Arvind Viswanathan

About Arvind Viswanathan

I am a Principal AWS Solutions Architect and former IBM Distinguished Engineer with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and enterprise software engineering. Over my career, I have architected high-performance, mission-critical systems that handle over transactions per second. I also have extensive experience leading large-scale cloud migrations, having successfully migrated over VMs to the cloud annually.My focus is on guiding enterprises through their complete modernization journey, from initial architecture and development to implementation, optimization, and ongoing operations. I work closely with clients to understand their unique business requirements and design solutions that leverage the latest cloud technologies to meet their goals.Having led diverse global technical teams, I am skilled at driving projects to successful completion while navigating complex organizational dynamics. My experience spans the full software development lifecycle across a wide range of technologies and platforms.I am particularly passionate about using cloud technologies to solve challenging business problems and enable new innovations.Specialties: Cloud Architecture, AWS, Distributed Systems, Enterprise Software, Migration, Technical Leadership

Experience

1. Principal Solutions Architect

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Jul 2022 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   Led cloud solutions and digital transformation strategies for marquee enterprise customers in the Pacific Northwest and in the Auto & Manufacturing segment• Led cloud foundations maturity, CloudOps, cloud migration and security initiatives for The Boeing Company• Partnered with customers’ CxOs and led enterprise-wide technology initiatives. Focused on data modernization, digital transformation, migration, security and resilience • Architected and published cloud observability reference implementation based on best practices using Amazon EKS and OpenSearch, and enhanced the solution to incorporate Bedrock for AI-enhanced monitoring• Served as a container technology specialist in the AWS Technical Field Community, providing expert guidance on complex Kubernetes implementations, observability solutions and service mesh architectures

Education

• Marist University

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

  1990 — 1994

• University of Virginia

  Master of Computer Science

  1995 — 1997

Skills

• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Application Development
• Software Project Management
• Itil
• IT Outsourcing
• Architectures
• Software Development
• Architecture
• IT Management
• Integration
• Project Portfolio Management
• Requirements Analysis
• Cloud Computing
• Innovation Management
• Business Process
• IT Service Management
• Business Intelligence
• Saas
• Outsourcing
• Pmp
• Discovery and Dependency Mapping
• Soa
• Enterprise Software
• Enterprise Architecture
• Distributed Systems
• Business Analysis
• Application Architecture
• Pre-Sales
• IT Strategy
• Project Management
• Technical Leadership
• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Virtualization
• Sql
• Service-Oriented Architecture (Soa)
• Websphere
• Data Center
• Disaster Recovery