Dipaditya Das

About Dipaditya Das

Senior Cloud Solution and Security Architect with nearly a decade of hands-on experience spanning multi-cloud architecture, enterprise security engineering, DevSecOps, automation, and government-grade digital forensics. Proven expertise in designing and governing large-scale, secure, and compliant cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, with deep specialization in IAM, zero-trust networking, encryption, key management, Kubernetes security, and policy-as-code.Currently operating at an enterprise architecture level, driving cloud strategy, reference architectures, landing zones, and security governance for mission-critical workloads. Adept at translating business and regulatory requirements into resilient, cost-optimized, and scalable cloud solutions while advising senior leadership and cross-functional teams.Brings a unique blend of commercial cloud leadership and public-sector forensic expertise, having led complex cybercrime and national-security investigations for the Government of India. Highly certified (RHCA Level VI and multiple hyperscaler credentials) and deeply committed to knowledge sharing, technical mentoring, and building security-by-design cultures across organizations.

Experience

1. Senior Cloud Solution and Security Architect

   Cognizant

   Feb 2026 — Present · Kolkata, IN

   Define hybrid/multi-cloud reference architectures aligned with business scalability, governance, and regulatory requirements. Architect secure edge-to-cloud (IoT), 5G core & OSS/BSS (Telecom), and digital/core banking platforms (BFSI). Implement IAM, PAM, RBAC, device identity management, MFA, and least-privilege access models. Design micro-segmentation (OT/IT isolation, network slicing, workload isolation) with encrypted east-west and north-south traffic. Establish encryption standards (at rest/in transit), KMS/HSM integration, tokenization, and data lifecycle management. Align architecture controls with RBI, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, IEC 62443, telecom regulatory mandates, and audit frameworks. Design geo-redundant, active-active architectures meeting SLA, RTO, and RPO objectives with automated failover. Conduct STRIDE/MITRE-based threat modeling, third-party risk analysis, and enterprise risk mitigation planning. Implement secure CI/CD pipelines with SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC policy enforcement, and container security controls. Integrate SIEM/SOC, anomaly detection, DDoS mitigation, fraud detection, and incident response orchestration.

Education

• University of Engineering & Management (UEM)

  Bachelor of Technology

• Maria's Day School

  ISC Higher Secondary School, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2015 — 2017

• Lyceum English Medium School - India

  ICSE Secondary School , Science and Computer Application

  2002 — 2015