AWS Solutions Architect

Shashi Shekhar

Cloud Infrastructure Expert & DevOps Leader building scalable AWS environments across global enterprises for 15+ years.

15+Years Experience
25+Countries Delivered
50+EC2 Instances
30%Cost Reduction
Shashi Shekhar
๐Ÿ“Bangalore, India
๐Ÿ“ž+91-8088060535
โœ‰shashi.shekhar2010@gmail.com

About

Professional Summary

AWS Solutions Architect and DevOps Manager with 15+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure design, web development, and digital transformation. Hands-on expertise in architecting and managing scalable AWS environments including EC2, S3, IAM, NAT Gateway, Application Load Balancer, and Route 53, with 4+ years of dedicated AWS cloud architecture experience. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams, delivering cloud-native solutions across 25+ countries, and driving CI/CD automation, Kubernetes orchestration, and Infrastructure-as-Code initiatives. Adept at reducing downtime, optimizing cloud costs, and accelerating delivery timelines.

Career

Professional Experience

AWS Solutions ArchitectMarch 2021 โ€“ Present ยท 4+ yrs

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Client: LEDVANCE GmbH โ€” Global Web Platform & Cloud Infrastructure

  • Architected multi-region AWS infrastructure hosting web apps for 25+ countries using EC2 Auto Scaling Groups, ALB, and Route 53 latency-based routing for sub-100ms regional failover.
  • Designed VPC architecture with public/private subnet isolation across 3 Availability Zones; deployed managed NAT Gateways for secure private subnet egress.
  • Configured Route 53 with weighted, latency-based, and health-check-driven failover routing โ€” achieving 99.99% DNS availability and zero-downtime blue-green deployments.
  • Built ALB configurations with path-based & host-based routing rules, WAF integration, and SSL termination across microservices environments.
  • Implemented S3 storage architecture with lifecycle policies, cross-region replication, versioning, and GDPR-compliant bucket policies for European clients.
  • Engineered IAM roles and permission boundaries following least-privilege; set up cross-account access via STS AssumeRole for CI/CD pipelines.
  • Provisioned and managed 50+ EC2 instances using Launch Templates and Auto Scaling; optimized costs by 30% via Reserved & Spot instance adoption.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CloudFormation โ€” reducing environment setup from days to under 2 hours.
Project Manager / Technical ConsultantAug 2022 โ€“ Present

Cognizant Technology Solutions

  • Led strategic project planning for LEDVANCE GmbH global digital platform across 25+ countries with cross-functional team management.
  • Orchestrated Kubernetes workloads on EKS with HPA/VPA autoscalers; managed canary and blue-green deployments for zero-downtime releases.
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines with security scans (Snyk), image signing (Notary v2), and GitOps-driven deployments.
  • Managed Elasticsearch clusters and Kibana dashboards for log analysis and performance monitoring.
Technical ConsultantJune 2019 โ€“ July 2022

Cognizant Technology Solutions

  • Provided AWS cloud consulting for infrastructure design, deployment automation, and DevOps toolchain adoption.
  • Built Action Card components for Microsoft Dynamics CRM using TypeScript, React.js, and Node.js.
  • Introduced Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform for repeatable environment provisioning.
Associate / Programmer AnalystDec 2014 โ€“ June 2019

Cognizant Technology Solutions

  • Developed and maintained web applications for CoreLogic (Data & Analytics) using Angular, HTML5, CSS3, and Bootstrap.
  • Contributed to CI/CD pipeline setup and early cloud migration initiatives.
Software Engineer / Web DeveloperAug 2010 โ€“ July 2014

Element Informatics (India) Pvt. Ltd. ยท Way2mint Services

  • Built Windows apps and static web applications using ASP.NET MVC, JavaScript, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3, and Facebook Developer APIs.

Leadership

Areas of Impact

AWS Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure Design
Project Planning, Delivery & Stakeholder Engagement
Cross-functional Team Mentoring & Agile/Scrum Leadership
RFP Response & Technical Pre-sales Support
Cost Optimization & Cloud FinOps Practices