Prashanth Katkam

About Prashanth Katkam

Senior Cloud & DevOps Enthusiast with 5+ years of experience in architecting, deploying, and managing enterprise-level solutions with Multi-Cloud environments and DevOps Technologies. Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Google Cloud. Experienced in DevOps tools and technologies like Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform, Shell Scripting, Linux Administration, Automation, ELK, Splunk, and other DevOps Technologies.Adept at optimizing cloud environments for cost efficiency, high availability, and performance. Strong background in networking, load balancing, virtual private networks, and system monitoring. Proficient in designing scalable architectures, disaster recovery strategies, and integrating cloud-native and hybrid solutions for enhanced agility and operational excellence. Passionate about driving operational excellence, improving system resilience, and tackling problems with innovative solutions.Cloud Technologies: Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Google Cloud Platform.Tools/Technologies/Operating Systems/Skills: Ansible, Linux Administration, Windows Administration, Server Administration, Shell Scripting, Terraform, Git, GitHub, Jenkins, CI-CD, ELK Stack, Grafana, Splunk, MySQL, Docker, Kubernetes.

Experience

1. Senior Cloud Engineer

   LTIMindtree

   Aug 2023 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Provisioned a hub-and-spoke network architecture in OCI, utilizing native network firewalls for enhanced security. Configured the hub VCN to manage traffic between spoke VCNs, ensuring secure and isolated communication. Applied security policies on OCI network firewalls to control and filter traffic across the VCNs.• Provisioned and managed Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) instances, managing users and groups, enabling file server, monitoring workflows, and ensuring seamless connectivity between cloud and on-premises applications.• Leveraged OCI Resource Manager to automate the provisioning of resources, reducing manual efforts for repeated tasks, saving time, and enhancing overall automation.• Reduced costs by right-sizing compute instances, migrating data to OCI Archive Storage, and consolidating underutilized instances. Utilized OCI Free Tier, optimized network costs, and rightsized database configurations. These initiatives saved approximately 3200 Dollars annually through efficient resource allocation.• Governed OCI Autonomous Databases, MySQL HeatWave, and Base DB instances, optimizing performance, and implementing backups and patch management. Maintained a structured OSMS patching schedule for OCI instances, including rollback plans, to minimize downtime and ensure system recovery with minimal impact.• Planned and achieved a full-stack disaster recovery solution for OCI, utilizing Oracle Autonomous Transaction Processing (ATP) with Data Guard for database replication and failover.• Configured and supervised OCI Fast Connect and Site-to-Site VPN connections to establish secure, high performance, and reliable connectivity between on-premises data centers and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure.• Integrated Microsoft AD with OCI IAM, enabling authentication and centralized identity management. Configured and enabled single sign-on (SSO) across OCI resources and on-premises environments.

Education

• VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology (VNRVJIET)

  Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

• Singareni Colleries Polytechnic

  Diploma, Computer Science

  2014 — 2017