Helping Engineers Build Reliable Systems and Better SRE Careers

I'm Amitabh Das - an SRE focused on reliability, observability, incident management and platform engineering. I share practical lessons from production systems and help engineers grow their SRE careers.

Skills & Tools

Azure Devops
Azure Devops
Git
Git
Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Grafana
Grafana
Jenkins
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Linux
Linux
Terraform
Terraform
Azure Devops
Azure Devops
Git
Git
Google Cloud
Google Cloud
Grafana
Grafana
Jenkins
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Kubernetes
Linux
Linux
Terraform
Terraform

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, and Ansible for repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure delivery.

CI/CD & DevOps

Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, Prisma, and Jira for reliable software delivery.

Containers & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, and Helm for deploying, scaling, and operating cloud-native workloads.

Scripting & Programming

Bash, PowerShell, Python, YAML, and JSON for automation, configuration, and operational tooling.

OS & Server Management

Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu, RHEL), Windows Server, Hyper-V, SCVMM, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and IIS.

Observability

Prometheus, Telegraf, VictoriaMetrics, and Grafana for metrics, monitoring, alerting, and operational insight.

Work Experience

Salesforce logo

Systems Engineering SMTS (Tableau Cloud)

Salesforce|Hyderabad, Telangana, India - Hybrid

Jul 2026 - Present

Maintaining core Tableau Cloud systems and infrastructure. Driving technical design, engineering execution, cross-team collaboration, complex issue resolution, and technical best-practice sharing.

Site Reliability EngineeringProblem SolvingCloud Infrastructure
Zscaler logo

Senior Staff Site Reliability Engineer - Zscaler Private Access (ZPA)

Zscaler|Hyderabad, Telangana, India - Hybrid

May 2024 - Jul 2026

Ensured the reliability, scalability, and performance of Zscaler Private Access, applying Linux systems expertise, automation, and Infrastructure as Code practices.

Site Reliability EngineeringLinuxAutomationInfrastructure as Code
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Microsoft

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Apr 2019 - May 2024

Service Engineer 2

Jul 2022 - May 2024

Optimized the DevOps platform through delivery tooling, CI/CD pipelines, 24/7 monitoring, proactive issue resolution, scalable architecture, security controls, and team enablement.

Consultant

Apr 2019 - Jul 2022

Worked with customer projects to adopt Microsoft technologies, including Azure, Azure DevOps, and Infrastructure as Code. Supported clients such as AT&T, ZEISS, Wells Fargo, and ASML in building Azure cloud platforms and strengthening Azure DevOps practices.

DevOpsCI/CDAzureMonitoringSecurity
Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd logo

Team Lead

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Ltd|Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sep 2018 - Apr 2019

Led Azure infrastructure automation using ARM templates and PowerShell DSC, planned cloud security and availability, and implemented Azure Backup, custom RBAC, monitoring, and Azure DevOps CI/CD.

AzureARM TemplatesPowerShell DSCAzure DevOpsRBAC
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Cognizant

Greater Kolkata Area, India

Apr 2016 - Aug 2018

Sr. Infra Developer

Jun 2017 - Aug 2018

Designed public-cloud infrastructure and solutions, deployed Azure services, built ARM templates and PowerShell automation, and configured AWS services including EC2, EBS, VPC, and ELB.

Technical Lead

Apr 2016 - Jun 2017

Managed private-cloud operations across SCVMM and Hyper-V, resolved live-site server issues, administered user access, and configured clustering, load balancing, and IIS.

AzureAWSPowerShellInfrastructure as CodeHyper-V
EDIFIXIO India Private Limited logo

Application Engineer

EDIFIXIO India Private Limited|Greater Kolkata Area, India

Aug 2015 - Mar 2016

Deployed and maintained Azure VMs, Windows server infrastructure, patches, clustering, storage, backups, monitoring, and capacity reports.

AzureWindows ServerFailover ClusteringInfrastructure as Code
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Senior System Analyst

ICRA Online Limited|Kolkata, India

May 2012 - Aug 2015

Configured and maintained servers, workstations, Active Directory, DNS, Group Policy, Hyper-V, VMware, user accounts, network resources, and VPN connectivity.

Active DirectoryVMwareHyper-VDNSCisco VPN

Studies

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

CMC Ltd

2007 - 2011

Grade: First Division (Hons.)

Python Linux C C++ DSA Java Networking

Master of Science (Computer Technology)

The University of Burdwan

2012 - 2014

Grade: First Division

Python Linux Networking System Design DSA System Administration
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