Anjana is an accomplished Senior Technical Executive with over 18 years of distinguished experience in customer-facing roles, driving innovation through DevOps, cloud solutions, and cutting-edge technology across diverse industries and global markets. Currently serving as an AWS Enterprise Support Lead & Senior Technical Account Manager at Amazon Web Services since July 2021, Anjana has established herself as a trusted cloud strategist and technical advisor, specializing in AI/ML, security, and infrastructure optimization.

Her technical expertise is validated through an impressive portfolio of AWS certifications, including AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, and AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty, among others. This deep technical foundation enables her to architect comprehensive cloud solutions that balance innovation, security, cost optimization, and operational excellence.

Beyond her technical contributions, Anjana is a dedicated champion for diversity and inclusion in technology. As an active supporter of Women in Tech and an engaged member of Women in Cybersecurity(WiCys) and Grace Hopper communities, she works tirelessly to create pathways for underrepresented groups in the technology sector. Her commitment to knowledge sharing is demonstrated through her role as a speaker and facilitator at numerous AWS GameDays and AWS Jam events, both internally at AWS and at external conferences, where she creates engaging, hands-on learning experiences that empower technical teams to build confidence and expertise in cloud technologies.

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Workshop: Three Pillars of Observability: The Open Source Way

Modern observability requires correlating metrics, logs, and traces—but many teams struggle with vendor lock-in or complex self-hosted infrastructure. This advanced workshop teaches production-ready observability using open-source CNCF standards.

You'll instrument a microservices application on Kubernetes using OpenTelemetry, the vendor-neutral observability framework. Through four hands-on modules, you'll collect and correlate all three pillars: metrics (Prometheus), logs (OpenSearch), and distributed traces (OpenSearch trace analytics).

The workshop uses AWS managed services (Managed Prometheus, Managed Grafana, OpenSearch Service) for convenience, but all patterns apply to self-hosted deployments. You'll configure OpenTelemetry collectors with SigV4 authentication, build unified dashboards correlating metrics-logs-traces, and analyze service maps for performance bottlenecks.

Leave with working Kubernetes configurations, Grafana dashboards, and practical experience implementing CNCF-standard observability that avoids vendor lock-in.

Session Details

Duration: 120 minutes (or trim to 90 minutes for core modules 1-4)

Audience Level: Advanced (Level 400)

Prerequisites: Kubernetes experience required. Familiarity with kubectl, AWS CLI, and basic observability concepts (metrics/logs/traces)

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