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Murali Koppula

Technical Specialist

I help engineering teams bridge the gap between off-the-shelf open-source tools and enterprise-grade requirements.

Whether it’s building custom OpenTelemetry processors or augmenting infrastructure with Apache Kafka, I provide the specialized expertise needed to make your data observable by design. I help organizations scale complex backend systems without sacrificing reliability. My focus is on automating the boring stuff and developing the custom backend tools that allow engineering teams to move faster with full visibility.

Observability & Opentelemetry
Tool development (Golang, Python, Java, Linux)
Infrastructure Augmentation & Automation
Architecture, Systems Thinking
Cloud Native Infrastructure
Decentralized & Event Driven Architecture
Blockchain Specialization

Skills

Experience

1
Self Employed

Apr 2026 -

Remote

Consulting and Freelance work focussed in the areas:

  • Observability
  • Open Source Software Adaption and Augmentation
  • Blockchain Observability, Anchoring, and Security
  • Cloud Native Infrastructure
  • Backend Tool Development


McKesson Corporation

Jan 2020 - Nov 2025

Remote

Architected and Engineered solutions in the areas:

  • Observability
  • Open Source Software Adaption and Augmentation
  • Backend Tool Development
  • Platform Modernization

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3
Self Employed

Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

Remote

Consulting work focussed in the areas:

  • Blockchain Anchoring using OSGi
  • Evaluation study of usecases for Blockchain in energy distribution


PNC Financial Services

Jun 2011 - Sep 2018

Remote

Architected and Engineered solutions in the areas:

  • Platform Automation & Modernization
  • Tool Development
  • Application Server Platform Certification – Conduct Proof Of Concept (POC) work

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5
Earlier Consulting Roles

- Sep 2011

Varying Locations

  • Led Development Projects
  • Provided Middleware Subject Matter Expertise

Projects

File Archival Tool
2024 - 2025

Engineered a custom distribution of AzCopy by embedding OpenTelemetry (OTel) instrumentation; enabled fine-grained, high-cardinality telemetry to provide real-time visualization of data egress and throughput performance.

High Throughput File Monitor
2024

Architected a specialized Go-based OTel receiver to eliminate visibility gaps in file-based data streams; successfully transformed unstructured local file-system events into actionable, high-cardinality telemetry for centralized monitoring.

Custom Keystore Management
2023 - 2024

Developed a custom PKCS12 keystore management utility in Go, extending standard cryptographic formats with an integrated metadata layer for automated certificate provenance and asset versioning.

Kafka Telemetry
2022 - 2023

Architected a standalone Spring Boot observability bridge to instrument Java-based infrastructure; leveraged Micrometer to synthesize high-fidelity metrics from Kafka clusters, standardizing data ingestion into centralized OpenTelemetry pipelines.

Image Migration Tool
2020

Re-engineered a high-capacity Spring Batch tool to orchestrate the migration of large-scale image repositories to the cloud; implemented custom readers and writers to ensure transactional integrity and optimized ingestion throughput.

Blockchain Anchoring
2019 - Present

Architected and deployed decentralized prototypes on MicroK8s to evaluate Blockchain Anchoring strategies; successfully demonstrated the feasibility of utilizing distributed ledgers for high-frequency data validation.

Blockchain Adaption Study
2019

Researched and evaluated usecases for adaption of Blockchain in energy distribution.

Ad hoc Tools
- 2026

Developed tools for Infrastructure engineering and automation tasks using suitable languages including Go, Python, Java, C, and Linux based scripting.

Volumetric Analysis Tool
Earlier Project

Led the development of a GKS-based Geospatial Modeling application; implemented Delaunay Triangulation algorithms to perform high-precision volumetric analysis of underwater silt deposits by translating raw bathymetric data into precise under water silt-volume computations, and providing the technical foundation for contract billing and dredging logistics.

Certifications

This specialization includes four courses and cover a range of essential topics:

  • The cryptographic underpinnings and other foundational concepts of blockchain technology.
  • Enabling decentralized applications on a private Ethereum blockchain platform.
  • Programming on the Ethereum blockchain - designing and implementing smart contracts.
  • Methods for developing decentralized applications on the blockchain.
  • Information about the ongoing specific industry-wide blockchain frameworks.

The course requires completing a project. It covers:

  • Deploy an instance of a blockchain.
  • Carry out peer-to-peer transactions.
  • Program and test smart contracts using Solidity language.
  • Analyze, design and code a blockchain-based solution for decentralized applications.

Coursework

University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)
Spring 2019
Blockchain Platforms
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)
Spring 2019
Decentralized Applications
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)
Spring 2019
Smart Contracts
University at Buffalo, SUNY (Coursera)
Spring 2019
Blockchain Basics
Harvard Extension School
Fall 2016
Virtual Machines Internals (JVM) (CSCI E-98)
Harvard Extension School
Spring 2016
Fundamentals of Website Development (CSCI E-12)
Harvard Extension School
Fall 2015
Cloud Computing (CSCI E-90)
Harvard Extension School
Fall 2014
Network Architecture and Protocols (CSCI E-40)

Education