Cloud Architect

+919994404113
Thanigaivel Natarajan :
[email protected]

Summary
 Self – Motivated Architect / Lead / Consultant with 19+ Years of experience in IT Infrastructure Strategy &
Design, Analysis and implementation using Azure / AWS and GCP for enterprise applications.
 Extensive experience in architecting large scale cloud migration projects/programs; Specially Lead the Third-
party DC and Azure China region migration; Extensive experience in architecting enterprise public cloud
solutions; experience of stakeholder management within complex organizations.
 Extensive experience in conducting Cloud Readiness Assessments observing business and technical
perspectives; experience in conducting cloud service maps, security considerations as part of a wider Cloud
Adoption Framework; excellent knowledge of cloud computing technologies and current computing trends
 Proven experience assessing client’s workloads and technology landscape for Cloud suitability, develop
business case and Cloud adoption roadmap; developing, deploying & debugging cloud applications; ability to use
continuous integration and distribution pipelines to deploy applications; ability to code to implement essential
security measures
 Excellence in managing large teams right from requirements through design, implementation & deployment;
excellent analytical, organizational, planning skills with demonstrated abilities in training & mentoring teams
towards achieving organizational goals

Educational Qualification

 BCA – Pursuing, Alagappa University

 3Yrs Diploma in Computer Technology (2004), Priyadarshini Polytechnic College, DOTE (Department of
Technical Education)
 Higher Secondary (2000), Thiruvalluvar Higher Secondary School.
 SSLC (1998), Thiruvalluvar Higher Secondary School.

Achievements

 AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA)

 Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
 Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
 ITIL 2011 Foundation

Technical Skills
 Azure / AWS / GCP / VMWare
 Windows / Linux / AD
 Oracle / MS SQL
  Terraform / ARM / Jenkins
 Cloud watch / Azure monitoring
 Remedy / Service Now

Experience
Cloud Architect, Hexaware Technologies Pvt Ltd
Sep 2021 - Till Date

 Architected & Implemented Public Cloud Infrastructure in highly distributed environment.

 Gathered and analysed market information and used findings to define migration strategy. Identify the
prospective issues in the Azure migration and suggesting feasible solutions to clients.
 Conducted current state assessment of Infrastructure framework to identify gaps recommend solutions.
Leveraged assessment results to enhance existing framework and designed strategic solution for owners and users.
 Creating, validating, and reviewing solutions and effort estimate for Data Centre migration to Azure cloud
environment conducting proof of concept for latest Azure cloud-based service.
 Transitioning new technical project and ensuring smooth go-live for Azure operations. Executing technical
feasibility assessments, solution estimations for datacentre Migration with Public and hybrid cloud migration and
deployment.
 Worked in Collaboration with other Microsoft Subject Matter Experts to provide and document
recommendations for their applications.
 Delivered details feature roadmaps that included action items and project targets. Allocating resources to
ongoing projects and enforcing deadlines.
 Providing Hands-On Technical sessions to the clients, Documentation of Azure Processes for Company's future
use.

Infrastructure Architect-IT Strategy & Design, IBM India Pvt Ltd

Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

 Worked as an Infrastructure Architect-IT to Strategy & Design Automation solutions for Cloud Environment.
 Identified potential process improvements in requirements elicitation process and implemented best practices
to organize services and requirements gathering workshops involving multiple stakeholders from cross-functional
teams.
 Worked in collaboration with other Microsoft Subject Matter Experts to provide and document
recommendations for their applications.
 Consulting & assisting to customers in simplifying the Architecture by Automation, using requested tools.

Lead DevOps, Photon Interactive Pvt Ltd

Oct 2018 - Mar 2020

 Client requirement gathering, Planning, Analysis, Cost estimation, Design and implement infrastructure in AWS
& Azure Cloud that supports development of backend services and web applications.
 Designing architecture, deployment, and migration of the client web site from the physical environment to the
Azure Cloud, which is one of the biggest Sitecore Implementation in the Cloud according to Microsoft.
 Implement proof of concepts to validate cloud concepts, architecture, and requirements. Project-managed
large-scale initiatives involving the transition of programs to new platforms and the merger of disparate systems
from acquired client companies.
 Hands-on implementation of the Azure Operations dealing with IAAS Infrastructure and deploying applications
as PAAS Implementing New Azure Services Like RBAC, Security Monitoring, Recovery service Vaults, Operation
management Suites, Cost-Estimation and Efforts.

Technical Specialist, HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd

Mar 2016 - Oct 2018

 Experience on architect, designing, implementing, and supporting of Cloud based Infrastructure and its
solutions. Setup/Managing Linux and Windows Servers on Amazon (EC2, EBS, ELB, SSL, Security Groups, RDS and
IAM)
 Experienced in Developed a migration approach to move workloads from On - Premises AD to Windows Azure
or develop new cloud-ready application solutions.
 Experienced in creating multiple VPC's and public, private subnets as per requirement and distributed them as
groups into various availability zones of the VPC.
 Creating/Managing DNS records on Amazon Route 53 panel, Creating / Managing the Auto Scaling concept by
using Bash Script. Created NAT gateways and instances to allow communication from the private instances to the
internet through bastion hosts.

Team Leader, Care IT Solutions Dec 2015 -

Feb 2016

 Managed and Maintained the Service Engineers Team, Experienced in Hybrid cloud integration with on-
premises.
 Provided Tier II / III phone, remote, and desk side support to 7000 users.

System Administrator, V LINK Systems May

2011 - Sep 2015

 Experienced in migrating, installing, configuring, monitoring, maintaining, and troubleshooting the Windows
2003 / 2008 /2012 ADS, DNS and DHCP Servers. User account creation/user adding into domain, groups accessing
permission and file permission
 Interacted with clients for resolving access related problems and helping them in setting up the connectivity
between client and the users for project execution.

System Administrator, Photon Infotech Nov

2009 - May 2011

 New Servers Build in Physical & Virtual environment, Maintaining, Handling, and troubleshooting more then
450+ Windows Servers and 750+ VMware Instants in Photon InfoTech Environment like Dev, QA & Prod.
 Administration of Windows 2003 / 2008 ADS, DNS, DHCP Servers, Domain Controller Migration, Created Mail
id, web mail Access, User Account & Groups Accessing Permission and File Permission

System Administrator, MC Soft Nov 2006 -

Nov 2009

 Challenged to manage the entire IT Infrastructure, maintain & manage the ADS, DNS, Backup, Repository
Server, and the Server Backup Log files.
 Accountable for creating of Domain id, Mail id, Web mail Access, User Account & Groups Accessing Permission
and File Permission.
 Accountable for handling the Servers, LAN, Desktops, Laptops, Printer, Networking equipment’s are up and
working 24x7.
 Associate Project Engineer, Accel Frontline Ltd
Jun 2005 - Nov 2006

 Installation, configuration and troubleshooting of various applications and software’s.

 Installing and configuring the Local & N/W Printer and provide L1 support for Bare metals.

Personal details

Name: Thanigaivel Anggathai Natarajan. Short name: Thani

Email address: [email protected], [email protected]
Mobile Number: 9994404113 /9884904113
Date of Birth: 31st May 1983
Passport Number: S7436578
Passport Expiry date: 08/11/2028
Visa Status: NA
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Indian
Sex: Male