Vijay Krishnan
Enterprise Architect - Cloud and Infrastructure
Mumbai, India | your.email@example.com | +91 98XXX XXXXX | linkedin.com/in/your-profile
Professional Summary
Enterprise Architect with 15 years leading cloud transformation programs and defining technology strategy for regulated financial services and enterprise organisations. Led a 3-year, 200-person cloud migration for a large public sector bank covering 800+ applications, delivered on schedule and 12% under the INR 140 crore budget. Designed a FinOps governance framework that reduced cloud waste by 42% across a 60-account AWS organisation, saving INR 8.2 crore annually and reducing unallocated spend from 40% to 4.3% of the total cloud bill. TOGAF 9 certified. Trusted by CTO and CIO stakeholders to present architecture risk and investment decisions at board level.
Skills and Expertise
Enterprise Architecture: TOGAF 9 (Architecture Development Method), Architecture governance and ARB, Technology roadmapping, Architecture decision records (ADRs), Reference architecture design
Cloud Strategy and Governance: AWS Landing Zone / Control Tower, Multi-cloud strategy (AWS, Azure, GCP), Cloud Operating Model design, FinOps framework, Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE), Account vending and governance
Security and Compliance: Zero Trust architecture, CSPM, Regulatory compliance (RBI, SEBI, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001), Risk assessment and treatment, IAM governance at enterprise scale
Technical Platforms: AWS (advanced), Azure (proficient), GCP (working knowledge), Kubernetes (architectural oversight), Terraform (governance and standards), API Gateway and service mesh patterns
Leadership: CTO / CIO advisory, Board-level technology presentations, Architecture practice building (2 to 18 architects), Cross-functional stakeholder management, Team mentoring
Certifications
- TOGAF 9 CertifiedLifetime
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - ProfessionalNov 2023 - Nov 2026
- AWS Certified Security - SpecialtyMay 2023 - May 2026
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)Sep 2022 - Sep 2025
Achievements
- Cloud Transformation Program - Large Public Sector Bank - Led a 3-year, 200-person program migrating 800+ applications to AWS and Azure; delivered on schedule and 12% under the INR 140 crore budget.
- FinOps Governance - INR 8.2 Crore Annual Saving - Designed a FinOps framework across a 60-account AWS organisation; cloud waste reduced by 42% and unallocated spend fell from 40% to 4.3% of the total cloud bill.
- Architecture Practice Build - Grew a cloud architecture practice from 2 to 18 architects over 4 years, introducing ADRs, reference architectures, and a monthly Architecture Review Board.
Work Experience
Principal Enterprise Architect - Cloudtower Consulting
Jan 2022 - Present- Serves as technical advisor to CTO and CIO stakeholders at 4 enterprise clients; defines 3-5 year cloud technology roadmaps and presents quarterly technology strategy updates at board level, translating infrastructure risk into business impact terms.
- Leads the company's Cloud Centre of Excellence (CCoE) setting architecture standards, Terraform governance, and security baselines across 20 accounts; unreviewed architecture changes reduced from 35% to under 5% of monthly deployments within 6 months of ARB launch.
- Designed a TOGAF-aligned governance framework adopted company-wide, including Architecture Review Board processes, ADR templates, and tiered approval workflows; ARB now covers 100% of significant infrastructure changes within a 5-working-day SLA across 38 reviews in the last year.
- Developed a multi-cloud integration blueprint for a manufacturing client spanning AWS (primary), Azure (Active Directory and M365 integration), and GCP (BigQuery analytics) with unified identity federation and network connectivity; delivered across 3 regions in 9 months, on time.
- Leads a team of 8 cloud architects and 4 security architects; runs quarterly goal-setting and career development planning; 3 architects promoted to principal level in 2 years.
- Governs modern cloud-native adoption across all client engagements by mandating GitOps-based deployment pipelines, EKS tenant isolation guardrails (Kyverno policies, namespace RBAC, network policies), and container supply chain security standards (image signing, SBOM) - ensuring architectural governance keeps pace with engineering practice rather than lagging behind it.
Cloud Architecture Lead - Finvault India
May 2019 - Jan 2022- Led cloud strategy and architecture for a financial services firm migrating on-premises data centres to AWS under regulatory digital infrastructure guidelines; 120 applications migrated in 18 months with no regulatory findings.
- Designed AWS Landing Zone for a 30-account organisation (Control Tower, centralised logging, GuardDuty, Security Hub, automated PCI-DSS and ISO 27001 compliance checks); all accounts born compliant, eliminating a 6-week manual compliance assessment previously required per account.
- Designed FinOps governance framework including tagging standards, monthly cost review cadence, and business unit chargebacks; unallocated cloud spend fell from 40% to 4.3% of the total bill within 12 months, recovering INR 1.8 crore annually.
- Managed a team of 5 engineers through architecture delivery phases; maintained 100% on-time delivery across 4 quarterly milestones against the program plan.
Senior Cloud Architect - Zensoft Technologies
Aug 2015 - May 2019- Architected AWS infrastructure for a 50-million-user e-commerce platform; designed the multi-region active-passive DR strategy and led 2 DR failover tests, each achieving RTO under 20 minutes against a 30-minute target.
- Introduced Terraform as the company infrastructure standard, replacing manual AWS console provisioning; environment drift incidents fell from 8/month to zero within 90 days of full adoption.
- Led vendor evaluations for CDN, WAF, and SIEM tooling; produced assessment reports used in 3 board-level investment decisions totalling INR 12 crore.
Technology Lead - Techwave Solutions
Jan 2013 - Aug 2015- Promoted to Technology Lead after 3.5 years; managed a team of 10 engineers delivering a core banking platform migration for a regional bank across 4 countries.
- Improved on-time delivery rate from 60% to 88% over 2 years by introducing Agile sprint ceremonies, infrastructure automation scripts, and a standardised deployment checklist.
Software Engineer - Techwave Solutions
Aug 2009 - Dec 2012- Delivered infrastructure and application support for banking and telecom clients across Europe and Asia-Pacific as part of a 40-person managed services team.
- Promoted to Senior Software Engineer in 2011 based on performance ratings and ownership of the team's Linux server estate and deployment runbooks.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Technology Management - Maharashtra Institute of Management, Pune
2007 - 2009Bachelor of Engineering (BE) - Computer Science - Mumbai Metropolitan University
2003 - 2007Customise this template: Replace the name, contact details, company names, and bullet points with your own experience. The structure and phrasing are designed to read well to both recruiters and hiring managers in cloud and DevOps roles.