Sundar Kishore Ravadi

Site Reliability Engineer
32years of work
21years in DevOps
12years leading teams
16years with Azure

Overview

Principal Site Reliability Engineering leader with 25+ years of experience in high-availability infrastructure and operational excellence for 24x7 enterprise environments. Leads reliability, incident response, and automation initiatives across Linux, Azure, and OpenStack, and supports containerized operations using Docker and Kubernetes. Has hands-on responsibility for NetApp ONTAP storage administration, disaster recovery replication, and performance tuning.
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Timeline

Lead Site Reliability Engineer (Staff Engineer) · Lead
Synopsys (India) Pvt. Ltd. · Full-Time
Nov 2005 to Present 21 Years In office
Led 24x7 Linux infrastructure operations for mission-critical production environments, focusing on high availability and reliability. Owned incident response activities, reduced downtime through automated recovery workflows and proactive health monitoring, and coordinated rapid restoration during outages. Managed Azure and OpenStack VM operations including provisioning, access control, monitoring, scaling, and performance optimization. Administered NetApp ONTAP storage for disaster recovery replication, and deployed/support Docker and Kubernetes for improved platform stability and operational scalability.
Red Hat
CentOS Stream
Ubuntu
Azure
OpenStack
Docker
Kubernetes
Self-Healing
Incident Management
Customer Service Engineer · Middle
Zenith Computers Ltd. · Full-Time
Apr 2005 to Nov 2005 7 Months In office
Provided server and desktop support, including operating system installation, configuration, and system administration. Troubleshot client issues under time constraints, improving system uptime and client satisfaction. Performed network component setup and configuration to optimize system efficiency and network performance.
Customer Service Engineer · Middle
Vision Labs (I) Pvt. Ltd. · Full-Time
Aug 2002 to Mar 2005 2 Years 7 Months In office
Installed and configured operating systems and TCP/IP networks to optimize IT infrastructure performance across client platforms. Managed user accounts, ensured data integrity with backup and restoration, and supported end users with technical assistance. Conducted network setup, hardware troubleshooting, and maintenance of server operations.
FM Engineer/System Administrator · Middle
Infoton (P) Ltd. (ICICI Knowledge Park) · Full-Time
May 2001 to Aug 2002 1 Year 3 Months In office
Handled system administration tasks including operating system setup and ongoing support for infrastructure operations. Supported maintenance activities to keep systems running reliably and ensured appropriate configuration and backup-related processes.
Senior Customer Support Engineer · Senior
Alfa Business Systems, India · Full-Time
Nov 1994 to Apr 1996 1 Year 5 Months In office
Delivered customer support for IT systems, troubleshooting issues and assisting with operational problem resolution. Supported service activities and ensured timely responses to customer-reported incidents and technical requests.
Service Engineer · Middle
Yesman Technologies, India · Full-Time
Dec 1993 to Dec 1994 1 Year In office
Provided field or customer-facing engineering support for IT-related hardware and systems. Assisted with installation, troubleshooting, and resolution of operational problems to maintain reliable customer environments.

Technical skills

Python
Perl
Bash
DevOps
Azure
Kubernetes
Docker
Red Hat
Ubuntu
OpenStack
Incident Management
CentOS Stream
Self-Healing
Ansible
Debian
Nagios

Job preferences

Work permits
India
Citizenship
India
Employment type
Full-Time
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