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Verified Expert in Engineering
Cloud Architect and Developer
Mississauga, ON, Canada
Toptal member since March 17, 2023
Bio
Principal Cloud Architect with 15+ years in software engineering and 11+ years designing and delivering AWS solutions, from requirements analysis and solution design through implementation. Proven leader of on-premises-to-cloud migrations during M&A programs, multi-account governance on AWS Organizations and Control Tower, and secure CI/CD pipelines. Experienced in Python solution design (6+ years), Web/RESTful architectures, and delivering for clients and teams across multiple geographies.
Portfolio
AutoTRADER.ca
AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Cloud Migration...
CI Financial
AWS Cloud Architecture, Governance, AWS Certified Solution Architect...
Virtusa
Python, Databases, Microservices Architecture, OpenShift...
Experience
- AWS Cloud Architecture - 11 years
- Cloud Security - 11 years
- Cloud Infrastructure - 11 years
- AWS Cloud Computing Services - 11 years
- Serverless Architecture - 7 years
- Continuous Delivery (CD) - 7 years
- Continuous Integration (CI) - 7 years
- Cloud Migration - 3 years
Work Experience
Principal Cloud Architect
2022 - 2026
AutoTRADER.ca
- Led on-premises-to-cloud migrations during M&A programs, ensuring seamless integration with minimal downtime.
- Planned and executed the migration of AWS accounts, including DevOps, monitoring, and security tooling, from an enterprise organization following its acquisition.
- Devised and executed a cost-control initiative that reduced overall infrastructure expenses by 23%.
- Designed a multi-account environment strategy using AWS Organizations and Control Tower and enforced Service Control Policies (SCPs) to centrally manage permissions.
- Designed and implemented disaster recovery solutions for AWS workloads and on-premises applications migrating to AWS, addressing infrastructure resilience, recovery requirements, and operational continuity.
- Developed cloud DR architectures and recovery strategies covering backup and restore, infrastructure dependencies, network connectivity, identity and access management, security controls, and monitoring.
- Engineered a multi-platform, multi-account network architecture on AWS Transit Gateway for efficient connectivity. Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines covering both infrastructure and application deployment.
- Established an enterprise-wide key management process to strengthen data protection and compliance.
- Reviewed existing data management solutions, proposed target architectures, and developed detailed migration plans.
- Defined best practices for migrating applications to the cloud and produced architecture artifacts for new and existing AWS workloads as reference documentation for future enhancements.
Technologies: AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Cloud Migration, Serverless Architecture, Data Lake Design, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Terraform, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Solution Design, Software Deployment, Development, Governance, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Databases, Microservices Architecture, Containers, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS DevOps, Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, PostgreSQL, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Architecture, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, Boto, DevOps, Boto 3, Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Elasticsearch, Amazon Route 53, Python
AWS Architect
2020 - 2022
CI Financial
- Designed and implemented a business-specific data lake setup using AWS Lake Formation.
- Created and implemented a backup strategy across an AWS ecosystem to accomplish the enterprise BCP requirement.
- Provided a solution to migrate applications from on-prem to the cloud. Designed a CI/CD pipeline and led the team to deploy the application in AWS.
- Contributed to building the cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. Defined enterprise-wide best practices and processes for using AWS services.
Technologies: AWS Cloud Architecture, Governance, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Cloud Migration, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Python, Terraform, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Software Deployment, Programming, Development, Data Lake Design, Databases, Microservices Architecture, Containers, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS DevOps, Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, PostgreSQL, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Architecture, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, Boto, DevOps, Boto 3, Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Elasticsearch, Amazon Route 53
Lead Consultant
2019 - 2020
Virtusa
- Collaborated on all stages of the software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to production releases.
- Gathered business requirements, translated them into technical solutions, and provided leadership during the analysis, design, and build.
- Ensured the solution design aligned with the target architecture and proposed alternate solutions to minimize gaps when necessary.
- Designed and developed a container-based RESTful framework that publishes endpoints to consume customer data. Designed and developed a container-based ETL solution in Python.
- Spearheaded the team in following customer software quality guidelines and helped set up best coding practices while proactively participating in code reviews.
- Managed clients' and internal team members, tracking the delivery of individuals and providing guidance when required.
Technologies: Python, Databases, Microservices Architecture, OpenShift, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Containers, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Solution Design, Serverless Architecture, Software Deployment, Programming, Development, Shell, CI/CD Pipelines, DevOps, Architecture, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Amazon Route 53, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Business Continuity
Technical Lead
2010 - 2019
Wipro
- Gathered and defined customer requirements to develop clear specifications for creating well-organized implementation plans.
- Evaluated project requirements and specifications and developed software applications that surpassed the client's expectations.
- Designed and developed a real-time data consolidation framework in AWS using Python, including hygiene and data transformation layers to inject data from different data sources into the database.
- Developed the extraction and integration layer in AWS using Python to pull data from the database that can be consumed by an external API.
- Developed a metadata-driven Docker container that consumes APIs and performs data transformation at runtime (ETL process).
- Designed and developed a cloud deployment framework using Python and Boto3 to build and maintain cloud services and applications.
- Created, published, and maintained RESTful API. Excelled in building a DevOps CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, Docker, Python, and CloudFormation.
- Performed source code versioning with Git, documented the developed solutions on Confluence, and created design and flow diagrams with LucidChart.
- Developed dozens of software applications using C, C++, and Java programming languages.
Technologies: Serverless Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, Python, Cloud Infrastructure, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Shell, Cloud Security, Solution Design, Software Deployment, Programming, Development, Governance, AWS Certified Solution Architect, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Databases, Microservices Architecture, Containers, Amazon Web Services (AWS), AWS DevOps, Amazon EC2, AWS IAM, PostgreSQL, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Architecture, Java, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, Boto, DevOps, Boto 3, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Amazon API, Amazon RDS, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Consulting
Project History
Connected Spaces
Connected Spaces combines technology and data to enable users to better identify, understand, and engage with customers across all touchpoints.
I was the lead developer building this solution using advanced AWS services. The CS solution is entirely built and hosted in the cloud (AWS)—one of a kind—and the product can be launched in any AWS region with a deployment turnaround of 45 min.
I was the lead developer building this solution using advanced AWS services. The CS solution is entirely built and hosted in the cloud (AWS)—one of a kind—and the product can be launched in any AWS region with a deployment turnaround of 45 min.
Education
2006 - 2010
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
Anna University - Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Certifications
JULY 2020 - JULY 2023
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
JULY 2018 - OCTOBER 2023
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
JULY 2018 - OCTOBER 2023
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Amazon API
Tools
Terraform, AWS IAM, Boto, Boto 3, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Shell, AWS CloudFormation, Git, Confluence
Paradigms
Serverless Architecture, DevOps, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Microservices Architecture
Platforms
AWS Cloud Computing Services, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, OpenShift, AWS IoT, AWS Lambda, Docker
Storage
Data Lake Design, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Databases, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch
Languages
Python, Java, C
Frameworks
Flask
Other
AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Solution Design, Software Deployment, Programming, Development, Cloud Migration, AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Architecture, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, Architecture, Amazon RDS, Governance, AWS DevOps, Amazon Route 53, Containers, RESTFul APIs, Boto3
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