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# Prashanth R on Tal

## Headline

Distributed Systems & Observability Engineer \| Automation \| Root Cause Analysis \| Ex\-Oracle \|PMP® \| IICA Independent Director

## About

I work on diagnosing and solving performance and reliability problems in large distributed systems across database, application, and infrastructure layers\. Over 18\+ years, including 12 years at Oracle, I’ve worked on enterprise\-scale Oracle Fusion environments running on Exadata — focusing on bottleneck analysis, concurrency issues, telemetry interpretation, scalability validation, and operational diagnostics\. My work has included: \* SQL and AWR analysis \* JVM and thread dump diagnostics \* root\-cause investigation \* automation\-driven telemetry analysis \* distributed systems troubleshooting \* performance regression analysis \* Python and Shell automation frameworks I built a modular diagnostics and automation framework that reduced post\-test triage time from hours to under 5 minutes through automated analysis, graph generation, regression comparison, and operational reporting workflows\. Currently focused on modern observability tooling, backend platform engineering, and AI\-assisted operational diagnostics\. Technologies & Areas: Python • Linux • SQL • Dynatrace • Grafana • Prometheus • ELK • Jenkins • Distributed Systems • Observability • Root Cause Analysis • Automation

## Location

Bengaluru

## Work experience

Principal Member Technical Staff \(PMTS\) at Oracle India Pvt\. Ltd, Jul 2017 \- Present · 8 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Owned end\-to\-end performance diagnosis across system layers, not limited to database — enabling faster root cause isolation in complex distributed environments\.\. Led performance engineering for Oracle Fusion Applications \(HCM & Procurement\) on Exadata environments, supporting large\-scale enterprise workloads\. Key Contributions: Built automation tools reducing performance triage time from hours to under 2 minutes Performed deep performance analysis using AWR, SQL tuning, and system\-level diagnostics Identified bottlenecks across database, application, and infrastructure layers Worked on RAC, Exadata, and large\-scale production systems Led performance validation for critical releases ensuring scalability and stability Collaborated with cross\-functional teams to resolve production performance issues Impact: Improved incident response time significantly Reduced system downtime and performance degradation risks Enabled faster root cause identification across environments

Project Lead at Oracle India Pvt\. Ltd, May 2015 \- Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SMTS at Oracle India Pvt\. Ltd, Dec 2013 \- May 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bangalore

Senior Associate QA L1 at Sapient Consulting, Oct 2013 \- Nov 2013 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \- Application performance testing and quality assurance \- Brief engagement before transitioning to Oracle

Senior Test Engineer at SPAN Infotech Limited, Dec 2010 \- Sep 2013 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bangalore, \- Led end\-to\-end application performance testing across Healthcare, Insurance, Banking & Finance, E\-commerce, and Core Banking domains \- Served as Single Point of Contact \(SPOC\) for technical queries and provided technical guidance to team members \- Successfully delivered onsite performance testing project single\-handedly, including live production demo to customer \- Conducted Load, Endurance, Stress, Spike, Failover, and Scalability tests using HP LoadRunner \- Client\-facing delivery and stakeholder communication

Technology Analyst at Infosys, Mar 2007 \- Nov 2010 · 3 yrs 9 mos, \- Performance testing at Finacle – SPE \(Core Banking Solution\) \- NFR \(Non\-Functional Requirements\) gathering, workload modelling, test planning, and strategy development \- Allocated team members and managed project estimation for performance testing engagements \- Executed end\-to\-end application performance testing for enterprise clients \- Collaborated with cross\-functional teams on performance optimization

Senior Sales Engineer at Blue Star limited, Jun 2005 \- Sep 2006 · 1 yr 4 mos, Hyderabad Area, India & Bangaloreq, \- Technical sales at ACPD \(Air Conditioning Products Division\) in Hyderabad \- Senior Engineer \(Construction\) in Bangalore \- Client engagement and technical solution presentations

## Education

B\.E\. Mechanical – MVJ College of Engineering, Mechanical, Visvesvaraya Technological University

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