Rajaram Erraguntla — CTO
I’m a CloudOps Lead with hands-on experience across FinTech and Banking, focused on designing, automating, and securing scalable infrastructure across AWS and multi-cloud platforms (GCP & OCI). My work bridges the worlds of Infrastructure Provisioning, Security, Networking, Monitoring, and FinOps, ensuring systems that are not only reliable but also compliant and cost-aware. I’ve led multiple cloud transformation initiatives, automating provisioning workflows, optimizing costs, and improving observability across large-scale distributed systems. I believe the best infrastructure isn’t just engineered; it’s understood, continuously improved, and built to adapt. As an AWS Community Builder (Containers) and AICamp Organizer – Hyderabad, I stay immersed in what’s shaping the cloud ecosystem, organizing meetups, mentoring engineers, and learning directly from the community’s innovators. I’m also an active public speaker, having shared insights at AWS Community Days (Bangalore, New Zealand), the OpenSearch Conference India, Serverless Days Bangalore, and MIT WPU Pune. Speaking and organizing help me stay grounded in how technology evolves and how ideas move from labs to real-world impact. Beyond events, I write on Medium, turning everyday CloudOps challenges into accessible learnings for engineers, students, and practitioners aiming to bridge theory and practice. 💡 Core Strengths: • Infrastructure Provisioning (Terraform, CloudFormation) • AWS Cloud Operations, Monitoring & Observability (CloudWatch, Config, EventBridge) • Cloud Security & Compliance (IAM, WAF, GuardDuty, Inspector, KMS) • FinOps & Cloud Cost Optimization (Budgets, Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor) • Networking & Multi-Cloud Architecture (AWS, OCI, GCP) • Containerization & Orchestration (Docker, ECS Fargate) • Backup, Disaster Recovery & High Availability (AWS Backup, Route 53, RDS, EBS) • Governance & Auditing (CloudTrail, AWS Config, Security Hub) • Performance Optimization & Resource Management • Mentorship, Public Speaking & Community Engagement Opinions expressed here are my own, not my employer’s, just reflections from someone building, securing, and scaling cloud systems with curiosity and care.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a CloudOps Lead with expertise in Fintech and Infrastructure.
Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Experience: 9 yrs 11 mos
Skills
- Aws Cloud Operations
- Infrastructure Provisioning
- Finops
- Cloud Security & Compliance
- Monitoring & Observability
Career Highlights
- Led multiple cloud transformation initiatives.
- Achieved 25% monthly savings on cloud costs.
- Active public speaker and community organizer.
Work Experience
Jocata
CloudOps Lead (2 yrs 8 mos)
Associate Senior CloudOps Engineer (4 mos)
Associate Senior DevOps Engineer (1 yr 10 mos)
State Street Global Advisors
Associate 2 (2 yrs 3 mos)
Capgemini
Senior Software Engineer (2 yrs 9 mos)
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - BE at Siddhartha Institute of Science & Technology, Puttur