Akash Modi
Cloud Platform Engineer skilled in Software Development
- Role
- Sr Cloud Platform Engineer at UKG
- Location
- Ambala, HR, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Akash Modi
Lead Cloud Platform Engineer with over 7 years of experience architecting andmanaging large-scale distributed systems and high-velocity infrastructure. Expert inthe end-to-end lifecycle management of stateful services (MongoDB, MySQL,RabbitMQ) across multi-cloud environments, with a proven track record of drivingsignificant cost-efficiencies through systematic rightsizing. Pioneer in AI-drivenoperations, utilizing Claude Code and custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) serversto accelerate troubleshooting and reduce operational overhead. Dedicated to buildingsecure, self-service platforms that empower developer autonomy and maintain 99.99%system reliability.
Experience
Sr Cloud Platform Engineer
Mar 2024 — Present · Noida, IN
Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps): Spearheaded a GCP-wide CloudAMQP (RabbitMQ) rightsizing and decommissioning initiative. Analyzed usage patterns across 300+ instances for 40+ global microservice teams, achieving in annual infrastructure savings. CI/CD Modernization: Migrated pipelines from Concourse to GitHub Actions, boosting deployment speed by 70%. Engineered self-hosted GitHub runners for secure, high-performance orchestration of distributed infrastructure. MongoDB Architecture at Scale: Architected and deployed an enterprise- grade backup solution (Percona PBM) with Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR) across 200+ production deployments. Optimized storage and performance by transitioning from 4-hourly full backups to a daily full + PITR model. AI-Accelerated Operations: Integrated Claude Code into the development and troubleshooting lifecycle to automate log analysis and code refactoring. Developed a custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the BOSH orchestration platform, enabling AI-assisted diagnostics for stateful services (MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis). Observability Migration: Led the transition from legacy/obsolete Sensu monitoring to a modern Grafana Alloy stack with PagerDuty alerting for 500+ production clusters. Incident Command & Leadership: Acted as the primary contact persona and incident lead for P1, P2, and P3 production outages. Managed global on-call rotations via PagerDuty, coordinating with several engineering teams to drive rapid Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) for critical messaging and database services.
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