SIVAKRISHNA REDDY SUNKARA
Siva Krishna Reddy Sunkara — Cloud & AI Architect
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Technical Expertise Driving Professional Success

My technical expertise spans cloud architecture, distributed systems, and enterprise-scale infrastructure design. I architect resilient multi-cloud solutions leveraging Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform with proven capability in Kubernetes orchestration, serverless computing, and infrastructure-as-code. My infrastructure work consistently delivers 40% cost reductions and 70% faster deployment cycles through CI/CD automation and DevOps best practices.

I excel in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data engineering — architecting end-to-end platforms from ingestion to production deployment using TensorFlow, PyTorch, Databricks, and Apache Spark. I've built real-time streaming architectures, developed predictive models with measurable business impact, and implemented MLOps practices at enterprise scale.

Security and compliance are foundational to my designs, with expertise in encryption, IAM, threat detection, and frameworks like HashiCorp Vault and PRISMA Cloud.

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About
Who I Am
Siva Krishna Reddy Sunkara
Microsoft MVP

I'm a Microsoft MVP and Certified Trainer (MCT) with 11+ years shaping the future of enterprise technology — from fast-moving startups to Fortune 500 companies. My career is defined by turning complex technical challenges into scalable, high-impact solutions that serve millions of users globally.

I hold a rare combination of hands-on engineering depth and strategic leadership. Certified across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, Kubernetes, and Terraform, I lead cross-functional teams to deliver cloud-native transformations, AI-driven product launches, and mission-critical infrastructure upgrades — on time and at scale.

Beyond architecture, I invest in people — mentoring engineers, conducting enterprise training, and contributing to the global tech community as a Microsoft MVP. My work bridges the gap between cutting-edge research and production-ready systems that drive measurable business value.

Cloud ArchitectureAI/ML Engineering Data EngineeringDevOps & MLOps Quantum ComputingGenerative AI
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Career
Experience
2023 — Present
Lead Cloud Engineer & AI Architect
Enterprise Technology Leader

Leading cloud-native transformation and AI-driven engineering for enterprise clients. Architecting multi-cloud infrastructures and generative AI pipelines that deliver measurable business outcomes at scale.

AzureAI/MLKubernetesGenAILLMsMicrosoft AzureBigdataApache SparkAWS CloudData AnalyticsTableauTerraformDockerRedhat OpenShiftPrisma CloudPenetration TestingCyber SecurityPythonGo LangMachine LearningDeep LearningMLPMLOpsDataOpsAutoMLChatbotsAgentic AIMCP ServerCI/CD
2022 — 2023
Technical Lead
Data Engineering & Analytics

Designed enterprise data platforms processing petabytes of data. Built real-time streaming pipelines, data warehouses, and ML feature stores for Fortune 500 analytics workloads.

DatabricksPySparkAzure Data FactoryPower BIMicrosoft AzureBigdataApache SparkAWS CloudData AnalyticsTableauTerraformDockerKubernetesMachine LearningDeep LearningMLPMLOpsDataOpsAutoMLChatbots
2020 — 2022
Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps

Architected cloud migrations for enterprise applications with DevOps best practices, CI/CD automation, and security frameworks. Reduced deployment cycles by 70% and costs by 40%.

Microsoft AzureBigdataApache SparkAWS CloudData AnalyticsTableauTerraformDockerKubernetesCI/CD
2014 — 2020
Senior Software Engineer
Full-Stack Development

Built scalable web applications and RESTful APIs serving millions of users. Deep expertise in distributed systems, database design, and agile methodologies.

JavaBigdataApache SparkAWS CloudData AnalyticsTableauStat ModelsPythonNode.jsSQL
Skills
Technical Expertise

Cloud & DevOps

Multi-cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, and enterprise-grade security across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Microsoft AzureAWSGoogle CloudKubernetesDockerOpenShiftHashiCorp VaultPrisma CloudCI/CD

Frontend

ReactVue 3TypeScriptNext.jsTailwind CSS

Backend Systems

Node.jsPythonJavaGoGraphQL

Data & AI

End-to-end data platforms from ingestion to insight, with integrated ML workflows at enterprise scale.

Big DataPySparkRDBMSNoSQLMachine LearningNLPDeep LearningPower BITableau

Quantum Computing

QiskitQuantum AlgorithmsHybrid SystemsQuantum Optimization

Generative AI

LLMsDiffusion ModelsMultimodalPrompt EngineeringFine-tuning

Agentic Systems

OrchestrationTooling & PluginsSafety & GuardrailsObservability
Portfolio
Featured Projects
01
Wells Fargo · Cloud Architect / Infrastructure Engineer

CAIS — Cloud Automation & Integration

Led end-to-end multi-cloud migration for one of America's largest financial institutions, enforcing enterprise security practices aligned to organizational compliance. Designed high-level and low-level architecture documents, built Azure Policies and HashiCorp Vault roles for Ephemeral Service Principals, and delivered enterprise AI search and machine learning capabilities alongside a SIEM posture using PRISMA Cloud and Splunk.

TerraformAzure DevOpsGitHubAzure DefenderAzure PolicyAzure SentinelHashiCorp VaultPRISMA CloudPowerShellGoLang
02
Principal Financial Group · Technical Lead

Cloud Automation — Data Analytics

Led migration of a legacy on-premise Cloudera Hadoop ecosystem to cloud-based offerings for a global investment management and insurance company. Architected Terraform modules for Azure and GCP, built ETL pipelines with Azure Data Factory and Synapse Analytics, and enabled real-time data ingestion via Azure Event Hubs — scaling the platform into the advanced analytics space.

AzureTerraformAzure DevOpsGitHubADFSynapse AnalyticsEvent HubsPythonPySparkJenkins
03
Daimler Trucks North America (Mercedes-Benz AG) · Senior Data Engineer / Data COE

Mercedes Streaming Analytics

Architected an IoT streaming analytics platform for North America's leading commercial vehicle manufacturer. Ingested real-time data from producers into Azure Event Hubs, captured streams into Azure Data Explorer via consumer groups, processed ring-buffer data, and built predictive models using Databricks. Delivered interactive PowerBI dashboards and automated infrastructure through Terraform and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.

Azure Event HubsAzure DatabricksAzure Data FactoryADX ClustersSAP HANATerraformJenkinsPower BIAzure MonitorAzure DevOps
04
Bihar Government · Data COE / Cloud Data Engineer

Department of Agriculture — Bihar State

Architecture

Mastering Microservices at Scale

Deep dive into designing resilient microservice architectures with service mesh, observability, and deployment strategies for enterprise systems.

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H2O.ai · Data COE / NLP Engineer / AI Engineer

Recruiter Buddy — Talent Acquisition Automation

Engineered an AI-driven talent acquisition platform with multilingual CV parsing and semantic job matching. Built BullHorn API integrations with major job portals, deployed an Automation Anywhere bot for keyword processing and candidate acknowledgement, created a semantic search engine using Elasticsearch with text embeddings, and wired a Business Chat API via Docker webhooks — end-to-end candidate matching at scale.

NLPSemantic SearchElasticsearchRPAText KernelBullHornDockerPythonAutomation Anywhere
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Marathon Oil · Cloud Data Engineer / Data COE

Informatica Cloud IICS — Data Integration

Administered Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services (IICS) for a major independent energy company operating across US resource plays. Configured groups, users, and seamless source-to-target connections, built data integration pipelines extracting from SAP HANA into Snowflake, performed data cleansing and wrangling via IICS Mappings, and delivered executive PowerBI dashboards monitoring pipeline performance.

Informatica IICSSAP HANASnowflakeAWS RDSPower BIETL
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McKesson · Data COE / Azure DevOps

Ticketing Service Automation

Automated sprint and project management workflows for one of the world's largest healthcare companies. Configured Azure DevOps projects and Zoho Sprint boards, triggered DevOps pipelines via Azure App Services to auto-create tasks and epics from email events, built scheduling logic tied to mail occurrence patterns, and wired Logic Apps to compose and assign ticket subjects and bodies programmatically.

Azure App ServicesAzure DevOpsBoardsLogic AppsZoho Sprints
08
Autotrade · Cloud Data Engineer / Data COE

Auto Vehicle Buy Prediction

Built an end-to-end ML prediction platform for one of the largest pre-owned vehicle marketplaces. Collected data from disparate sources via Azure Data Factory, staged and processed it through Synapse Analytics using Databricks and SQL pools, trained a classification model to predict purchase likelihood, and surfaced predicted outputs to end users through PowerBI dashboards.

Azure Data FactoryAzure DatabricksApache SparkSynapse AnalyticsMachine LearningPower BI
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McKinsey & Company · Data COE / Data Engineer / Data Scientist

Opioid Crisis Analysis

Engineered a predictive analytics platform on GCP to surface insights on opioid distribution patterns and mortality across age groups and regions for a global management consulting firm. Collected multi-source data into BigQuery, pre-processed and wrangled at scale, administered the GCP AI Platform, built a robust predictive model deployed into a private network AI Hub, and delivered an interactive PowerBI frontend with demographic and geographic parameters.

GCPBigQueryGCP AI PlatformPythonMachine LearningFlaskApachePower BI
Writing
Insights & Articles
Architecture

Mastering Microservices at Scale

Deep dive into resilient microservice architectures with service mesh, observability, and enterprise deployment strategies.

Jan 15, 202412 min read
DevOps

Zero-Downtime Kubernetes Deployments

Implementing blue-green deployments, canary releases, and automated rollbacks in production environments.

Jan 10, 202415 min read
Performance

Web Performance Optimization Guide

Core Web Vitals, code splitting, and advanced caching strategies for blazing-fast modern applications.

Jan 5, 202410 min read
Security

Enterprise Security Best Practices

Building secure systems with authentication, encryption, and compliance frameworks for enterprise-grade applications.

Dec 28, 202314 min read
Credentials
Certifications & Awards
Microsoft
5 Certifications
Azure Architecture & Security
  • Azure Solution Architect Expert
  • Azure Cyber Security Architect Expert
  • Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Azure Administrator Associate
  • Azure Security Associate
Microsoft
4 Certifications
Azure Data & AI
  • Azure Data Engineer Associate
  • Azure Data Scientist Associate
  • Azure Developer Associate
  • Azure AI Essentials (NASSCOM)
AWS & Google Cloud
6 Certifications
Cloud Platform Certifications
  • GCP Data Engineer Professional
  • GCP ML Engineer Professional
  • GCP DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Data Analytics Specialty
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  • AWS ML Specialty
Partner Ecosystem
5 Certifications
Specialized Certifications
  • HashiCorp Terraform Associate
  • Palo Alto PRISMA Cloud Engineer
  • Databricks Data Engineer Professional
  • Salesforce Platform Developer I
  • Dell Boomi Integration Developer
Contact
Let's Talk

Whether you have a project, need consulting, or want to explore collaboration — I'm always open to meaningful conversations.

Location
Hyderabad, India