Principal Cloud Architect · 14 Yrs Exp

Jagannath
Panda.

Building resilient multi-cloud architectures at IBM. Specialising in GenAI/Bedrock, DevSecOps, Kubernetes, and platform engineering that scales.

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Jagannath Panda
Technical Cloud Architect @ IBM
AWS Azure GCP Kubernetes Terraform GenAI Bedrock DevSecOps
Status ● Available for roles
Location Bengaluru, India
Focus Staff / Principal Architect
Level L7 / Principal
Capabilities

Technical Expertise

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Multi-Cloud Architecture
AWS Azure GCP VPC Design Transit Gateway Landing Zones
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Container & Orchestration
Kubernetes EKS AKS Helm Docker Service Mesh
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GenAI & Bedrock
AWS Bedrock LLM Ops RAG MCP Claude API Agents
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DevSecOps & IaC
Terraform CodePipeline GitHub Actions IAM Analyzer OPA Backstage
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Platform Engineering
Internal Dev Platform Golden Paths Backstage Service Templates Cost Optimization
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Observability & Security
CloudWatch Datadog Network Firewall WAF Zero Trust VPC Lattice
Career

Work Experience

2022 — Present
IBM
Bengaluru, India
Technical Cloud Architect
Leading multi-cloud platform engineering initiatives across AWS, Azure and GCP. Designing GenAI-powered developer platforms and infrastructure automation for enterprise clients.
  • Designed multi-cloud landing zones with automated compliance guardrails
  • Built GenAI/Bedrock-powered developer tooling and MCP server integrations
  • Led DevSecOps pipeline implementation with IAM policy validation
  • Architected Kubernetes platform serving 200+ microservices across EKS/AKS
  • Delivered Backstage IDP with golden path templates for 50+ engineering teams
2019 — 2022
Coffeebeans
India
Cloud Solutions Architect
Architected cloud-native solutions for fintech and enterprise clients. Specialised in AWS infrastructure, security hardening, and cost optimisation strategies.
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 40% through Reserved Instance strategy and right-sizing
  • Implemented zero-trust security architecture across multi-account AWS environments
  • Led migration of 30+ legacy applications to containerised cloud-native workloads
2016 — 2019
Plansource
India
Senior Cloud Engineer
Built and maintained cloud infrastructure for HR benefits platforms. Focused on high availability, disaster recovery, and infrastructure automation.
  • Achieved 99.99% uptime for benefits platform serving 500K+ users
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, reducing deployment time by 60%
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines cutting release cycles from weeks to hours
Credentials

Certifications

AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional
Amazon Web Services
AWS
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer — Professional
Amazon Web Services
CKA
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
AZ
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Azure
TF
HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate
HashiCorp
GCP
Google Professional Cloud Architect
Google Cloud
Work

Featured Projects

Project // 001
Enterprise Multi-Cloud Landing Zone
Designed and deployed a fully automated multi-cloud landing zone across AWS and Azure with centralised logging, security policies, and cost guardrails for a Fortune 500 client.
Terraform AWS Control Tower Azure Policy Sentinel
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GenAI Developer Platform
Built an internal GenAI-powered developer platform integrating AWS Bedrock, MCP servers, and Claude API — enabling teams to automate cloud operations via natural language.
AWS Bedrock Claude API MCP Python
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Backstage Internal Developer Portal
Implemented a Backstage IDP with golden path templates, software catalog, and self-service infrastructure provisioning — reducing developer onboarding from 3 days to 2 hours.
Backstage Kubernetes GitHub Actions Terraform
Project // 004
IAM Policy Validation Pipeline
Automated IAM policy validation using CodePipeline, IAM Access Analyzer, and CloudFormation macros — preventing overprivileged roles from reaching production.
CodePipeline IAM Analyzer CloudFormation OPA
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