business outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Principal Engineer
Harman | Wipro
Bengaluru
10.2024 - Current
- Designing and provisioning robust OCI - Azure multicloud infrastructure for health care customers.
- Managing OCI Cloud Infrastructure resources.
- Deployed OCI Application Load Balancer with custom routing policies to fulfill the customer requirements.
- Setup of OCI DNS private resolvers for conditional forwarding and listening.
- Design a solution for monitoring and alerting using OCI Observability and Management.
- Solutioning for OCI resources, security, and compliance using OCI Cloud Guard, Cloud Advisor, VSS, and Azure Sentinel, Azure Defender.
- Patching, backup, and recovery strategies.
- Disaster Recovery solution design and implementation for critical production systems, with OCI Full Stack DR deployment.
- Azure Databricks setup and management using serverless and classic compute.
- Optimizing cloud costs by analyzing usage and taking necessary actions with tagging, right-sizing, and scaling up or down cloud resources.
- Build robust data ingestion pipelines using Azure ADF and Oracle GoldenGate.
- Optimizing cloud costs by analyzing usage and taking necessary actions with tagging, right-sizing, and scaling up or down cloud resources.
- Cost optimization strategies using the Ternary tool, right-sizing, auto-scaling, and tagging strategy.
- Proposed and designed a GenAI‑powered FinOps solution using Azure AI Foundry with cost and usage data sourced from Azure Databricks.
- Designed and integrated OCI Generative AI Agents with ADW, enabling business users to query and interact with cost data using plain English prompts, eliminating the need for SQL.
Senior Information Technology Consultant
Oracle
Bengaluru
07.2022 - 10.2024
- Oracle Cloud Architect - Design and migrate customer infrastructure to OCI using Oracle Cloud resources.
Oracle DRCC - Dedicated Region Cloud build using Terraform and DevOps. - Designed and implemented highly available OCI landing zones, aligned with Oracle best practices for identity, governance, networking, and shared services.
Build a robust platform for customers using Azure Databricks and Oracle GoldenGate. - Built a robust multi‑cloud data platform leveraging Azure Databricks and Oracle GoldenGate, enabling real‑time data replication and advanced analytics use cases.
Major milestones in cloud integrations with Azure for a multi-cloud setup. - Oracle SaaS Cloud Operations.
- Acted as a trusted technical advisor for customers adopting OCI, translating business requirements into scalable, secure, and production‑ready cloud solutions.
Senior Associate Consultant
Wipro Limited
Chennai
04.2020 - 07.2022
- Designed OCI-ready architectures for Oracle databases and EBS workloads, leveraging OCI Compute, Block Volume, Object Storage, and Networking components.
- Played a key role in assessing and preparing on‑prem Oracle workloads for OCI migration, including database sizing, dependency analysis, and risk assessment.
- Bridged traditional DBA operations with emerging cloud operational models, enabling smoother cloud adoption for customers.
- Supported early EBS on OCI / Database on OCI pilots, contributing to compute shape selection, storage layout, and network security design.
- EBS R12.2 migration from Lower Endian to Big Endian (Solaris – Linux).
- EBS applications upgrade from R12.1.1 to R12.1.3, from R12.1.3 to R12.2.6, and then on to R12.2.9.
Automated the R12.2 EBS cloning process through shell scripting
Associate Consultant
Wipro Limited
Chennai
11.2015 - 03.2020
- Administration of Oracle 11g, 12c, and 19c databases, and 11i, R12.1, and R12.2 EBS applications.
Upgraded Oracle Databases from 11g to 12c, 11g to 19c, and 12c to 19c. - Executed installation, configuration, patching, and cloning of RAC and non-RAC Oracle databases.
- Implemented Oracle GoldenGate installation and replication setup to enhance data integration.
- Utilized RMAN for robust backup and recovery procedures in database management.
- Applied troubleshooting skills for R12.2 EBS ADOP online patching processes.
- Managed implementation and renewal of SSL and TLS self-signed certificates in R12.1.3 and R12.2 EBS applications.
Cloned databases (11g and 12c) along with EBS applications (11i R12.1.3 and R12.2). - Gained hands-on experience with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) environments.
Education
Master of Technology - MTech - Information Technology
01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
05-2015
Skills
- Cloud architect
- OCI administration
- OCI - Azure Infra Architect
- OCI IAM, compute, VCN, storage, and security
- OCI Load Balancer, DNS, Logging, and Functions, containers
- OCI observability and management
- OCI, OSMH, Cloud Guard, and VSS
- OCI hub-and-spoke model with FastConnect, DRG, and IPsec-VPN
- OCI DBCS, DW, Recovery Service, protected databases, performance hub, DBCS management
- OCI Docker/Podman container setup, CD3 Terraform automation, resource manager
- Azure VWAN, VNET, ExpressRoute
- Azure storage, security, SIEM
- Azure Databricks, serverless, and classic compute
- Patching and backup solutions
- Design analysis
- Upgrade and migration
- Database administration
- Oracle EBS R122
- Terraform and shell scripting
- Root cause analysis
- WebLogic, middleware
Awards
- Bravo - Be Brilliant Award 2025
- Rockstar - Gold Recognition Award DEC 2023
- Rockstar - Gold Recognition Award JUN 2023
Certification
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 Certified Multicloud Architect Associate.
Timeline
Principal Engineer - Harman | Wipro
10.2024 - Current
Senior Information Technology Consultant - Oracle
07.2022 - 10.2024
Senior Associate Consultant - Wipro Limited
04.2020 - 07.2022
Associate Consultant - Wipro Limited
11.2015 - 03.2020
VIT_Vellore Institute of Technology - Master of Technology - MTech, Information Technology
Sri Venkateswara University - Bachelor of Science, Computer Science