Raju Kunchala
Hyderabad
Summary
Results-oriented Monitoring & Observability Engineer with 3+ years of experience in large-scale enterprise environments. Expertise in Splunk engineering, synthetic monitoring, AWS infrastructure, and automation. Focused on minimizing monitoring noise, optimizing log ingestion costs, and enhancing incident response efficiency. Pursuing opportunities in Splunk and observability where reliability and scalability are key.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Monitoring Engineer
ADP
hyderabad
07.2022 - Current
- Designed and maintained 600+ production synthetic monitoring scripts using custom JavaScript and XPath, ensuring >99% monitoring coverage across critical applications.
- Improved incident response time (MTTR) by ~20% through alert tuning and enhancements in real-time monitoring.
- Built advanced Splunk dashboards and alerts, optimizing base searches and correlation logic to reduce alert noise by ~30%.
- Implemented Cribl log filtering pipelines, reducing Splunk ingestion volume by approximately 25–35%, leading to significant cost savings.
- Developed Python automation scripts to eliminate repetitive manual tasks, resulting in savings of ~10+ hours per week in operational effort.
- Provisioned and managed AWS EC2 instances and S3 storage for monitoring workloads and log archival solutions.
- Provided L2/L3 production support, performed RCA for critical incidents, and collaborated with development teams to enhance system reliability.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Pace Institute of Technology And Sciences
Ongole06-2022
Skills
- Splunk
- Dynatrace
- Synthetic Monitoring
- Performance Testing
- LoadRunner
- AWS
- Linux
- Python scripting
- JavaScript
- Cribl
Certification
Splunk Power User Certified
Core Technical Skills
Splunk, Dynatrace, LoadRunner, Synthetic Monitoring, Cribl (Log Routing, Filtering, Cost Control), AWS (EC2, S3), Infrastructure Basics, Python scripting, JavaScript (custom synthetic scripts), XPath, Linux Administration, Incident Handling, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Alert Tuning, MTTR Reduction, Availability Monitoring
Languages
Telugu
Native
Native
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Affiliations
Playing cricket and badminton.
Timeline
Monitoring Engineer
ADP
07.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
Pace Institute of Technology And Sciences