Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer · Fremont, CA

Prasanna Babu

15+ years building large-scale infrastructure. Currently running an 83-node OpenStack cluster and migrating 550+ VMs at OpenText.

AWS SA Azure Admin CKA TOGAF 9 RHCE

About Me

I am a senior infrastructure engineer with 15+ years of experience across OpenStack, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and bare-metal systems. I currently contract through 3K Technologies at OpenText where I manage an 83-node Juju OpenStack cluster across 52 bare-metal nodes with 16 Pacemaker HA applications.

Previously I led teams of 40+ Unix and Linux engineers at AT&T and ABB. I hold certifications in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes (CKA), TOGAF, RHCE, IBM AIX, and ITIL V3. Open to senior cloud infrastructure roles anywhere in the United States.

Core Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS · Azure · GCP · Oracle OCI

Containers & K8s

Kubernetes · OpenShift · Docker · Helm · ArgoCD

Infrastructure

OpenStack · Juju · MAAS · Ceph · Pacemaker HA

Automation

Terraform · Ansible · Python · Bash

Linux & Unix

Ubuntu · RHEL · AIX · Solaris · HP-UX

Observability

Prometheus · Grafana · ELK · Datadog

Projects

OpenStack Bare-Metal Cluster

83-node Juju OpenStack across 52 bare-metal nodes. Nova, Neutron-OVN, Ceph Quincy, MAAS. 16 Pacemaker HA apps. Zero-downtime Focal to Jammy upgrade. Active migration of 550+ VMs from VMware.

OpenStack Juju Ceph Pacemaker MAAS

This Website

Built with Python Flask. Dockerized and deployed to AWS EC2. CI/CD via GitHub Actions. Moving to Kubernetes EKS with ArgoCD GitOps and Prometheus monitoring.

Flask Docker AWS GitHub Actions

AI Infra Health Agent

Python ReAct agent using Anthropic SDK. Queries Nova, Ceph, Neutron, and Juju APIs automatically. Generates incident reports with remediation steps.

Python Anthropic SDK OpenStack API

Contact

Open to senior cloud infrastructure roles — onsite, hybrid, or remote anywhere in the United States.