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Parma Reddy Pullagurala

@parmareddypullagural

Platform Architect at Verizon, modernizing enterprise OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms and migrating VMware virtual machines with KubeVirt.

United States
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At Verizon, I led the end-to-end Red Hat OpenShift lifecycle across 14 clusters in seven data centers, covering installation, upgrades, and production operations.

I worked hands-on with OpenShift Virtualization and KubeVirt, using Migration Toolkit for Virtualization to move virtual machines from VMware infrastructure to OpenShift. I also planned and implemented RHACM for multi-cluster management.

I modernized provisioning by migrating legacy Puppet automation to Ansible Automation Platform, reducing provisioning time by approximately 40%. I used Git and GitLab CI/CD for version-controlled workflows.

Across my infrastructure work, I’ve designed platform foundations with VMware Cloud Foundation, ESXi, and vSAN, and supported networking, storage, and security. I’m a CKS-certified platform architect with experience spanning Linux, virtualization, and Kubernetes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Senior Infrastructure Engineer / Solutions Architect

Jul 2017 - Present (9 years 3 months)

Led the end-to-end Red Hat OpenShift platform lifecycle across 14 clusters spanning seven data centers, covering installation, upgrades, networking, storage, and production troubleshooting. Architected enterprise platform foundations using VMware Cloud Foundation, ESXi, vSAN, and RHEL, and modernized provisioning with Ansible Automation Platform.

SC

Senior Systems Engineer

SCOR

Aug 2016 - May 2017 (9 months)

Planned and executed a multi-site data-center consolidation, including physical hardware relocation and administration of Unix environments across physical and virtual servers.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration logoUA

Unix Engineer

U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Oct 2015 - Jun 2016 (8 months)

Developed proof-of-concept solutions using OpenStack, AWS, and Puppet for future-state infrastructure planning.

CS

Senior Unix Administrator

Carolinas HealthCare System

Apr 2015 - Sep 2015 (5 months)

Installed, configured, and maintained RHEL 6 and AIX environments on x86 physical and virtual infrastructure supporting mission-critical applications.

HT

Senior Unix Administrator

HCL – TIAA / TFS

Jan 2014 - Mar 2015 (1 year 2 months)

Planned and implemented enterprise SAN migration from Hitachi Data Systems to EMC Symmetrix and coordinated security-compliance patching.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of South Alabama logoUA

University of South Alabama

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Alabama, completed in 2008.

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University logoJU

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology, Technology

Bachelor of Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, completed in 2005.

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