Rakshith Padmanabha
Technical Architect, Platform Engineering @IBM
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WORK HISTORY
Technical Architect, Platform Engineering @IBM
ON, CA
PortFolio:* Dreadnought Platform Architecture * Akamai (CDN, Edge & Security Architecture)Providing architectural leadership and technical vision for a centralized cloud platform serving as a shared runtime and control plane for 200+ IBM Cloud services across 30+ engineering teams, establishing secure, scalable, and repeatable platform abstractions at enterprise scale- Set long‑term platform, infrastructure, and security strategy, defining standardized, compliance‑ready provisioning models supporting SOC 2, Financial Services Cloud, and 10+ regulated programs, embedding continuous validation automation that reduced compliance effort by 50%+- Acted as senior technical authority for complex, high‑risk re‑platforming initiatives to Red Hat OpenShift, ROKS, IKS, and VPC‑based infrastructure, guiding architectural decisions across networking, security, and lifecycle management- Owned platform architecture for secure multi‑tenancy, designing ingress/egress, network segmentation, and control‑plane isolation using Istio / Red Hat Service Mesh to enable identity‑aware, policy‑driven service communication while optimizing cost and utilization- Defined RBAC and separation‑of‑duty models enabling auditable, least‑privilege access across shared platform environments- Established organization‑wide Infrastructure as Code standards, architecting 30+ reusable Terraform deployable architecture modules consumed across IBM Cloud services- Designed operator‑based self‑updating ROKS clusters, enabling non‑disruptive upgrades across 100+ production clusters, reducing update cycles from 12 days to under 4 days with 100% availability- Served as a technical force multiplier by mentoring and leading a global team of 19 engineers, driving architectural rigor and cross‑organization alignment- Owned the Akamai platform strategy for IBM Cloud, acting as the senior technical authority for CDN performance, edge traffic management, and application security across the organization.
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University-Kingsville
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science
Clarence Public School
10th Standard (High School)Indian Certificate of Secondary Education, Science
JAIN College
Pre University College (12th), Mathematics, Science
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Information Science and Engineering
SKILLS
ABOUT RAKSHITH PADMANABHA
Rakshith Padmanabha, Software Developer at IBM Corporation, Watson and Cloud Platform. Master of Science in Computer Science and Engineering from the Texas A&M University, Kingsville, TX ( Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering). Previously served as a Data Engineer at the Analytics and Data Management vertical of Apps Global Delivery India at Hewlett-Packard (Aug 2014-Aug 2015) currently HP Enterprise.A Full Stack developer with immense experience in Cloud application development and deployments, A proficient DevOps engineer and with full development experience in Node and React.
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