I'm Ketaki Anil Jahagirdar, a Senior Consultant specializing in cloud architecture and financial crime prevention platforms. I design and operate AWS-first, highly available systems, focusing on reliability, security, and compliance in regulated banking environments. I'm passionate about building scalable, observable, and secure platforms. At EY, I led Kafka-backed data pipelines, improved incident response and DevOps practices, and mentored teammates while delivering robust solutions for global enterprise customers.

Ketaki Anil Jahagirdar

I'm Ketaki Anil Jahagirdar, a Senior Consultant specializing in cloud architecture and financial crime prevention platforms. I design and operate AWS-first, highly available systems, focusing on reliability, security, and compliance in regulated banking environments. I'm passionate about building scalable, observable, and secure platforms. At EY, I led Kafka-backed data pipelines, improved incident response and DevOps practices, and mentored teammates while delivering robust solutions for global enterprise customers.

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I’m Ketaki Anil Jahagirdar, a Senior Consultant specializing in cloud architecture and financial crime prevention platforms. I design and operate AWS-first, highly available systems, focusing on reliability, security, and compliance in regulated banking environments.

I’m passionate about building scalable, observable, and secure platforms. At EY, I led Kafka-backed data pipelines, improved incident response and DevOps practices, and mentored teammates while delivering robust solutions for global enterprise customers.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert

Language

English
Fluent
Marathi (Marāṭhī)
Fluent
Hindi
Fluent
German
Beginner

Work Experience

Senior Consultant at Ernst & Young LLP (EY)
August 1, 2020 - December 1, 2024
Designed, operated, and supported AWS-first platforms powering large-scale banking systems under strict SLA and compliance requirements. Owned production infrastructure and runtime stability, participating in on-call rotations and L2/L3 incident response. Supported containerized and Kubernetes-based workloads, focusing on deployment reliability, scaling behavior, and incident recovery. Owned and evolved Kafka-based messaging systems used for transaction events, system integrations, and alerting pipelines. Developed Python-based Kafka producers and consumers for ingestion, validation, and downstream processing. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket, improving deployment frequency and safety. Designed proactive monitoring and alerting strategies, reducing recurring incidents by ~30%. Acted as a technical interface for global enterprise customers including Morgan Stanley, FIS, CIMB, TymeBank, and KeyBank. Mentored junior engineers on AWS fundamentals, Linux, Kaf
Senior Consultant – Cloud & Actimize Developer at Ernst & Young LLP (EY)
December 1, 2024 - Present
Act as a trusted technical advisor for cloud-hosted financial crime prevention platforms in regulated banking environments. Supported and evolved AWS-based distributed systems, focusing on reliability, scalability, and compliance. Designed and operated Kafka-backed event-driven components enabling near real-time ingestion, processing, and alerting. Led Sev-1 incident bridges, performed deep root cause analysis, and drove long-term architectural fixes to prevent recurrence. Influenced platform decisions around security hardening, resiliency patterns, and performance optimization. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket, reducing manual release effort by ~40%. Implemented and refined observability across metrics, logs, and alerts using Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk, improving MTTR by ~35%. Collaborated with product, engineering, and operations teams to improve operational maturity and developer experience.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology at Savitribai Phule Pune University
July 1, 2016 - May 1, 2020

Qualifications

Actimize Platform Implementation (Internal Certification)
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026
Applied Machine Learning
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026
Cloud Computing Concepts
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate (In Progress)
January 11, 2030 - January 26, 2026

Industry Experience

Financial Services, Professional Services, Software & Internet