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RajasekharGundala

RajasekharGundala

RAJASEKHAR GUNDALA|+91-7095247394 |[email protected]

Expert in OTel Instrumentation, VictoriaMetrics, ELK, and Secure Telemetry Pipelines

Professional Summary

StrategicObservability Architectwith 18+ years of IT experience, specializing in the design of secure, high-scale monitoring ecosystems. Expert inOpenTelemetry (OTel)instrumentation and high-performance telemetry backends includingVictoriaMetrics, ELK, and ClickHouse. Proven track record in securing observability data usingPKI (Smallstep, Caddy)and automatingTLS infrastructure. Expert at transforming fragmented data into unifiedGrafanaplatforms that reduce incident resolution time (MTTR) by 45%.Core Competencies

  • Observability Stack:OpenTelemetry (OTel), VictoriaMetrics, ELK Stack, Grafana, Jaeger, Zabbix.
  • Secure Infrastructure (PKI):Automated TLS with Caddy Server, Smallstep CA, Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Telemetry Backends:ClickHouse, Greptime DB, Prometheus (Remote Write).
  • Cloud & Orchestration:Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Terraform (IaC), Helm, GitHub Actions.

Professional Experience

Tools Consultant (Observability)

Wipro| Nov 2025 – Present

Architected a Unified Observability Platform:Designed a multi-cloud ecosystem usingOpenTelemetryandELK, resulting in a 45% improvement in MTTR and 99.99% uptime.

Observability Architect (IT Systems Specialist)

Foundever| Jul 2021 – Nov 2025

  • Architected a Unified Observability Platform:Designed a multi-cloud ecosystem usingOpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana, resulting in a 45% improvement in MTTR and 99.99% uptime.
  • High-Performance Metrics Storage:Replaced legacy Prometheus storage withVictoriaMetrics, achieving a 10x reduction in RAM usage and superior data compression for long-term retention.
  • Secure Telemetry Pipelines:Developed a fully automatedTLS environmentusingCaddy ServerandSmallstep CAto ensure encrypted delivery of telemetry data across hybrid cloud environments.
  • Distributed Tracing & Performance:ImplementedJaeger tracingfor microservices to resolve distributed transaction bottlenecks and visualize service dependencies.
  • High-Volume Log Management:Optimized log ingestion and retention strategies by integratingLogstash and ELK, reducing storage costs while increasing query speed viaILM.

Senior Infrastructure & Monitoring Engineer

Sykes Enterprises India Pvt. Ltd| Jun 2013 – Jul 2021

  • Monitoring Evolution:Led the transition from legacy Nagios to a modernPrometheus + Grafanastack.
  • Infrastructure Automation:DevelopedPowerShellandAnsiblescripts to automate the deployment of monitoring agents across 24x7 global server environments.
  • Disaster Recovery:Managed backup and DR plans for Windows Server and VMware infrastructure, ensuring 99.99% data availability.

Senior Engineer

Novozymes South Asia Pvt. Ltd| Sep 2010 – Jun 2013

Managed complex deployment projects and infrastructure optimizations for diverse application stacks.

  • Platform Optimization:Spearheaded a performance tuning project for PHP/Laravel and .NET applications on IIS, resulting in a 90%improvement in server response times.
  • SharePoint & Workflow Automation:Designed and implemented repeatable deployment workflows using SPD 2007 / 2010, significantly reducing human error during high-frequency release cycles. Migrated SP 2007 to 2010.
  • Security Hardening:Led a server-hardening initiative across the Windows estate, implementing secure baselines and automated patching cycles to mitigate vulnerability risks.

IT Engineer

CMC Limited| Sep 2006 – Aug 2010

Coordinated operational support and assisted in project-based infrastructure upgrades.

  • Modernization:Supported the migration and upgrade of legacy Windows/IIS environments, ensuring minimal downtime for critical business units.
  • DMS:Supported document management solution using WSS 3.0 to store documents for printing. Migrated WSS 3.0 to MOSS 2007.

Technical Portfolio: The Secure Metrics & Visualization Layer

Project: Enterprise Metrics Consolidation

  • The Challenge:Scaling Prometheus to handle millions of active series across multiple AKS clusters while maintaining high performance.
  • The Solution:ImplementedVictoriaMetricsfor its horizontal scalability and low resource footprint. UsedGrafanaas the visualization layer to provide a "Single Pane of Glass."
  • Security Implementation:
  • UsedSmallstep CAto issue internal certificates for all VictoriaMetrics cluster nodes.
  • DeployedCaddyas a reverse proxy for Grafana, enabling automatic HTTPS and OIDC integration with Microsoft Entra ID.
  • Ensured allOTel Collectorsutilized encrypted OTLP exports.

Project: Automated DevSecOps Observability

  • Implementation:EmbeddedTrivyandAqua Securityinto the monitoring agent rollout.
  • Result:60% reduction in production vulnerabilities and zero post-migration CVEs for 50+ enterprise applications.

Education

  • Master of Technology:Electrical Engineering (Control & Instrumentation) | MNNIT, Allahabad
  • Bachelor of Technology:Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering | Acharya Nagarjuna University