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What I'm doing now
Last updated Jun 2026
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📍 Spring, Texas
I'm Jayanth Katta — an AWS Platform Engineer at ExxonMobil,
transitioning from a decade of database and platform engineering into cloud architecture.
This page is a snapshot of what I'm actually focused on right now.
Inspired by nownownow.com.
- Supporting enterprise database platforms while transitioning deeper into cloud infrastructure engineering
- Working across AWS, Terraform, databases, automation, and platform engineering patterns
- Building real-world infrastructure projects around self-service provisioning, governance, and automation
- Actively moving from a DBA background toward Cloud Solution Architecture
- AWS platform engineering and infrastructure automation patterns
- Terraform advanced patterns — multi-environment deployments, GitOps, drift detection, and reusable modules
- ServiceNow integration with AWS automation workflows
- EKS, cloud architecture, and real-world infrastructure — building weekly projects instead of only theory
- AWS documentation and architecture patterns — going deep not wide
- Terraform best practices and infrastructure design concepts
- Hands-on cloud engineering content — following practitioners who build, not just talk
- Working toward getting leaner, stronger, and more athletic
- Focused on fat loss while building muscle and improving consistency
- Improving nutrition, building walking routines, and starting structured fitness habits
- Dad to Ameya — building long-term memories and watching her grow up fast
- Exploring new places on weekends with family
- Cricket enthusiast — trying to stay active and play when I can
- Learning violin and exploring photography and videography
This is a /now page — a snapshot of what I'm focused on at this point in my life. If you're curious about what I've been building, check my blog. If you want to talk, reach out.