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About Vishnuprasad

I am a Red Hat Certified Linux & OpenShift Administrator (EX200, EX280) with 4+ years of hands-on experience managing, automating, and troubleshooting enterprise infrastructure. My work focuses on delivering stable, secure, and high-performance systems through clean automation, strong troubleshooting, and best practice implementation.

Core Skills

• End-to-end RHEL system administration: installation, configuration, patching, security, hardening and performance tuning
• OpenShift administration: cluster setup, upgrades, certificates, nodes, pods, networking, operators and storage
• Troubleshooting specialist: fixing issues in CPU/memory, disk I/O, systemd, networking, pods, containers, deployments and PVCs
• Ansible automation: playbooks, roles, configuration enforcement, patching automation and provisioning workflows
• RHEL 6→8 migration using Leapp with Ansible-based pre-checks, remediation, post-validation and rollback planning
• Security & compliance: SELinux, firewall rules, access control and server hardening
• Monitoring & optimization: logs, metrics, alerts and performance diagnostics

What I Deliver

• Fast and accurate diagnosis of complex Linux or OpenShift issues
• Clean, reusable automation to reduce manual work and errors
• Stable and optimized infrastructure for production environments
• Clear communication, transparent updates and well-structured documentation
• Professional support with EU timezone overlap

Why Work With Me

I combine strong technical knowledge with a calm, structured approach to incident handling and automation. My focus is always on long-term stability, performance, and maintainability. Whether you need cluster troubleshooting, system migration, automation of daily tasks, or production-grade support, I provide solutions that are reliable, scalable, and easy for your team to maintain.

Available for remote, part-time or project-based engagements.
  • English

    Native or bilingual

Remote only
Primarily works remotely

Experience

  • Sap labs
    Devops Engineer
    DIGITAL AND IT
    May 2026 - Today (3 months)
    Bengaluru, India
    Wworking as devops engineer involving full python automation and devops tools (cicd,kubernetes,linux)
    Python automation DevOps
  • CGI Information Systems and Management Consultants Private Limited
    System Administrator
    TELECOMMUNICATIONS
    August 2021 - October 2024 (3 years and 2 months)
    Bengaluru, India
    Provided24/7on-callsupportsforproductdeliveryplatformsandsystem/ApplicationTrouble shootingand problem. Performed Linuxadministrationacross L1, L2, and L3 levels, including installation, patching, user management,troubleshooting, and performancetuning. Experienceasa Linuxadministrator,withexpertisein installation,configuration,troubleshooting. Installedandconfigured linuxservers(RHEL) manually, including patching,diskpartitioning, softwarepackageinstallationand initialsystemsetuplikesystem hostname, networking,firewall rules, and useraccesscontroltoprepareserversforproduction Servermigrationfrom Rhel 7to Rhel8.x Expertlycreatedandformatted Linuxfilesystems(ext4,xfs,nfs)tomeetapplication requirements Skilled inextendingexisting logicalvolumesandfilesystemsusing LVMtoolstoincreasestorage Expertiseintroubleshooting networkconnectivityissuesinvolving DNS, SSH, SElinuxpolicy denials, userloginfailures, hardwarefaults, storageandfilesystemcorruptionsand resolving LVM inconsistencies, kernel panics ETC. Analyzingcrashdumpstoensuresystemand reliability. ExecutedAnsiblead-hoccommandsforreal-time Linuxadministrationtaskssuchasuser. Reduced manual intervention byrunningad-hochealthchecks(diskspace, uptime, services)on 100+ Linuxserverssimultaneously. management, packageinstallation, servicerestarts, and permissionchangesacrossmultipleservers. Installedandconfigured OpenShiftclustersonAWSandvirtualizedenvironments, aligningwith enterprisesecurityandcompliancestandards Setupauthenticationandauthorization (LDAP, OAuth, RBAC)forsecureandcentralizedaccess management. Configured networkpolicies, quotas, and limitstoenforceresourcecontrolandsecurityboundaries acrossnamespaces. Installedand managed Operatorstoautomateapplicationdeploymentsand platformservices. Troubleshotpodfailures, crashloops, andstuckdeploymentsbyanalyzing logs, events, andcluster health, networking issuesusing OpenShiftSDN and networkpoliciestorestoresecureconnectivity.
    OpenShift installation, configuration & AWS-based deployments Enterprise Linux administration (RHEL 6/7/8) across L1–L3 Advanced troubleshooting (kernel, network, storage, SELinux) Ansible automation for multi-server tasks & health checks Performance tuning & incident response for production systems
  • Infosys Limited
    Senior Associate Consultant
    BANKING AND INSURANCE
    October 2024 - Today (1 year and 10 months)
    Hyderabad, India
    Administering large-scale OpenShift clusters in production, performing version upgrades, patching, and operator lifecycle management to maintain high availability (99.9% uptime). Implementing and monitoring resource quotas, limits, and namespace isolation to optimize resource utilization and prevent cluster resource exhaustion.
    Troubleshooting critical cluster issues such as pod crashloops, stuck deployments, PVC/storage
    failures, and network policy conflicts
    Created and managed OpenShift projects (namespaces) to organize applications and control
    access.
    Implementing and monitoring resource quotas, limits, and namespace isolation to optimize
    resource utilization and prevent cluster resource exhaustion.
    Managed cluster health monitoring using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenShift Web Console,
    ensuring 24/7 availability.
    Deployed and managed packaged applications in OpenShift using Helm charts for consistent and
    repeatable deployments.
    Performed OpenShift cluster upgrades (minor & patch releases) using the Cluster Version Operator
    (CVO), ensuring smooth transitions with minimal downtime.
    Managed the lifecycle of Kubernetes operators through the OperatorHub and OLM (Operator
    Lifecycle Manager).
    Deployed applications on OpenShift using oc CLI and web console, ensuring consistency across
    environments.
    Worked with resource manifests (YAML) to define and manage OpenShift objects (Pods, Services,
    Routes, ConfigMaps, Secrets).
    Managed application scaling manually and with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA).
    Configured environment variables, secrets, and config maps to externalize application configuration
    securely.
    Documented upgrade procedures and best practices, contributing to operational knowledge base
    and faster adoption
    Troubleshooting pod crashloops, stuck deployments & image issues PVC/PV troubleshooting & storage class configuration HPA-based autoscaling & resource quota enforcement Cluster upgrades using CVO & operator lifecycle management Namespace creation, isolation & RBAC governance

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Education

  • B.Tech.
    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada
    2020
    B.Tech.

Certifications

  • Red Hat Certified Linux administrator (RHCSA)
    RedHat
    2024
    https://www.credly.com/badges/bb5c72a6-9be6-4296-a6b6-abc544cb9405
    Experienced in repairing corrupted systems, fixing boot issues, and restoring servers in emergency/rescue scenarios. Experienced in configuring IPs, DNS, routes, bonds, VLANs, firewalls, and resolving connectivity and performance issues. Strong knowledge of creating, managing, optimizing, and debugging system services for production systems. Enterprise Storage & LVM Architecture Advanced Linux System Administration (RHEL) Ability to diagnose SELinux denials, adjust contexts, manage booleans, and ensure compliance without compromising security. Secure User, Group & Access Control Management Efficient in managing package installations, updates, custom repositories, and dependency troubleshooting using YUM/DNF. Automating operational tasks using shell scripts, cron/at jobs, and optimizing repetitive tasks. Competent in analyzing logs, investigating bottlenecks, and resolving issues related to CPU, memory, storage, and networking.
  • Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
    RedHat
    2025
    https://www.credly.com/badges/465f2294-618e-46c0-b3e4-083fdb463ee2/public_url
    Using built-in and external tools to analyze logs, metrics, alerts, and performance bottlenecks. Strong understanding of operators, custom resources, machine sets, and control plane health. Skilled in managing services, routes, ingress, DNS, SDN, and cluster networking errors. Automating cluster tasks, deployments, and configurations using command-line tools and playbooks. Handling image streams, registries, builds, pull policies, and troubleshooting build failures. Expert in installing, configuring, and managing OpenShift clusters across production environments. Experienced in managing users, groups, roles, service accounts, and securing cluster access Managing PVCs, PVs, storage classes, CSI drivers, and resolving storage-related failures. Performing platform upgrades, operator updates, cert renewals, and cluster health validation. Ability to quickly diagnose and fix issues with nodes, pods, deployments, images, and workloads.

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