Praveen Samala

Implemented Red Hat-based solutions with automation (Ansible, RHEL8, Satellite).

• Designed, installed, and supported OpenShift clusters on-prem and cloud.
• Containerized applications and migrated VM-based apps to microservices.
• Implemented and enforced OpenShift security, RBAC, and compliance.
• Built CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
• Troubleshot performance and availability issues in OpenShift and Linux on Azure. Duration: 02/2024 - 06/2025

Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ArgoCD, Helm.

• Implemented RHEL8 with Ansible and Satellite.
• Automated configuration and deployments with Ansible and scripting.
• Managed OpenShift clusters (upgrades, patching, scaling, RBAC, templates, Helm).
• Worked with OpenShift AI (RHOAI/RHODS), model serving (KServe, vLLM, OpenVINO), Kubeflow pipelines, and AI monitoring (Grafana, TrustyAI, etc.). Duration: 07/2023 - 10/2023

Managed Red Hat Linux platform and OpenShift/Kubernetes.

• Implemented Kubernetes networking, RBAC, autoscaling, and monitoring.
• Built Ansible playbooks and OpenShift automation, including virtualization and workload migrations. Duration: 08/2022 - 07/2023

Managed Kubernetes-based environments (EKS, on-prem, OpenShift) on AWS.

• Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Ansible, and Git-based workflows.
• Installed and maintained OpenShift clusters and applications.
• Implemented DevOps best practices and monitoring via AWS tools. Duration: 09/2021 - 08/2022

Implemented and supported OpenShift 4.x clusters and containerized workloads.

• Automated infra provisioning and configuration with Ansible/Tower.
• Designed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git.
• Managed RHEL lifecycle and Linux/OpenShift operations across VMware, Azure and Oracle Cloud. Duration: 07/2020 - 09/2021

Implemented and managed OpenShift clusters and CI/CD pipelines.

• Deployed containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Monitored, troubleshot, and secured OpenShift workloads. Duration: 11/2018 - 01/2020

Supported RHEL-based infrastructure across virtual and cloud environments.

• Provisioned VMs using RHEV and Hyper-V.
• Drove automation with shell scripting and managed OpenShift/Docker standards.
• Managed VMware and RHEV virtualization and lifecycle. Duration: 01/2015 - 09/2018

Managed Red Hat/CentOS servers, patching via Satellite, automation via Ansible.

• Administered VMware vCenter and Linux storage/networking. Duration: 12/2012 - 11/2014

Linux administration, LVM, hardening, scripting, troubleshooting and support. Duration: 08/2010 - 12/2012

Consulted on Middle East digital projects to streamline operations, resolve automation and Kubernetes/OpenShift issues, and implement new services in containerized environments.

• Deploy, manage, and scale Kubernetes clusters on-prem.
• Enforced security best practices, RBAC, network policies, and compliance.
• Installed, configured, and upgraded Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters.
• Implemented GitOps with ArgoCD and advanced deployment strategies.
• Administered OpenShift across dev/test/prod, including MachineConfigPools and RBAC.
• Implemented Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security and Advanced Cluster Management.
• Used Ansible for configuration management and server patching.
• Worked with OpenShift AI (RHOAI), ARO/ROSA, VMware and Azure-based OpenShift. Duration: 06/2025 - Present