V D V Srikanth Grandhi

To obtain a challenging and rewarding position as a Site Reliability Engineer that utilizes my expertise in AI, machine learning and cloud computing and enables me to design and implement robust, scalable systems to enhance system reliability and performance.

Having 13+ years of total experience. Technical Knowledge & proficiency in System Administration (Linux Environment), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI) Services. Automate tasks using Python, Bash and DEVOPS tools Develop and deploy innovative solutions leveraging cloud based technologies Effective team member. Develop well on working in Challenging Environment. Willingness to learn and effectively apply new technologies

• RHCSA – Red Hat Certified System Administrator, 130-140-650
• RHCE – Red Hat Certified Engineer, 130-140-650
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2020 Associate Certification, OC2147882
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer 2020 Associate Certification, OC2147882
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2022 Architect Associate Certification, OC2147882
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2023 AI Certified Foundations Associate, OC2147882
• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2024 Generative AI Certified Professional, OC2147882

• Received Spotlight Award in Oracle India Pvt Ltd
• Received 'Certificate of Appreciation' in IBM India Pvt Ltd for contribution of services to Client
• Achieved 'On the spot Award' in Tata Consultancy Services
• Achieved 'Most Valuable Player Award' in Meridiansoft Info Systems Pvt Ltd.

Oracle Code Assist, Oracle Generative Chat, Ansible, Chef, Terraform, Packer, Gitlab CI/CD, Jenkins, Python, Bash, Ruby, Oracle Linux, Redhat Linux, OCI, KVM, OVM, Vmware ESXi, Vmware Vcenter

• Oracle India Pvt Ltd, Principal Site Reliability Engineer, 09/01/18 – Present
• IBM India Pvt Ltd, Technical Services Specialist, 03/01/17 – 09/30/18
• Tata Consultancy Services, I T Analyst, 07/01/15 – 02/28/17
• Meridiansoft Info Systems Pvt Ltd, Junior Systems Operation Engineer, 05/01/11 – 06/30/15

• English
• Telugu

Oracle India Pvt Ltd, PEO, Principal Site Reliability Engineer, 09/01/18 – Present, Created Ansible playbooks to automate infrastructure and meet user requirements, Written Patching script using python as a self service that performs Remediation of OS vulnerabilities and full upgrade with options of Snapshot based (Version Controlled) Patching, Canary patching (Latest available) along with custom fixes as per user requirements, Designed and Developed a Security bar tool that automates a Jira ticket creation for vulnerability remediation based on user applications along with categorisation of vulnerability using AI, Designed and Developed an automation using OCI Devops Service to automate patching on instances in OCI using the OCI Cloud Service under restricted environment, Designed and Developed a Configuration Manager tool that schedules and triggers activities on servers and integrated with a Customized Chef Cookbook at Client level to send execution status reports, Designed and Developed a Gitlab CI/CD Pipeline to schedule patching on instances along with customisable options to execute Pre and Post patching scripts as per the User requirements, Designed and Developed an Imaging tool using Packer and Gitlab CI/CD to accommodate various customer requirements, Designed and implemented automation to configure OSMH in OCI, manage its lifecycle, and integrate with OCI’s Fleet Application Management Service for enhanced management capabilities, Designed and implemented a ClamAV deployment solution, including an rpm for legacy linux support and a Chef cookbook for streamlined installation and configuration with scheduling capabilities, Built Terraform modules for provisioning OCI instances, streamlining infrastructure deployment, Developing Chef roles and cookbooks to automate infrastructure deployment and management, Written an automation tool for OVM Migration activity to migrate from OVM 2.2.2 to OVM 3.4.4, Enhanced Proofpoint Images to ensure compatibility and optimal performance on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI), widely adopted across Oracle., Created Python automation to streamline LDAP User access Management, enabling efficient granting and revoking access of users, Written Migration script to migrate servers from Legacy Hardware to Cloud(OCI) using python and terraform, Written Shell Script to automate OVM Migration Activity., Conducted OS vulnerability remediation and troubleshooting to ensure system security and stability, Performed Linux OS troubleshooting support and issue resolution IBM India Pvt Ltd, ABB, Technical Services Specialist, 03/01/17 – 09/30/18, Installing/Upgradation of RHEL 7.x/6.x/5.x,CentOS 7.x6.x/5.x servers in Physical and Vmware Environment., Configuration and Patch Management using Chef and Ansible, Deploying chef agent on client machines, Testing of Chef Cookbook’s using Kitchen, Configuring web application using automation tools., Configuring VNC Server on RHEL/CentOS, Troubleshooting Grub issues and Root password recovery in RHEL7, Handling Service Tickets, Incident and Change Management using Service Now tool, Configuring and Integration of Servers to Redhat Satellite Server, Migration of Redhat Network (RHN) to Redhat Subscription Management(RHSM) as a part of Integrating to Satellite, Handled day to day operation of Linux servers and troubleshooting, NFS,FTP,SSH, Access Control List, NTP, Sendmail setup, crontab related issues,, File system creation and resizing,, User management, Performance monitoring., Performed server virtualization using Redhat KVM Tata Consultancy Services, Tata Teleservices Limited Data Center, System Administrator, 07/01/15 – 02/28/17, Installing of RHEL 6.x/5.x,CentOS 6.x/5.x servers using cd based along with the kickstart installation., Installation of Ansible and Ansible tower, Configuration Management using ansible., Patching of servers to close vulnerabilities as per vendor recommendation., Handled day to day operation of unix servers and troubleshooting, NFS, FTP, SSH, Access Control List, NTP, Sendmail setup, crontab related issues,, File system creation and resizing,, User management, performance monitoring., Performed server virtualization using Oracle OVM software, RedHat KVM., Working closely with concerned operating system and hardware vendors for resolving hardware and software related issues, Configured Redhat Satellite server for Patch Management., Restoring Logical Volumes, Troubleshooting of Linux servers, Configuring RAID in Linux servers, Configuring Mysql database and tomcat application., Monitoring system resources, logs, disk usage Meridiansoft Info Systems Pvt Ltd, TradeKing, Junior Systems Operation Engineer (Linux Administration), 05/01/11 – 06/30/15, Installing Red Hat Linux using Standard and Network Installation., Responsible for systems monitoring, reporting, incident handling and troubleshooting technical environments, Addressed problems with server hardware components and internals as well as server build, configuration and application support., Managed and escalated incidents, support operations, for vendor management, Participated in reducing process documentation, technical diagrams and related documentation., Developed and monitored the output of scripts for data processing jobs, monitoring systems and critical applications, and administering a centralized event console, Involved in documenting Linux Environment and Configuration Details., Setting up the Server builds in devops environment, Java, Tomcat, Experience on Installing and Configuring Vmware ESXi, Vmware Vcenter Server, Vmware Vsphere Client, Configuring HA and DRS, Creating VM Clone,Snapshot and new VM's, Conversion of VM to Template and Vice-versa, Resource pools Management

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13+ years, Technical Knowledge & proficiency in System Administration (Linux Environment), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure(OCI) Services, Automate tasks using Python, Bash and DEVOPS tools, Develop and deploy innovative solutions leveraging cloud based technologies, Effective team member, Develop well on working in Challenging Environment, Willingness to learn and effectively apply new technologies

• Father's Name: Nageswara Rao
• Date of Birth: 08/16/90
• Nationality: Indian
• Marital Status: Married