Vikas Sharma

About Vikas Sharma

Cloud & Product Engineering Leader with 12+ years of experience in AWS cloud architecture and platform engineering, designing and delivering enterprise-grade cloud platforms focused on cloud security, governance, and FinOps.Core expertise in building scalable, multi-account AWS environments and cloud-native platforms that remain resilient, compliant, cost-efficient, and production-ready throughout their lifecycle. Strong focus on creating autonomous platforms as internal products, enabling secure and efficient cloud adoption at scale rather than delivering isolated solutions.Proven experience contributing to and shaping large-scale cloud security and cost governance platforms operating across complex enterprise environments. This includes architecting event-driven, cloud-native solutions that enable continuous compliance, automated guardrails, data perimeter controls, and real-time visibility into platform health and usage.Currently leading and mentoring a cloud engineering team of 10+, partnering closely with application engineering, security, finance, and risk stakeholders to ensure cloud platforms scale reliably and operate efficiently. Strong believer in thoughtful system design, strong engineering fundamentals, and platforms that are secure, scalable, and efficient by design.

Experience

1. Prinicipal Lead - Cloud Enginnering

   Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC

   Feb 2023 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Leading cloud engineering initiatives focused on AWS architecture, platform engineering, cloud security, and FinOps across multi-account enterprise environments.• Architect and evolve enterprise-scale AWS cloud platforms supporting secure, compliant, and cost-efficient workloads• Design and implement cloud security guardrails including IAM governance, Service Control Policies (SCPs), and data perimeter controls• Strengthen access governance through restrictive IAM policies and VPC endpoint enforcement strategies• Drive FinOps and cloud cost optimization initiatives enabling forecasting, visibility, and governance across accounts• Build event-driven, serverless architectures to support scalable compliance automation and platform operations• Partner with application engineering, security, finance, and risk teams to align cloud architecture with governance standards• Lead and mentor a cloud engineering team delivering secure and production-grade AWS platform capabilities

Education

• Guru Govind Sing Indraprastha University

  Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Computer Science

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Jmeter
• Performance Testing
• Sdlc
• Scripting
• Performance Center
• Html
• Perfmon
• Core Java
• Testing
• Newrelic
• Hp Quicktest Professional (Qtp)
• Hp Quality Center
• Loadrunner
• Test Planning
• Quality Center
• Appdynamics
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)