Working in health tech startups
RAGHAVENDAR LOKINENI
Hyderabad
Summary
Experienced IT professional with over 13 years of industry experience, specializing in leading CI/CD processes and leveraging DevOps frameworks. Successfully led DevOps teams in driving CI/CD transformation and enhancing pipelines and overall processes. Played a pivotal role in migrating from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions and modernizing Azure deployments and terraform. Developed robust pipelines for deploying applications to Cloud using OpenShift Enterprise/Kubernetes clusters. Proficient in automating deployments of Azure components through terraform. Extensive knowledge in setting up high available clusters for RabbitMQ, managing secrets with Hashicorp Vault, and externalizing configurations using the Spring Config Server.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Engineer
Optum
11.2021 - Current
- Architecture design and implementation for microservices in GCP.
- Implemented best practices for IAC and terraform modernization
- Early adopters of GitHub actions which helped team for migrating from Azure DevOps
- Trained staff members and improved engineering application processes.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Optum
03.2020 - 10.2021
- Implemented and lead the team for RabbitMQ cluster setup for high availability, and autoscaling of pods in Openshift
- Lead both onshore and offshore teams for DevOps activities.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Optum
08.2017 - 02.2020
- Developed continuous improvements and implemented solutions to existing infrastructure, tools, and processes
- Developed Jenkins pipelines and shared libraries for app deployments to OpenShift/Kubernetes
- Integrating applications with Spring Cloud Config for externalized server - Cloud Config server, secret management tool - Hashicorp Vault
- Developed Openshift monitoring scripts for resource usage.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Radisys
01.2016 - 07.2017
- Developing Configuration and Management tools for Containers with Python using Docker API
- Deployment of Docker applications on servers through Jenkins and validating the services
- Cluster management with docker swarm, Configuration, and infrastructure management in Data Center
- Mentored DevOps engineer interns on new methods and technologies.
Senior Software Engineer
Radisys
09.2014 - 12.2015
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance, and customers to resolve technical issues
- LTE HeNB End to End validation on different platforms (Intel and Broadcomm) for different features like REM scanning, Handover, ANR, and S1-Flex
- Drafting of test cases for S1AP, X2AP interfaces, features like Handover, ANR, and capturing various negative scenarios for multiple features
- Automation with TCL and Perl for making generic test scripts that work for different platforms
- Participated in the Customer demos showcasing the highlights and the important features available in Radisys Solution.
Software Engineer
Radisys
03.2011 - 08.2014
- 3G Small Cell validation on different platforms like Qualcomm, Picochip, Octasic, and Intel PHY
- Integration of Radisys Solution with different features like Dynamic HS Code Allocation, Handover on Intel T2200 and T3300 Platforms, and bug fixing in the Application Layer
- Implementation of Throughput statistics in each layer based on user query from OAM which is used for debugging TPUT issues in the Solution
- Validation of features like OAM, ciphering, IUUP, Handover and Multi RAB, OAM-TR069 parameters using HMS server, and IPsec feature using SEG100.
Education
Bachelor of Science: Electronics And Communications Engineering -
JNTU-Hyderabad
06.2010
Skills
- Machine Learning
- Deep learning
- Terraform
- Azure
- AWS
- Python
- Openshift
- Kubernetes
- Jenkins
- Docker
- Groovy
- Hashicorp Vault
Certification
- CKAD-Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
- Applied Data Science Program from MIT Professional Education (09/2022 to 12/2022)
- Machine learning Specialization - Coursera, in progress
Interests
Timeline
Principal Engineer
Optum
11.2021 - Current
Lead DevOps Engineer
Optum
03.2020 - 10.2021
Senior DevOps Engineer
Optum
08.2017 - 02.2020
Senior DevOps Engineer
Radisys
01.2016 - 07.2017
Senior Software Engineer
Radisys
09.2014 - 12.2015
Software Engineer
Radisys
03.2011 - 08.2014
Bachelor of Science: Electronics And Communications Engineering -
JNTU-Hyderabad
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