PRASANTH KUMAR
Mysore
Summary
Over 10 years of experience managing infrastructure with a focus on Linux and cloud platforms, including GCP and AWS. Expertise in containerization and Kubernetes, complemented by a solid foundation in CI/CD practices and automation. Proven ability to implement infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring effective monitoring and support for production systems.
Overview
3
3
Languages
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Site Reliability Engineer
Capgemini
Bangalore
04.2025 - 06.2026
- Deployed, managed, and scaled containerized workloads on Kubernetes using Helm, including troubleshooting failed deployments and rollout issues.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible, reducing manual effort and configuration drift.
- Implemented and maintained monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Nagios to ensure system reliability.
- Managed production cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, overseeing compute, networking, and access configurations.
- Built and maintained Docker images for multiple applications, utilising GitHub Actions and Harness to automate CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliable and repeatable deployments across environments.
- Supported CI/CD pipelines and release processes, enabling consistent application builds and deployments.
- Performed incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) for outages, documenting findings and implementing preventive actions.
- Implemented centralized logging using rsyslog and Splunk, improving incident detection and reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR).
- Troubleshot complex issues across Debian and Red Hat Linux systems in high-availability environments, ensuring system stability and performance.
Senior Platform Engineer
FO-FI IOT Labs Ltd.
Banglore
03.2021 - 04.2025
- Developed Linux monitoring and health-check solutions using shell scripting to ensure reliability of critical services and performance metrics.
- Automated server provisioning and application deployments using Ansible and Ansible Tower, reducing manual configuration effort.
- Used Ansible for configuration management to ensure consistent system and network device configurations across environment
- Designed and maintained highly available MariaDB Galera Cluster environments with MaxScale for load balancing and query routing.
- Administered MySQL databases for high availability, focusing on user management, privilege control, and robust backup strategies.
- Configured and managed NFS and iSCSI storage services, enabling efficient support for application and database requirements.
- Installed, configured, and troubleshot virtualization platforms including Proxmox, KVM, and VMware to support production workloads.
- Implemented and maintained logging and monitoring solutions, enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive documentation for system architectures, processes, and troubleshooting guides.
Linux Administrator
Banglore Broadband Network Private Limited
Banglore
03.2015 - 02.2021
- Deployed and configured Nagios for comprehensive network device monitoring, leveraging NagiosQL for efficient data analysis and reporting.
- Configured DNS and DHCP services, enhancing reliability of network communication.
- Storage performance and availability through effective disk management and LVM configuration.
- Configured user and group quotas and access control lists for resource management.
- Maintained system security and performance through regular package updates and firewall configuration with iptables, safeguarding systems from vulnerabilities.
- Assembled and installed various server hardware components, including CPUs, RAM, storage devices, network cards, and peripherals.
- Installed and configured VMware ESXi hosts, created and managed virtual machines, and implemented shared storage solutions.
- Experienced in provisioning and managing Google Cloud Platform (GCP) resources, including VM instances, VPC networks, and storage buckets. Skilled in configuring network security groups, firewall rules, and access controls. Proficient in utilizing GCP's console and command-line tools for infrastructure automation and management.
- Experienced in configuring and managing system services like syslog for centralized logging and NTP for accurate time synchronization.
- Administered various Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, managing system installation, configuration, troubleshooting, package management, user management, and shell scripting.
- Worked for a company that specialised in providing comprehensive network solutions in Bangalore.
Education
OpenStack -
Linux Learning Center
12-2020
Redhat Certified Engineer RHCE -
IPSR
08-2013
B.Sc - Computer Science
Govt Arts College
Ooty, India05-2014
Skills
Cloud Platforms
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Containers & Orchestration
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- Deployment Strategies (Rolling, Canary)
CI/CD & GitOps
- Git
- jenkins
- Argo CD (GitOps-based continuous delivery)
- CI/CD Pipeline Support
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
- Ansible
- python
- Terraform
- Bash shell scripting
Monitoring & Logging
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Nagios
- splunk
Operating Systems
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- CentOS
- Ubuntu
Virtualization
- VMware
- KVM
- openstack
Databases
- MySQL
- MariaDB Galera Cluster
- Big Query
Networking & Security
- HAProxy
- DNS, DHCP
- SNMP
- iptables
- RADIUS (TACACS, FreeRADIUS)
Backup & Storage
- Bacula Backup
- NFS
- iSCSI & LVM
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Tamil
Advanced
C1
Kannada
Intermediate
B1
Hobbies and Interests
- Enthusiastic about agriculture
- Reading books
Timeline
Site Reliability Engineer
Capgemini
04.2025 - 06.2026
Senior Platform Engineer
FO-FI IOT Labs Ltd.
03.2021 - 04.2025
Linux Administrator
Banglore Broadband Network Private Limited
03.2015 - 02.2021
OpenStack -
Linux Learning Center
Redhat Certified Engineer RHCE -
IPSR
B.Sc - Computer Science
Govt Arts College