About
Sri Aradhyula
AI Platform Engineering Architect @ Outshift by Cisco
Architect building autonomous AI systems that run platform operations. Creator of CAIPE, an open-source multi-agent platform where engineers delegate infrastructure tasks to an AI platform engineer. Nearly two decades shipping large-scale distributed systems, cloud platforms, and developer experience platforms at Cisco. Chair of the CNOE Agentic AI SIG. Speaker at KubeCon, ArgoCon, and Cloud Native AI forums.
Resume
Open Source & Community Leadership
- Founder and maintainer of Community AI Platform Engineering (CAIPE), an open-source distributed multi-agent platform for AI-driven platform engineering
- CAIPE deployed across multiple platform engineering teams within Cisco including Outshift and Splunk
- Founder and Chair of the Agentic AI Special Interest Group (SIG) within the CNOE community
- Contributor to AGNTCY, Cisco ETI, Cisco Open, CNOE, and Outshift Platform communities
- Contributor to the Agent Forge plugin ecosystem enabling extensible integrations with cloud-native tools
- Speaker at KubeCon/ArgoCon North America, Cloud Native AI (CNAI) community meetings, and Cisco engineering architecture forums
Professional Experience
Cisco
| AI Agentic Platform Engineering Architect | 2024 – Present |
Leading AI-native platform engineering initiatives that leverage autonomous AI agents to execute operational workflows, improve developer self-service, and transform how software platforms are developed, operated, and supported across enterprise cloud environments.
- Founded CAIPE, enabling engineers to delegate platform operations to an autonomous AI platform engineer capable of executing cross-system workflows
- CAIPE adopted by multiple large platform engineering teams across Cisco, including Outshift and Splunk
- Architected enterprise-grade agentic AI platform architecture including deterministic execution models, identity propagation, governance frameworks, and evaluation pipelines
- Built multi-agent orchestration spanning Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, observability, ticketing, and knowledge base systems
- Introduced AI-native Internal Developer Platform capabilities for diagnostics, platform insights, and operational self-service
| Platform Engineering Architect | 2020 – 2024 |
Led the architecture and development of multi-cloud platform infrastructure supporting next-generation Cisco SaaS platforms.
- Bootstrapped zero-to-one cloud platforms supporting motific.ai (GenAI platform), panoptica.app (cloud security platform), and multiple rapid product prototypes
- Architected the core Outshift cloud platform using CNCF technologies across AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Designed Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure, CI/CD systems, and GitOps workflows
- Developed and operationalized MLOps and LLMOps capabilities for generative AI workloads
- Led globally distributed Platform Engineering teams across the US, France, Budapest, and Israel
- Platforms successfully scaled and absorbed into other Cisco product organizations
| Cloud Platform Architect | 2018 – 2020 |
Architected and delivered a greenfield cloud-native platform for a next-generation communication system for frontline workers.
- Architected zero-to-one cloud-native platform for large-scale communication system
- Designed core platform architecture spanning Kubernetes, CI/CD, and microservices deployment
- Built self-service developer platform capabilities for rapid service onboarding
- Established platform security, secrets management, and observability architecture
| Full Stack Cloud Developer / Architect – Collaboration Products | 2012 – 2018 |
Architect and full-stack engineer for Cisco collaboration platforms supporting Webex Calling and VoIP infrastructure.
- Architected cloud microservices supporting Webex Calling
- Delivered One Button to Join Webex, significantly improving meeting accessibility
- Architected distributed service frameworks integrating cloud services with Cisco VoIP devices
- Designed embedded Linux and Android-based device software for Cisco collaboration devices
- Architected next-generation microservice platforms for VoIP collaboration systems
| Real-Time Media Developer – Cisco Telepresence | 2009 – 2012 |
Developed core media technologies powering Cisco’s enterprise video conferencing platforms.
- Designed real-time media processing components for HD video conferencing with strict latency requirements
- Contributed to core media pipeline architecture for reliable audio/video transmission
- Built automated testing frameworks for large-scale telepresence systems
CTO & Principal Developer – DrProveIt
| Personal Venture | 2017 – 2019 |
Led the architecture and development of a HIPAA-compliant healthcare SaaS platform aimed at improving clinical workflows.
- Designed and implemented backend cloud infrastructure on AWS for secure healthcare data processing
- Developed mobile applications for patients and healthcare providers
- Established DevOps, observability, and security architecture for regulated healthcare workloads
- Led the full product engineering lifecycle as a passion project focused on community impact in healthcare
Early Career
Cisco – Software Engineering Intern 2008 Mary Kay Inc – Software Engineering Intern 2007 Wipro Technologies – Project Engineer 2005 – 2006
Technology
| Domain | Technologies |
|---|---|
| AI & Agentic Systems | Agentic AI, Multi-Agent Systems, LLMOps, MLOps, RAG, AI-native IDPs |
| Cloud Infrastructure | AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Vault |
| Observability | OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk |
| Languages | Python, Java, Go, C++, Bash |
Education
Master of Science – Computer Science University of Texas at Dallas Bachelor of Technology – Computer Science & Engineering Sri Venkateswara University