Karthik Chowdary N.

About Karthik Chowdary N.

As a Senior Platform Engineering Manager at The AES Corporation, I lead a globally diverse team of cloud architects and platform engineers to design and implement secure, scalable, and multi-cloud platform solutions that drive business growth. With nearing 20 years of experience in IT and engineering, I bring expertise in enterprise architecture, digital transformation, multi-cloud environments (including Azure and GCP), and disaster recovery & resiliency.I am passionate about advancing innovation and transformation through platform engineering, enabling seamless cloud adoption across both Azure and GCP environments. I’ve developed and refined reference architectures and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for platform design, ensuring robust, scalable, and consistent solutions that meet best practice standards. Additionally, I establish cloud governance frameworks and policies to promote best practices across the organization. My goal is to help AES become a leader in the energy sector by leveraging cutting-edge multi-cloud platforms and technologies to deliver innovative, reliable solutions.

Experience

1. Sr Platform Engineering Manager (Platform Architecture & Engineering)

   The AES Corporation

   Jan 2024 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Lead and mentor global Platform Engineering teams, fostering technical excellence and collaboration.• Design and evolve secure, scalable cloud architectures for enterprise workloads.• Define and track KPIs such as reliability, deployment speed, scalability, and efficiency.• Champion automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code for streamlined provisioning and management.• Own and enhance observability (monitoring, logging, alerting) to empower proactive performance optimization.• Drive adoption of innovative technologies (containers, service mesh, serverless) to accelerate delivery and business value.• Oversee FinOps for cost-effective resource use and compliance with AES Corporation’s cloud governance.• Establish and enforce SLAs/SLOs for reliable platform services.• Optimize costs through automation, right-sizing, and spend reviews, managing financial reporting and approvals.• Identify automation opportunities to boost consistency and reliability.• Manage vendor and third-party relationships for timely delivery.• Lead continuous improvement, ensuring alignment with AES Corporation’s policies.• Collaborate with architects and engineering teams to recommend and implement tools and processes that enhance platform stability, security, and scalability, supporting AES Corporation’s technology strategy.

Education

• Osmania University

  B.E, Mechanical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

• UBI Business School

  International Executive MBA, Information Technology

  2012 — 2013

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Emc Storage
• Storage Solutions
• San
• Servers
• Unix
• Hardware
• Solution Selling
• Operating Systems
• Linux
• Storage
• Enterprise Storage
• Cluster
• Data Center
• Virtualization
• Vmware Infrastructure
• Vsphere
• Telecommunications
• System Administration
• Cisco Technologies
• Solaris
• Nas
• Storage Virtualization
• Oracle
• Cloud Computing
• Netapp
• Sun
• Vmware Esx
• Solution Architecture
• High Availability
• Disaster Recovery
• Vmware
• Server Architecture
• Hp
• Pre-Sales
• Citrix
• Storage Area Networks
• Infrastructure
• IT Service Management