Ndiritu Muriuki

Experience

1. Cloud Architect

   MUFG

   Dec 2024 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Design and implement multi-cloud Landing Zones to establish secure, compliant, and scalable foundations for cloud workloads.Develop the core platform architecture for AWS, Azure, and OCI, integrating identity management, networking, security, and monitoring solutions.Create application migration strategies, including lift-and-shift, refactoring, and cloud-native modernization, ensuring minimal downtime and risk.Define standardized patterns for databases, virtual machines, tagging, naming conventions, and resource governance to enforce consistency and compliance.Serve as a key member of the Cloud Governing Council, establishing policies for security, risk management, and regulatory adherence (e.g, GDPR, PCI-DSS).Develop cloud budgeting frameworks to monitor expenditures, forecast costs, and implement cost-optimization strategies (e.g, reserved instances, auto-scaling).Design tagging strategies for resource accountability, cost tracking, and audit readiness.Lead the creation of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) pipelines using Terraform and GitHub Enterprise to automate cloud deployments and enforce DevOps best practices.Build onboarding workflows for cloud workloads, including self-service templates, guardrails, and compliance checks for development teams.Develop reusable cloud patterns and service catalogs to accelerate application deployment and reduce time-to-market.Act as a Technical Program Manager (TPM), coordinating cross-functional teams (business stakeholders, engineers, support) to deliver cloud initiatives on time and within budget.Create multi-year cloud roadmaps aligned with business goals, including milestones for platform upgrades, service adoption, and capability maturity.Partner with DevOps, Security, and Finance teams to balance technical feasibility, risk, and cost efficiency.

Education

• Stevens Institute of Technology

  BE, Computer Engineering

Skills

• Sdlc
• Solution Architecture
• Vmware
• Itil
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Center
• IT Strategy
• Disaster Recovery