Ramneek Kalra, professional portrait

Applied AI · Cloud · IEEE

Ramneek Kalra

Senior Consultant, Improving

7+ years at the intersection of cloud computing, distributed systems, and applied AI—building and operating Kubernetes workloads, AWS infrastructure, and machine learning / GenAI systems, with a focus on reliability, automation, and production-ready engineering.

Engineering depth, community breadth

I work across cloud-native platforms, container orchestration, and applied AI—classical ML, large language models, generative AI, RAG, and agentic systems—alongside production engineering on AWS and Kubernetes. That same curiosity shows up in mentorship, public speaking, and IEEE leadership with students and practitioners worldwide.

Based in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, I collaborate with global engineering teams while pursuing a part-time PhD in computer science focused on AI-driven sustainable cloud infrastructure, and staying active in STEM outreach and professional community work.

Areas of expertise

Core strengths span applied AI and ML engineering, cloud-native and distributed systems, and the tooling that keeps production platforms reliable and recoverable.

Applied AI & machine learning GenAI, LLMs, RAG & agentic AI PyTorch, TensorFlow & Hugging Face LangChain, LangGraph, MLflow & Kubeflow AWS container services (EKS, ECS, Batch) Kubernetes & distributed systems GitHub Actions & Argo CD Terraform Observability & monitoring Root-cause analysis DevOps & automation Java & Python

Achievements & certifications

Highlights from customer support, speaking, academics, and professional volunteering.

AWS customer impact

Multiple AWS Most Valuable Player awards, including Holistic Achiever, for outstanding support to 2000+ developer, business, and enterprise customers—especially on high-priority escalations.

Speaking & cloud / AI credentials

Certified public speaker (AWS, since 2021). AWS Certified AI Practitioner and Solutions Architect – Associate. Google AI Professional Certificate; Cloud Computing Foundation; AI for App Deployment.

Prior employer recognition

Best Support Person award, Wipro Limited.

IEEE honors

Dr. JK Pal Award (IEEE Delhi Section, India). IEEE MGA Achievement Award (2023) for global volunteering impact. Recognized as Technocrat, IEEE Influencer, and IEEE Impact Creator.

Academics

Academic Excellence Award; ranked 5th in undergraduate class (2015).

Research, publications & IP

I publish and speak on technical topics tied to cloud, systems, and community-led innovation. The counts below reflect work to date; individual titles and venues are available on request or via professional profiles you link from the contact section.

20+ Technical & research papers
1 Patent
1 IEEE USA e-book contribution

Selected projects

A mix of customer-facing samples, internal automation, and full-stack applications from earlier in my career.

AWS Samples · GitHub

EKS optimized AMI hardening pipeline

Pipeline patterns for hardened AMIs on Amazon EKS.

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AWS Samples · GitHub

Cloud-native Airflow on Amazon EKS

Reference deployment for data workflows on Kubernetes.

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AWS Samples · GitHub

EventBridge notifications for ECR API calls

Event-driven visibility for container registry activity.

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Full stack

Cloud-Connect

Private collaboration space—full-stack product work.

Full stack

HMRITM Digital Library

Institutional digital library platform.

Full stack

Future of Technology: Roti, Kapda, Makaan & Network

Exploratory software tying essentials to connectivity.

Full stack

HMRITM Feedback Book

Feedback capture and reporting for the campus community.

Full stack

All India Radio accounts manager

Administrative tooling for AIR account workflows.

Full stack

Aadhaar Transport

Smart transport solution concept and implementation.

Full stack

Checktime attendance system

Attendance tracking system.

Leadership & volunteering

IEEE and AWS programs are where much of my community energy goes—from executive roles to STEM outreach and cloud education.

Professional experience

June 2026 – Present

Senior Consultant · Improving

Cloud-native engineering, distributed systems, and AI infrastructure in Hyderabad—Kubernetes and containerized production workloads, AWS automation in Python and Java, GenAI / ML initiatives, and systematic root-cause analysis with engineering teams.

June 2021 – June 2026

Cloud Support Engineer · Amazon Web Services

Deep troubleshooting across AWS container services (EKS, ECS, and related workloads); architecture guidance, automation, and RCA for customers running at scale, plus community involvement with AWS Cloud Clubs, Academy, and Future Engineer.

August 2019 – June 2021

Project Engineer · Wipro Limited

Consulted for Citi in Singapore on big data, data modeling, and stacks including SAS, Teradata, and Hive; owned UAT and production operations, including change, incident, and release management.

Education

PhD · Computer Science Engineering

Manav Rachna International Institute of Research & Studies · August 2026 – September 2030 (part-time)

MBA (Online Mode) · IT in System Management

NMIMS, Mumbai · January 2022 – October 2024

B.Tech · Computer Science & Engineering

Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi · August 2015 – July 2019

Grade 12 · Non-medical

CBSE, New Delhi · 2014–2015

Grade 10

CBSE, New Delhi · 2012–2013

Languages: English, Hindi, Multani.

Contact & social

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