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KAMAL PREET SINGH

SF Bay Area

Summary

Visionary technology leader with deep expertise in cloud transformation, strategic alignment of technology and business, and leading globally distributed teams to deliver results.

Proven track record of success in:

  • Managing and scaling high-performing global teams, driving collaboration and agility across diverse geographies, instills confidence in my leadership abilities.
  • Fostering a DevOps culture and digital transformation, leveraging AI-powered innovations to optimize cloud operations.
  • Driving secure, compliant enterprise platforms by embedding DevSecOps and robust cybersecurity governance, ensuring cloud security, compliance, and governance, and mitigating risks while maintaining regulatory adherence.
  • Implementing AI/ML-driven automation to improve scalability, cost efficiency, and resilience in cloud environments.
  • Leading and optimizing hybrid/multi-cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure, and OCI) modernization with resilient, automated, and self-healing infrastructure powered by AI/ML.
  • Overseeing strategy and delivery of cloud-native platforms, containerized workloads, and scalable CI/CD capabilities to support rapid, reliable software releases.
  • Championing reliability by establishing data-driven SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs, and driving continuous performance excellence.
  • Designing and maintaining mission-critical, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems and infrastructure, including disaster recovery (DR) strategies, to ensure business continuity.
  • Leading financial governance, cost optimization, and high-availability architectures to deliver scalable and future-ready cloud solutions.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Director- Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE

HP Inc
11.2022 - Current
  • Led a high-performance global engineering organization – directed a 110+ global team to drive cloud architecture, platform automation, and product-led development, with measurable productivity gains.
  • Cloud & Platform Engineering Leadership – Delivered scalable, multi-cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, on-prem), with self-service tools that empowered developers and accelerated solution delivery.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with development, product, and business leaders to align organizational goals with strategic priorities. Acted as a technical advisor across cloud, security, and platform initiatives to ensure high test coverage and environment reliability.
  • DevOps, Developer Experience, and Velocity Enablement – Elevated developer productivity through automation, IaC, and frictionless CI/CD, enabling zero-downtime deployments and faster, streamlined software delivery.
  • SRE and Operational Excellence – Developed and governed SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs aligned with business KPIs. Led incident response, observability, change management, and system resilience to ensure high availability and fast recovery from failures, and improved MTTD and MTTR for incidents by 60%.
  • Led AI enablement initiatives: Oversaw AI-driven observability, anomaly detection, and reliability modeling to automate root cause analysis (RCA) and enhance predictive QA in cloud infrastructure and platform components.
  • Security, Compliance, and Risk Management – Integrated DevSecOps across pipelines with automated SAST/DAST, policy-as-code (Terraform, Sentinel), and real-time compliance validation. Enforced ISO, SOC, and NIST-aligned controls. Deployed zero-trust IAM, AI-driven threat detection, and SIEM tools (Splunk, ELK) to strengthen the cloud security posture.
  • FinOps & Cloud Cost Optimization – Championed cost efficiency through architecture tuning, AI-powered observability, and proactive cloud spend management. Drove infrastructure rightsizing, automation of idle resource cleanup, and continuous improvement of ROI across environments.

Sr Director- Cloud Engineering and Operations

Zeta Global Inc
09.2019 - 11.2022
  • Built and led a high-performance DevOps, SRE, and DBA team: collaborated with engineering, product, and security teams to align developer platform priorities with business goals and customer experience outcomes.
  • DevOps and Developer Productivity: Managed scalable developer environments with pre-built infrastructure stacks, centralized secrets management, and automated compliance validation to improve deployment frequency and implement a zero-downtime deployment strategy.
  • SRE Transformation and Operational Excellence: Implemented engineering-driven reliability by establishing and upholding SLOs and SLAs to enhance system stability and service performance.
  • Managed Platforms & Cloud Infrastructure: Managed hybrid cloud environments (AWS, VMs, Kubernetes, Terraform, Puppet, Ansible, CI/CD, Artifactory) for seamless deployments.
  • Release, Incident, and Change Management: Implemented and governed SLOs, SLIs, SLAs, and release management processes, leading incident response, observability, and change control to ensure resilience and uptime.
  • Meeting Business Objectives & Key SLIs/SLOs – Worked closely with application and business stakeholders to deliver high-quality, production-ready products. Ensured cost reduction, high service availability, optimal performance, efficient incident resolution, and chronic issue mitigation.
  • Security & Compliance Management: Led enterprise cloud compliance initiatives adhering to GDPR, SOX, CCPA, and HIPAA frameworks. Integrated AI-driven SIEM platforms (Splunk, ELK) and automated compliance checks significantly improve security audit readiness and incident containment across business units.

Director of Engineering and Operations(IdM and PaaS Cloud Services)

Oracle Corp
04.2016 - 09.2019
  • Led Technical Strategy and Innovation – Provided technical leadership for the Oracle SaaS and PaaS cloud teams, driving innovation and operational excellence in cloud business solutions. Designed and implemented disaster recovery (DR) frameworks to maintain high availability and fault tolerance.
  • Led a high-performing global team – directed a 150+ member distributed team across engineering, DevOps, and SRE, driving cross-regional collaboration, operational excellence, and scalable execution.
  • Drive DevOps Excellence and SRE Transformation – Oversaw DevOps/Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)/DBA operations, ensuring adherence to strict SLAs, improving system reliability, and enhancing service performance. Integrated SRE best practices into platform offerings, enabling secure, observable, and resilient service integrations across internal and customer-facing environments.
  • Drive Operational Excellence – Developed and executed enterprise support processes using ITIL methodologies, enhancing service delivery, operational efficiency, and customer satisfaction.
  • Security Architecture & Compliance - Spearheaded security and compliance strategies for Oracle's cloud-based Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions. Led cloud security audits and risk assessments, ensuring compliance with FedRAMP, HIPAA, and SOX regulations.
  • Cybersecurity Operations & Automation - Automated security configuration management using Ansible and Terraform, reducing misconfigurations, and enhancing infrastructure security. Established advanced monitoring for privileged access management (PAM) and role-based access control (RBAC) models.
  • Optimized Budget & Cost Management – Oversaw budget allocation and cost optimization strategies to maximize efficiency while delivering high-value cloud solutions.

Sr Manager- DevOps, SRE

Sephora Inc.
01.2015 - 03.2016
  • Spearheaded the growth and leadership of a high-performing team of DevOps, system, and SRE engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.
  • Directed and optimized day-to-day DevOps and data center operations, strategically managing work assignments, deliverables, objectives, and professional development plans to drive peak team performance.
  • Designed and deployed advanced monitoring solutions for data centers, integrating key quality indicators (KQIs) and key performance indicators (KPIs) to enhance system reliability and efficiency.
  • Conducted an in-depth analysis of global operational trends, delivering data-driven insights and strategic recommendations to enhance efficiency and scalability.
  • Proactively identified and resolved complex technical challenges and emerging risks, ensuring seamless operations and business continuity.
  • Analyzed performance metrics to identify areas for process improvement.

Senior Manager(IDM Platform - Oracle Public Cloud)

Oracle Corp
03.2006 - 01.2015
  • Led and oversaw a globally distributed team of DevOps, SDET engineers, DBAs, and developers, driving innovation and operational excellence across multiple time zones.
  • Led strategic initiatives with DevOps engineers and architects to develop and execute large-scale deployment plans, leveraging Chef and MCollective for automated provisioning and deployment.
  • Directed the development of the Oracle Identity and Authentication Management platform (Dedicated and Shared IDM) for Oracle Public Cloud (PaaS) infrastructure buildout to enhance scalability and security.
  • Engaged and collaborated with cross-functional stakeholders, including global cloud infrastructure teams, product management, quality engineering, IT operations, and senior leadership, to strategize, track, and deliver cutting-edge identity management solutions for Oracle Cloud.
  • Partnered with the cloud automation group to design and implement IDM (Identity and Access Management) provisioning solutions using Oracle virtualization products, streamlining cloud security and access management.
  • Developed and institutionalized operational methodologies and governance frameworks to facilitate seamless transitions and support private cloud and hybrid cloud capabilities.

Education

BS - Computer Science

Hemwati Nandan Garhwal University

'B' level Post Graduate Diploma - Computer Science

DOEACC

Technology Skills

  • Cloud & Platform Engineering: Oracle Cloud (OCI), AWS, GCP, Azure, OpenStack, Cloud Foundry, VMware Tanzu
  • Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes (K8s), Docker, ECS, OKE, EKS, AKS, Nomad, Istio, Linkerd
  • Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible, SaltStack, Chef, Puppet
  • Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD): GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins X, ArgoCD, Spinnaker, FluxCD
  • Monitoring, Observability & AIOps: Splunk, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Kibana, Logstash, Elasticsearch), OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, Thanos, Loki
  • Security, Compliance & Governance: AWS Security Hub, HashiCorp Vault, AWS IAM, Okta, Oracle IAM
  • Code Intelligence & AI-Powered DevOps: CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, AWS CodeGuru, SonarQube, Snyk AI
  • Relational Databases: Oracle, MySQL, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, AuroraDB
  • NoSQL Databases: ScyllaDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Couchbase, Redis
  • Big Data & Storage: Apache Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, SnowflakeDB, BigQuery, Redshift, Aerospike, Cassandra, MongoDB, DynamoDB
  • Programming & Scripting Languages: Python, Go, Rust, Java, C++, Shell Scripting, PLSQL, Ruby, TypeScript

Timeline

Director- Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE

HP Inc
11.2022 - Current

Sr Director- Cloud Engineering and Operations

Zeta Global Inc
09.2019 - 11.2022

Director of Engineering and Operations(IdM and PaaS Cloud Services)

Oracle Corp
04.2016 - 09.2019

Sr Manager- DevOps, SRE

Sephora Inc.
01.2015 - 03.2016

Senior Manager(IDM Platform - Oracle Public Cloud)

Oracle Corp
03.2006 - 01.2015

BS - Computer Science

Hemwati Nandan Garhwal University

'B' level Post Graduate Diploma - Computer Science

DOEACC

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