Nikhit T

About Nikhit T

With over 9 years of experience, I specialize in cloud infrastructure, automation, and platform integration, currently serving as a Cloud Solutions Architect at Northern Trust since November 2024. My work involves architecting Azure cloud platforms for seamless application migrations, establishing CI/CD standards, and acting as a technical SME to guide teams through complex challenges in infrastructure, deployment, and application integration. Passionate about enabling teams, I have conducted structured training sessions on AWS, Azure, and cloud fundamentals, driving adoption of best practices across environments. My expertise includes Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes, alongside a strong focus on enhancing security, optimizing deployment processes, and building scalable systems.

Experience

1. Cloud Solutions Architect Sr Site Reliability Engineer

   Northern Trust

   Nov 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   Architected Azure cloud platform for application migration, defining networking, IAM, and environment isolation strategies across DEV, INT, UAT, and PROD • Established CI/CD standards and governance by reviewing pull requests, deployment strategies, and release workflows across multiple teams.• Acted as a technical SME across teams, providing architecture guidance, debugging support, and solutions for infrastructure, deployment, and application integration challenges.• Enabled developers through structured training sessions on AWS, Azure, and cloud fundamentals, improving adoption of platform standards and best practices.• Troubleshot complex cross-stack issues spanning CI/CD pipelines, networking, containerized applications, and backend integrations, reducing production friction and deployment failures.• Led migration of 25+ applications from PCF to Azure, reducing provisioning time by 50% using reusable Terraform modules • Implemented Azure Front Door architecture with WAF and routing policies, improving latency and security posture • Acted as cross-team technical advisor, guiding developers on cloud architecture, debugging strategies, and system design • Debugged production issues across React frontend, Spring Boot APIs, and cloud infrastructure, reducing incident resolution time • Built and deployed containerized microservices using Docker and Azure Container Apps

Education

• Osmania University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science

  2013 — 2017

• Governors State University

  Master's degree, Computer Science

• Governors State University

  Master of Science, Computational Science