Senior Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale cloud-native platforms across Azure and AWS.
- 🔧 Owned and scaled 50+ Kubernetes (AKS) clusters for enterprise-grade workloads
- ☁️ Governed 78+ Azure subscriptions, enforcing security, compliance, and cost controls
- ⚡ Delivered 35–45% cloud cost optimization through architecture improvements and automation
- 📈 Improved deployment velocity by 30% by modernizing CI/CD and GitOps workflows
- 🛡️ Ensured 99.9% platform availability using SRE practices (SLO/SLI, observability, incident response)
💡 I specialize in Platform Engineering, building self-service developer platforms, and enabling teams to ship faster with reliability and governance.
🚀 Strong focus on:
- Kubernetes platform architecture (AKS)
- GitOps-driven delivery (Argo CD)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform / OpenTofu)
- CI/CD pipeline design & standardization
- Developer platforms using Backstage
I enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, improving system reliability, and building scalable cloud platforms that support high-growth products.
- 🟦 Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
- 🟦 Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate (AZ-204)
- 🟦 Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
- 🟪 HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
- ☸️ Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
- 🔁 GitOps Fundamentals & Enterprise
- Azure (AKS, App Services, Key Vault, Networking)
- AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, S3)
- Terraform / OpenTofu (Modular IaC, Remote State, Policy as Code)
Orchestration:
- Kubernetes (AKS, EKS)
Packaging and Networking:
- Helm Charts
- Ingress Controllers
- Istio (Service Mesh)
GitOps:
- Argo CD
Developer Platform:
- Backstage (Self-Service Platform)
Cluster Management:
- RBAC (Role-Based Access Control)
- Multi-cluster Management
- Autoscaling (HPA, Cluster Autoscaler)
## 🤝 Let's Connect
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/utkarsh-agarwal-ua0235
📧 Email: utkarsh1agarwal@gmail.com