Hi, I’m Saurabh Ahuja 👋

Sr Principal Platform Engineer · Cloud-Native Infrastructure · Open Source Contributor

🌐 Personal website: https://www.onenova.in

📄 Resume: PDF · DOCX

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👨‍💻 About Me

• Sr Principal Platform Engineer with 16+ years of experience building cloud-native platforms, Kubernetes operators, identity-aware infrastructure, and secure deployment pipelines. Strong expertise in Go, Kubernetes, OCI, Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD with hands-on experience supporting enterprise identity systems using Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS), OAuth2, SAML, and role-based access control.
• Contributed to secure deployment patterns and security architecture for cloud-native Oracle Database services running on Kubernetes, including secure identity integration, secret management, certificate handling, and least-privilege access.
• Currently a Sr Principal Data Systems Engineer at Oracle India, developing Kubernetes operators and infrastructure automation for Oracle Database platforms, contributing to Oracle open-source initiatives, and authoring official Oracle product documentation and cloud architecture whitepapers.
• Recognized for reducing operational risk, improving system clarity, mentoring engineers, and applying disciplined engineering practices across the full system lifecycle.

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🏢 Current Role

Sr Principal Data Systems Engineer
Oracle India · Oracle Database platforms and Kubernetes operators
Bangalore, India

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🧠 Areas of Focus

• Cloud-native platform engineering
• Kubernetes operators, CRDs, and reconciliation controllers
• Identity-aware infrastructure, OAuth2, SAML, and RBAC
• Secure CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and release automation
• Oracle Database platforms, RAC, 23ai, True Cache, and Data Guard
• Open-source engineering and official Oracle technical documentation

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🛠️ Core Technologies

Languages

• Go
• Python
• Shell
• Java
• C/C++

Infrastructure & Platforms

• Kubernetes
• Docker / Podman
• OpenShift
• Terraform
• Ansible
• Linux (Oracle Linux, RHEL, Ubuntu)
• TeamCity
• GitLab CI
• Jenkins CI/CD

Cloud

• Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
• AWS
• Azure

Databases

• Oracle Database (RAC, SIDB, True Cache, Data Guard, 23ai, 19c)
• MySQL
• Redis

Observability & code quality

• Prometheus and Grafana
• SonarQube, Fortify, Anchore, and Burp Suite

Identity & security

• Oracle Identity Cloud Service (IDCS)
• OAuth2, SAML, RBAC, Kubernetes Secrets
• Oracle TDE wallets, TCPS, TLS/SSL, and OpenSSL
• Fortify, Anchore, Burp Suite, and SonarQube

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📚 Publications & technical contributions

• Contributor, Deploying OKE on Compute Cloud @ Customer / PCA, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure technical whitepaper (2026)
• Author / technical contributor, Oracle Real Application Clusters Installation Guide — Podman / Oracle Linux, official Oracle documentation
• Author / technical contributor, Installing and Configuring Oracle RAC on Oracle Linux Cloud Native Environment (OLCNE), Oracle Database 19c documentation

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💼 Professional experience

Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. — Sr Principal Data Systems Engineer

October 2017 – Present · Bangalore, India

• Design and maintain Go-based Kubernetes operators, CRDs, and reconciliation controllers for Oracle Database platforms, including Single Instance, RAC, DBCS, Oracle Restart, True Cache, and Private Agent Factory.
• Build end-to-end automation for provisioning, scaling, failover, upgrades, and release-update patching of Oracle Database on Kubernetes.
• Implement security controls using Kubernetes Secrets, Oracle TDE wallets, TCPS, OpenSSL certificate management, and encrypted configuration handling.
• Build Ansible automation for distributed Oracle RAC provisioning and Terraform modules for OKE with secure RBAC and identity-aware workflows.
• Maintain secure CI/CD workflows using IDCS, OAuth2, SAML, and enterprise authentication and authorization processes.
• Contribute to Oracle open-source projects, official documentation, and cloud architecture whitepapers; mentor engineers and participate in technical hiring.

Earlier experience

• Optum Global Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd. — Senior Engineer, Build and Release (February 2016 – September 2017)
• Avesta Computer Pvt. Ltd. — Software Engineer (June 2014 – February 2016)
• Aptean Software India Pvt. Ltd. — Configuration Management Engineer (April 2013 – May 2014)
• Dell International Services India Pvt. Ltd. — Application Management Analyst (March 2011 – March 2013)
• Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd. — Software Engineer (December 2009 – March 2011)

🎓 Education

B.E. in Information Technology
Punjab Engineering College (PEC), Chandigarh
2005 – 2009 · CGPA: 7.9