Amit Kumar Pathak

About Amit Kumar Pathak

Senior Engineering Leader with over 15 years of experience building scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud platforms. I specialize in leading distributed teams, driving Zero Trust security adoption, and delivering global-scale solutions that power critical enterprise infrastructure.Currently leading engineering teams at Akamai Technologies, where I’ve successfully driven large-scale Kubernetes migrations, infrastructure cost optimizations, and the delivery of secure access products for global customers. My leadership philosophy emphasizes technical excellence, service ownership, and the growth of high-performing teams.With a strong foundation in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and security, I bring hands-on experience from building SaaS platforms from inception to scale, contributing to internal Google products, and architecting complex systems for enterprises.I\'m passionate about solving ambiguous engineering problems, fostering collaboration across global teams, and contributing to impactful, reliable products at scale.Key Areas of Expertise: Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes) Distributed Systems & Scalable Architecture Zero Trust Security Solutions Service Ownership & Operational Excellence CI/CD, DevOps, and Agile Delivery Technical Leadership & Team Building Cost Optimization & Infrastructure Efficiency Global-Scale Product Development

Experience

1. Senior Engineering Manager

   Akamai Technologies

   Oct 2023 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Leading a 20-member cross-functional engineering team to deliver scalable, secure cloud solutions supporting enterprise Zero Trust access.Directed migration of 20+ legacy services from AWS EC2 to Kubernetes (EKS & Linode), improving scalability, reliability, and reducing infrastructure costs by 75%.Delivered critical features such as Application Access Groups and Connector Pools, enhancing enterprise access control at scale.https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa/docs/connector-pools-application-access-groupsChampioned service ownership culture, improving incident response times by 30% and reducing production issues.Partnered with senior leadership to define engineering roadmaps, accelerating Zero Trust feature delivery for 200+ enterprise customers.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

  Executive General Management Program, MBA

• Bhartiyam Vidya Niketan, Gwalior

  12th, Science

  2003 — 2005

• SVM, Bettiah

  10th

  2000 — 2003

• MVJCE

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Science and Engineering

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Software Development
• Python
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Subversion
• Mysql
• Memcached
• Web Development
• Open Source
• Git
• Ubuntu
• Vim
• Google App Engine
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Django
• Websockets
• Javascript
• Ajax
• Mongodb
• Nginx
• Programming
• Open Source Software