Open to work | Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer & SRE roles - full-time or consulting | Open to relocation and international opportunities—let’s connect and discuss how I can contribute to your team.Open to work | Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer & SRE roles - full-time or consulting | Open to relocation and international opportunities—let’s connect and discuss how I can contribute to your team.Open to work | Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer & SRE roles - full-time or consulting | Open to relocation and international opportunities—let’s connect and discuss how I can contribute to your team.Open to work | Platform Engineer, Cloud Engineer & SRE roles - full-time or consulting | Open to relocation and international opportunities—let’s connect and discuss how I can contribute to your team.

About

I'm Santhosh Kumar J, a Platform Engineer · Cloud Engineer · SRE based in Chennai, India.

14+ years designing, building and operating cloud-native platforms on AWS, Azure and GCP. Led engineering teams of 20+ and delivered 30+ cloud transformation projects — migrations, Kubernetes modernisation and reliability programmes — cutting infrastructure costs by up to 35% while sustaining 99.9% availability for systems serving 10M+ users.

Core competencies

Cloud Native

AWS · GCP · Azure · Kubernetes · Docker · Helm

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform · Pulumi · CloudFormation · Kustomize · Ansible

CI/CD & GitOps

GitHub Actions · Argo CD · FluxCD · Jenkins · Azure DevOps

Observability

Prometheus · Grafana · Loki · Tempo · Mimir · OpenTelemetry · New Relic · Signoz

Security & Zero Trust

Cloudflare Zero Trust · SOC2 Compliant · IAM · RBAC · CIS benchmarks · DevSecOps

Development

Go · Python · TypeScript · Node.js · Shell scripting

Experience

Co-Founder & Platform Engineer@ SentinelFox Pvt Ltd

Jan 2022 – Present

Co-founded a services company that helps SaaS businesses set up their cloud infrastructure and developer environments securely, delivering 30+ cloud projects and leading a team of 20+ engineers across Platform Engineering, SRE, Cloud Engineering and Software Development.

Senior Software Engineer@ Nextwave Multimedia Pvt Ltd

Nov 2017 – Dec 2021

Built and scaled backend systems and distributed platforms supporting 10M+ active users at 99.9% availability, including multiplayer gaming backends, tournament platforms, and a 200K-line legacy PHP migration to Laravel.

Full Stack Developer@ eBuilders

Jan 2017 – Oct 2017

Developed enterprise web applications and REST APIs using PHP, Node.js, JavaScript, and relational databases, and built IoT and automation solutions with Arduino and embedded hardware.

Embedded Systems Engineer@ Simple Labs

Jun 2013 – Dec 2016

Designed and developed embedded hardware and firmware for industrial and commercial applications across the full product lifecycle, building microcontroller-based systems and supporting production deployments.

Certifications

Professional Data Engineer

Google Cloud · 2024 - 2026

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

The Linux Foundation · 2022 - 2025

Education

Diploma in Mechatronics

Nettur Technical Training Foundation · 2010 – 2013

Contact

Email GitHub LinkedIn Twitter / X