Fitness , Meditation and Yoga
Vinayak Raja Kandelone
Sr DevOps, CloudOps And Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Pune
Summary
DevOps ,Cloud Ops and Site Reliability Engineer with over 14 years of experience in DevOps Practices, Hosting operations, App deployments, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment processes, Application Implementation, and IBM Cloud Infrastructure Management. Knowledge and hands-on experience with Operations, Middleware Administration of IBM WebSphere Application Server, JBoss, Apache and Tomcat on Linux and Windows Environments. Working knowledge of GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes/IKS and Openshift. Global leadership experience in Change Management, Root cause Analysis (RCA) Coordinator, managing SaaS operations and On-premises deployments. Played a leading role as a technical team leader with a strong record of successful project delivery. Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills. Possess excellent customer engagement skills.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior DevOps & CloudOps Engineer and SRE
IBM India Pvt ltd.
Pune
11.2009 - Current
- Provisioning of IBM TRIRIGA SaaS and TAS MS Infrastructure using IBM Cloud and AWX automation tools.
- Working knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and Openshift in IBM cloud infrastructures.
- IBM TRIRIGA SaaS Platform Upgrades on WebSphere and IBM Cloud.
- Supporting Middleware Technologies such as WebSphere Application Server, IBM HTTP Server.
- Set up and maitain cloud Infrastructure using terraform, IBM cloud , Kubernetes and Ansible
- Knowledge in build and configuring the WAS environment end to end on Linux, and cloud infrastructure.
- Expertise in installation and configuring Application server with Webserver and Plugin configuration.
- Experience providing on call support for critical production issues and determination of RCA.
- SLAs commitments for Salesforce Cases and IBM TRIRIGA On Call Support.
- Maintain the IBM customers production environment secure, reliable and available : IBM Cluster Code Update (including security patching), Deployments including version upgrade, Hotfix. Monitoring and response Alerts from NewRelic
- Developed continuous improvements and implemented solutions to existing infrastructure, tools and processes.
- Mentored DevOps engineer interns on proper engineering methods.
- Maintained systems that monitored applications and infrastructure.
Software Engineer
Mahindra Satyam ( Tech Mahindra)
Hyderabad
02.2007 - 10.2009
- Main escalation point for all issues related to monitoring and maintenance of all production servers, Java based
applications running on Tomcat/Web logic, performance management, and database backups on MySQL, Oracle. - Installation, configuration, and maintenance of WAS/WebLogic server and Jboss application server.
- Provided 24/7 oncall Support for customer environments.
- Performed DB refresh/backflow activities on MS-SQL / Oracle servers.
- Ensure production systems outages and crashes are minimized and come up with preventive measures against future down time.
- Wrote and maintained comprehensive documentation on the applications and system architecture
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) - Computer Science And Information Technology
Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering
Nandyala, Andhra Pradesh, India 08.1998 - 04.2002
Skills
DevOps
undefinedAccomplishments
- Received IBM SWG Eminence Excellence Cash Award more than 5 times
- I have received an IBM Manager choice award more than 25 times.
- Received IBM Appreciation with Bluepoints more than 15 times.
- Received IBM Blue thanks Appreciation many times from different stake holders.
- Won the best performer award for providing the best On-prem support during production environment setup at Reliance, Mumbai.
Interests
Running and Cycling
I like running and cycling. I run every day and do long rides over the weekend. As of now, I have completed 7 full marathons and 20 + half marathons, and covered around 4500 KMs of running and 1700 KMs of cycling. I would like to continue this fitness journey.
Timeline
Senior DevOps & CloudOps Engineer and SRE
IBM India Pvt ltd.
11.2009 - Current
Software Engineer
Mahindra Satyam ( Tech Mahindra)
02.2007 - 10.2009
Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) - Computer Science And Information Technology
Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering
08.1998 - 04.2002