Abi Anandh

About Abi Anandh

A cross-functional Senior Engineering Leader with around 15 years of experience leading multi-disciplinary cross- continental teams specializing in DevOps, Site Reliability, Security, Release Management, and Quality Assurance.Unique combination of strong management and technical expertise gained through leading teams in Cyber Security and Telecommunications industries delivering Enterprise applications and Consumer products.

Experience

1. Senior Leader, Aiops, Mlops, Finops, Sre & Devsecops

   Cisco

   Feb 2021 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Leading AI/ML powered Observability Efforts:Conversational Assistant for Engineering Productivity:Led the development of an AI-driven consultation assistant for the Engineering Productivity Guild Room, supporting 350+ engineers. The assistant leverages Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM, MCP, Vector Databases, and Embeddings to provide intelligent, context-aware responses and streamline collaboration.AI/ML-enablement in Grafana Dashboards for Anomaly Detection:Guided the team in building a custom Grafana plugin integrated with MCP, Isolation Forest ML model, LLM Proxy, TimeScaleDB, and Airflow for automated anomaly detection and summarization across hundreds of dashboard panels, improving observability accuracy and response time.AI-Powered Learning Assistant Bot:Led the creation of an AI-based learning assistant agent using CamelAI multi-agent orchestration, Llama, and NewsAPI for real-time data enrichment. The bot publishes daily technology news, trivia, and learning content via Webex, fostering continuous learning and engagement across the organization.Building AI powered Incident response agentic workflow using Agent-to-Agent (A2A) protocol.Drove FinOps and cloud cost optimization initiatives combining strategic governance with AI/ML-driven insights. Helped teams reduce recurring cloud expenses by 20%+, improve financial accountability, and foster a culture of cost-aware innovation.* Mentoring Future Leaders:As a Senior Manager, focused on mentoring and developing emerging leaders within my organization—guiding them to evolve from strong individual contributors into confident, strategic leaders. Through regular coaching on technical design, strategic thinking, performance management, and cross-functional collaboration, helped build a self-sustaining leadership pipeline where leads now independently drive high-impact initiatives, foster team growth, and scale our collective success across SRE, DevSecOps, and AI-driven automation domains.