Shashank T
About Shashank T
Shashank T is an experienced Hadoop Administrator currently employed at Thomson Reuters in Houston, Texas. He has a Master's degree from the University of Central Missouri and has previously worked in various roles related to Linux and Hadoop administration across multiple companies.
Work at Thomson Reuters
Shashank T has been employed at Thomson Reuters as a Hadoop Administrator since 2018. In this role, he is responsible for managing Hadoop clusters and ensuring their optimal performance. He applies troubleshooting techniques to effectively address customer issues, contributing to customer loyalty through integrity and accountability. His work involves user provisioning on both production and non-production clusters, ensuring that client requests are met efficiently.
Previous Experience in Hadoop Administration
Prior to his current position, Shashank T worked at Copart as a Hadoop Administrator for 11 months in 2018. During his tenure in Dallas, Texas, he focused on setting up Apache NiFi and conducting proof of concept (POC) projects for orchestrating data pipelines. His experience also includes performing POCs to assess workloads and evaluate resource utilization, which led to optimized configurations of Hadoop clusters.
Background in Linux Engineering
Shashank T has a background in Linux engineering, having worked at Sierra Atlantic as a Linux Engineer from 2012 to 2015 in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He also served as a Linux Administrator at HP for 8 months in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, and worked as a Linux System Administrator at GE Capital for one year in Hyderabad. His roles involved configuring high availability for Hadoop services and utilizing monitoring tools to maintain system performance.
Education and Expertise
Shashank T holds a Master's degree from the University of Central Missouri. His educational background complements his professional expertise in Hadoop administration and Linux systems. He has experience in setting up and maintaining Kafka clusters on AWS EC2 instances, showcasing his technical skills in cloud computing and data management.