Platform Engineer & SRE

Building scalable cloud infrastructure and reliable systems.

Experienced in DevSecOps, observability, and cloud technologies with a focus on delivering innovative solutions.

Sameer Saxena
About Me

Who I Am

Experienced Platform Engineer and SRE with a strong technical background in cloud technologies, observability, and DevSecOps. Skilled at collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions and technical presentations for stakeholders.

Excellent communicator who can articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

5+
Years Experience
10+
Personal Projects Completed
3
Companies
My Skills

Technical Expertise

Programming Languages

Golang

Terraform

Python

JavaScript

R

Cloud & DevOps

GCP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Experience

Work History

2022 Present

Senior Platform Engineer

Quantium

Melbourne, Australia

  • Architect and design scalable, high-performance microservices for distributed systems
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure as code using Terraform/Terragrunt for platform orchestration
  • Create and manage Datadog configurations using Terraform providers for version-controlled observability
  • Implement automated deployment of Datadog APM, Synthetic Monitoring, and Log Management
  • Develop custom Terraform modules for standardized implementations across multiple services and GCP and Azure Platforms
  • Enhance security practices and ensure compliance across all platform services
Terraform GCP Azure Datadog Python Ansible Pulumi
2021 2022

Site Reliability Engineer

Cloudmarc

Melbourne, Australia

  • Handling the security and availability of data for the client's cloud data platform
  • System administration of internal and external servers
  • Maintaining the CI/CD pipelines for new products
  • Designing and developing software in Golang
  • Delivering cloud infrastructure in GCP via technologies like Terraform
GCP Terraform Golang CI/CD
2021 2021

Backend Developer

Innotech

Brisbane, Australia

  • Designing and writing embedded web applications to specifications
  • Designing and writing cloud based (AWS) IOT applications that are controlled via web portal
  • Performing and running experiments on current HAVOC and upcoming HAVOC devices
AWS IoT Web Development
2019 2020

Data Science Intern

SYMBOLIX

Melbourne, Australia

  • Building and Testing hardware using Arduino and AudioMoth
  • Implementing firmware for acoustic devices
  • Testing and tuning deep learning models based on TensorFlow/Keras in Python and R
  • Developing reports and visualisation exhibiting the experiments performed for the client
Python R TensorFlow Keras Arduino
Education

Academic Background

2019-2020

Masters of Science

Computer Science

The University of Melbourne

2014-2018

Bachelors of Technology

Information Technology

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, India

2021-2022

Professional Year

Professional Development

Performance Education, Melbourne