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Sasikanth Debattula

Milton,ON

Summary

Experienced Senior SRE with 10 plus years specializing in Elasticsearch, Kafka, Kubernetes, SQL, and Splunk administration. Dedicated to driving positive change through technology. Proven in designing and maintaining scalable infrastructure. Skilled in optimizing performance and automating processes for efficiency. Committed to excellence and continuous improvement. Seeking impactful opportunities to shape a better technological landscape

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Proofpoint, Inc
10.2021 - Current
  • Established and managed Elasticsearch clusters, both creating new ones and maintaining existing ones.
  • Administered a comprehensive observability platform utilizing Beats, Kafka, Logstash, and Elasticsearch.
  • Maintained and administered Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Kubernetes clusters across on-premise, AWS, and Google Cloud environments.
  • Designed and implemented data lifecycle policies leveraging ILM (Index Lifecycle Management).
  • Developed monitoring solutions using Splunk, Prometheus, and InfluxDB for effective system oversight.
  • Automated infrastructure deployment using Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet, ensuring efficiency.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines to streamline software delivery processes.
  • Ensured high availability and disaster recovery for critical application infrastructure.
  • Solely managed a 200+ node Elasticsearch cluster and its supporting infrastructure.
  • Reduced downtime for critical applications by proactively addressing potential issues through regular maintenance and updates.

Senior Systems Engineer

Yext Inc
01.2019 - 10.2021
  • Owned and managed over 80 Elastic clusters, handling maintenance and administration tasks.
  • Facilitated the onboarding of Elastic and Kafka clusters according to team requirements.
  • Optimized queries and implemented mapping documents to enhance Elastic applications' performance.
  • Introduced and maintained Kafka clusters on AWS, GCP, and on-premises environments successfully.
  • Managed infrastructure requirements and procured servers as needed.
  • Automated infrastructure installation using Terraform, Terragrunt, and Ansible.
  • Implemented Nagios and Alertmanager checks for proactive monitoring.
  • On-call support 24/7 to ensure uninterrupted operations.
  • Implemented robust network infrastructure for improved connectivity and reliability.
  • Optimized system performance by identifying and resolving complex technical issues.

Senior Systems Engineer

Thomson Reuters Corporation
06.2018 - 12.2018
  • Configured multiple 9-node Elasticsearch clusters for optimal performance and scalability.
  • Automated Elasticsearch deployment on Azure, reducing manual intervention.
  • Provided sizing recommendations and architectural guidance to business customers for the Core platform search.
  • Tailored core data type mappings for improved search efficiency.
  • Developed PowerShell/shell scripts for Azure-specific Elasticsearch automation, ensuring operational efficiency.
  • Performed root cause analysis to provide resolutions for production issues.

Elasticsearch & SQL DBA

Strand Clinical Technologies
07.2016 - 06.2018
  • SQL Server administration, including installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • SQL Database Administration and Development, ensuring reliability, performance, and security of database systems
  • Database development, designing and implementing solutions, and writing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, and functions
  • Experience in implementing Elasticsearch
  • Migrated Elastic Cluster from Windows to Linux boxes in Azure
  • Migrated Elasticsearch 2.x to 5.x version
  • Performance tuning, query optimization, and backup and recovery strategies.

SQL Server DBA and Developer

Manulife Financial
03.2011 - 02.2013
  • Installed service packs and security patches on production, test, and development servers to ensure system integrity and security.
  • Authored user requirement documents based on functional specifications, guiding development processes effectively.
  • Designed and implemented database structures by creating new tables, stored procedures, triggers, and user-defined functions for Application Developers.
  • Developed SQL scripts for tuning and scheduling tasks, optimizing database performance.
  • Utilized Joins and sub-queries extensively to simplify complex queries, optimizing procedures and triggers for production use.

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY
05.2016

Bachelors of Computer Science And Engineering -

JNTU
Hyderabad
05.2011

Skills

    Elasticsearch

    Kafka

    Kubernetes

    Splunk

    AWS

    GCP

    Azure

    Prometheus

    Grafana

    Nagios

    Jenkins

    Active directory(LDAP)

Websites

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
  • MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014
  • ITIL V3 Foundation Certified
  • Oracle Certified Java Programmer (OCJP)
  • Certified Scrum Master
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Timeline

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Proofpoint, Inc
10.2021 - Current

Senior Systems Engineer

Yext Inc
01.2019 - 10.2021

Senior Systems Engineer

Thomson Reuters Corporation
06.2018 - 12.2018

Elasticsearch & SQL DBA

Strand Clinical Technologies
07.2016 - 06.2018

SQL Server DBA and Developer

Manulife Financial
03.2011 - 02.2013

Master of Science - Information Technology

Marist College

Bachelors of Computer Science And Engineering -

JNTU

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