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title: "Akhilesh Appana - Principal Engineer in Greater Hyderabad Area | Tal"
description: "Meet Akhilesh Appana, Principal Engineer @T-Mobile | Platform Engineering | Kubernetes & Cloud Foundry Specialist | Cloud Infrastructure & PaaS | SRE | Terraform, GitOps | GCP, AWS | Developer Enablement | Hybrid Cloud platforms based in Greater Hyderabad Area. AI stack includes antigravity, codex,..."
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# Akhilesh Appana on Tal

## Headline

Principal Engineer @T\-Mobile \| Platform Engineering \| Kubernetes & Cloud Foundry Specialist \| Cloud Infrastructure & PaaS \| SRE \| Terraform, GitOps \| GCP, AWS \| Developer Enablement \| Hybrid Cloud platforms

## About

As a Platform Engineer with 12 years of experience, I specialize in building, scaling, and securing cloud\-native platforms that power high\-performing development teams\. My expertise spans Kubernetes \(GKE, Anthos\), Cloud Foundry, and GCP, with a deep focus on automation, reliability, and developer enablement\. I have led enterprise\-grade PaaS deployments and driven major platform upgrades, ensuring zero\-downtime releases and robust security postures\. Leveraging Terraform, Helm, Gitops, and Anthos Config Management, I streamline infrastructure as code and empower teams with self\-service capabilities\. My passion lies in making cloud operations seamless, measurable, and resilient\-using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to deliver operational excellence\. Whether it's conducting root cause analysis, optimizing for scale, or integrating cutting\-edge technologies, I thrive on solving complex challenges and mentoring teams\. I am open to new opportunities in SRE, platform engineering, or technical leadership roles where I can help organizations build innovative, reliable cloud solutions at scale\. Let's connect if you're looking for a cloud\- native specialist who delivers impact and fosters high\-performance engineering culture

## Location

Greater Hyderabad Area

## AI stack

antigravity

codex

cursor

## Work experience

Principal Engineer at TMUS Global Solutions, May 2026 \- Present · 4 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Lead SRE at OpenText, Jun 2021 \- Mar 2026 · 4 yrs 10 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Delivering and operating enterprise\-grade PaaS platforms across Cloud Foundry, GKE, CFCR, and Anthos on VMware to support internal development teams with secure, scalable, and automated infrastructure\. Key Responsibilities & Achievements: 1\. Lead and manage platform upgrades across environments to ensure security patching, compatibility, and minimal downtime\. 2\. Build and maintain GitOps\-based clusters using Terraform, Anthos Config Management \(ACM\), Helm, and Kustomize\. 3\. Support multi\-cluster Kubernetes infrastructure on GKE and Anthos, focusing on availability, capacity planning, and auto\-scaling strategies\. 4\. Operate Cloud Foundry on VMware using BOSH, cf CLI, and CredHub, automating platform management with shell scripting\. 5\. Implement and manage Anthos Service Mesh for secure service\-to\-service communication and traffic control across clusters\. 6\. Integrate observability tools including Prometheus, Grafana, and Elasticsearch to improve system monitoring, alerting, and debugging\. 7\. Facilitate developer onboarding, provide guidance on best practices, and support platform\-related issues across teams\. 8\. Perform POCs and new technology evaluations for platform integrations and enhancements \(e\.g\., NetApp Trident, GCNV, NGINX\)\. 9\. Root cause analysis, and capacity management to maintain SLA compliance\.

Associate / Product Owner at DBS Bank, Jul 2019 \- Jun 2021 · 2 yrs, Hyderabad

Technology Specialist at Wells Fargo, Jan 2019 \- Jul 2019 · 7 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, As part of the Cloud Services Team, we offer the Platform as a Service \(PaaS\) using Pivotal Cloud Foundry \(PCF\) open source driven platform\. We manage and maintain services such as Pivotal Application Service \(PAS\), Pivotal Container Service \(PKS\) \- Enterprise\-Grade Kubernetes, Concourse CI/CD system, and Cloud Foundry BOSH to ensure 100% uptime for our customers\. My team provides fully automated application deployments and patching through scheduled rebuilds to ensure proper security and a highly secured desired state is maintained\.

Service Delivery Engineer 2 at Dell EMC, Jun 2018 \- Dec 2018 · 7 mos, Bengaluru Area, India

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \(B\.Tech\.\), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, sri vasavi engineering college

10th class, Sasi English Medium School

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