Karthikeyan M

CTO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India20 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in architecting multi-region cloud platforms.
Proven track record in CI/CD pipeline design.
Strong leadership in mentoring high-performing teams.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Engineering expert with a strong focus on Site Reliability and Infrastructure.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud-native ArchitectureSite Reliability EngineeringTechnical EngineeringCloud EngineeringTechnical Support

Other Skills

Security ComplianceAWS CodePipelineHybrid CloudAWS CloudFormationInfrastructure as code (IaC)VMWare ESXiDigital AuthenticationAmazon EKSSystem MonitoringTechnical TrainingNetwork ResilienceTechnical Sales SupportCisco PrimeElastic Stack (ELK)Cisco UCS

Experience

20 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Cisco systems (india) pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Engineering Technical Lead

Promoted

Aug 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 10 mos

Architected and delivered multi-region cloud platforms with automated DR, HA, and fault-tolerant deployments.
Designed and implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines for Cisco’s Cloud Connected UC platform using AWS CDK & Terraform.
Automated deployment and monitoring of 12,000+ metrics and 500+ alarms, integrated with PagerDuty for proactive incident management.
Built IaC-driven platform upgrades with zero downtime, improving availability and reducing risk.
Implemented multi-cloud integrations with existing Cisco solutions; initiated Istio service mesh for observability, traffic management, and resiliency.
Led Platform & SRE teams, mentoring engineers into independent high-performing units.
Designed RBAC-based access frameworks and automated credential rotation for enhanced security and compliance.
Developed local lab prototypes (Kubernetes clusters, Istio, observability stack) to reduce cloud costs while improving reliability testing.

Security ComplianceAWS CodePipelineCloud-Native ArchitectureHybrid CloudAWS CloudFormationInfrastructure as code (IaC)+57

Software Engineer

May 2009 – Aug 2017 · 8 yrs 3 mos

Developed and tested Cisco Prime Collaboration Manager, focusing on monitoring and analytics.
Implemented Cisco UC and Data Center solutions for enterprise customers.
Designed and managed solution labs, providing end-to-end testing and troubleshooting for large-scale deployments.

Cisco PrimeMonitoring and AnalyticsData Center SolutionsTechnical Engineering

Cisco

Cloud Engineering Technical Leader

May 2009 – Present · 17 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Currently tasked with designing, building and operating Large scalable Cisco Solutions on Public Cloud Platforms.

Site Reliability EngineeringKubernetesCloud Engineering

Dell international services pvt. ltd.

Advanced Resolution Expert

Mar 2006 – May 2009 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Delivered advanced technical resolutions for enterprise customers across North America. Acted as Subject Matter Expert for new hardware technologies. Conducted technical training programs for support teams. Recognized for consistently high customer satisfaction, revenue generation, and resolution metrics.

Technical ResolutionsHardware TechnologiesTechnical TrainingTechnical Support