Abhilash S

About Abhilash S

I’m a Senior Site Reliability Engineer with 16+ years of experience building, automating, and securing large-scale systems across SaaS, BFSI, and enterprise environments.Starting as a Linux System Administrator in 2007, I’ve grown through web hosting companies, data center operations, DevOps, and cloud transformation to my current SRE role. I specialize in reliability engineering, incident management, and performance optimization — with proven results such as- Achieved 99.99% uptime SLA by automating failover and monitoring systems- Reduced recurring failures by 78% through RCA automation and observability tooling- Migrated SaaS workloads to AWS and Kubernetes, improving scalability and reducing downtime by 35%. Currently upskilling in:Python & Go (for automation + reliability tooling)Kubernetes & Terraform (for infra at scale)Advanced AWS & GCP (multi-cloud reliability)I’m passionate about solving complex infrastructure challenges, driving automation-first culture, and ensuring seamless user experiences.Career Goal: Continue on the technical path toward Principal SRE / Infrastructure Engineer roles at scale-driven companies (FAANG, MAANG, high-growth startups), where I can combine Linux depth with cloud-native innovation. Certifications RHCSA RHEL v8 RHCE RHEL v8 (Ansible 2.8) Ansible v2.7

Experience

1. Senior Systems Reliability Engineer

   ThoughtSpot

   Dec 2022 — Present · Trivandrum, IN

   Improved production reliability and performance across 200+ services; cut MTTR by 35% through automated runbooks.Collaborated with engineering to design and deploy observability tools (Grafana, ELK, Prometheus).Led incident reviews and RCA sessions; reduced repeat incidents by 40%.On-call lead for global SRE team, ensuring SLA compliance.

Education

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

  2001 — 2005