Satheesh Palani

DevOps Engineer

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India13 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in OpenShift and Kubernetes orchestration.
Proven track record in CI/CD pipeline automation.
Strong background in SQL Server performance optimization.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a skilled Infrastructure Engineer with expertise in cloud-native technologies and database management.

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Skills

Core Skills

OpenshiftKubernetesSecurityCi/cdSql Server

Other Skills

Argo CDCapacity PlanningContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Data IntegrationDatabase AdministrationDatabase ConsultingDatabase OptimizationDisaster RecoveryETLElastic Stack (ELK)GitHubGitOpsGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)Grafana

About

OpenShift & Kubernetes engineer delivering automated, secure, observable platforms (on‑prem, GCP, Azure). Strong in Terraform, GitOps, storage (ODF, Portworx), networking, security policy, and end‑to‑end CI/CD enablement. Orchestration: OpenShift 4.x, Kubernetes, GKE Cloud & Infra: GCP, Azure, Terraform (modular IaC) GitOps / CI/CD: Argo CD / OpenShift GitOps, Tekton / OpenShift Pipelines, Helm, Kustomize Security & Governance: RBAC hardening, Kyverno, ACS, RHACM, image policy & provenance Networking & Policy: OpenShift SDN, Calico, ingress/routing, NetworkPolicy design Storage & Data: OpenShift Data Foundation, Portworx (stateful & performance tuning) Observability: Prometheus, Alerting, Thanos , Grafana dashboards, Sysdig, ELK (Elastic, Fluentd, Kibana) Registry & Supply Chain: Quay, OpenShift internal registry, image build & promotion flows Automation & Scripting: Bash (tooling, ops automation), Operators & CRDs (day‑2 workflows) Tooling & Collaboration: Git/GitHub, OpenShift Dev Spaces, Agile (Jira / Rally)

Experience

Ford motor company

2 roles

Lead openshift platform Engineer

Promoted

Apr 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 11 mos · On-site

Operated highly available OpenShift 4.x clusters (on‑prem & GCP), overseeing upgrades, scaling, and lifecycle policy adherence.
Provisioned Kubernetes infrastructure on Azure and GCP with Terraform (modular, idempotent, drift‑controlled environments).
Enforced platform security: RBAC minimization, NetworkPolicies, TLS enforcement, image provenance controls.
Automated day‑2 and reconciliation workflows via Operator Framework and purpose‑built CRDs.
Optimized container networking (OpenShift SDN, Calico) for deterministic policy and low‑latency east‑west traffic.
Orchestrated stateful services using enterprise storage integrations (Trident, Portworx) with data durability and performance tuning.
Built integrated observability stacks (Prometheus / Thanos / Grafana / Sysdig) driving proactive capacity and SLO management.
Centralized, structured, and retained logs via ELK (Elasticsearch, Fluentd, Kibana) to reduce MTTR and support audit readiness.
Engineered GitOps + CI/CD pipelines (Tekton, Argo CD, GitHub Actions) enabling versioned, policy‑gated, zero‑touch promotions.
Leveraged OpenShift BuildConfigs & ImageStreams for automated build, promotion, and controlled rollback patterns.
Administered secure registries (Quay, OpenShift Internal) with role scoping, retention, and vulnerability scanning workflows.
Performed deep RCAs on cluster, workload, and networking faults; implemented preventive patterns and knowledge capture.
Partnered with development squads in Agile delivery to align platform guardrails with rapid feature throughput.

OpenShiftKubernetesTerraformRBACNetworkPoliciesPrometheus+4

Senior Database Consultant

Nov 2016 – Mar 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · On-site

Provided 24/7 critical production support for over 2000 SQL servers across various versions (2016 to 2012) and associated with high volume transactions, with databases size over 3TB.
Extensive experience in installing, configuring, and administering SQL servers.
Proficient in T-SQL programming and performance tuning, optimization to ensure optimal database performance.
Skilled in using various tools such as SQL Profiler, Query Analyzer, and Performance Monitor to identify and resolve performance issues.
Experience in implementing disaster recovery strategies and maintaining high availability using technologies such as SQL Server AlwaysOn Availability Groups and database mirroring.
Experienced in automating SQL Server administrative tasks using PowerShell scripting.
Experience in working with cloud-based SQL Server solutions, such as Azure SQL Database for SQL Server.

SQL ServerT-SQLPowerShellDisaster RecoveryPerformance Tuning

Plintron

SQL Server DBA

Jan 2013 – Nov 2016 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Chennai · On-site

Experience in SQL server Installation, clustering, maintenance and administration of databases.
Proficient in writing complex SQL queries, stored procedures, functions, and triggers.
Experience in developing database solutions using SQL Server, including database design, data modelling, and optimisation.
Knowledge of database performance tuning and query optimisation techniques.
Experience with ETL processes and data integration using tools like SSIS or SSRS.
Familiarity with data warehousing concepts and techniques.
Strong understanding of relational database principles and database normalisation.
Ability to learn new technologies quickly and keep up-to-date with industry trends and best practices.

SQL ServerETLData Integration