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Khemraj Singh Rana

Khemraj Singh Rana

Bengaluru

Summary

Dynamic technology leader with extensive experience at Marriott International, specializing in AWS and Terraform. Achieved a 40% increase in deployment speed through automation and enhanced system reliability using SRE practices. Proven ability to mentor teams and optimize cloud infrastructure, driving significant cost reductions while ensuring operational excellence.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Manager Technology Solution Architect

Marriott International (ITO)
Bangalore
05.2022 - Current
  • Led Site Reliability Engineering team in ensuring robust performance of Marriott’s digital platforms.
  • Utilized Terraform and EKS for effective management of AWS infrastructure.
  • Streamlined provisioning and deployment through automation with DevCon and Harness.
  • Supervised Marriott Growth Platform, refining service integration and delivery workflows.
  • Enhanced monitoring systems to minimize downtime and increase operational reliability.

Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS & Terraform Specialist | GitOps Expert | SRE

Accenture
04.2008 - Current
  • Cloud Transformation & Automation: Led AWS migrations using Terraform, GitOps, and EKS, boosting provisioning and deployment speed by 40%. Automated AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS) with Terraform, ensuring consistency across teams.
  • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Applied SRE practices to improve system availability, scalability, and performance. Reduced MTTD and MTTR by 25%, using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana to monitor and minimize incidents.
  • CI/CD Pipeline & GitOps: Integrated Jenkins, GitLab CI, and AWS CodePipeline to automate deployments, reducing deployment times by 40%. Implemented GitOps with ArgoCD/Flux on EKS, improving microservices deployment efficiency.
  • Leadership & Team Management: Led a team of 11 engineers, conducted daily standups, managed rosters and performance appraisals, and mentored engineers on DevOps and SRE practices.
  • Cost Optimization: Reduced AWS infrastructure costs by 30% through architectural improvements, resource optimization, and using AWS Cost Explorer/Trusted Advisor.
  • Incident Management & Monitoring: Deployed Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog for proactive monitoring and incident management, reducing downtime and improving reliability.
  • Harness Implementation: Led the adoption of Harness for Continuous Delivery (CD), improving production deployment reliability and reducing rollback time.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Bachelors of Science
Bangalore
03-2005

Skills

  • AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, VPC)
  • Azure administration (AZ-103)
  • Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
  • Continuous integration and delivery (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
  • Container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Configuration management (Ansible, Chef)
  • GitOps practices (ArgoCD, Flux)
  • Deployment automation (AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeDeploy)
  • Monitoring and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch)
  • Log management (ELK Stack)
  • Incident management (PagerDuty)
  • Service level indicators and agreements (SLIs/SLOs/SLAs)
  • Identity and access management (IAM)
  • Cloud security best practices
  • Networking fundamentals (VPC, subnetting, VPN)
  • Cloud auditing (CloudTrail)
  • Project management tools (Jira, Confluence)

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada

Awards

  • Multiple Accenture ACE Awards for leadership, cloud transformation, and customer success.
  • Recognized for excellence in DevOps, SRE implementations, and cloud automation.

Leadership And Training

  • Led internal DevOps and SRE training programs, enhancing team skills in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, and GitOps.
  • Delivered technical webinars/workshops for 50+ engineers, advancing cloud and automation skills.
  • Mentored 11 engineers, focusing on career development, leadership, and technical skills.

Proficient Technologies

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, VPC), Azure (AZ-103), Terraform, AWS CodePipeline, CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Chef, GitOps (ArgoCD, Flux), AWS CodeDeploy, Harness, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, ELK Stack, PagerDuty, SLIs/SLOs/SLAs, IAM, AWS Security Best Practices, VPC, Subnetting, VPN, CloudTrail, Jira, Confluence

Timeline

Manager Technology Solution Architect

Marriott International (ITO)
05.2022 - Current

Senior DevOps Engineer | AWS & Terraform Specialist | GitOps Expert | SRE

Accenture
04.2008 - Current

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Bachelors of Science
Khemraj Singh Rana