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Raju Paripelly

Having 12 years of hands-on experience with deploying, managing, optimizing, and scaling ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) platforms both in on-premises infrastructures and in various cloud environments demonstrates proficiency in managing the entire lifecycle of an ELK stack in diverse architectures. Good understanding the AWS services and hands on experience.

  • Role

    Lead Systems Engineer

  • Years of Experience

    12.6 years

Skillsets

  • Databricks
  • Winlogbeat
  • Terraform
  • Perl
  • Netcool
  • Moogsoft
  • Metricbeat
  • Kafka
  • IBM Tivoli
  • Filebeat
  • CGI
  • Beats
  • Azure
  • AWS
  • Ansible
  • Elasticsearch - 8 Years
  • Logstash - 8 Years
  • Kibana - 8 Years
  • Python - 2 Years

Professional Summary

12.6Years
  • Jul, 2023 - Present2 yr 8 months

    Lead Systems Engineer

    Epam Systems
  • Aug, 2022 - Jun, 2023 10 months

    ELK Engineer

    Enbd
  • Aug, 2017 - Jul, 20224 yr 11 months

    Senior Software Engineer

    Softility
  • Apr, 2013 - Jul, 20174 yr 3 months

    Software Engineer

    Cyient

Applications & Tools Known

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    Jira

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    Slack

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    MySQL

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    MobaXtream

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    Elasticsearch

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    Logstash

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    Kibana

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    Kafka

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    MS Windows

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    UNIX

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    RHEL

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    CentOS

Work History

12.6Years

Lead Systems Engineer

Epam Systems
Jul, 2023 - Present2 yr 8 months
    Developed and deployed Kibana dashboards tailored for Transport and Logistics business use cases, enhancing data visualization and decision-making. Managed the ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) cluster in a cloud environment, ensuring optimal performance and high availability. Implemented Logstash ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) processes to efficiently process and analyze logs from various sources. Utilized enrichment processes to enhance log data, providing additional context and improving overall data quality. Designed and implemented aggregations to analyze processing times for software APIs and hardware IPs, facilitating performance optimization. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver insights that drive operational improvements. Conducted training sessions for team members on using Kibana and understanding the ELK stack, fostering a data-driven culture. Continuously monitored system performance and implemented improvements, ensuring the reliability and scalability of the logging infrastructure.

ELK Engineer

Enbd
Aug, 2022 - Jun, 2023 10 months
    Deployed Elasticsearch in an on-premises environment. Set up multiple Logstash instances and developed grok patterns along with event processing code. Implemented Filebeat on various Unix systems and configured processors. Installed Winlogbeat on Windows systems and enabled monitoring for custom applications. Created Alerts for various use cases. Utilized Metricbeat to gather monitoring data from Logstash and Elasticsearch. Configured a Kafka layer and topics to store events received from Logstash. Set up Ansible playbooks for deploying the ELK stack. Enabled security features in Elasticsearch and created users and roles. Implemented file-based enrichment using the Translate plugin. Developed a failover architecture for Logstash using a custom script. Exported and imported dashboards, index patterns, and saved searches from one instance to another.

Senior Software Engineer

Softility
Aug, 2017 - Jul, 20224 yr 11 months
    Implemented the Netcool ESF architecture and set up object servers. Deployed probes and gateways. Configured seasonal and relational analysis within NOI. Installed Moogsoft for application monitoring. Set up the Elastic hot and warm architecture. Configured the ELK stack with SSL and imported signed certificates into Logstash, Elasticsearch, and Kibana. Installed and configured the Open Distro security plugins. Implemented alerts using watchers. Onboarded AWS data sources such as VPC, CloudTrail, Flow Logs, GuardDuty, etc.

Software Engineer

Cyient
Apr, 2013 - Jul, 20174 yr 3 months
    Set up Netcool object servers. Developed Netcool probe rules and configured and implemented triggers and procedures for the object server. Created a Device Validation Tool using Perl and CGI. Installed and configured Monolith to monitor the faults and performance of a telecommunications network. Implemented Netcool Impact policies. Deployed and configured IBM Tivoli Network Manager. Set up and configured Jazz for Service Management.

Education

  • Bachelor of Technology

    Kakatiya University (2012)

Certifications

  • AWS

    AWS (Dec, 2023)
  • Azure

    Microsoft (Feb, 2025)

Interests

  • Cricket