Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect & Technical Leader with 18 years of IT excellence, including 11 years specializing in AWS Cloud Architecture, Migration, and Disaster Recovery (DR). Having led large-scale initiatives onsite in Austin, TX and in India, I bridge the gap between complex business strategy and high-performance engineering for global enterprises. I specialize in transforming operationally complex systems into resilient, automated, and cost-efficient platforms. My track record includes spearheading the migration of 500+ applications to AWS and achieving a 30% reduction in monthly cloud OPEX through aggressive FinOps and resource automation. Core Expertise : 🔹Cloud Architecture & Migration: 11+ years leading data center exits and enterprise-grade application transformations. 🔹Disaster Recovery (DR) & Resilience: Designing strategies aligned with RTO/RPO objectives, including Multi-Region architectures and cross-region replication. 🔹Scalable System Design: Architecting high-availability, fault-tolerant, and event-driven systems utilizing AWS-native services and microservices patterns. 🔹Containerization & Orchestration: Designing and managing production-grade Amazon EKS and ECS platforms using Terraform. 🔹Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Building repeatable foundations using Terraform and lifecycle automation frameworks. 🔹Advanced Networking: Engineering secure connectivity using AWS Transit Gateway, RAM, Site-to-Site VPN, and hybrid DNS solutions. 🔹Security & Compliance: Implementing GuardDuty, WAF, and IAM governance aligned with SOC 2 and PCI requirements. 🔹FinOps & Cost Optimization: Driving 30% cost reductions through right-sizing, S3 lifecycle policies, and automated governance. 🔹Technical Leadership: Managing cross-functional global teams, leading sprint planning, and mentoring engineers. Selected Career Highlights: 🔹Platform Modernization: Improved application responsiveness by transitioning high-throughput workloads from EFS to optimized NFS. 🔹Security Orchestration: Built automated incident response pipelines using Lambda, SNS, and CloudWatch integrated with PagerDuty. 🔹Critical Incident Recovery: Restored hybrid DNS resolution during a server termination crisis within minutes using Linux-based port forwarding. 🔹Operational Excellence: Resolved a persistent 2-month patching outage by identifying a hidden proxy cache issue through deep observability. Let’s connect to discuss Cloud Transformation, Disaster Recovery Strategy, FinOps, or Scalable Enterprise Architecture.
I utilized this period to build “Creative Skillset”, a cloud architecture and DevOps learning platform focused on enterprise-grade AWS design. I created production-style labs covering hybrid networking, security hardening, disaster recovery strategies, cost optimization, and multi-region architecture. I mentored working professionals and engineers, helping them transition into cloud roles while continuously refining my own architectural thinking and leadership skills. This phase strengthened my ability to explain complex systems clearly, think strategically, and design scalable cloud platforms aligned with business outcomes.
🔹 Designed and implemented secure, cost-optimized AWS architectures across 100+ enterprise workloads. 🔹 Automated de-provisioning of idle EC2/RDS instances using AWS Instance Scheduler. 🔹 Engineered VPCs with GuardDuty, AWS WAF to meet SOC 2 and PCI compliance. 🔹 Enforced least-privilege IAM roles and governance policies across multiple AWS accounts. 🔹 Collaborated with teams to align cloud strategy with business goals and performance standards. 🔹 Led Transit Gateway and RAM-based networking solutions for scalable inter-account connectivity. 🔹 Reduced monthly cloud costs by 30% via EC2 right-sizing, S3 lifecycle, and removing unused resources. 🔹 Enhanced security posture through OS-level hardening, CVE testing, and secure production deployments. 🔹 Mentored engineers in advanced AWS services and led infrastructure audits to identify risks. 🔹 Streamlined operational workflows by automating SES alerting processes. 🔹 Led SES email alert automation, TLS configuration, and troubleshooting of latency issues via VPC Flow Logs. 🔹 Addressed email spoofing by implementing DKIM and SPF protections in AWS SES.
Client: Macmillan Publishing 🔹 Managed and optimized AWS infrastructure across 30+ accounts, ensuring availability, scalability, and security. 🔹 Led the data center to cloud migration of Microsoft NAV to AWS Ohio, delivering enhanced performance with zero downtime. 🔹 Designed a Hybrid Network Architecture using AWS Transit Gateway, enabling secure cross-region, cross-account connectivity. 🔹 Consolidated VPN access with TGW + AWS RAM, eliminating VPC peering and simplifying centralized access via Pulse Secure. 🔹 Built automated monitoring and alerting workflows using CloudWatch, Lambda, PagerDuty, Slack, and Jira. 🔹 Mitigated DDoS and brute-force attacks via WAF, NACLs, and third-party coordination—boosting cloud security posture. 🔹 Implemented Nagios for proactive Linux monitoring and authored architecture/runbook documentation in Confluence. 🔹 Collaborated with engineering & network teams on sprint planning, roadmap execution, and backlog grooming. 🔹 Resolved critical issues including Elastic Beanstalk outages and DNS failures using real-time diagnostics. 🔹 Created an SES bounce handling loop using Lambda, SNS, and CloudWatch—reducing email failures by 95%. 🔹 Participated in multiple AWS Well-Architected Framework reviews to ensure app compliance and optimization.
Client : General Electric Energy Led end-to-end AWS operations and middleware support for U.S.-based infrastructure, ensuring high availability, performance, and security compliance. Orchestrated the successful migration of 500+ on-demand applications to AWS, modernizing legacy systems for cloud efficiency and scalability. Key Contributions: 🔹 Designed and implemented multi-region VPC architectures with AWS Site-to-Site VPN to enable scalable hybrid cloud connectivity. 🔹 Managed day-to-day cloud operations, including CVE vulnerability remediation, patch management, and performance tuning via latency diagnostics. 🔹 Played a pivotal role in re-architecting legacy platforms for optimized performance and cost-efficiency in the cloud. Highlights: 🔹 Resolved a prolonged 2-month patching outage by uncovering a hidden Squid proxy cache issue—restored operations through a fundamental restart, showcasing the value of observability and troubleshooting basics. 🔹 Diagnosed and remediated a critical NAT connectivity issue by identifying missing ephemeral port ranges (1024–65535) in private subnet NACLs—drove improvements in subnet-to-NAT path design using best practices (Subnets → Routes → IGW/NAT → NACLs → SGs).
• Managed user administration tasks including adding, updating, and deleting user accounts, ensuring secure access. • Installed and configured HPC clusters, enhancing system performance and reliability for client applications. • Generated and analyzed monthly cluster usage reports, providing insights to clients and management for resource optimization.
Environment: Linux, UNIX (RedHat, SUSE, HP-UX), Windows As a Command Center Executive, I was part of a 24x7 on-site support team ensuring high system availability and adherence to service-level agreements. My responsibilities spanned across: 🔹 System & Server Administration Managed system health, disk space, user accounts, and performed cold start-ups and health checks across Linux (RedHat, SUSE), HP-UX, and Windows environments. 🔹 Backup & Recovery Handled scheduled/on-demand backups using Ignite and cold backup methods, ensuring data integrity across systems. 🔹 Patch & Batch Management Applied patches, scheduled batch jobs, and resolved failures through manual interventions to maintain uptime. 🔹 Linux/UNIX Configuration Installed Red Hat Linux with PXE Boot & Kickstart, managed LVMs, firewalls, ACLs, SSH/SCP, and SUDO access. 🔹 Network & Services Setup Configured core services (DNS, NFS, Samba, Apache, etc.), managed IPtables, proxies, and secured NIS/Kerberos. 🔹 Automation Created shell scripts for automating administrative tasks and system monitoring. 🔹 Additional Responsibilities Maintained Lotus Mail, software RAID, print servers, and supported various Linux distributions including Fedora.