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Sagar Valagerehally Shankaraiah

Senior Project Manager | Product Owner | DevOps Architect | AWS Certified | CICD Tools Expert

About

I am a DevOps and Platform Engineering leader with 18+ years of experience building, scaling, and governing enterprise CI/CD and DevOps platforms for large, regulated organizations.

My career sits at the intersection of product ownership, platform engineering, and DevSecOps governance. I have owned global CI/CD portfolios supporting 10,000+ engineers, 500K+ repositories, and mission-critical financial systems—driving outcomes that balance speed, security, compliance, and reliability.

Currently, I lead enterprise CI/CD platforms as a Senior Product Owner, defining platform vision, roadmaps, KPIs, and governance across tools such as GitHub Enterprise, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Artifactory, OpenShift, and AWS. I partner closely with architecture, security, risk, and engineering leaders to deliver self-service, cloud-native platforms that materially improve developer productivity while meeting strict regulatory requirements.

Executive Impact

Key Outcomes

  • Built standardized, enterprise CI/CD frameworks that reduced release cycles from months to hours
  • Established DevSecOps governance models adopted across thousands of teams globally
  • Migrated and modernized CI/CD platforms to containerized, highly available OpenShift and AWS architectures
  • Reduced platform operational overhead by 40%+ through automation and secure self-service capabilities

Leadership Philosophy

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I believe in platform-as-a-product thinking, where developer experience, security, and reliability are treated as first-class features.
My focus is enabling teams to move fast without compromising compliance or operational excellence.

Roles of Interest

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  • Director / Senior Manager – CI/CD, DevOps, Platform Engineering
  • Senior Product Owner – Developer Platforms, DevOps Tooling
  • Head of DevOps Platforms / Enablement
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