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kishore kumar

@kishorekumar3

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Dynamic Staff Site Reliability Engineer with 20 years of experience.

Australia

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that combines hands-on execution with strategic impact, fostering innovation and efficiency.

I am a dynamic and forward-thinking Staff Site Reliability Engineer with nearly 20 years of experience in software engineering, platform reliability, and infrastructure automation. I am renowned for building high-scale systems, leading cloud modernization efforts, and mentoring senior engineers. Recently, I led the development of a production-grade Terraform provider for Cribl, spearheaded multi-cloud cost optimizations, and championed observability transformations.

In my current role at Cribl, I designed and released the official Terraform provider, enabling seamless infrastructure automation across customers. I also led observability modernization by replacing OpenSearch with the Cribl Search platform-wide and drove cost-saving initiatives that eliminated $25K/month from multi-cloud spend. My experience includes mentoring senior engineers, scoping cross-team projects, and representing the SRE organization in the APAC region.

As I look to the future, I am seeking Principal-level roles where hands-on execution meets strategic impact. I am passionate about leveraging my extensive experience to drive innovation and efficiency in cloud environments.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Staff SRE

Current

Cribl

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Designed and released Cribl's official Terraform provider (written in Go), enabling seamless infrastructure automation across customers. Led observability modernization by replacing OpenSearch with Cribl Search platform-wide.

Terraform Go)OpenSearch Cribl Mentoring SRE

Software Engineer

Xilinx

Contributed as a core software engineer, building internal tooling, developer SDKs, and automation frameworks. Worked extensively with C++ and TCL in system-level and embedded domains.

C#)Tcl Software Development Internal Tools SDK Development Automation Framework Embedded Systems

Software Engineer

Synopsys

Contributed as a core software engineer, building internal tooling, developer SDKs, and automation frameworks. Worked extensively with C++ and TCL in system-level and embedded domains.

C#)Tcl Software Development Internal Tools SDK Development Automation Framework Embedded Systems

Software Engineer

Verizon

Contributed as a core software engineer, building internal tooling, developer SDKs, and automation frameworks. Worked extensively with C++ and TCL in system-level and embedded domains.

C#)Tcl Software Development Internal Tools SDK Development Automation Framework Embedded Systems

Senior DevOps Engineer

Dolby

Built plugin-based infrastructure delivery with Python, Bash, and Ansible. This role focused on creating flexible and automated infrastructure solutions.

Python BASH Ansible Infrastructure Automation DevOps

Senior Software Engineer

CBA

Automated DevOps tools and delivered CI/CD modernization. This involved enhancing development workflows and improving release processes.

DevOps CI CD Automation Software Engineering

Senior SRE

Customer.io

Apr 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Created reusable Terraform modules (written in HCL, with orchestration in Python), supporting multi-tenant infrastructure. Led initiatives in system migrations and alerting best practices.

Terraform Python Alerting

DevOps Lead

Cyara

Defined DevOps roadmap, introduced Terraform Cloud, and scaled pipelines. This role focused on strategic planning and implementation of DevOps practices.

DevOps Terraform CI CD Pipelines Roadmapping Cloud Infrastructure

Senior Cloud Engineer

Origin Energy

Migrated IVR systems to AWS Connect and built CI/CD pipelines with ECS. This involved significant cloud engineering and automation efforts.

CI CD ECS Cloud Migration AWS IVR

System Development Engineer

AWS

Solved high-priority issues across CloudFormation and API Gateway. This role required deep technical expertise in AWS services and problem-solving.

CloudFormation API Gateway AWS Troubleshooting Cloud Services

Software Engineer

Univ. of Zurich

Contributed as a core software engineer, building internal tooling, developer SDKs, and automation frameworks. Worked extensively with C++ and TCL in system-level and embedded domains.

C#)Tcl Software Development Internal Tools SDK Development Automation Framework Embedded Systems

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad

Bachelor of Technology, Information Technology

Studied Information Technology at the Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Allahabad. Gained foundational knowledge and skills in various aspects of information technology.