NIKHIL PRATHAPANI
**** ********** **, *** ****, CA 95131 MOBILE: 669-***-**** E-MAIL: ******.**********@*****.*** LinkedIn profile URL: www.linkedin.com/in/nikhil1kumar EDUCATION
University of Maryland College Park, MD
Masters in Telecommunications Engineering May 2016 CGPA: 3.4/4.0
JNTUH College of Engineering Karimnagar, India
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering April 2014 CGPA: 3.9/4.0
SKILLS
Cloud & SaaS Platforms : OpenStack, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, ServiceNow Programming Languages : JAVA, MATLAB, C, C#
Scripting Languages : Python
Networking Protocols : TCP/IP, UDP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, HTTP, RIP, OSPF, BGP TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE
Scalable deployment of OpenStack on Ubuntu 14.04 VMs November 2015 – December 2015
Deployed a private cloud using OpenStack and worked on aspects like KeyStone (Identity Access and Management), Nova
(Compute Engine), Glance (Image services), Swift (Object Storage), Neutron (Network Topology and management), Horizon
(Dashboard) and Heat (Orchestration and Autoscaling).
Replicated the similar deployment (Single node and multi-node deployment of OpenStack) using Ubuntu 14.04 VMs (Virtual Machines) on Microsoft Azure for better speed and accessibility of private cloud using Putty (SSH Client). Public & Private Cloud Deployment and Maintenance - Amazon Web Services and Eucalyptus September 2015
Setup a public and private cloud using the various features mainly EC2, S3 and Identity Access Management (IAM) modules of AWS and tested their functionality.
Performed deployment and auto-scaling of a basic web service using the Elastic bean stalk and auto-scaling features of Amazon Web Services.
Delved into the various aspects of load balancing and presented a paper on the same.
Developed a private cloud using Eucalyptus platform at the telecom lab in University of Maryland and explored the AWS integration feature of Eucalyptus.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Software Development Intern
MyQVO Inc, Washington D.C. October 2015-May 2016
Provided Back-end support and development for MyQVO and Arqade mobile gaming applications.
Developed educational games using Unity 2D engine.
Programmed and executed UI, menus and functionalities using C# and Unity.
Performed manual testing of android and iOS versions of the arqade app, also utilized Unity Profiler for measuring app performance and optimizing based on results.
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Technology Associate, Software Development Fundamentals November 2015-Present
Microsoft Technology Associate, Networking Fundamentals November 2015-Present