Shylesh Christian

About Shylesh Christian

Multi-cloud Architect with experience in Digital Transformation, multi/hybrid cloud enablement and workload migration, scaling containerized applications via k8s, AIOps/MLOps enablement, Enterprise ITIL/ITSM framework adoption, Marketing technology, Omni-Channel and Customer Relationship Management. Special strengths include Scaled Agile Framework, Public Cloud Adoption, Business and Enterprise Architecture, Security Architecture, Enterprise Data Management, Business Intelligence and Analytics, Mapping technology to business problems, Multi-tier architecture and SDLC approaches. Additional strengths include customer service, adapting to change, delivering on commitment, and integrity.

Experience

1. Enterprise Architect

   Capital One

   Jan 2026 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Develop the Target State Architecture: Define a unified vision and detailed architecture blueprint for the merged cloud platforms, ensuring alignment with the combined organization\'s long-term business goals and strategy.Define Migration Strategy & Roadmap: Create a phased migration plan, prioritizing which workloads and data should be moved first (e.g, non-essential data before transactional data) to minimize business disruption and manage risks.Cost Optimization (FinOps): Evaluate and optimize cloud costs and usage across the new infrastructure, implementing FinOps frameworks to ensure cost efficiency and observability.Standardize Security & Compliance: Develop and implement a unified security framework that includes standardized access controls, encryption, continuous monitoring, and compliance with relevant regulations (e.g, PCI DSS, CFPB, FTC) across all environments.Ensure Seamless Interoperability: Design and implement integration interfaces and APIs to ensure different systems and applications can communicate effectively, whether they are on-premise, private cloud, or public cloud.Intelligent Data Movement: AI automates complex data mapping and transformation between incompatible systems from merging companies.Agentic Orchestration:\"Agentic AI\" acts as a digital collaborator, independently managing multi-step integration tasks and coordinating workflows across Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines.

Education

• Huron University

  MBA, Business Management, Finance

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Power Center
• Requirements Analysis
• Vendor Management
• Business Analysis
• Sharepoint
• Big Data
• Human Resources Information Systems (Hris)
• Agile Methodologies
• Information Technology
• Database Design
• User Experience
• Business Intelligence
• Requirements Gathering
• Sql
• Api
• Analytical Skills
• Project Implementation
• Etl
• Data Quality
• Enterprise Architecture
• Data Modeling
• Problem Solving
• Data Warehousing
• Safe
• Business Requirements
• Integration
• Oracle Sql
• Architecture
• Data Analysis
• Application Architecture
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Informatica
• Databases
• Data Integration
• Business Process Improvement
• Data Warehouse Architecture
• Sql*Plus
• Analytics