NIKHIL CHINTHAKANI

At Happiest Minds, I excelled as a Senior Engineer, leveraging my expertise in Kubernetes and Linux Administration to significantly enhance cloud-based systems. Known for my collaborative approach, I successfully optimized ETL processes, achieving notable reductions in job runtimes. My proactive problem-solving and technical skills ensured high data integrity and system reliability.

SKAN

• Supported production ETL pipelines by resolving job failures, monitoring workflows, and maintaining data integrity across environments.
• seamless integration of data from multiple source systems such as SQL Server, and Mysql.
• Implemented data validation rules using Informatica Data Quality (IDQ) to ensure accuracy, consistency, and completeness of critical data.
• Reduced ETL job runtimes by optimizing source queries and refining lookup transformations.

NMFTA 

• Orchestrated the migration of infrastructure from on-premises to Azure cloud, ensuring seamless transition.
• Established Vnets and provisioned VMs, aligning configurations with project specifications.
• Integrated VMs into designated domains, optimizing accessibility and security measures.
• Implemented and customized groups and user policies, enhancing system administration and access control.
• Executed VM replication in Azure and enabled health monitoring for real-time performance assessment.
• Conducted comprehensive sanity checks before and after migration to validate system integrity and performance.
• Successfully migrated on-premise VMs to the cloud, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.

Double Verify

• Developed and monitored infrastructure, performed in-depth analysis to troubleshoot issues, and escalated them to cross-functional teams
• Managed Windows and Linux administration
• Assisted in basic level Nagios administration
• Configured YAML files in GitLab to align with project requirements
• Monitored pods and scheduled jobs through Grafana and Nagios, resolving any failed pods or jobs and scaling pods while cordoning nodes in Kubernetes when necessary
• Investigated Apache Airflow task failures and performed troubleshooting to ensure seamless task execution
• Executed SQL queries in Google BigQuery and Snowflake to extract, analyze, and deliver data for client-driven reports and insights.
• Developed and implemented automated workflows in Slack to streamline incident response, reducing alert resolution times and improving team efficiency.