Hi, I'm Saikoushik
Senior Platform Engineer enabling enterprise teams to ship securely at scale. 10+ years of Azure, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure-as-Code — from API development to platform engineering leadership.
Engineer who enables engineers
Over the past decade, I've moved from QA automation → API development → platform engineering — driven by one consistent pattern: seeing what slows teams down and building the tooling to fix it.
Currently, I lead Platform Enablement and Cloud Security at a major UK enterprise, where I help engineering teams adopt Azure cloud platforms securely and at scale. I believe infrastructure should be a service, not a ticket queue.
I specialise in Internal Developer Platforms, Kubernetes (AKS), Terraform, and secure-by-default cloud networking — enabling organisations to go from bespoke deployments to standardised, self-service patterns.
Professional Experience
10+ years of progressive growth from QA → Backend → Platform Engineering
- Leading cloud security enablement — Private Endpoints, Managed Identity, and policy-driven governance across Azure services
- Enabled onboarding of 90+ engineering teams and 400+ applications onto shared AKS-based enterprise platforms
- Implemented Backstage-based Internal Developer Portal serving 1,800 engineers
- Built reusable Terraform modules and GitHub Actions templates for self-service infrastructure
- Bridge between Security, Cloud, and Application teams — translating governance into adoptable workflows
- Supported multi-tenant AKS environments — 30+ clusters across 18 business portfolios
- Built reusable Terraform modules for Azure services with VNet integration and Managed Identity
- Migrated application teams to AKS and Azure PaaS services
- Integrated New Relic observability at pod, node, and namespace level across enterprise clusters
- Managed Azure AD (Service Principals, Enterprise Apps, AD Groups) and SSO integrations
- Developed 15+ Java Spring Boot APIs for enterprise payment, loyalty, and voucher systems
- Gift card processing (1M+ monthly txns), staff discount (~65K employees), voucher automation (50–90K/week)
- Led 2 scrum teams (16 engineers) coordinating multi-project delivery
- Implemented ISO 8583 payment integration and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins & Azure DevOps
- Built test automation frameworks — Selenium, REST Assured, JMeter — covering 200+ test cases
- Reduced regression cycle from 3 days to 1 day
- Transitioned from manual testing to full automation engineering
Skills & Expertise
📜 Certifications
Let's work together
I'm open to Senior Platform Engineer, Cloud Security Engineer, and DevOps contract roles in the UK market.