Vishnu Vaddamani

About Vishnu Vaddamani

AWS Certified Solutions Architect with 14 years of IT experience, including 11 years of expertise in AWS, designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant solutions on the cloud.Expertise in leading on-premises to AWS migrations, ensuring seamless transitions with minimal downtime and optimal performance.Architected and implemented solutions with AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS (Oracle and PostgreSQL Aurora), VPC, IAM, Lambda, Auto Scaling, ELB, Route 53, EBS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ECS, SQS, and SNS, ensuring scalability and reliability.Experienced in RDS, including Oracle, MSSQL, and PostgreSQL Aurora, with expertise in database replication, scaling, and integration into cloud-native architectures.Designed and implemented distributed systems architectures using microservices with Kubernetes and Amazon EKS, ensuring scalability, fault tolerance, and efficient resource utilization for high-demand workloads.Designed and executed disaster recovery (DR) strategies, leveraging tools like AWS Backup, cross-region replication, and Multi-AZ RDS deployments to ensure business continuity and data resilience.Directed cost optimization initiatives, utilizing AWS Cost Explorer, Trusted Advisor, and Savings Plans, achieving significant reductions in operational expenses while maintaining performance.Experienced at deploying and utilizing monitoring tools, such as Nagios and CloudWatch to enhance system reliability and observability.Implemented AWS Well-Architected Principles by reviewing applications and workloads against AWS best practices and conducting audits using the AWS Well-Architected Tool.Proficient in security and compliance practices, including penetration testing, vulnerability management, and supporting SOC audits, ensuring cloud infrastructures meet security standards and operational requirements.Skills:• Cloud Platforms: AWS• Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect ( Verification Code: 3P7MQ9PCZ2V41KGN )• AWS Compute: EC2, EKS, Lambda, Elastic Load Balancer ( ELB)• AWS Networking: VPC, Route 53, PrivateLink• Amazon Storage: S3, EBS, EFS, AWS Snow Family• Databases: Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL( Aurora)• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform• Security & Identity Management: AWS WAF, Secrets Manager, KMS, CloudTrail, IAM• Monitoring: Nagios, CloudWatch• Cybersecurity(Pentest): Netsparker, Synack• Containerization : Kubernetes, Docker• IT Service Management: ServiceNow, CAB Workbench, Jira• Operating Systems: RHEL, Amazon Linux 2, Windows

Experience

1. Senior Cloud Architect

   NiCE

   Apr 2018 — Present · Houston, TX, US

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

  Bachelor's degree

• Texas Tech University

  Management Information Systems, Business Intelligence

Skills

• Integration
• Data Architecture
• Architecture
• Data Warehousing
• Erp
• Dashboard
• Requirements Analysis
• Data Management
• Data Modeling
• Architectures
• Master Data Management
• Information Management
• Sql
• Data Integration
• Business Intelligence
• Etl
• Data Quality
• Analytics
• Extract, Transform, Load (Etl)