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PRINCIPAL CLOUD ARCHITECT | IBM

Jagannath Panda

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Architecting the Cloud. Engineering the Future.

14+
Years Experience
3
Cloud Platforms
8
Enterprise Projects
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About Me

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Cloud technology leader with 14+ years architecting enterprise-grade multi-cloud platforms across AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and Microsoft Azure delivering cumulative TCO savings, leading engineer platform teams, and driving digital transformation for financial services, global payments, and consumer technology enterprises.

Proven track record in platform engineering, Kubernetes at scale, FinOps governance, and Generative AI integration (Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, RAG pipelines). IIM Kozhikode Senior Management Programme alumnus who bridges deep technical architecture with strategic business outcomes.

14
Years Experience
50
Cloud Deployments
342
Microservices Managed
600
Annual Cost Savings

Career Highlights

2024 - Present
Technical Cloud Architect
IBM
2022 - 2024
Principal Engineer
Coffeebeans Consulting
2021 - 2022
Technical Lead DevOps
Plansource
2011 - 2021
Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer
Eagleview, Simplilearn, Adobe, Samsung, TCS
2025 - 2026
Senior Management Programme
IIM Kozhikode

Skills & Expertise

14+ years of specialized experience across cloud platforms, containerization, and platform engineering

Multi-Cloud

AWS
95% 14 yrs
GCP
85% 8 yrs
Azure
80% 7 yrs
IBM Cloud
75% 5 yrs

Kubernetes & DevSecOps

EKS/GKE/AKS
93% 10 yrs
Helm
90% 9 yrs
ArgoCD
88% 8 yrs
Istio
85% 7 yrs
Docker
92% 12 yrs
OpenShift
82% 6 yrs

GenAI & ML

Amazon Bedrock
88% 3 yrs
LangChain
85% 3 yrs
RAG Pipelines
82% 3 yrs
MLOps
80% 4 yrs
TensorFlow
83% 5 yrs

Platform Engineering

Backstage
84% 3 yrs
Flux
86% 6 yrs
Terraform
91% 10 yrs
Pulumi
85% 6 yrs
Ansible
89% 8 yrs
CloudFormation
87% 8 yrs

FinOps & Governance

Karpenter
86% 5 yrs
FinOps
88% 6 yrs
Zero Trust
87% 7 yrs
IAM
90% 9 yrs
OPA/Kyverno
82% 4 yrs
SOC 2
85% 5 yrs

Observability & SRE

Datadog
89% 8 yrs
Prometheus
88% 8 yrs
Grafana
87% 8 yrs
OpenTelemetry
83% 5 yrs
CI/CD
90% 10 yrs
GitOps
86% 8 yrs

Professional Certifications

AWS Certifications (8)

  • Solutions Architect Professional
  • DevOps Engineer Professional
  • Security Specialty
  • Advanced Networking Specialty
  • ML Specialty
  • Data Analytics Specialty
  • Database Specialty
  • Solutions Architect Associate

Azure Certifications

  • Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303)

Google Cloud Certifications

  • Professional Cloud Architect

ML & AI Certifications

  • Google TensorFlow Developer
  • CNN in TensorFlow

Executive Education

  • IIM Kozhikode Senior Management Programme

Featured Projects

Enterprise-grade solutions delivered at scale

Multi-Cloud

Enterprise Multi-Cloud Landing Zone

Palo Alto Cortex Cloud Integration

Architected multi-cloud landing zones (AWS + Azure) with Palo Alto Cortex Cloud security, Backstage IDP, and GitOps pipelines.

AWS Azure Terraform OpenShift Backstage OPA
2 weeks → 30 min onboarding
AI/ML

ML/AIOps Deployment Strategies

Enterprise AI Platform

End-to-end AIOps architecture with Helm-packaged AI microservices, model promotion gates, and responsible AI guardrails.

Kubernetes Helm ArgoCD Tekton Backstage Terraform
50% faster AI deployments
GCP

On-Premises to GCP Migration

10M-User Consumer Platform

Led GCP migration with GKE Autopilot, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL via DMS with GDPR-compliant infrastructure.

GKE Cloud Run Cloud SQL Cloud Armor Dataflow BigQuery
35-50% cost reduction
AWS

Enterprise EKS Landing Zone

Fortune-100 Financial Services

EKS landing zone consolidating 342 microservices with four-layer security and continuous SEC/FINRA/OCC compliance.

EKS Cosign OPA Calico Falco Backstage
99.99% control plane availability
AWS

Multi-Region Disaster Recovery

Global Payments Platform

Multi-region DR solution with Aurora Global Database, EKS microservices, and real-time Kinesis streaming.

Aurora EKS Kinesis Global Accelerator Route 53 WAF
RTO: 3+ hrs → <30 min
AWS

Event-Driven Order Fulfillment

Business-Critical at Scale

Re-architected 14-step synchronous monolith into event-driven platform with Step Functions and EventBridge.

Step Functions EventBridge DynamoDB Lambda SQS X-Ray
5,000+ orders/min
AWS

Centralized DNS Architecture

Hundreds of VPCs & Accounts

Centralized DNS using Route 53 Profiles with structured namespace hierarchy and Multi-AZ redundancy.

Route 53 Resolver Terraform CloudWatch VPC IAM
Zero manual DNS mgmt
AWS

Network Firewall with Suricata IPS

Symmetric Traffic Inspection

Deployed AWS Network Firewall with Suricata IPS, Route 53 DNS Firewall, and centralized security monitoring.

Network Firewall Suricata GuardDuty Cloud Armor WAF CloudFormation
40% fewer manual ops

Professional Experience

Mar 2024 – Present

Technical Cloud Architect

IBM, Bengaluru

  • Architecting multi-cloud landing zones with Palo Alto Cortex Cloud security
  • Designing AIOps platforms with Helm, Backstage, and GitOps delivery
  • Leading cross-functional alignment across IBM, client CTO/CISO leadership
  • Packaging solutions as reusable practice accelerators for pre-sales
May 2022 – Mar 2024

Principal Engineer

Coffeebeans Consulting, Bengaluru

  • Led GCP migration of 10M-user platform (GKE Autopilot, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL)
  • Designed EKS landing zone for Fortune-100 bank (342 microservices)
  • Established CIS Kubernetes Benchmark compliance for financial services
  • Built reusable migration and financial services accelerators
Aug 2021 – May 2022

Technical Lead DevOps

Plansource, Bengaluru

  • Architected multi-region DR for global payments (Aurora Global Database, EKS)
  • Reduced RTO from 3+ hours to under 30 minutes with PCI DSS compliance
  • Built event-driven order fulfillment breaking 5,000 orders/min ceiling
  • Managed $2.1M infrastructure budget with 34% cost optimization
Sep 2011 – Aug 2021

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Eagleview | Simplilearn | Adobe | Samsung | TCS

  • Centralized DNS across hundreds of VPCs using Route 53 Profiles
  • Deployed AWS Network Firewall with Suricata IPS
  • Pioneered IaC adoption (CloudFormation), containerization strategy
  • Built cloud security automation with Python/Boto3

Achievements & Recognition

8x AWS Certified

Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Pro, Security, Networking, ML, Data Analytics, Database, SA Associate

2018-2024 Amazon Web Services

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AZ-303 Certification

2022 Microsoft Azure

GCP Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud certification

2023 Google Cloud

IIM Kozhikode SMP

Senior Management Programme - Strategic management, business leadership

2025-2026 IIM Kozhikode

Practice Builder

Created reusable architecture accelerators adopted across IBM and Coffeebeans practices

2022-Present IBM & Coffeebeans

Technical Speaker

IBM Cloud COE sessions on multi-cloud, platform engineering, and FinOps governance

Ongoing IBM Internal

Enterprise FinOps Leader

Saved $600K+ annually across 180 AWS accounts through comprehensive cost optimization

2023 Client Engagement

TensorFlow Developer

Google TensorFlow Developer Certificate & CNN specialization

2021 Google

Latest Articles

Insights from the field

Coming Soon

Multi-Cloud Landing Zones: Lessons from the Enterprise Trenches

Deep dive into architecting multi-cloud landing zones across AWS and Azure with enterprise security patterns.

Mar 2026 8 min read
Coming Soon

Why Every Platform Team Needs an Internal Developer Platform

Exploring IDP patterns, Golden Paths, and how to accelerate developer velocity at scale with Backstage.

Apr 2026 10 min read
Coming Soon

FinOps at Scale: Saving $600K Across 180 AWS Accounts

Practical strategies for cost optimization, tagging governance, and reserved instance optimization across enterprise.

May 2026 12 min read

Get In Touch

Let's discuss your cloud architecture challenges

Email

jagannath.panda619@gmail.com

Phone

+91-7411261916

Location

Bengaluru, India

Currently Open To

Staff Architect / Practice Lead / Cloud Advisory roles