Platform Engineering Program Management

KIRAN KARTHA

Phone: 443-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***, San Ramon, California 94582

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior Technology Architecture and Delivery executive with 20+ years of experience in implementing Techncial Program Management, Software and Platform Engineering, DevSecOps Solutions for Cloud Infrastructure, On-premises, SRE, Agile SDLC and Product Management. I am a strategic thinker and problem solver, adept at leading high-performance teams to design, implement and roll out DevOps frameworks, tools and implement best practices for several large clients.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior Manager, Technical Program Management, Cloud, DevOps, Software and Platform Engineering September 2011- January 2025

Accenture, San Francisco

Leading the Accenture’s West Software/Platform Engineering Practice leading high-performance teams for complex IT projects involving Technical Program Management, Software Engineering, Platform Engineering, Agile Transformations, Advisory Services to C-Suite clients

•Delivered Technology solutions for Healthcare, Banking, Public Sector, Utilities, and Retail Clients

•Led large-scale cloud migration initiatives to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), incorporating cost optimization, high availability, and security controls.

•Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab, enabling end-to-end automation from development to production

•Mentored and built high-performing software and platform engineering teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement, automation-first thinking, and DevOps best practices across global delivery centers

•Applied Infrastructure as Code (IaC) strategies using Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet to provision and manage complex infrastructure in multi-cloud environments.

• Defined and enforced DevSecOps policies by integrating security tools such as SonarQube, Checkmarx, and Aqua Security into the CI/CD pipelines

•Developed high level and detailed communication plan to ensure transparency and effective collaboration within the organization.

•Managed stakeholder reporting, program risk analysis, and financial forecasting with Excel-based models integrated with real-time data feeds from JIRA, ServiceNow, and cloud platforms.

•Guided enterprise Agile transformation initiatives, coaching over 40+ Scrum and SAFe teams on lean delivery, sprint planning, and value-driven outcomes.

•Implemented Risk Management Plans, including identifying risks, developed mitigation strategies, aligning priorities and setting direction for broad cross -functional area

•Software and Platform engineering include build-out of large-scale Cloud Infrastructure, DevSecOps, Mobile App deployment, SRE, Microservice and Monolith app deployments.

Technology: Azure, AWS, GCP, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, SaaS, Kafka, Mongo DB, Oracle, GitHub, Cosmos DB, Service Mesh, Hashicorp Vault, Service Now, JIRA, Confluence Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, Salesforce, ServiceNow, Cassandra

ADDITIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE

Technical Architect October 2007 – September 2011

Comtech (TeleCommunication Systems Inc.), Annapolis, MD

Managed design, development, and implementation of SMSC (Short Message Service Center) provisioning tool using Ruby on Rails (RoR), Java, Apache, Mongrel, Postgres, SQL JavaScript and XML-RPC and AJAX support using prototype.

Software Consultant December 2000 – August 2007

Multiple Clients, MD, DC, VA, and NY

Technologies: Java, C++, Oracle PL/SQL, Crystal Reports and Business Objects

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Computer Science, Towson University, Towson, MD

CERTIFICATIONS

Azure Fundamentals, PMP (Project Management Professional), SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

CORE SKILLS

DevOps Strategy and Implementation, Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Cloud Migration, Strategic Leadership, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Budget and Resource Management, Project/ Management, Technical Program Management, Vendor Management, OKR/KPI’s, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Concepts

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Java, C#, Python, Linux, PowerShell, Python, Node JS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, Azure, GCP, SaaS,

PaaS, IaaS, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Agile/SDLC Methodologies, OpenShift

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