SAI LOKESH BADAM VENKATA
Bayonne
Summary
Results-driven Platform Engineer with a proven track record at Accenture, optimizing cloud infrastructure and implementing CI/CD pipelines. Expert in Azure and Kubernetes, I enhanced system availability and reduced deployment times significantly. Adept at fostering collaboration and driving innovation, I leverage strong problem-solving skills to deliver impactful solutions.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Platform Engineer
Accenture
06.2025 - Current
- Architected GridGain on AKS ensuring 99.95% uptime for UBS enterprise applications.
- Engineered auto-scaling for Denodo workloads handling 35,000 requests in 10 minutes.
- Implemented Denodo9 CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time from hours to minutes.
- Built observability stack integrating Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor.
- Platform Engineer (Client: UBS)
Platform Engineer
Amalgam Technologies
09.2024 - 06.2025
- Deployed ReadySet caching reducing UBS response times by 65%.
- Integrated OpenTelemetry with UBS Denodo for real-time metric exports.
- Led Denodo8 to Denodo9 migration with zero downtime.
- Built Azure Managed Grafana monitoring for UBS systems.
- Platform Engineer (Client: UBS)
Platform Engineer
Cloud Digital Technologies
04.2024 - 08.2024
- Optimized UBS AKS infrastructure ensuring 99.9% availability.
- Reduced cloud costs by 20% using ADF and DataFlows.
- Implemented UBS-compliant Azure security architecture.
- Designed GitLab CI/CD reducing deployment time by 30%.
- Built full observability using Azure Monitor, Grafana, Tempo, Mimir.
- Platform Engineer (Client: UBS)
DevOps Engineer Intern
Keysight Technologies
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Automated ECS deployments via Jenkins reducing manual work by 60%.
- Managed AWS infra reducing operational cost by 25%.
- Implemented Ansible for config automation improving consistency.
- DevOps Engineer Intern
DevOps Engineer Intern
Berm Tec
01.2023 - 04.2023
- Deployed EKS clusters using Terraform modules across multiple regions.
- Implemented SonarQube quality gates reducing technical debt.
- Configured ALB-based horizontal scaling improving performance.
- DevOps Engineer Intern
Junior DevOps Engineer
Fraakt
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Built Jenkins + Cloud Foundry CI/CD increasing deployments by 150%.
- Automated RDS/Aurora infra reducing expenses by 30%.
- Deployed Prometheus + Grafana improving uptime to 99.7%.
- Junior DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Doorier
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Implemented complete CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time by 50%.
- Standardized Docker/ECR deployments reducing errors by 35%.
- Managed ALB for HA improving reliability by 20%.
- DevOps Engineer
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
University of Texas At Dallas
Dallas, TX12-2023
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College
06-2021
Skills
- Python and Groovy
- Bash scripting
- Cloud services: Azure and AWS
- Container orchestration: Kubernetes
- Containerization: Docker and Helm
- Infrastructure as code: Terraform and CloudFormation
- Configuration management: Ansible
- Continuous integration: Jenkins and GitLab
- DevOps practices: Azure DevOps
- Monitoring tools: Grafana and Prometheus
- Observability: OpenTelemetry, Loki, Tempo, Mimir
- Database management: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Amazon RDS, Aurora
- Build automation: Maven and Artifactory
- Data virtualization: Denodo
- Event-driven architecture: Keda
- Code quality: SonarQube and Black Duck
Websites
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Developer - Associate
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
- CKA - Certified Kubernetes Administrator
- Google Associate Cloud Engineer
Personal Information
Title: Platform Engineer
Timeline
Platform Engineer
Accenture
06.2025 - Current
Platform Engineer
Amalgam Technologies
09.2024 - 06.2025
Platform Engineer
Cloud Digital Technologies
04.2024 - 08.2024
DevOps Engineer Intern
Keysight Technologies
05.2023 - 08.2023
DevOps Engineer Intern
Berm Tec
01.2023 - 04.2023
Junior DevOps Engineer
Fraakt
01.2021 - 12.2021
DevOps Engineer
Doorier
01.2020 - 12.2020
Master of Science - Information Technology Management
University of Texas At Dallas
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College