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Manasa Malavalli SateeshaMM

Manasa Malavalli Sateesha

Linux and Infrastructure Engineer

€250/day
Mannheim, DE
3-7 years
Linux
VMWARE
Windows Server
GitHub
ESXi

Average response time: 1 hour

About Manasa

Linux & Cloud Infrastructure Support | Disaster Recovery Specialist:


I am a Linux System Engineer with close to 5 years of hands-on enterprise experience at Sungard Availability Services, where I managed servers, disaster recovery operations, and infrastructure for Fortune 200+ clients across the USA.


My core skills include Linux server administration (RHEL, SUSE, CentOS), VMware virtualisation.


I am now offering freelance support for small and mid-size businesses who need reliable Linux and Windows server setup, infrastructure help, or backup configuration.


What I can help you with:

  • Linux server setup, configuration & troubleshooting.
  • ESXi server setup and patching.
  • IT documentation.

  • Windows server setup.

  • English

    Native or bilingual

  • German

    Conversational

Can work on-site
Mannheim (up to 50km), Frankfurt am Main (up to 10km)

Experience

  • Self-Directed / Freelance Consulting
    Linux and Infrastructure Engineer
    August 2023 - Today (2 years and 11 months)
    68 Mannheim, Germany
    • • Progressing towards the AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) qualification; acquired hands-on knowledge of EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, and CloudWatch for cloud infrastructure management.
    • • Designed and maintained CI/CD automation pipelines using GitHub Actions and YAML, automating infrastructure-as-code (IaC) workflows and server configuration scripts - all version-controlled in personal GitHub repositories.
    • • Applied AI-assisted tooling for technical documentation and workflow automation, aligning with the growing industry demand for AI-augmented IT operations.
    • • Expanded containerisation knowledge through hands-on Docker projects, deploying multi-service applications with docker-compose and gaining foundational Kubernetes concepts.
    • • Achieved German B2 language proficiency (LightSpeed German Course), enabling professional communication with German-speaking clients and teams.
    Linux Windows Server GitHub VMWARE ESXi
  • Sungard Availability Services
    Engineer - Linux & Disaster Recovery
    April 2021 - May 2023 (2 years and 1 month)
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    • • Deployed and configured RHEL 6/7/8 on HPE DL380/580, Dell R540/850, and Cisco UCS hardware; automated bare-metal provisioning via Kickstart ISO, reducing server deployment time by approximately 40%.
    • • Managed LVM filesystem layouts (ext3, ext4, XFS), RAID configuration, SAN storage integration, and 1G/10G NIC bonding for high-availability datacenter environments.
    • • Installed and configured enterprise backup solutions (Veritas NetBackup, Commvault) for 20+ clients; ensured RTO/RPO compliance within contractual SLAs.
    • • Led tests; coordinated with client technical teams during live DR exercises to validate failover procedures.
    • • Administered VMware vSphere and ESXi platforms - VM creation, snapshots, network adapters, patching and upgrades; managed AWS EC2 Linux instances for remote client environments.
    • • Resolved P1–P4 incidents via ServiceNow and HP Service Manager, maintaining a <15-minute P1 response SLA; authored RCA documentation for recurring issues.
  • Sungard Availability Services
    Associate Engineer - Global IT Operations
    February 2019 - March 2021 (2 years and 1 month)
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    • • Collaborated with global datacenter teams across Philadelphia and Arizona to plan, schedule, and execute MRP and Infrastructure Recovery tests for 200+ enterprise clients.
    • • Managed and resolved incident tickets using ServiceNow and HP Service Manager; contributed to a team SLA achievement of 98%+ monthly closure rate.
    • • Supported 24/7 Global Operations — routine Linux and Windows server maintenance, patch deployments, health checks, and RES automation-based bulk provisioning.

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Education

  • Bachelor of Engineering
    Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
    2018
    Bachelor of Engineering
  • German Language B2 - LightSpeed German Course
    2025
    German Language B2 - LightSpeed German Course
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