Hello, I'm

Arunachalam
Sathiyamoorthy

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Building resilient infrastructure, one deployment at a time.

Current Role Junior Linux / Cloud Engineer

Focus OCI, automation, reliability

Impact 100% production uptime

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01 / ABOUT

About Me

Motivated Linux & Cloud Engineer with 2+ years' experience delivering reliable production infrastructure in a large media publishing organisation. Proven ability to improve availability through database replication, automate workflows, and implement proactive monitoring.

Adept at containerised deployments and security hardening. Currently working at The Hindu Group of Publications, supporting enterprise platforms with 100% production uptime.

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Uptime Maintained

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Backup Effort Reduced

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SLA Ticket Resolution

Technical Arsenal

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Linux Admin

Ubuntu, Oracle Linux, CentOS

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Cloud (OCI & AWS)

Infrastructure & Compute

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Docker & Kubernetes

OKE/OKS, Compose

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Databases

MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDB

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Automation

Bash, Python, Ansible

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Monitoring

Zabbix, ELK Stack

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Web / CDN

Cloudflare, Nginx, Apache

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Security

SSL/TLS, Firewalls, DNS

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CI/CD

Jenkins, Terraform

02 / EXPERIENCE

Work History

04/2024 – Present

Junior Linux / Cloud Engineer

The Hindu Group of Publications

📍 Chennai, India

Maintained 100% uptime for production OCI Linux servers (Ubuntu, Oracle Linux, CentOS) supporting enterprise publishing platforms.
Improved disaster recovery by deploying MySQL, MariaDB & MongoDB replication, eliminating single points of failure.
Reduced manual backup effort by 60%+ via automated Bash/Python pipelines with operational reports.
Provisioned cloud infrastructure using Terraform & Ansible with Jenkins CI/CD automation.
Deployed scalable containerized services using Docker and Kubernetes (OKE/OKS).
Configured Cloudflare CDN, DNS, SSL, and security rules to improve performance and availability.
Supported publishing platforms including Stibo DX CUE CMS, CuePrint, and CUE-DAM.

06/2023 – 04/2024

IT Technician, Service Desk

The Hindu Group of Publications

📍 Chennai, India

Resolved 95%+ of L1/L2 tickets within SLA across hardware, software, network, and application issues.
Streamlined onboarding by standardising device setup, VPN, and Microsoft 365 provisioning for new starters.
Managed Active Directory accounts and permissions, reducing access-related incidents significantly.
Tracked all incidents via iTop ITSM, consistently achieving a high first-call resolution rate.

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Education

B.E. Computer Science

Rathinam Technical Campus

Coimbatore, India

2017 – 2021

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Certifications

OCI Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations

Google Google IT Support Professional

03 / PROJECTS

Notable Projects

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Internal Creative Upload Portal

Built full-stack asset portal with Next.js 15, MariaDB, and Prisma ORM. Integrated Keycloak RBAC authentication, containerised via Docker Compose for seamless deployment.

Next.js 15 MariaDB Prisma Keycloak Docker

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Zabbix Database Monitoring

Implemented comprehensive monitoring triggers for replication lag, disk usage & query performance. Enabled proactive alerting and significantly reduced database downtime.

Zabbix MySQL MariaDB MongoDB Alerting

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