Pradeep Asuri

Centogene is a global leader in the diagnosis of rare diseases. As the AWS DevOps Team Lead, I am responsible for managing and enhancing Centogene's core AWS infrastructure with a focus on scalability, security, and automation. Key responsibilities include:

• Oversee the management and automation of Centogene's core AWS infrastructure.
• Collaborate closely with the Infrastructure Architect to design secure, scalable, and robust infrastructure solutions.
• Build, manage, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure according to design specifications.
• Implement and manage policies, permissions, and lifecycle management for S3 buckets based on user requirements.
• Analyze and optimize monthly AWS account bills, focusing on cost reduction and process automation.
• Manage multiple AWS accounts using AWS Organizations, ensuring communication and tax code compliance.
• Deploy and manage infrastructure using Terraform for automation and scalability.
• Manage GitLab repositories, including branch creation, merging, tagging, and handling pull requests.
• Configure and manage AWS services including AWS Batch, Glue, VPCs, VPC endpoints, SNS notifications, and Lambda functions.
• Deploy AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation templates for efficient and repeatable environments.
• Create and manage CloudFront distributions with S3 as the origin, syncing files from the data center to S3.
• Set up Aurora MySQL clusters and handle DB user access control and permissions.
• Design and implement cross-account, cross-region monitoring dashboards in AWS.
• Attend workshops and customer calls to understand requirements and develop tailored infrastructure solutions.
• Support project deployments and troubleshooting for existing clients, ensuring smooth transitions and delivery.

Micro Focus is one of the world's leading enterprise software providers. As a DevOps Engineer, I played a key role in supporting and managing critical infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for Connected MX, a SaaS application. Key responsibilities included:

• Supported the Connected MX application in a SaaS environment, ensuring smooth operation and deployment.
• Installed and managed CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket, Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, and GitLab to automate the software development lifecycle.
• Actively participated in Scrum processes and worked in agile environments to ensure rapid and iterative development.
• Designed and deployed cloud infrastructure using AWS services, including:EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, ELB, EMR
  Auto Scaling groups, Route 53, and CloudWatch for monitoring and DNS management.
• Led the creation of automated environment setups using Terraform to ensure efficient, scalable infrastructure management.
• Configured custom CloudWatch dashboards based on specific metrics and generated detailed reports using Terraform code for better insight into system performance.
• Gained extensive experience with monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Nagios, and Icinga to ensure system reliability and uptime.
• Implemented a production-ready, load-balanced, highly available Kubernetes infrastructure to support scaling and resilience in production environments.
• Developed expertise in Docker by creating containers, managing Docker volumes, and configuring Docker networks for various microservices.
• Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters that supported critical production workloads, ensuring high availability and load balancing for improved performance.

[24]7.ai is a leading provider of digital customer experience (CX) solutions, driving customer loyalty and revenue for some of the world's top brands. As a Sr. System Administrator, I was responsible for managing large-scale infrastructure and ensuring optimal system performance. Key responsibilities included:

• Monitored critical systems using Netcool, Nagios, Zabbix , and resolved issues through ticketing tools like Bugme and Redmine , adhering to strict SLAs defined by the client.
• Managed approximately 4000 servers across UNIX and Windows platforms, providing full NOC (Network Operations Center) support.
• Troubleshot and resolved OS-related and application-related issues on both UNIX and Windows platforms, ensuring smooth operation and minimal downtime.
• Administered remote UNIX systems, including Sun Solaris and RedHat Linux , focusing on system performance and stability.
• Monitored system performance, including virtual memory, system events, swapping, disk utilization, and CPU usage, ensuring the efficient operation of critical systems.
• Worked with Cassandra , managing installation and cluster monitoring through Opencenter as part of big data solutions.
• Gained experience with load balancers such as F5 and Netscaler to manage traffic and ensure system reliability and redundancy.
• Monitored AWS-hosted servers through Nagios , ensuring uptime and operational efficiency of cloud-based resources.
• Worked extensively with open-source packages such as SUDO and OpenSSH , providing system troubleshooting and access control.
• Configured and created UFS file systems on Sun Solaris, optimizing storage and file system management.

• Solaris System Administrator-UNIX Team, Supported Success Factors (SAP LABS) on BIGIX (HR MARKETING TOOL)
• L2 support for Solaris Servers
• Handling system administration which involves kernel updating, new software installations, NFS & user management, updating crontab as per request from users
• Configured Zabbix Monitoring Tool, Having Very good experience
• Worked on DCOPS Application Tasks
• Installing recommended and security PatchesandPackages in SOLARIS
• Configuring & managing ZONES
• Handling User Management (creating/editing User Accounts and Groups)
• Having Good work experience on HP BLADES and UCS servers
• Created virtual machines using vmware, Installed solaris and linux.
• Provided technical support in troubleshooting complex system issues, ensuring minimal impact on business operations.