Anyere Kilo
@anyerekilo
Visionary Platform Engineering & DevOps Executive with 7+ years experience.
What I'm looking for
I am a visionary Platform Engineering and DevOps Executive with over 7 years of experience in accelerating enterprise digital transformation. My expertise lies in architecting next-generation internal platforms, AI/ML infrastructure, and FinOps governance at scale. I have a proven track record of delivering multi-million-dollar cloud cost reductions, achieving 5x+ deployment acceleration, and enhancing ML model delivery speed by 65% through innovative technical leadership and cross-organizational alignment.
At Accenture, I designed and led a Kubernetes-based Internal Developer Platform that scaled to over 100 engineers, significantly cutting production time by 75%. I also launched a FinOps automation framework that drove over $500K in annual infrastructure savings. My commitment to embedding developer-centric self-service and rigorous security automation has transformed cloud operations into a competitive advantage, fostering a culture of reliability and innovation.
Throughout my career, I have championed mentorship and growth, successfully developing over 12 engineers into full-stack DevOps and platform experts. I am passionate about aligning engineering output with business goals and regulatory requirements, ensuring that technology serves as a catalyst for organizational success.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Staff DevOps & Platform Engineer
Accenture
Apr 2022 - Present (3 years 1 month)
Designed and led a Kubernetes-based Internal Developer Platform, scaling it to over 100 engineers and reducing time to production by 75%. Architected a full GitOps transformation, migrating CI/CD pipelines to GitHub Actions and ArgoCD, which delivered a 5x faster deployment cadence. Launched a FinOps automation framework, including cost tagging and anomaly detection, resulting in over $500K in ann
Senior DevOps Engineer – Cloud Automation & SRE
Castlight Health
Jun 2019 - Mar 2022 (2 years 9 months)
Spearheaded a monolith-to-microservices migration using AWS Lambda and ECS, which reduced infrastructure costs by 30% and improved deployment agility. Built and secured multi-account GitOps CI/CD pipelines with automated security policies and pre-deploy testing standards. Improved incident response and operational resilience by cutting incident resolution time by 45% through structured on-call rot
DevOps Engineer – Infrastructure Automation
IBM
Feb 2017 - Mar 2019 (2 years 1 month)
Automated hybrid cloud provisioning workflows across AWS and Azure using Terraform and PowerShell, supporting high-availability, multi-region deployments. Architected and managed Kubernetes clusters with RBAC, network policies, and multi-tenant isolation for enterprise-grade security. Built Kafka-backed event-driven messaging layers to facilitate asynchronous microservices communication with high
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
University of Texas at San Antonio
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
Studied the fundamentals of computer science.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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Location
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