Sudheer Kondla

Alpharetta GA 30005

1 (678) 807-9563

CloudArchitectUSA@gmail.com

Summary

Solutions architect adept at designing and implementing effective technical business solutions. Advanced levels of technical

knowledge combined with sound business vision and project management skills. Exceptional problem-solving and written and

verbal communication skills, with broad understanding of Big Data, Cloud, Virtualization, Databases, Web applications and

Infrastructure. Enjoys leading teams to deliver end-to-end solutions to customers.

Sudheer is responsible for IT strategy, roadmap, future state, technology selection, focus on emerging business enabled

technologies, Internet of Things, BigData (Hadoop ecosystem + NoSQL), Data Analysis, Architecture, Design, Utility cloud

computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCE, Oracle Cloud), underlying cloud design, storage and data access patterns and REST

API.

He has extensive work experience in Open Source (LAMP), Docker/Vagrant, MEAN stack, SQL/NoSQL, Hadoop/BigData and

scale out architectures. Sudheer has gained architecture & hands on working experience in BigData domain - Hadoop (Apache,

Cloudera & Horton Works) distributions, NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis), Data Integration/Ingestion (Sqoop, Pentaho,

Kafka) and speaks at conferences and actively contributes to GitHub. He has extensive working experience in Oracle Engineered

systems (Exadata, Big Data Appliance and Super Cluster).

Sudheer is proficient in scalable architectures and designs of applications running on Cloud, on premise data center virtualized and

converged infrastructure. He has broad knowledge on database engineering, systems performance and architecture, infrastructure

design for SQL and big data systems.

Education

Osmania University, Hyderabad India

Bachelor of Engineering

Professional Certifications

ITIL v3 Foundation

Cloudera Certified Admin for Hadoop (CCAH)

Certified MongoDB for DBAs

Oracle Certified Expert (Linux 6)

Oracle Certified Expert (Exadata)

Oracle Certified Professional (9i, 10g, 11g, 12c)

Sybase Certified Professional

Professional Experience

September 2015 to Present: Data Platform Architect.

Independent Consultant (US Multiple locations).

Responsibilities:

  · Data Architecture, Micro Services, Data Platform design, configuration and deployments.

  · Design, Develop migration strategy from SQL Data stores to NoSQL and Hadoop Platform (Cloudera and HortonWorks)

  · Collaboration and Orchestration of data architectural design patterns, Software Defined Application Architectures, Cloud Native

Application development through Micro Services, REST APIs and Unified data layer, pub/sub and cache data stores.

  · Fit gap analysis, Reference architecture, Technology Advisory Services, Future State designs and deployments. Develop solution

cost structure by identifying all cost points including labor, software and hardware.

  · Data platform integration with Hadoop, Splunk Log Analysis, RESTful API services, node.js, MongoDB, Redis & Cassandra.

  · NoSQL data architecture, modelling, technology evaluation, testing bench marking and advisory services.

  · GitHub open source contribution, Development on VirtualBox/Vagrant and Docker containers environment, Open stack

platform. Git version control systems.

  · Familiar and hands on with Bash, Python, Java, Ruby and Java scripting, Node.js server side development for Restful API and

CRUD operations.

January 2011 – September : Lead Solutions Architect/ Technical Manager

Oracle Corporation Atlanta, GA

Major Client Engagements: Walmart, PNC Bank, Raymond James, CVS, Boeing, Intuit, Verizon, Safeway, 7-Eleven, State of

Ohio, Dell, Cisco

Role:

Solutions Architect. Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Engineering and Delivery, product research, support pre and post

sales. SME, Requirement Discovery and Assessments, Performance Engineering and Scale out architectures. Oracle and MySQL

Cluster Database Design, Disaster Recovery, Backup and Recovery Solutions, Storage design for databases, Application

Migration and replication Oracle 12c, RAC, DG, 12c OEM cloud, Exadata and Golden gate environments and Big Data

Appliance, Cloudera & HortonWorks cluster deployments.

Responsibilities:

  · Take lead architecture role in dealing with clients, program managers and IT team

  · Translate business requirements into detailed architectures and designs. Fit gap analysis, Reference architecture, Technology

Advisory Services, Future State designs and deployments. Develop solution cost structure by identifying all cost points including

labor, software and hardware

  · Build logical, physical data models, data architecture and database schema design.

  · Document all technical requirements and design technical solutions utilizing database architecture standards including

documenting all solution components and configurations

  · Implement architectural designs while building solid relationships with stakeholders at all levels

  · Work with data analysts, database engineers, architects and development and operational managers to ensure that all solutions are

deployed within agreed timelines and supported after delivery

  · Mentor DBAs, developers and data engineers. Proven hands on experience in implementing complex business logic in high

transactional volume SQL/NoSQL database systems.

Achievements:

  · Led Oracle Enterprise Manager Level 4 architecture and implementation across 3 data centers @financial customer

site.

  · Worked with Presales and Solutions Architect to scale exadata hardware to migrate Teradata to Oracle @largest retailer

site that led additional $5M hardware sales (Exadata, BigData Appliance and ZFS storage) to retail customer

  · Delivered Maximum Availability Architecture through several client engagements. These engagements led customers

to buy consulting resources generating additional $1 M in consulting sales.

  · Partnered with sales team to complete POCs, Workshops, Benchmark tests, Infrastructure Sizing, Presentations, and

Webinars.

  · Wrote white paper focused on hybrid technology multi-site implementation of Oracle Enterprise Manager Level 4.

  · Member and lead of several client engagement reviews to oversee quality of work products and documents.

  · Helped customer to migrate oracle and MySQL databases to AWS RDS. Architected customer DR solutions in hybrid

cloud environments in AWS and Oracle Cloud environments.

  · Worked and designed and built apps and databases on Virtualization (VMWare), Containerization (Docker Hub).

  · Completed prototype design, POC with Mean stack on Docker/Openstack platform, REST API CRUD operations.

  · Helped customer for high data ingestions from variety of sources into Hadoop cluster.

  · Data Architecture, modeling in SQL and NoSQL and migration from SQL to NoSQL. NoSQL data store clusters

(MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Neo4J) and node.js/REST, Cloud API calls. Developed data models SQL/NoSQL built

data stores MongoDB, Cassandra & Redis clusters in software defined application frame work as part of cloud native

applications in a private cloud.

  · Migrated Customer Hadoop cluster to AWS replacing with Elastic Map Reduce.

  · Helped several customers with designing, deploying large scale Hadoop clusters (Cloudera and HortonWorks

distributions) in Lab and Test environments and migrated data from SQL platforms to Hadoop eco system.

  · Helped retail customer migrate Oracle E-Business R12 from HP hardware to Exadata using Active Data Guard.

  · Led Benchmarking, sizing, and capacity planning efforts to scale and tune several Hadoop clusters. Helped teams with

deign and deployment of high available cluster database systems.

  · Built several lab environments on VSphere infrastructure. Helped customers migrate from VSphere 4.0 to 5.1

  · Developed SQLs which produce the best execution plans & avoid worst execution plans any time and optimizing

PL/SQL procedures deployed with data processing in a multi-terabyte databases running on Oracle Exadata platform

and proactively evaluating/reporting the capacity of the databases/systems.

  · Involved in prototype design and data architectures, data virtualization micro-services using SQL/NoSQL, MEAN

stack, REST API on Openstack/docker containers. Data ingestion from uniform data layer into Hadoop cluster with

Kafka/sqoop.

October 2005 – January 2011 Lead Database Engineer/Systems Architect/Database Manager (Independent Consultant)

Clients: AT&T, Xerox, Customs & Border Protection, T-Mobile, IHG, Guardian Life and LexisNexis

Role:

Consulting Database Architect/Database Manager responsible for Team meeting organization, participate in

architecture/Design/planning sessions make design and implementation decisions, Mentor/Train team members with best

practices and enforce standards and database and data security

Lead Database Consultant/ Database Architect responsible for Oracle Cluster Database Design, Disaster Recovery, Storage

design for databases, Application Migration, Technical and architectural Presentations, Team mentoring. Team Lead, Data

Modeling , Monitoring, Shell Scripting, Performance Tuning, DB Upgrades, Patches, Capacity Planning, Cluster database

Design, Data Center Migration, SAN Migration, DR Solutions and 24x7 support

Responsibilities:

  · Resource management, task assignments, maintain SLAs/KPIs, co-ordination with onsite/offshore teams, contract and

vendor management.

  · Build logical, physical data models, data architecture and database schema design.

  · Setup apache Hadoop cluster at telecom customer in lab environment for data analysis team.

  · Orchestrated, architected and designed database systems, planned and implemented migrations/upgrades 11gR1 to

11gR2. Upgraded 9i & 10g databases to 11gR1. Implemented DR solutions, Streams, Data Guard and Golden Gate

  · Administered Linux Servers. Installed and configured 11gR1 & R2 RAC Database systems. Supporting multiple state

health care and Pharmacy Benefit Management Databases. I/O benchmark testing on Fiber Channel SAN, NFS, Direct

NFS for oracle databases.

  · Responsibilities including leading team of database, system and storage administrators

  · Evaluation of aggregate data, implementation and maintenance of materialized views, staging tables, and partitions

  · Evaluating business requirements and ability to map with Oracle database performance

  · Design and Hands on experience in implementing complex business logic by developing and maintaining SQL for

multi-terabyte and very high transaction volume SQL & NOSQL database/systems.

  · Responsible for overall database systems availability, Performance and Availability Dash Boards, Sizing and Capacity

planning, Performance Metrics and Analytics

  · Designed and implemented several RAC cluster database design, deployment & configuration and performance tuning

  · Designed and configured Data Guard Solutions. Designed, Developed, Configured and Assisted in Database backup

and Recovery solutions.

  · Resolving contentions due to high concurrency in an Oracle RAC database. Evaluating business requirements and

ability to map with Oracle database performance. Implementing best practices with cost based optimizer statistics and

histograms. Providing framework for the indexing evaluation, implementation and maintenance. Customize solutions

development with the best practices

  · Proficient in achieving SQL plan stability, maintaining baselines with SQL plans, ASH, AWR, ADDM for pro-active

follow up and SQL rewrites. Implementing best practices with cost based optimizer statistics and histograms.

Optimizing nested sub-queries and Transforming relational expressions

Achievements:

  · Led large scale platform migration from AIX to Linux (Applications and Databases)

  · Built several highly available Oracle RAC clusters on AIX , HP & Linux platforms

  · Setup Golden Gate replication to migrate databases, used as DR

  · Set up Apache Hadoop cluster for prototype design and POCs.

  · Helped a large customer with Exadata, Exalogic integration, setup WebLogic clusters, Identity Management, and SOA

pack.

September 2004 – October 2005 Lead Engineer/ Database Administrator

Interactive Data, New York

Role: Lead DBA, Team Lead, Mentor, Presenter

Responsibilities:

  ·

Java database Application Development. Database administration, support, application and database performance

tuning. Process engineering, procedures and standards, change management, on-call rotation, team mentoring.

  · Lead Database Administrator. Mentoring, Tasks assignments, presentation, architecture and design.

  · Resource management, task assignments, maintain SLAs/KPIs, co-ordination with onsite/offshore teams, contract and

vendor management. Data Modeling, Logical and Physical Design.

  ·

Orchestrated, architected and designed database systems, planned and implemented migrations/upgrades 11gR1 to

11gR2. Upgraded 9i & 10g databases to 11gR1. Implemented DR solutions, Streams, Data Guard and Golden Gate

  · Proficient in achieving SQL plan stability, maintaining baselines with SQL plans, ASH, AWR, ADDM for pro-active

follow up and SQL rewrites. Optimizing nested sub-queries and Transforming relational expressions

  · Developing/validating SQLs which produce the best execution plans & avoid worst execution plans any time and

optimizing PL/SQL procedures deployed with data processing in a multi-terabyte databases running on Oracle Exadata

platform and proactively evaluating/reporting the capacity of the databases/systems

  · Implementing of cost based optimized statistics and maintain histograms. Optimizing nested sub-queries and Transform

relational expressions. Evaluation of aggregate data, implementation and maintenance of materialized views, staging

tables, and partitions

July 2000 – September 2004 Senior Systems Analyst

Adelphia Corporation, New York

Role: System Analysis, Application & Database Development, Database Administration.

Responsibilities:

  · Responsible for database administration, support, application and database performance tuning, installation and

configurations. Application Development, Version control and Change management. Data modeling, Data security and

data management

  ·

Java , PL/SQL, T-SQL, PowerBuilder application development.

Skills

Operating Systems:

Relational Databases:

Networking/Protocols:

Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, RedHat/Cent OS, Ubuntu, OS X and Windows

Oracle, MS SQL Server, MySQL and SQL Anywhere,

LAN/WAN, TCP/IP, Ethernet, UDP, NAS, VoIP, VPN, Switches/Routers, EtherChannel, VLAN,

EMC SAN, Network Aggregation, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, IPsec, XML, DMZ, Firewalls, SMTP,

SNMP, Virtual IO, Load Balancing, VLAN, Trunking, Tagging.

Middleware/Java/REST WebLogic, Websphere, J2EE, J2SE, SOA, JDeveloper, Fusion Middleware, SOAP, REST API,

Web Services, Swagger REST API

Real time Replication

Exadata/Sun ZFS

In Memory

Oracle Streams, Golden Gate, Spark, Storm

Oracle Exadata, Sun ZFS

Big Data, Hadoop/NoSQL Oracle Bigdata Appliance, Hadoop, HDFS, Map Reduce, Pig, Hive, NoSQL,

Cloudera/HortonWorks distributions, Datastax Cassandra, MongoDB , HBase, Sqoop, Flume,

Spark Streaming

Virtualization/Containers VSphere 4/5, Oracle Virtual Box, IBM, VBlock, UCS Cisco Blade Servers, Vagrant/Docker.

Modeling

Oracle 12c DB in-memory, Redis, Apache Spark.

Visio, Erwin, SQL Developer, DB Studio

Cloud Architecture

Monitoring Tools

Scripting/Programming

ETL/Batch

Web Servers

IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DBaaS, Private and Public Cloud, AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, Route 53, ELB,

EMR), Oracle Cloud (DBaaS), Auto Scaling, Cloud Formation, OpenStack

OEM, Nagios, Ganglia, Splunk, MongoDB MMS, Datastax OpsCenter, CCM, Dev Center.

Shell, SQL, Bash, Ksh, Perl, Python, Java, Ruby

Pentaho Kettle, Sqoop, ODI, Pig, Hive

Apache Tomcat, NGINX, IIS

Interests

My interests include swimming, reading, meet ups, blogging, volunteering and photography.

Training & Other certifications

Oracle cloud, Azure Cloud & Google Cloud, Oracle Project Management (achieved level 2)

Node.js, JSON, Rest API, MEAN stack

Amazon Web Services deep dive, Hadoop (Cloudera, HortonWorks HDP), Python

Cassandra Advanced Deployment, MongoDB Advanced Operations

Financial Accounting, Macro Management