Hi, I'm Akshat Khandelwal

Site Reliability
Engineer.

Automating processes, improving system efficiency, and performing root-cause analysis.

Eager to apply existing SRE skills and looking to gain more knowledge about core SRE principles in a challenging environment.

Akshat Khandelwal - Site Reliability Engineer

Experience

Site Reliability Engineer - Secrets Service

Oracle
May 2025 - Present
  • Built a CLI tool to automate incident handling and recovery workflows.
  • Led root cause analysis and fixed critical reliability issues.
  • Awarded for exceptional ownership and impact in the first quarter.
  • Fixed upstream reliability issues through cross-team collaboration.

Site Reliability Engineer - Heatwave Service

Oracle
Aug 2021 - May 2025
  • Automated critical parts of deployment workflows, reducing overall time taken for release cycle by over 90%.
  • Created dashboards to track and optimize deployment performance.
  • Led incident reviews and implemented long-term reliability fixes.
  • Redesigned service components to eliminate manual operational toil.
  • Mentored team on observability and development best practices.

Projects

01

Self-hosted Software

Media management tools like Jellyfin, Immich using an old laptop as a server, exposed via VPN.

02

Travel Planner

Full-fledged travel planner app with collaboration, booking management, cost analysis, and timeline.

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03

Mess Timetable

App for hostel students to view mess menu. 1000+ downloads, 5-star rating on Play Store.

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04

Pes Social

Full-stack social networking clone. Encrypted auth, tweets, comments, profile edits.

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Technical Arsenal

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Python
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • YAML
  • Git
  • Linux

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