Venkatesh Ponraj
Devops Engineer
Hyderabad
Summary
Offering 8+years of experience in GCP, Azure DevOps and (SQL, Cosmos) Database Administration Proficient in mapping business requirements with proven ability in designing & implementing systems to achieve cost control and enhance the overall efficiency of the organization.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Associate
Publicis Resources
Hyderabad
02.2022 - Current
- Company Overview: Publicis Re:Sources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe, the world’s most valuable agency group
- They are the only full-service, end-to-end shared service organization in the industry, enabling Groupe agencies to do what they do best: innovate and transform for their clients
- Proficient in managing and optimizing cloud resources, with hands-on experience in GCP and Azure environments
- Skilled in configuring and managing services such as Managed Instance Groups (MIG), SQL Server (IaaS and PaaS), and other cloud-native solutions
- Experience in infrastructure provisioning, scaling, and performance optimization
- Designed and maintained infrastructure using Terraform and Bicep, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments
- Automated configuration management and deployments with Ansible, improving efficiency and reducing manual intervention
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in GitLab and Azure DevOps to automate build, test, and deployment workflows
- Integrated cloud services and third-party tools into CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments
- Implemented Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, ensuring system reliability, scalability, and optimal performance
- Established monitoring, logging, and alerting strategies to proactively identify and address performance issues
- Proactively monitored systems and resolved incidents to minimize downtime and ensure high availability
- Utilized GCP Cloud Monitoring and Azure Monitor to track and analyze system performance
- Identified and addressed performance bottlenecks, improving system resilience and efficiency
- Automated repetitive tasks with Python scripts to reduce manual effort and enhance operational efficiency
- Managed and optimized SQL Server and Cosmos DB on IaaS and PaaS models
- Skilled in database migration, backup, and replication strategies and completed AZ 900, AZ 104, and DP 300 Certification
- Experience with Windows and Linux platforms, ensuring compatibility and performance across environments
- Publicis Re:Sources is the backbone of Publicis Groupe, the world’s most valuable agency group
- They are the only full-service, end-to-end shared service organization in the industry, enabling Groupe agencies to do what they do best: innovate and transform for their clients
Technical Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2021 - Current
- Company Overview: Cognizant is a multinational technology company that provides IT services, including digital, technology, consulting, and operations services
- Handling all the infra related activities like managing VM, EXSI HOST, IDRAC, Storage
- Configuring VM and folder level backups as required
- Installation and Configuration of SQL Server 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017
- Migrating databases from lower to higher version
- Formulating a Backup plan as per the RTO an RPO
- Creating, scheduling, and monitoring SQL Server jobs and alerts using SQL server agent service
- Monitoring Log Space and Disk Space
- Detecting and Troubleshooting Blocking and Deadlock issues
- Performing DR test for critical application servers
- Performance tuning based on client requirements
- Security management to the database users on all environments
- Performing Deployments, Service pack upgrade, Edition upgrade on required instances
- Cognizant is a multinational technology company that provides IT services, including digital, technology, consulting, and operations services
AWS Data Engineer
Tech Mahindra Ltd
12.2020 - 03.2021
- Company Overview: Tech Mahindra is a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions
- Worked as a data engineer supporting Amazon team
- Worked in Greenplum for AWS Redshift data migration project
- Created schemas in Redshift as per the structure in Greenplum
- Converted the tables, views, stored procedures in Greenplum as compatible with Redshift
- Checking in the code to GIT and merging it to root directory
- Agile methodologies
- Tech Mahindra is a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions
MS SQL Database Administrator
Tech Mahindra Ltd
06.2016 - 12.2020
- Company Overview: Tech Mahindra is a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions
- Installation and Configuration of SQL Server 2008R2, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2017
- Worked in Installation on cluster servers of SQL server 2008 R2
- Experience in Configuration and Monitoring of SQL server 2012 \ 2014 \2016 Always on cluster replicas
- Experience in performing Migration of databases of different versions
- Formulating a Backup plan for all databases based on the Recovery point objective
- Experience in using backup tool Data Domain Boost for database backup
- Experience in recovering databases using DDB and native backup in case of disaster
- Creating, scheduling, and monitoring SQL Server jobs and alerts using SQL server agent service
- Monitoring Log Space and Disk Space
- Managing SQL Server Login and required permission using TSQL queries and GUI
- Experience in Configuration and troubleshooting of Database Mirroring and Always On
- Configuration and patching the Distributed Always on servers on SQL server 2016
- Installing and configuring SQL Server Reporting Services and scale out the Reporting services
- Installing and Creating Catalogs in the SQL Server Integration Services
- Creating Data sources and providing access to the users on Power BI Gateways and upgrading the gateways with the latest version which will be released every month
- Experience in working on database restore and backup using LiteSpeed tool
- Tech Mahindra is a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting, and business re-engineering services and solutions
Education
BCA -
Manipal University
06.2021 - 01.2024
Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering - undefined
VNR Vignan Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
Bachupally, Ranga Reddy district, TelanganaSSC - undefined
SVS Model schools
Borabanda, HyderabadSkills
Team leadership
Accomplishments
- Received multiple cheers awards directly from the client when working with Tech Mahindra.
- Bettered overall organizational response and reaction time.
- Received Bravo and POB Award when working with TechM.
- Received 5 Cheers awards when working with Cognizant.
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 11/26/96
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: India
- Marital Status: Single
Certification
AZ-100
Timeline
AZ-100
08-2023
DP-300
09-2022
AZ-900
07-2022
Senior Associate
Publicis Resources
02.2022 - Current
BCA -
Manipal University
06.2021 - 01.2024
Technical Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions
04.2021 - Current
AWS Data Engineer
Tech Mahindra Ltd
12.2020 - 03.2021
MS SQL Database Administrator
Tech Mahindra Ltd
06.2016 - 12.2020
Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering - undefined
VNR Vignan Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology
SSC - undefined
SVS Model schools
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