Database Engineering & Cloud DBaaS Leader
Resume:
Nitesh Kumar Lal
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Database engineering leader with nearly 20 years of experience in production database engineering, operations, on-premises-to-cloud migrations, leading global database teams. Built automation using Python, Shell, and Argo Workflows. Served as a technical lead and Scrum Master. Certified in Cassandra administration (NoSQL), DB2 LUW administration (RDBMS), and ITIL.
Proven track record of rapidly adopting new technologies and deploying them at enterprise scale.
Core Skills:
Database: NoSQL (Cassandra, HBase, Bigtable, Redis), RDBMS (DB2 LUW, MySQL, PostgreSQL).
Cloud & Containers: GCP, AWS, Cloud SQL Aurora, Kubernetes
IAC & CI/CD: Terraform, Terragrunt, Puppet, GitOps
Automation: Python, Shell, Argo Workflows, Cursor (For AI assisted development).
Bigdata & System: Hadoop, Zookeeper, Linux (Centos, SLC6, AIX)
Distributed Systems: Multi-datacenter databases, Replication, availability, scalability, performance.
Work Experience:
Workday Inc [August 2023 – till Date] Senior Software Development Engineer DBaaS
Stack: GCP Cloud SQL, AWS Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Terraform, Python, Argo workflows, Linux
Designed, implemented, and operated highly available MySQL and PostgreSQL instances.
Lead end-to-end on-premises to public cloud migrations for 500+ customers.
Designed and implemented Workday’s first public cloud migration solution on GCP.
Establish VPN, GCP interconnect and private connectivity paths for migration.
Served as GCP SME for environment buildouts, regional expansion, and production operations.
Integrated security requirements into migration architecture and database access.
Optimized GCP Cloud SQL performance and resource sizing, delivering $383k in annual savings.
Developed Kubernetes-native database automation pipelines using Python, Argo Workflows.
Supported on-premises MySQL operations, replication, performance tuning, and troubleshooting.
Used Cursor for AI-assisted development, reducing development time by approximately 70%.
Box Inc [August 2019 – August 2023] Senior Database Engineer / TLM / NoSQL SRE
Stack: HBase, Hadoop, Zookeeper, Bigtable, Redis, Linux, Puppet, Python, Terraform, Terragrunt, CI/CD (Atlantis/GitOps)
Led five-member NoSQL engineering team.
Designed and developed efficiency solutions for Bigtable, resulting in $300k in annual savings.
Architect and drive reliability and availability of Box's database platform.
Managed 2000+ host’s HBase infrastructure with Puppet.
Linux upgrades and Bigtable migration for entire HBase fleet of 2000+ hosts.
Provisioned and scaled Bigtable and public cloud resources using Terraform and Terragrunt.
Automated infrastructure planning and deployment through GitOps CI/CD pipelines.
Expertise in drill down and resolving complex issues and recover unhealthy clusters.
Automate Run-the-Business tasks, develop robust software using Python or Bash.
Ensured code reliability by writing automated pytest unit and integration tests.
Extensive experience with creation of wavefront dashboard/alerts, tcollector, sensu checks.
Implemented SLO/SLI-based monitoring using Google SRE golden signal.
Scrum master and leading agile methodology in team which delivers 20 LOEs each week.
Mentor team members in technical and process; remain a key stake holder in their growth and development.
JP Morgan Chase & Co [June 2016 – August 2019] Database Management Analyst
Stack: Cassandra, DB2 LUW, MySQL, Linux, Python, Shell, IBM DSM, Grafana, Prometheus, Geneos.
Managed global Cassandra infrastructure footprint (200+ clusters, Cluster size: 10 to 180 nodes)
Expertise in Installing, configuring, implementing multi-datacenter Cassandra clusters.
Architected and performed data modeling for applications.
Bootstrapping, decommissioning, removing, replacing, and repairing nodes.
Performance Management, Scalability, Latency tuning, troubleshooting, Software upgrades.
Taking care of all Audit related tasks for industry standard tools and in-house tools.
Built and maintained database monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, IBM DSM, and Geneos.
Created reporting solution for Cassandra performance in Python.
More Work Experience:
Organization
Designation
Duration
Syntel
IMS Specialist
November 2013 – August 2015
Cognizant
Associate Operation Manager
September 2012 – November 2013
Mphasis an HP company
Principal Infrastructure Engg
June 2011 – September 2012
IBM
DB2 Database Administrator
June 2009 – June 2011
Satyam Computer Services Ltd
Senior Software Engineer
August 2007 – June 2009
Certification:
Certification
Certification Name
Provider
Cassandra Administrator
Apache Cassandra™ 3.x administrator Associate
DataStax
ITIL Certification (EXO-117)
ITIL V3 Foundation Certification
ITIL
Advanced Python
Advanced python
Enthought
IBM certification (000-734)
DB2 9 Advanced Database Administrator for LUW
IBM
IBM certification (000-731)
DB2 9 Database Administrator for Linux Unix windows.
IBM
IBM certification (000-730)
DB2 9 Family Fundamentals Associates
IBM
OCA certification (1Z0-007)
Introduction to Oracle 9i SQL
Oracle
OCA certification (1Z0-031)
Oracle 9i database: Fundamentals
Oracle
Technical Achievement:
SPOT Award in Box for Centos 7 upgrade.
JPMC Key award in JPMC for Cassandra Migration.
ITD star performer of year in IBM for DPF re-distribution.
Best team award for my team from client in Cognizant
Created software DLA, was published by PC-QUEST magazine, Awarded 1st Prize in a National Level Software Exhibition.
Extracurricular Activities and Interest:
Passed certificate A examination of NCC under the authority of Minister Defense, Govt of India.
Dance [hold small non-commercialized YouTube channel]
Gold Medalist in 5th Year examination of Painting from Bangiya Sangeet Kala Kendra.
Education:
Bachelor's degree in computer science
Asansol Engineering college, West Bengal University of Technology, July 2007.
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