Lakshay Kapoor

About Lakshay Kapoor

I am a senior Site Reliability and Platform Engineering leader with 14+ years of experience designing, scaling, and governing high-availability enterprise systems.Currently serving as Senior Technical Manager – SRE & Operations Lead at Adidas, I lead distributed teams supporting 40+ cloud-native services across multi-region environments serving 3M+ users globally.My work focuses on building resilient platforms, establishing SLO-driven engineering cultures, and aligning reliability strategy with business outcomes. I have delivered measurable impact by reducing downtime by 40%, improving MTTR by 60%, and optimizing cloud spend to generate ₹50L+ in annual savings.Core strengths include: Enterprise SRE & Platform Strategy Kubernetes & Cloud Architecture (AWS/Azure) Observability & Incident Management FinOps & Cost Optimization CI/CD & Release Governance Engineering Leadership & MentorshipI am passionate about building high-performing engineering organizations that enable innovation, stability, and long-term scalability.Open to Director / Head of SRE / Platform Leadership opportunities.

Experience

1. Senior Technical Product Manager and Sre Lead

   adidas

   Dec 2021 — Present · IN

   Led a team of SRE engineers responsible for managing and improving the reliability, scalability, and performance of the company\'s cloud-based platforms and services.•Developed and executed the SRE strategy, aligning it with business goals and ensuring operational excellence across multiple product lines.•Implemented robust monitoring and incident response systems, resulting in a significant reduction in downtime and improved mean time to resolution (MTTR).•Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including engineering, operations, and product management, to drive the adoption of SRE best practices and ensure seamless integration of SRE principles into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).•Conducted thorough analysis of system metrics, performance indicators, and customer feedback to identify areas of improvement and drive continuous optimization efforts.•Implemented and maintained service level objectives (SLOs) and service level agreements (SLAs) to measure and meet reliability targets and customer expectations.•Oversaw capacity planning initiatives to ensure scalability and performance requirements were met during peak usage periods.•Managed vendor relationships and evaluated third-party tools and services to optimize SRE operations and leverage new technologies.

Education

• Haryana Engineering College

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• Kurukshetra University

  Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2007 — 2011

• J.P Academy

  Schooling, Science

  1998 — 2007

• Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Marketing and Advertising

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• Lpi
• Linux Kvm
• Dmx-3
• Nfs
• Red Hat Cloud Storage
• Rhel 7
• Active Directory
• Unix
• Nas
• San
• Symmetrix
• Dmx
• Virtualization
• Troubleshooting
• Storage Area Networks
• Switches
• Brocade
• Isl
• Red Hat Linux
• Solaris
• Emc Storage
• Clariion
• Vnc
• Zoning