Eliyas Lokhandwala

About Eliyas Lokhandwala

Transformational, Result Oriented, and Information Technology leader with progressive…

Experience

1. Delivery Architect-aws

   Rackspace Technology

   Dec 2021 — Present

   Consulting and Solution Design: Currently leading AWS Public Cloud consulting, design, and solutioning for a bank in the UK utilizing a diverse range of AWS services such as EKS, Lambda, EC2, API Gateway, NLB, ALB, AWS Private Link,Transit Gateway, VPC Peering, KMS, Secrets Manager, Vault, S3, Amazon Transfer Family (ATF), DataSync, RDS, Route53, ACM, IAM, and IAM Roles Anywhere, etc. Continuously designing and implementing solutions following established patterns, including Event Driven, Microservice-based, and Serverless architectures. • Design Patterns: Creating innovative design patterns that adhere to industry-leading best practices, particularly in the realm of security. • Design Leadership: Leading the creation of AWS Infrastructure Low-Level Designs, consistently adhering to recognized industry best practices. Conducting peer reviews of designs and solutions authored by other architects, providing valuable feedback and enhancements to optimize system architectures. • Vendor Collaboration: Playing a pivotal role in evaluating and performing gap analyses of third-party supplier and vendor designs. Ensuring seamless integration of external solutions into the AWS ecosystem while maintaining security, scalability, and compliance. • Mentorship and Skill Development: Demonstrating leadership by mentoring junior Cloud Architects, nurturing their skills, and fostering their growth within the organization. Empowering future talents to excel in the complex world of cloud architecture. • Cost Optimization: Actively implementing cost optimization strategies, resulting in substantial reductions in AWS OPEX. • Documentation and Proposals: Creating SOW and proposals encompassing technical solutions, deliverables, RAID, as well as accurate cost and effort estimations. These documents play a pivotal role in project initiation and client communication.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor's Degree

  2004 — 2005

Skills

• Process Improvement
• Microsoft Products
• Dns
• Hp Openview
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Vmware
• Bmc Remedy
• Patch Management
• Unicenter Service Desk
• Mysql
• Hp Server Hardware
• Data Analysis
• Ibm Servers
• Microsoft Technologies
• Bmc Bladelogic
• Disaster Recovery
• Vmware Esx
• Peregrine
• Ldap
• Hpux 11i
• IT Service Management
• Netbackup
• Virtualization
• Commvault
• Citrix
• Dell Poweredge Servers
• Fault Management
• Hp Blade
• Linux Server
• Group Policy
• Microsoft Cluster
• Load Balancing
• Nagios
• Sox Compliancy
• Team Management
• Scripting
• Vbscript
• Microsoft Exchange