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Shinoj Odandiyil

Banglore

Summary

Innovative Cloud and DevOps Architect recognized for driving high productivity and efficient task completion. Expert in cloud adoption, cloud-native development, serverless architectures, and containerization. Specialize in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), governance models, and deployment designs. Skilled in problem-solving, strategic planning, and communication, ensuring seamless project execution and exceptional stakeholder satisfaction.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solution Architect

UST
Bengaluru
02.2022 - Current
  • AWS Migration & Application Modernization Solution
  • Gen AI Use Cases Implementation
  • Container Orchestration
  • IaC Deployment solution using CI-CD Pipeline

Solution Architect

DXC Technologies
Bengaluru
11.2018 - 02.2022
  • Infrastructure Solution Design for various projects
  • Active Directory Federation Service
  • Migration Services - Legacy and cloud infra.
  • Storage and Backup solution

Senior System Engineer

CNS
Abudhabi
04.2016 - 08.2018
  • Infrastructure Project Delivery
  • Low Level Design and Implementation.
  • Legacy System Integration
  • Migration services
  • Server, Storage, Backup and DR

Senior System Engineer

Emitac
Abudhabi
05.2014 - 03.2016
  • Infrastructure Project Delivery
  • Low Level Design and Implementation.
  • Legacy System Integration

UNIX SME

IBM
Bengaluru
02.2009 - 09.2010
  • Multi flavor/ Multi Account UNIX team SME

HPUX/AIX/LINUX Administrator

Encora Technologies
Tampines
07.2007 - 01.2009
  • Asia Pacific Data Center Operations -CitiBank

HPUX Administrator

IBM
Bengaluru
12.2005 - 07.2007
  • Unix System Administrator for Various Clients

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Kuvempu University
Bengaluru
05-2010

3 Year Diploma - Electrical Engineering

Kerala Gov Polytechnic
Kozikode
06-1999

Skills

Cloud Platforms DevOps & Automation Containerization & Orchestration Operating Systems Scripting & Programming Other Tools

  • AWS Cloud Platform Infrastructure solution design
    Network & connectivity architecture
    Cloud-native development and modernization
    SaaS integration solutions
    High availability and disaster recovery (DR) architecture
    New builds and migrations
    Cost optimization strategies
    Security analysis

    AWS-specific tools and services Developer tools integration
    Serverless applications (Lambda, API Gateway)
    Docker & container orchestration (ECS, ECR, EKS)
    Kubernetes management
    Gen AI foundation models (AWS Bedrock, Amazon Q for Business)
  • Azure
    Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • CI/CD pipeline design and integration: Jenkins
    AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
  • Configuration management: Puppet
    Chef
  • Monitoring and observability: Nagios
    AWS CloudWatch, Grafana and Prometheus
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC):AWS CloudFormation
    Terraform
  • Containerization: Docker
  • Orchestration: AWS ECS
    AWS EKS
    Kubernetes
  • Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    Ubuntu
    AIX, HPUX
  • Windows: Windows Server
  • Languages: Shell scripting (Ksh, Bash)
    Python
  • Version control: Git
  • System management: AWS Systems Manager

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate
  • Azure AZ-303 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
  • HP Certified System Engineer

Recent Projects

AWS Migration & Application Modernization Gen AI Use Case Implementation AWS Migration Container Orchestration CI/CD Pipeline Integration

Role: Solution Architect
Objective: Migrate on-premises applications to cloud-native environments, focusing on development, deployment, and operations.
Solution:

  • Designed target infrastructure and streamlined enterprise application lifecycle management.
  • Established governance frameworks for secure, consistent multi-account infrastructure.
  • Architected DevOps frameworks with CI/CD pipelines for automated provisioning and deployments.
  • Built AWS Landing Zone adhering to Well-Architected Framework with IaC practices.
  • Deployed containerized environments using AWS EKS, ECR, and developer tools.
  • Defined cloud-native architecture for microservices, serverless, and containerized workloads.
  • Standardized observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.
  • Migrated legacy workloads to cloud-native platforms with minimal downtime.
  • Integrated automation with version control and testing frameworks for seamless delivery.
  • Embedded security and cost-optimization in infrastructure lifecycles.

Role: Solution Architect
Objective: Migrate virtual infrastructure to AWS and enable AI-driven deployment guide generation.
Solution:

  • Developed a Gen AI tool with AWS Titan Foundation Model for chat-based SOP deployment guides.
  • Integrated Pinecone for efficient SOP data storage and retrieval.
  • Built interactive conversational AI for tailored project responses.
  • Automated deployment guide creation, reducing manual effort and enhancing consistency.
  • Designed workflows for multi-project support across environments.
  • Ensured scalability, reliability, and continuous learning mechanisms for AI refinement.

Role: Solution Architect
Objective: Migrate virtual infrastructure from on-premises to AWS.
Solution:

  • Set up Landing Zone with AWS Control Tower and account vending automation.
  • Architected network infrastructure with VPNs, SD-WAN, and backup solutions.
  • Migrated services to managed/SaaS offerings for scalability and cost optimization.
  • Used AWS MGN, DMS, DataSync, and Import/Export for seamless data migration.
  • Integrated IAM with Active Directory for centralized access management.
  • Deployed centralized logging, monitoring, and key management with KMS.
  • Implemented Security Hub, GuardDuty, and SCPs for compliance and threat detection.

Role: Solution Architect
Objective: Optimize container deployments on AWS ECS with controlled releases via AWS CodePipeline.
Solution:

  • Designed ECS clusters/services for scalability and high availability.
  • Implemented horizontal scaling with EC2 Auto Scaling and container-specific strategies.
  • Configured ALBs/NLBs for fault tolerance and API traffic routing.
  • Automated Docker deployments via AWS CodePipeline with ECS as the target.
  • Documented implementation, scaling, and troubleshooting procedures.

Role: DevOps Engineer
Objective: Automate the client release process for serverless Lambda applications.
Solution:

  • Triggered AWS CodePipeline on repository commits.
  • Used CodeBuild for builds, storing artifacts in S3.
  • Automated stack creation with CodeDeploy and CloudFormation.
  • Deployed Lambda applications via CodeDeploy execution stage.

Timeline

Solution Architect

UST
02.2022 - Current

Solution Architect

DXC Technologies
11.2018 - 02.2022

Senior System Engineer

CNS
04.2016 - 08.2018

Senior System Engineer

Emitac
05.2014 - 03.2016

UNIX SME

IBM
02.2009 - 09.2010

HPUX/AIX/LINUX Administrator

Encora Technologies
07.2007 - 01.2009

HPUX Administrator

IBM
12.2005 - 07.2007

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Kuvempu University

3 Year Diploma - Electrical Engineering

Kerala Gov Polytechnic
Shinoj Odandiyil