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R Narendran

@rnarendran

Experienced Full-Lifecycle Architect specializing in multi-cloud Kubernetes and AI/ML/LLM infrastructure.

India
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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to tackle the new and difficult challenges in the AI field.

I'm a passionate and experienced Site Reliability Engineer and Full-Lifecycle Architect who loves building and running reliable systems from the ground up. I specialize in the exciting world of multi-cloud Kubernetes and ensuring that cutting-edge AI, ML, and LLM platforms are robust and scalable. I enjoy bridging the gap between development and operations, using tools like GitOps and Terraform to deliver excellent and reliable software. I'm always looking forward to collaborating and tackling new technical challenges!

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

Site Reliability Engineer

civo

May 2021 - Present (4 years 5 months)

Architected and managed the high-performance GPU infrastructure supporting the proprietary LLM product (relax.ai), ensuring the scalability and high availability of the multi-tiered conversational AI/ML platform. Orchestrated operators and releases across all active regions, enforcing immutability and governance through ArgoCD-powered GitOps pipelines.

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SRE and DevSecOps Consultant

Apr 2022 - Apr 2025 (3 years)

Streamlined scalable multi-tenant AWS EKS platforms using Terraform, embedding security best practices to achieve wiz.io compliance, reducing cloud costs by 60% and audit-ready infrastructure.
Implemented unified observability stack (Prometheus/Grafana), customizing alerting pipelines to reduce Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) critical infrastructure and application anomalies by 40%.

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Site Reliability Engineer Consultant

lineten

Jul 2021 - Jan 2022 (6 months)


Conceptualized multi-region Kubernetes clusters using Terraform and custom Golang controllers, optimizing production resources by 20%and ensuring high availability.
Implemented a centralized Observability Platform (Prometheus, Grafana, Thanos) for multi-region logs and metrics, reducing critical incident detection time by 50%

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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The Linux Foundation

CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist

2025 -

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The Linux Foundation

KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate

2025 -

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The Linux Foundation

CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

2024 -

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The Linux Foundation

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

2023 -

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