Chimbu Chinnadurai
Senior Cloud Architect II
Senior Cloud Architect specializing in GKE and Google Cloud — helping enterprise clients across EMEA ship faster, spend less, and sleep better on Kubernetes. Kubestronaut, Google Cloud Authorized Trainer, technical writer, Meetup speaker, and occasional podcast guest.
My Certifications
CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
CNCF (last renewed/obtained: Feb 2, 2026)
CNCF Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
CNCF (last renewed/obtained: Apr 14, 2024)
CNCF Kubernetes and Cloud Security Associate (KCSA)
CNCF (last renewed/obtained: Apr 23, 2024)
CNCF Kubestronaut
CNCF (last renewed/obtained: Apr 29, 2024)
Google Cloud Authorized Trainer
Google (last renewed/obtained: Oct 25, 2022)
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
Google (last renewed/obtained: Dec 30, 2025)
Google Cloud Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer
Google (last renewed/obtained: Jan 22, 2026)
Hashicorp Certified Vault Operations Professional
Hashicorp (last renewed/obtained: Feb 10, 2023)
Other Certificate
Other (last renewed/obtained: Mar 6, 2024)
What my customers say
helpful instructions
roscommonanalytics.com · May 2026
What I'm writing
GKE Active Buffer: Eliminate Node Provisioning Delays
GKE's new Active Buffer feature eliminates node provisioning delays by maintaining warm capacity, reducing scale-out latency from minutes to seconds.
Kubernetes DRA GPU Scheduling: End Node Hunting for AI Workloads
Kubernetes DRA eliminates manual GPU node hunting by introducing intelligent, request-based allocation for complex AI workloads with mixed hardware requirements.
GKE Native Support for Custom Metrics: Smarter Autoscaling Beyond CPU and Memory
Modern cloud-native applications rarely scale perfectly using CPU or memory metrics alone. Many workloads are driven by signals like…
Talks I've given
Unlock Powerful Progressive Delivery with Gateway API and Argo rollouts
K8SUG UK Meetup · London, UK · Aug 28, 2024