Riju Narayanan
Senior Consultant (Aws Solutions Architect) @Slalom
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Consultant (Aws Solutions Architect) @Slalom
Sacramento, CA, US
Leadership & Delivery-Turned around a high-stakes engagement, restoring client confidence & leading a 6-member platform engineering team to sustained delivery success-Led executive deep-dive sessions, winning $1.5M Assess, Mobilize, & Migrate engagement-Built trusted partnerships with CTOs & senior stakeholders, acting as a strategic advisor-Translated architecture & migration requirements into actionable JIRA stories & navigated the AWS MAP program to accelerate client outcomesSolutions Architect-Defined CI/CD strategies, blue-green deployments, & containerized workloads using ECS, RDS, & Aurora PostgreSQL-Designed a HIPAA/PCI/NIST-compliant, Well-Architected AWS Landing Zone with a focus on resilience, scalability, & governance-Built secure platforms using CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform, Atmos, & performed deep troubleshooting to unblock teams-Produced architecture diagrams & cost models to guide executive decision-making-Designed & implemented multi-account, multi-region hybrid AWS network using CloudWAN, Transit Gateway; designed packet inspection & security architectures using third-party firewalls & Gateway Load BalancerCloud Migration-Architected & delivered an AWS Landing Zone to migrate servers across 3 global datacenters (US, Germany, India), enabling a large-scale data center exit-Liaised with application & business stakeholders to finalize server dispositions, identify migration patterns, define an 8-month migration wave plan, create migration runbooks & RAID Logs-Deployed AWS Cloud Migration Factory (CMF) for accelerated delivery-Successfully migrating 500+ servers across 35+ applications at scale using Application Migration Service-Decommissioned 2 data centers, delivering $3M+ annual infrastructure cost savings-Worked cross-functionally with network, security, firewall, storage, & cloud foundation teams to achieve near-zero downtime migrations-Provided weekly C-suite updates on migration progress, risks, & escalations
EDUCATION
S.I.E.S. College
HSC
Vivekanand Education Society's Institute Of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree, Electronics Engineering
Udayachal School
High School
SKILLS
ABOUT RIJU NARAYANAN
I’m a Certified Solutions Architect and Cloud Transformation Leader with 15+ years of experience designing, delivering, and stabilizing large-scale enterprise platforms—primarily on AWS—across multiple regulated industries.My expertise sits at the intersection of architecture, cloud design, and delivery execution. I specialize in building secure, scalable, multi-account AWS platforms, leading complex data center exits, modernization, and migration programs, and helping organizations reduce infrastructure spend by millions of dollars annually while positioning them for long-term digital adaptability. From landing zones and network architectures to serverless, containers, and GenAI/LLM integrations, I focus on pragmatic designs that balance innovation, cost, security, and operational excellence.What sets me apart is my ability to translate business goals into executable architectures and lead teams through ambiguity. I’ve been repeatedly trusted to turn around high-stakes engagements, rebuild client confidence, and partner closely with CTOs, CIOs, and executive stakeholders. I’m equally comfortable whiteboarding with engineers, presenting strategy to the C-suite, and owning delivery outcomes in fast-paced, multi-million-dollar programs.I thrive in roles where architecture isn’t just designed—but implemented and delivered. Whether it’s guiding enterprise cloud strategy, mentoring high-performing engineering teams, or designing resilient platforms that meet HIPAA, PCI, and NIST standards, my goal is always the same: create architectures that work in the real world and deliver measurable business value.Open to conversations around cloud architecture leadership, enterprise modernization, and complex transformation initiatives.
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