Nitin Yadav

Architect - Platform Engineering at Slalom

Chicago, Illinois, United States

About

Accomplished Solutions Architect with expertise in AWS, Azure, Container orchestration, IaC, and CI/CD automation. Proficient in architecting scalable, secure, and high-availability cloud solutions, optimizing performance, and driving DevSecOps transformation. Experienced in orchestrating cloud migrations, implementing IaC, and fortifying security through workload isolation and best practices. Passionate about modernizing infrastructure, streamlining deployments, and enhancing system resilience.

Experience

  • Slalom (8 yrs 5 mos)
    • Architect - Platform Engineering
      Jul 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 1 mo

    • Senior Engineer - Cloud, DevOps, and Security
      Mar 2020 - Jul 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

      • Developed CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps for deploying Snowflake environments using Liquibase, improving database release consistency. • Built modular infrastructure using Terraform and Bicep for provisioning Azure VMs, VNets, Key Vault, and App Services. • Designed zero-trust networks using Azure Firewall, Palo Alto NGFW and Transit VNet. • Automated cost optimization with auto-scaling, instance scheduling, and budget alerts. • Partnered with stakeholders across delivery teams and engineering to define cloud best practices and enforce security baselines.

    • DevOps Engineer
      Mar 2018 - Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      • Integrated SSO and RBAC with Azure Entra ID, enabling secure access control for hybrid cloud environments. • Implemented Blue-Green deployments and built resilient architecture using Amazon ECS, ALB, and EC2 Auto Scaling. • Developed infrastructure for microservices with Docker and Terraform, enabling container lifecycle automation across dev/test/prod. • Provided observability through CloudWatch and custom logging agents, reducing MTTR for production issues.

  • DevOps Engineer at giveNkind
    Jun 2016 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Automated infrastructure deployment using AWS CLI, Bash, and Maven, enabling CI/CD pipelines for Java applications. • Managed secure cloud environments using EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, and custom security groups, reducing manual provisioning time by 80%.

  • IT Helpdesk Associate at DePaul University
    Apr 2015 - Mar 2017 · 2 yrs