Praveen Gobinathan

About Praveen Gobinathan

With over 18+ years of experience in IT Industry, I have worked across diverse environments and roles, specializing in implementing, designing, and upgrading infrastructure to enhance resource utilization. Proficient in Linux Administration, DevOps, CI/CD, and Cloud Engineering. Expertise in GCP services (IAM, Composer, Dataproc, Apache Airflow, ELK Stack), virtualization (VMware, KVM), and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift). Skilled in automation and IaC with Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet. Adept in CI/CD pipelines, monitoring tools, and networking. Strong troubleshooting abilities in GCP, IAM, Terraform, and Composer upgrades. Passionate about learning, automation, and optimizing operations. I am a dedicated team player with a strong desire to continuously learn and grow. I am eager to contribute to a leading IT company in the field of solution design, where I can expand my expertise and stay updated with the latest industry trends. Specialties- Cloud Platforms: GCP (IAM, Composer, Dataproc, Apache Airflow, ELK Stack), AWS, Azure, On-Prem Infrastructure Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform Version Control: GitHub Build Tools: ANT, Maven, Gradle CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, TeamCity, Bamboo, Hudson Configuration Management: Ansible, Puppet, Chef Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Vagrant, Docker Swarm, Mesos, EKS, AKS Operating Systems: Linux (Red Hat, CentOS, Solaris, IBM AIX) Web Servers: Apache Tomcat, IBM HTTP Server, WebSphere, JBoss, WebLogic, Nginx Scripting & Automation: Bash, Ksh, Python, YAML Databases: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, RDS, MongoDB, DynamoDB Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing, VPN, Firewalls, Subnets, FTP, SSH, SMTP, SNMP, HTTP/HTTPS Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Nagios, Splunk, ELK Stack, Dynatrace, Grafana, AppDynamics, IBM Tivoli ITSM & Ticketing: JIRA, Remedy, ServiceNow Documentation: Confluence, SharePoint Certifications- Google Associate- Cloud Engineer Certification HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate IBM Certified VIO Red Hat Certified OpenShift Container Platform 4. 5 Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) EXIN AGILE SCRUM Foundation EXIN PRINCE2® IBM Certified System Expert pSeries Administration and Support for AIX 5L & 6 v5.3 & v6.1 and above IBM Certified eServer Certified Systems Expert pSeries HACMP for AIX 5L.

Experience

1. Engineer Ii

   American Express

   Apr 2022 — Present · Phoenix, AZ, US

   Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Developed and maintained automated build/deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Git. Automated GCP alerts, infrastructure provisioning, and resource adjustments using Terraform.GCP & Cloud Operations: Deployed Terraform workflows in production, managed Composer upgrades, handled IAM security roles, and resolved GKE version conflicts. Managed Composer workflows, DAGs, and dependencies.Terraform & Troubleshooting: Debugged Terraform configurations, module dependencies, and versioning issues.Linux & Server Management: Built RHEL7/8 servers using Satellite and ASB, integrated and managed Puppet-based automation. Configured and maintained Linux systems on VMware, handling hardware failures and vendor coordination.Cloud & Containers: Worked on AWS and OpenShift, provisioning infrastructure, setting up security policies, and managing auto-scaling and storage solutions.Monitoring & Security: Used Splunk for monitoring, configured security policies, and scheduled discussions for continuous improvement.Scripting & Automation: Automated tasks with Shell scripting, Python, and Crontab for application and DevOps support.

Education

• Purdue University

  Postgraduate Degree

• Alagappa University

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

  2010 — 2012

• Anna University, Tamil Nadu; India

  Bachelor of Engineering

Skills

• Data Migration
• Solaris
• Prince2
• Linux
• Project Team Management
• Itil
• Performance Tuning
• Audit & Compliances
• Agile Scrum
• Incident Management
• Project Management
• Hacmp
• Project Planning
• Aix
• System Administration
• Unix
• Ibm Aix
• IT Infrastructure Management
• Ibm High Availability Cluster Multiprocessing (Hacmp)
• Data Center Management San/Nas Storage
• Infrastructure
• Vendor Management