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Work History
Education
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Certification
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Publications
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Honor Awards
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Somesh Kumar Prajapati

Somesh Kumar Prajapati

Bangalore

Summary

Proficient in managing large-scale systems with a focus on reliability and performance optimization. Experienced in automating workflows to reduce downtime and enhance operational efficiency. Strong collaborator with a track record of solving technical issues and applying best practices across teams.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Juniper/HPE
Bangalore
07.2021 - Current
  • Deployed Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS and GCP GKE.
  • Managed and scaled containerized applications on GKE and EKS, achieving high availability.
  • Provisioned distributed data platforms including Kafka, Cassandra, Apache Flink, and Apache Storm for real-time data processing.
  • Administered Cassandra clusters to enhance performance, reliability, and storage efficiency.
  • Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and SignalFx to improve system observability.
  • Led end-to-end bring-up of Mist cloud environments across AWS and GCP with zero critical QA defects at go-live.
  • Automated operational workflows using Python and shell scripting, minimizing manual effort and errors.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, reducing deployment time and enhancing release efficiency.
  • Spearheaded improvements to production release processes, minimizing execution time and critical hotfixes.
  • Conducted detailed root cause analysis, delivering long-term solutions to prevent recurring production issues.
  • Migrated Apache Kafka from v2.1 to v3.7 with zero downtime, ensuring seamless upgrade.
  • Migrated Cassandra storage from SSD to PD without downtime, improving cost efficiency.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

WorkSpan
Bangalore
07.2019 - 07.2021
  • Optimized cloud infrastructure on GCP, including GAE, GKE, GCE, PostgreSQL, IAM, and storage.
  • Created and maintained automated CI/CD parallel pipelines for code deployment using Jenkins and Python.
  • Authored Ansible playbooks for server creation, patching, and web/application deployment.
  • Reduced monthly costs by 30% through server elimination and shared database utilization.
  • Monitored server performance across development, QA, demo, and production environments; executed corrective actions.
  • Developed Python and shell scripts to automate repetitive tasks and improve efficiency.
  • Analyzed issues to identify root causes; provided comprehensive RCA documentation.
  • Managed GitHub repositories, user permissions, and defined branching strategy.

DevOps Engineer

CISCO
Bangalore
07.2017 - 07.2019
  • Managing large scale environments including 5 Data Centers (US, EU, CA, APJC and AWS).
  • Automated data-center server provisioning, tasks, patching, and application deployment using Ansible.
  • Designed and deployed the whole Data Center.
  • Working on server migration from CentOS-6 to CentOS-7.
  • Managing the Cisco AsyncOS virtual appliances in Cloud - Email Security Appliance (ESA) and Security Management Appliance (SMA).
  • Streamlined day-to-day task automation through shell and Python scripting.

Cloud Engineer

IBM
Bangalore
02.2016 - 06.2017
  • Monitoring the end-to-end pipeline (Rsyslog, Logstash, Solr and Hadoop) using Nagios XI.
  • Automated regular monitoring tasks by developing shell scripts and deploying applications using Ansible.
  • Analysing and resolving issues, finding root cause and provide the RCA document.
  • Monitored server performance and executed actions on Dev, Test, and Production servers.
  • Managed JIRA and PagerDuty tickets to address issues and fulfill requests promptly.

Application Developer

IBM
Noida
12.2013 - 01.2016
  • Developed shell scripts for initial and incremental data loading to optimize query processing.
  • Created shell scripts to manipulate large files using awk and sed for efficient data processing.
  • Developed batches in C and Tuxedo for consultation or database related operation.
  • Resolved production defects by analysing and addressing various requirements.
  • Designed the Functional Analysis Docs with respect to the feasibility requirements in project.

Education

M. Tech - Software Engineering

National Institute of Technology
Durgapur, West Bengal
05-2013

B. Tech - Information Technology

Govt. Engineering College
Bikaner, Rajasthan
06-2010

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms & Services:
    AWS (EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, Route 53, Load Balancers, IAM, CloudWatch, Auto Scaling, VPC, ASG)
    GCP (Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, Cloud DNS, IAM, ASG)
  • Containerization & Orchestration:
    Docker, Kubernetes (GKE, EKS)
  • Infrastructure as Code & Automation:
    Terraform, Terragrunt, Atlantis, Ansible, Shell Scripting, Python
  • CI/CD & Version Control:
    Jenkins, CircleCI, Git, Bitbucket
  • Monitoring & Observability:
    Prometheus, Grafana, SignalFx, Pushgateway
  • Databases:
    PostgreSQL, MySQL, Cassandra, MongoDB
  • Streaming Technologies:
    Kafka, Storm, Flink
  • Systems & Virtualization:
    Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu), VMware
  • Project Management & Operations:
    Jira, Incident Management

Certification

  • RHCE certified on Redhat Enterprise Linux 7.1, 07/2016, Red Hat, Inc., 160-133-435
  • ORACLE SQL EXPERT, 08/2014

Accomplishments

  • Conceptualized and developed a cache-based build optimization solution at WorkSpan, reducing build time by 25% through incremental builds.
  • Designed and developed the UnsyncFile Finder Tool at IBM to detect version mismatches across environments, improving deployment accuracy and enabling faster identification of production discrepancies in the NCRM application.

Publications

TRUST MANAGEMENT MODEL FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT, 04/2013, ICTACT Journal on SOFT COMPUTING, 03, 03, 509-513, 2229-6956(ONLINE)

Languages

  • Hindi
  • English

Honor Awards

  • Connect Everything Award — Cisco (May 2019)
    Awarded by senior leadership for successful delivery of the CES Data Centre across the APJC region.
  • Connect Everything Award — Cisco (Dec 2018)
    Recognized for driving data centre launch while effectively managing multiple parallel projects.
  • Eminence & Excellence (ORION) Award — IBM (Jul 2015)
    Awarded for exceptional performance, collaboration, and consistent delivery excellence.

Timeline

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Juniper/HPE
07.2021 - Current

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

WorkSpan
07.2019 - 07.2021

DevOps Engineer

CISCO
07.2017 - 07.2019

Cloud Engineer

IBM
02.2016 - 06.2017

Application Developer

IBM
12.2013 - 01.2016

M. Tech - Software Engineering

National Institute of Technology

B. Tech - Information Technology

Govt. Engineering College
Somesh Kumar Prajapati