RAJASEKHAR

Infrastructure Lead & Observability Specialist

Mobile: (+91) 7095247394

E-Mail: itsraj@outlook.com

To work in a challenging environment demanding all my skills and efforts to explore and adapt myself in different fields, and realize my potential and contribute to the development of the organization with impressive performance.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Over 18+ years of IT experience in infrastructure systems engineering, backend development, and administration, specializing as an Infrastructure Lead and Observability Specialist.
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI (GenAI), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) architectures, and utilizing advanced AI coding skills to accelerate development and optimize workflows.
• Extensive experience administering and managing Windows Server (2008/2012/2016/2019) and Ubuntu Linux environments.
• Deep expertise in web hosting and reverse proxy architectures, highly proficient in IIS web hosting and Caddy TLS automated certificate management.
• Advanced expertise in modern observability, distributed tracing, and monitoring stacks utilizing OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Victoria Metrics Stack, Greptime, and OpenLit.
• 10+ years of experience designing production SharePoint 2013 on-prem environments on Windows Server 2016 with NLB.
• 7+ years of experience with Microsoft Azure Cloud IAAS and AWS, alongside hands-on experience with VMware and Hyper-V environments.
• Hands-on experience with Active Directory, Group Policy, DNS, DHCP, FTP, Exchange 2010/16, O365 On-Prem/Cloud, BigFix Patch Management, and Symantec Backup Exec.
• 6+ years of experience with CI/CD pipelines including GitHub Actions, Gitea Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Drone CI, Woodpecker CI, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps.
• 5+ years of experience with Docker Containers, Podman, and Container Orchestration using Docker Swarm and Kubernetes (EKS/K8S).
• Working knowledge of PCI and SOX Security standards, backed by excellent Project Management and IT skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• AI & GenAI, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), AI Coding, Local AI, Anything LLM, Ollama.
• Observability & Monitoring: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Victoria Metrics Stack, Greptime, OpenLit, Nagios, Loki, ELK, OpenSearch, Jaeger, Quickwit, Pyroscope.
• Operating Systems: Windows Server 2008/2012/2016/2019, Ubuntu Linux.
• Web Servers & Hosting: IIS Webhosting, Caddy Server (with TLS automation), Traefik, NGINX.
• DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub, GitLab, Gitea, Drone CI, Woodpecker CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Pulumi, Terraform, Ansible.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Docker Compose, Podman, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes (K8S/EKS).
• Cloud Platforms: Azure, AWS, Linode, Digital Ocean, SSD Nodes, Vultr.
• SharePoint: WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007/2010/2013/2016/2019
• Backend & Programming: Rust, Node.js, Python, Astro.
• Databases: MSSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, PostgreSQL, ClickHouse, MongoDB

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Wipro | Consultant Observability & Infra Ops | Nov 2025 – Present

• Architected multi‑cloud observability platforms using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and Grafana.
• Implemented secure telemetry pipelines with Caddy mTLS and Smallstep CA; enforced encrypted OTLP exports.
• Defined SLIs/SLOs, dashboards, and capacity planning processes; authored runbooks and incident playbooks.

Foundever, Bangalore | IT Systems Specialist / Infrastructure Lead | July 2013 – Nov 2021

• Spearheading observability architecture by deploying and managing OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Victoria Metrics Stack, Greptime, Grafana, and OpenLit for advanced system monitoring and telemetry.
• Administering Windows and Ubuntu servers, creating and managing virtual machines on VMware infrastructure and Azure Cloud.
• Managing IIS Webhosting environments and deploying modern reverse proxies like Caddy Server for automated TLS certificate provisioning and load balancing in Docker Swarm.
• Creating, supporting, and managing Windows Server 2012/16/19 Clustered Environments, Active Directory 2008/03/12/16 Infrastructure, Group Policy, and Security Policies.
• Designing and implementing production WSS 3.0 and SP2010/2013 Server Farm environments, providing functional support for Intranet Portals, and creating custom workflows via SharePoint Designer.
• Designing and building production Enterprise Search Environments using ELK Stack integrated with ETL tools (CloudQuery, Kestra, Airbyte).
• Utilizing CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Drone CI, Gitea Actions, Woodpecker CI) to create and publish custom Docker containers.
• Deploying AKS environments for microservices management

Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore | Senior Engineer | Sep 2010 – June 2013

Project: Electronic Lab Notebook – ELN

• Provided functional support and SharePoint Administration for ELN, CSELN, and RDC sites acting as the central experiment repository.
• Created new department/project sites, generated permission levels, and built custom workflows using SharePoint Designer 2007.
• Managed integration of office documents, digital signatures, raw data, and images within the SharePoint ecosystem utilizing Audience targeting and OOTB web parts.

CMC Limited, Hyderabad | IT Engineer | Apr 2007 – May 2008

Project: Electronic Content Management System

• Developed an Intranet portal and a Document Management System (DMS) to store, catalog, and retrieve high volumes of documents.
• Configured enterprise search with BDC and specific iFilters to retrieve documents based on metadata.
• Built a bug tracking system, a production dashboard, custom user controls, web parts, and custom workflows using Nintex Workflow 2007.

Project: Pharmacy Management System

• Conducted manual, functional, system, integration, and performance testing.
• Prepared test cases based on FDCR’s and tracked bugs utilizing JIRA.
• Performed navigational and cross-browser testing for the newly established web presence.

EDUCATION

• M.Tech, Electrical (C&I) | MNNIT, Allahabad (2003 – 2005)
• B.Tech, Electronics and Instrumentation | Nagarjuna University, Guntur (1998 – 2002)