Sesha Rao
About Sesha Rao
Sesha Rao is a Splunk Engineer at FinXL IT Professional Services with over 9 years of IT industry experience, specializing in system design, implementation, and administration.
Current Employment at FinXL IT Professional Services
Sesha Rao currently holds the position of Splunk Engineer at FinXL IT Professional Services, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Since 2020, Sesha has been focusing on customizing Splunk for monitoring, application management, and security according to customer requirements and industry best practices. In this role, he has been instrumental in developing Splunk objects, reports on security baseline violations, non-authenticated connections, and brute force attacks, thereby contributing significantly to the company's information security and infrastructure analytics.
Previous Experience at Infosys
Before joining FinXL, Sesha Rao worked at Infosys as a Technology Analyst for six years, from 2014 to 2020, also in Melbourne, Australia. During his tenure at Infosys, he honed his skills in system design, implementation, and administration. He also accumulated substantial experience in automating infrastructure builds and application deployment on cloud platforms using tools such as Terraform and Ansible. This role significantly contributed to his expertise in CI/CD pipelines and build automation.
Early Career at AppEnsure Inc.
Sesha Rao started his career at AppEnsure Inc. as a Software Engineer from 2012 to 2014 in Hyderabad. During this period, he gained initial experience in software development and system engineering. This role laid the foundation for his strong technical skills, which include Terraform, Ansible, Splunk, AWS, PHP, Python, Core Java, and Jenkins. Additionally, he built substantial experience in developing dashboards and reports, further enhancing his capability in data analytics and system monitoring.
Educational Background
Sesha Rao studied at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, where he pursued a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Information Technology. He attended the university from 2008 to 2012. This academic background equipped him with fundamental knowledge in IT, preparing him for a successful career in the industry. His education provided a robust foundation in various IT disciplines, including development, system administration, and automation.
Technical Skills and Expertise
Sesha Rao has a comprehensive technical skill set accumulated over more than nine years in the IT industry. His primary technical expertise includes Terraform, Ansible, Splunk, AWS, PHP, Python, Core Java, and Jenkins. He is proficient in scripting languages such as Python and Bash and has working knowledge of building automation and CI/CD pipelines using Groovy, Ansible, and Jenkins. Sesha also has extensive experience in developing dashboards, SPL searches, reports, and views in Splunk, customizing it for various monitoring and security purposes. Additionally, he operates and monitors AWS instances and has strong knowledge of Windows, Linux, and UNIX operating systems.