Platform & Reliability Engineering Leader @ ANZ Bank | CKA | CKAD
Hi there, I'm Avik. I am a Platform & Reliability Engineering leader with 18+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise-grade cloud-native platforms.
I specialize in Kubernetes, OpenShift, DevOps automation, and engineering high-density, resilient platforms. Currently advancing AI-driven SRE capabilities.
2021 — Present | Melbourne
Led evolution of container platform from 1 to 100+ applications across 11 clusters. Scaled team and established platform engineering standards and SRE practices.
2019 — 2021
Migrated 60+ applications to OpenShift, and reduced major incidents by embedding SRE practices.
2014 — 2017
Automated deployments for 250+ enterprise applications using IBM UrbanCode Deploy, Ansible, and Puppet, reducing deployment time by 66%.
Pre-2014
Progressed from Desktop Support Technician to Network Manager to Middleware Engineer, building foundational expertise in systems administration, virtualisation, and infrastructure automation.