T Vishnu
Bangalore
Summary
Dynamic Lead Platform Engineer with a proven track record at 6D Technologies, excelling in Kubernetes administration and cloud architecture. Achieved a 20% reduction in infrastructure costs through optimized cluster design. Adept at mentoring teams and driving resource optimization, ensuring high availability and performance in cloud-native environments.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Platform Engineer & Architect
6D Technologies
Bangalore
04.2024 - Current
- Designed and deployed large-scale OpenShift, Rancher, and VMware Tanzu clusters, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Led cluster upgrades, operator deployments, and Kubernetes security hardening.
- Provided architectural solutions for cloud-native applications, collaborating with DevOps and application teams to optimize infrastructure.
- Assisted in designing the Bill of Quantities (BOQ), working closely with application teams to optimize resource allocation.
- Guided and mentored platform engineering teams, driving efficiency in Kubernetes cluster administration.
- Resolved high-level Kubernetes and infrastructure issues, improving system uptime and stability.
- Key Achievement: Optimized Kubernetes cluster architecture, reducing infrastructure costs by 20%, while improving performance.
- Key Achievement: Led OpenShift cluster upgrades, ensuring zero-downtime deployments.
- Developed and implemented a platform architecture to ensure scalability, reliability and security of the system.
- Collaborated with stakeholders from different departments to understand user requirements and suggest suitable solutions accordingly.
Platform Engineer
6D Technologies
Bangalore
01.2022 - 03.2024
- Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters on OpenShift, Rancher, and VMware Tanzu.
- Troubleshot cluster-level issues, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Automated deployment workflows for applications using Helm charts and Kubernetes operators.
- Integrated observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Signoz, and Instana.
- Worked on storage integrations (ODF, Longhorn, Dell CSI) for persistent workloads.
- Key Achievement: Reduced troubleshooting time by 20% through optimized monitoring and logging solutions.
DevOps Engineer
6D Technologies
Bangalore
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD & ArgoCD
- Created custom Docker images for application deployments, resolving pipeline issues
- Provided support to application teams in deploying services in Docker & Kubernetes environments
- Built a custom image scanning API using Python for automated security vulnerability scanning of container images, integrated with CI/CD pipelines
- Key Achievement: Developed a Python-based vulnerability scanner API for automated image security checks, improving pipeline security
- Participated in disaster recovery exercises to test reliability of system.
Linux Administrator
6D Technologies
Bangalore
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Installed, configured, and maintained RHEL & Ubuntu servers
- Performed OS patching, upgrades, and security hardening
- Deployed and managed DNS, DHCP, and NTP services in production and lab environments
- Set up and managed VMware vSphere & Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), including virtual networking, vCenter configuration, and distributed switches
- Key Achievement: Implemented OS hardening & patching policies, reducing security vulnerabilities by 35%
- Diagnosed, troubleshot and resolved hardware and system problems.
- Monitored system performance, identifying and resolving bottlenecks to maintain optimal functionality.
- Administered user accounts, permissions, and access controls, enhancing security and compliance.
Skills
- Kubernetes administration
- OpenShift deployment
- Helm chart management
- Cloud architecture
- Container orchestration
- Monitoring solutions
- Resource optimization
- Technical troubleshooting
- Capacity planning
- Cloud infrastructure management
- Virtualization technologies
- Microservices architecture
- Linux system administration
- Load balancing
Projects
Enterprise-Scale OpenShift Deployment, Designed & deployed an enterprise-grade OpenShift cluster for a large-scale client., OpenShift, HAProxy, Ansible, Terraform, vSphere, MinIO, Achieved 99.99% uptime and seamless application scalability. Kubernetes Security Hardening.
Personal Information
Title: Openshift Architect & Lead Platform Engineer
Technical Skills
RHEL, Ubuntu, Windows, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), Oracle Virtualization, DHCP, DNS, NTP Deployment, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher, VMware Tanzu, Helm Charts, Operators, ArgoCD, GitLab CI/CD, Basic Terraform, Ansible, Bash, Basic Python, Prometheus, Grafana, Instana, Signoz, ELK, EFK, ELK APM, HAProxy, Nginx (Load Balancing & Reverse Proxy), Cluster Security Hardening, OS Patching & Upgrades, OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF), Longhorn, MinIO, Dell CSI, vSAN
Affiliations
- Volleyball
- Traveling
Accomplishments
- Performer of the year
Languages
Malayalam
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Lead Platform Engineer & Architect
6D Technologies
04.2024 - Current
Platform Engineer
6D Technologies
01.2022 - 03.2024
DevOps Engineer
6D Technologies
01.2020 - 01.2022
Linux Administrator
6D Technologies
01.2018 - 01.2020