Rahul P

Linux Platform Engineer

Experian Experts UK • Fulltime

Apr 2019 - Present • 7 yrs 3 mos

• Architected and governed enterprise Linux platform strategy across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments, delivering secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure supporting mission-critical business applications. • Designed and standardized Kubernetes platform architecture, enabling scalable container orchestration, platform resilience, and operational consistency for cloud-native workloads. • Led Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and platform automation initiatives, reducing infrastructure provisioning from days to minutes while improving operational efficiency and deployment consistency. • Established enterprise CI/CD and DevSecOps frameworks using GitHub Actions, integrating SAST, DAST, SCA, Trivy, and automated compliance controls to strengthen software delivery and security posture. • Improved platform availability from 99.5% to 99.95% and reduced MTTR by 60% by implementing reliability engineering practices, proactive observability, and automated operational workflows. • Designed enterprise observability platforms using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, and centralized alerting, enabling proactive monitoring and faster incident response. • Engineered and administered enterprise Linux infrastructure across RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux, VMware, HP 3PAR, and Hitachi Storage, ensuring performance, security, lifecycle management, and operational resilience. • Defined engineering standards, architecture best practices, and Linux platform governance while mentoring engineers and leading enterprise adoption of Kubernetes, automation, and cloud-native technologies. • Collaborated with engineering, security, networking, and application teams to deliver resilient platform solutions aligned with business objectives, compliance requirements, and service-level commitments. • Led root cause analysis for critical production incidents, implementing permanent corrective actions that improved platform stability, reliability, and customer experience.

System Engineer

Atos • Fulltime

Jun 2010 - Aug 2015 • 5 yrs 2 mos

Provided application support, maintenance, and monitoring for web-based applications. Managed daily operational requirements, handled incident and change tickets, and addressed customer escalations. Played a major role in process enhancement and organizational quality processes while ensuring high availability of server infrastructure.