Murugeswaran is available for hire

Murugeswaran Vellaiappan

Verified Expert in Engineering

Cloud Architect and Developer

Toronto, ON, Canada

Toptal member since March 17, 2023

Expertise

Programming Amazon RDS Cloud Security Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Architecture Infrastructure as Code (IaC)Amazon API AWS Amazon EC2 AWS IAM Amazon S3 (AWS S3)DevOps AWS DevOps

Bio

Murugeswaran has 12+ years of experience in software development with over 7+ years dedicated to Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud product solution design and implementation. He's keen on cloud architecture, design, migration, and security. Murugeswaran enjoys working on projects and with customers across different geographic locations.

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

Continuous Integration (CI) - 7 years AWS - 7 years AWS Cloud Architecture - 7 years Cloud Security - 7 years Cloud Infrastructure - 7 years Serverless Architecture - 7 years Continuous Delivery (CD) - 7 years Cloud Migration - 3 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Python, AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Terraform, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Consulting, AWS Cloud Computing Services, Solution Design, Serverless Architecture, Cloud Security

The most amazing...

...project I've developed is an ingestion framework that performs real-time marketing to customers and can increase sales by 23%.

Work Experience

Cloud Architect

2022 - PRESENT

AutoTRADER.ca

Designed and implemented a multi-account environment strategy across AWS ecosystem using Control Tower.
Set up enterprise-wide best practices for migrating applications to the cloud. Designed and implemented a tagging strategy across AWS ecosystem for cost control and automation.
Designed and managed a cloud-based infrastructure to deliver the required performance, security, and availability.
Led the team in migrating systems as part of a larger acquisition.
Created architectural artifacts for existing and new applications deployed in AWS.

Technologies: AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure, Cloud Security, Cloud Migration, Serverless Architecture, Data Lake Design, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Terraform, AWS, 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

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, 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, 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

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, 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

Experience

Connected Spaces

https://www.acxiom.co.uk/what-we-do/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.

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

JULY 2018 - OCTOBER 2023

AWS Solutions Architect Associate

Amazon Web Services

JULY 2018 - OCTOBER 2023

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional

Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Skills

Libraries/APIs

Amazon API

Tools

AWS IAM, Boto, Boto 3, Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), Terraform, Shell, AWS CloudFormation

Paradigms

Serverless Architecture, DevOps, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), Microservices Architecture

Platforms

AWS, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, OpenShift

Storage

Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Data Lake Design, Databases, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch

Languages

Python, Java

Other

AWS Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, Cloud Infrastructure, Solution Design, Software Deployment, Programming, Development, AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWS Certified SysOps Administrator, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Architecture, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CI/CD Pipelines, Architecture, Amazon RDS, Business Continuity, Cloud Migration, Governance, AWS DevOps, Amazon Route 53, Disaster Recovery Consulting, Containers

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