Ganesh Sreekumar

Principal Programme Manager — GenAI & Cloud-Native Platforms

Strategic engineering program leader and architectural authority directing complex, end-to-end technology and infrastructure delivery across enterprise domains. Deep Kubernetes expertise spanning cluster architecture, Helm-based microservice delivery, service mesh, and production deployment pipelines — with hands-on background in backend engineering, DevOps, SRE, and GenAI/RAG systems built on Python and Java.

📍 London, UK ✉️ ganeshs404@gmail.com 🔗 LinkedIn 🌐 theaipeople.uk
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About

Proven track record bridging engineering, operations, and external partners to establish governance frameworks, manage master schedules, and de-risk critical-path deployments. Experienced in building delivery standards from scratch, standing up PMO frameworks, and managing multivendor/partner ecosystems for high-availability systems — leading multidisciplinary teams across UX, frontend, backend, QA, and platform engineering to deliver production-grade systems at scale. Passionate about architectural excellence, mentoring engineers, and enabling teams to adopt modern AI, cloud, and platform engineering practices.

Experience

Senior Programme Manager — GenAI & Network Platforms

02/2022 — Present

British Telecommunications (BT)

  • Architected and led enterprise GenAI chatbot solutions using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Model Context Protocol (MCP) patterns for network operations and customer-facing use cases.
  • Engineered the Kubernetes deployment strategy for the enterprise GenAI stack — custom Helm charts, API gateway routing, service mesh traffic control, and automated CI/CD for zero-downtime, production-grade scaling.
  • Architected BT's CAMARA-compliant network API platform, deploying standardized telecom APIs on production Kubernetes for secure, high-throughput external developer access.
  • Led end-to-end platform delivery for the UK's critical national 999 emergency call-handling infrastructure, serving 30M+ users annually, from concept through live operational handover.

Software Engineering Manager

01/2019 — 01/2022

British Telecom

  • Led software engineering and platform support for the UK's 999 emergency platform, directing 24/7 delivery under strict Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) reliability standards.
  • Modernized deployment automation with Ansible, cutting deployment overhead and accelerating time-to-market across environments.
  • Architected DevSecOps release pipelines with automated security gates and compliance scanning (Qualys) embedded directly into CI/CD.
  • Architected enterprise data lake and observability platforms powered by Elasticsearch and Grafana for real-time telemetry and executive dashboards.

Software Engineering Lead

04/2016 — 12/2018

Vodafone New Zealand via Infosys · New Zealand

  • Led end-to-end engineering and support for Vodafone NZ's BSS stack, modernizing core billing, rating, and customer fulfillment engines.
  • Architected the enterprise transition from legacy Oracle WebLogic to a containerized Docker platform, eliminating environment drift with standardized, reproducible deployment pipelines.
  • Led infrastructure governance and cloud-native management, designing fault-tolerant hosting environments aligned with enterprise security and availability standards.
  • Deep networking expertise across TCP/IP, UDP, IPv4/IPv6, BGP, and routing/switching for high-throughput, low-latency telecom infrastructure.

Systems Engineer

03/2013 — 03/2016

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) · Kochi, Kerala

  • Designed and deployed resilient, high-throughput microservices for enterprise Banking and Insurance clients using Java, Spring Boot/Spring Cloud, and Docker.
  • Engineered automated CI/CD pipelines standardizing build, test, and packaging for Java/Spring microservices.
  • Championed TDD/BDD practices with JUnit, Mockito, and Cucumber, integrating automated test suites into CI/CD to reduce defect leakage.
  • Built high-performance batch and event-driven architectures using Spring Batch, Redis, and Apache Kafka.

Skills

KubernetesDockerHelmAnsible CI/CDJavaSpring BootPython GenAIRAGMCPKafka ElasticsearchKibanaPrometheusConsul HazelcastSystem DesignShell ScriptingUNIX GitData Science

Certifications

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services · 01/2026 — 01/2029

Community & Leadership

The AI People UK — theaipeople.uk

Founder

Founded and lead a UK-based community of AI Engineers, Cloud Architects, and Full-Stack Developers building production-grade AI and cloud-native systems.

  • Drives initiatives in GenAI solutions, cloud-native architecture on AWS, and containerized, production-ready platforms.
  • Curates open-source repositories showcasing AI/GenAI patterns and cloud infrastructure best practices.
  • Facilitates mentoring and knowledge-sharing across engineers at different career stages.

Contact

Open to conversations on platform engineering, GenAI architecture, and Kubernetes at scale. Reach out at ganeshs404@gmail.com or connect on LinkedIn.