PRADEEP KUMAR PARIDALA
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic AWS Migration Engineer with a proven track record at RICOH USA, specializing in cloud services and data integrity. Expert in AWS tools and infrastructure optimization, delivering seamless migrations with minimal downtime. Recognized for exceptional problem-solving skills and enhancing operational efficiency through innovative solutions. Proficient in RDS and LVM management.
Overview
3
3
Languages
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
AWS Migration Engineer
RICOH USA
07.2023 - Current
- Migrated on-premises Windows and Linux servers to AWS with AWS Migration Hub and AWS Application Migration Service.
- Configured AWS security groups as virtual firewalls to control traffic to Amazon EC2 instances.
- Installed discovery agent and replication agent on on-premises servers.
- Supported application migration with minimal downtime.
- Defined firewall rules for Amazon EC2 based on port analysis reports to enhance security.
- Updated DNS settings for AWS cloud EC2 instances.
- Created Amazon FSx for Windows File Server and set up connectivity with on-premises file server systems.
- Used Robocopy to move data, permissions, security groups, and admin groups to the target location.
- Reviewed file permissions before migration and corrected inheritance for files and folders.
- Performed data integrity tests for migrated data and estimated the total drive size to be moved.
- Established shares from on-premises to AWS FSx using PowerShell scripts to ensure seamless data accessibility.
- Implemented data deduplication to minimize duplicate data, optimizing storage capacity.
- Used AWS DataSync for online data transfer between storage systems and services.
- Backed up SQL Server databases with SQL native tools.
- Copied backups to Amazon S3 using AWS CLI or AWS Console.
- Selected appropriate instance based on discovery phase output and configured AWS services accordingly.
- Restored backups from S3 to Amazon RDS for SQL Server.
- Migrated logins and users from on-premises to AWS RDS.
- Compared table data counts between on-premises and AWS RDS.
- Compared object counts between on-premises and AWS RDS.
- Tested application connectivity.
- Assisted in the execution of Project 2 focused on cloud solutions.
- Created replication agents in AWS to migrate an on-premises SQL database to AWS RDS.
- Environment: AWS Cloud and Windows.
- Tools used: AWS Migrations, Windows File Server, AWS FSx, AWS SQL, and RDS.
Senior Technical Analyst
UBS
04.2021 - 07.2023
- Planned server, workstation, storage, and security capacity.
- Supported infrastructure operations and Linux server design and troubleshooting.
- Developed and implemented storage and network setups to enhance system reliability.
- Assessed risk and remediated vulnerabilities.
- Conducted disaster recovery and failover testing to ensure business continuity.
- Provided infrastructure support for internally developed tools.
- Reviewed network connectivity and configured links, including LACP and active backup data connections.
- Managed logical volume management and package installations.
- Achieved cost-savings by developing functional solutions to problems.
- Utilized various software and tools to streamline processes and optimize performance.
- Conducted comprehensive research and data analysis to support strategic planning and informed decision-making.
- Leveraged advanced technical skills to troubleshoot complex problems, delivering effective solutions.
- Recognized by management for providing exceptional customer service.
- Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
- Ensured optimal performance in RHEL 7 and RHEL 8 environments.
- Employed SNOW, SPUDS, Nlyte, QIP, and DataOne to enhance operational efficiency.
Education
Bachelor of technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
SRI SIVANI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh09-2014
Skills
- Cloud services and AWS
- S3 and EC2
- Auto scaling and RDS
- VPC and IAM
- Cloud service management
- RDS
- Disk management and LVM
- Veritas volume manager
- Linux administration: RHEL 78, CentOS 75, Windows
- Operating Systems
- RHEL 78
- CentOS, Windows
- Monitoring tools: Nagios, Nlyte, Spuds
- Monitoring Tools
- Nagios
- Nlyte
- Spuds
- ServiceNow
- ServiceNow
Personal Information
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: married
Custom
Working as Sr.Technical Analyst at Hexaware Technologies Ltd. From 30th April 2021 – Till date
Languages
Telugu
Proficient (C2)
C2
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
C1
Accomplishments
- SPOT award - Hexaware - for never missing any SLA's - 2022
- 4 times Pinnacle award - from Hexaware - for my performance consequently from 2023-2025
Affiliations
- Achieved external certifications and received appreciation in the form of AWE points
- Mandix Rapid developer certification
- NVIDIA-AI basic
- Gen Rocket
- JMeter PRO
Timeline
AWS Migration Engineer
RICOH USA
07.2023 - Current
Senior Technical Analyst
UBS
04.2021 - 07.2023
Bachelor of technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
SRI SIVANI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING