About

Prashant Rakheja is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 7 years of experience in the field of Software Defined Storage (SDS), currently working at Dell EMC. He specializes in building integration around automation tools such as Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and Terraform, and container orchestration software such as Kubernetes and OpenShift. Prashant's expertise includes working on Dell EMC ViPR controller, an enterprise offering for Storage Infrastructure orchestration. He is responsible for integrating Dell EMC Storage with several DevOps tools, enabling Dell EMC storage to be consumed for providing persistent storage to containerized applications. Prashant has a deep understanding of software engineering and has authored SDKs for Dell EMC Storage for easier integration with the developer ecosystem. He has worked on the design and development of Ansible modules for Dell EMC Storage Systems. Prashant has also participated in several hackathons, tech innovation events, and won awards for novel projects and ideas. Prashant is a highly skilled software engineer with hands-on experience in infrastructure, DevOps, and Cassandra. He has worked on ViPR persistence layer based on Apache Cassandra and ZooKeeper. He has also worked on ensuring optimal performance for ViPR Infra and reduced inconsistencies at the dB level. Prashant has handled various system management functionalities such as Housekeeping, Upgrades, Backup & Restore, Security, fail-over & Disaster Recovery. Prashant is a highly motivated individual with excellent communication and interpersonal skills. He is a team player who works collaboratively with cross-functional teams to achieve project goals. Prashant is a quick learner who is always eager to learn new technologies and skills to stay updated with the latest industry trends.