GAUTHAM DAMIREDDY

As a dedicated SaaS Architect specializing in designing and optimizing scalable, secure cloud-based solutions that align with business goals. With expertise in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, I excel in building high-performing SaaS architectures that deliver 25-30% cost savings while incorporating robust security best practices to ensure data protection and risk mitigation.

My experience spans modernizing legacy systems, implementing cloud-native technologies, and developing multi-tenant SaaS platforms leveraging microservices architecture. I prioritize embedding security best practices into every phase of design and implementation, ensuring reliability, scalability, and compliance with industry standards.

Beyond technical design, I focus on cost efficiency and resource optimization, delivering solutions that balance innovation with operational savings. I thrive in collaborative environments, translating complex technical requirements into actionable strategies that meet business needs.

Key Areas of Expertise:

SaaS Architecture Design & Optimization
Cloud Security Best Practices & Risk Mitigation
Cost Optimization & Resource Management (Achieving 25-30% Savings)
Cloud Migrations & Modernization
Multi-Tenant SaaS Platforms & Microservices
Performance Monitoring & Scalability
Passionate about creating secure, efficient, and scalable cloud solutions.

• Collaborated with clients to develop customized architectural solutions, meeting their unique needs and preferences.
• Attended team meetings to resolve technical and project issues and review project schedules.
• Applied creative problem-solving skills to address unique challenges in the architectural design process.
• Developed comprehensive project documentation, including site plans, elevations, sections, and details for clear communication of design intent.
• Maintained strong communication with clients throughout the design process to ensure alignment between their vision and the final product.
• Improved project delivery times with meticulous planning and effective coordination with construction teams.
• Collaborated with vendors to evaluate potential products or services that would enhance the organization''s cloud computing capabilities.
• Conducted thorough audits on implemented solutions to ensure alignment with enterprise policies, standards, regulatory compliance requirements.
• Enhanced security measures by conducting vulnerability assessments and implementing best practices for cloud architecture.
• Delivered comprehensive documentation on architecture designs, processes, guidelines, and operational procedures for both internal team members and clients.
• Ensured business continuity by creating disaster recovery strategies, backup procedures, and failover plans for critical applications in the cloud environment.
• Increased cloud infrastructure efficiency by designing and implementing scalable solutions.
• Increased overall system performance through capacity planning, resource optimization, and load balancing techniques.
• Provided expert guidance during migration projects from legacy systems to modernized cloud-based environments without compromising functionality or security requirements.
• Conducted regular research to identify trends and cost saving opportunities.

• Design, architect, and build data and services platform for all SaaS offerings.
• Possess strong and broad understanding of business and technology capabilities and initiatives across the Financial Banking sector.
• Provide a deep understanding of Infrastructure technologies, including emerging trends:
• Public cloud (AWS and Microsoft Azure) platforms and services
• Provide thought leadership, strategy and lead innovation by exploring, investigating, recommending, benchmarking, and implementing technical solutions for the platform(s)
• Technically lead software engineering team in a globally distributed development team environment
• Establish scalable, efficient, automated, processes, quality/performance of the work produced by the team
• Collaborate with Cloud Delivery Managers, Service Delivery Managers, Business Analysts, PMs, and other key supporting teams to estimate and plan work
• Participate and implementing, security best practices and governance process like PCI, ISO, SOC 1 & 2 Auditing throughout the delivery process.
• Excellent technical and analytical skills and proven track record of delivering results
• Experience integrating disparate systems within large technology environments
• Maintained strong communication with clients throughout the design process to ensure alignment between their vision and the final product.
• Implemented advanced computer software for drafting and designing, improving overall efficiency and accuracy in architectural plans.
• Improved engineering team efficiency by streamlining processes and implementing agile methodologies.
• Mentored junior engineers, providing guidance and support to enhance their skills and career growth.
• Achieved high-quality project outputs by enforcing strict adherence to engineering best practices and design standards.
• Managed resource allocation effectively, ensuring optimal personnel distribution across concurrent projects.
• Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
• Enhanced system performance by optimizing architecture and implementing efficient design patterns.

• Improved overall cloud architecture efficiency by implementing cutting-edge technologies and best practices.
• Designed and developed scalable cloud solutions for enhanced performance and cost optimization.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of cloud services into existing systems.
• Optimized cloud infrastructure using data-driven analysis, resulting in significant cost savings.
• Contributed to business growth by designing and building highly available and fault-tolerant systems.
• Enhanced security measures with the incorporation of strict access controls and encryption methods.
• Successfully migrated legacy systems to modern cloud platforms, minimizing downtime during transitions.
• Provided technical guidance for team members, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Assisted clients in defining their business requirements, translating them into actionable technical solutions for the cloud environment.
• Delivered hands-on training sessions on various aspects of cloud computing, empowering team members to excel in their roles effectively.
• Proactively identified areas for process improvement within the organization''s IT infrastructure management approach.
• Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
• Displayed sound understanding of standard networking protocols, virtual networks and load balancing.

• Optimized cloud infrastructure performance by implementing continuous improvement strategies and automating processes.
• Enhanced system reliability by designing and maintaining robust monitoring solutions for critical services.
• Reduced downtime with proactive incident management, root cause analysis, and corrective action implementation.
• Increased team productivity by developing efficient workflows, setting clear expectations, and providing regular feedback on performance.
• Streamlined migration to cloud platforms through strategic planning, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Achieved cost savings by conducting regular audits of cloud resources usage and recommending optimization strategies.
• Improved overall system performance through capacity planning, load balancing, and resource optimization techniques.
• Stayed current on industry trends and emerging technologies to ensure the adoption of relevant tools within the organization''s cloud infrastructure ecosystem.
• Strengthened cybersecurity posture with the deployment of intrusion detection systems, vulnerability scans, and patch management processes.
• Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
• Provided 2nd and 3rd level technical support and troubleshooting to internal and external clients.

• Architected & implemented Public & Private Cloud infrastructure in a highly distributed environment
• Conducted current state assessment of infrastructure framework to identify gaps and recommend solutions.
• Point of escalation for all production and critical systems across Australia
• Designed and planned migration strategy using techniques such as market scans; Ensure alignment of migration approach to industry best practices and customer requirements Delivered detailed feature roadmaps that included technology selection and project schedule
• Creating, validating and reviewing solutions and effort estimates for data centre migration to Azure/ AWS Cloud Environment
• Conducting proof of concept for latest Cloud technologies offered by Azure and AWS
• Assist customers in simplifying the Architecture by Automation using JSON Templates and PowerShell
• Collaborated with Global team to implement new products, servers and resolve IT issues
• Developed key deliverables, process Definitions, best practices, user acceptance criteria, System integration and system test plan.
• Improved infrastructure efficiency by implementing virtualization technologies and consolidating servers.
• Reduced downtime for critical systems through proactive maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair of network issues.

• To design, implement, support and monitor all regional and national level IT services, IT project and services Reduced IT cost by Server & Application migration of existing infrastructure to competitive vendors with less downtime to critical applications
• Handle 2nd and 3rd level support issues on both regional and global level
• As a senior hosting engineer I have also been handling simple and complex 3rd level issues as presented by the internal stakeholders, Application and deployment teams, Service Desk Specialists
• Based on the common goal of business, I have coordinate solving more complex issues, deliver solutions in timely manner and according to priorities I have also assisted my fellow Systems Engineers in providing support when needed
• Having multiple projects in line I was able to deliver best outcome by prioritizing and plan daily activities

• Complete configuration, installation and support of equipment in a Microsoft Windows environment to the specifications of client proposals Maintaining software applications, operating systems and regular maintenance
• Managing assigned projects and program components to deliver services in accordance with established objectives
• Responding to inquiries from internal staff, administrators, service providers, site personnel and outside vendors and etc
• To provide technical assistance and support Supervising the administration of systems and servers related network to ensure availability of services to authorized users
• Responsible for configuring/maintaining/monitoring AWS products such as EC2 instances, S3, Virtual Private Configuration (VPC)
• Responsible for 3rd level AWS Infrastructure and application issues and troubleshooting.

• Managed vendors billing, Auditing on regular basis and renegotiated contracts and reduced vendor contract expenses by more than 30%
• Managed other team members for system development and assisted them in requirement analysis and understanding the business
• Maintaining and administering cloud based infrastructure on Amazon Web Services for in-house Custom Application and Amazon Web Service products
• Responsible for configuring/maintaining/monitoring AWS products such as EC2 instances, S3 storage, and AWS Virtual Private Configuration (VPC)
• Responsible for 2nd and 3rd level Infrastructure and application issues and troubleshooting consisting of 2 data centers and more than 25 servers
• Ensured that the IT team staff is motivated, monitored and measured in line with company targets and performance standards
• Documented and implemented Security, Application procedures and policies to improve overall business product productivity and security
• Managed relationships through liaisons at various levels between IT, Product Development and Help desk by understanding the business needs and goals
• Provided day to day consultancy to the users
• Installed, Configured, Monitored server performance and hosted services proactively; Managed infrastructure to target SLA’s (99.9 %) SLA for Critical Applications and 99% for overall Infrastructure services.

• Designed, Installed, Configured and maintained Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 / CRM 2011 End-to-End Solution
• Reduced the IT Cost by 40% by Server migration of existing infrastructure to competitive vendors with less downtime to critical applications
• Prepared and maintained documentation of technologies, standards and procedures
• Maintained and supported more than 150 servers on Windows/Linux Operating System
• Responsible for all level of Infrastructure issues and troubleshooting
• Scheduled, configured and maintained backup procedures using Symantec Backup exec
• Liaised with hosting Providers to setup and configure Servers, Databases and Firewall issues
• Installed, configured and maintained SQL Server 2005/2008
• Supported Blackberry Handsets and Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES)
• Supported more than 85 users located internally and externally, Internal and Production Backup administration and Management.

• Supported 24/7 on Critical Application as an escalation point and archived 95% success rate
• Awarded as best support engineer by resolving critical issues in given time frames
• Documented business requirements and rules for both programming and technical teams to achieve best results and to ensure requirements traceability
• Trained and mentored junior staff members to achieve high application knowledge
• Leveraged in-depth knowledge on both Technical and Application side, improving the support process
• Reviewed, Analysed and evaluated the Support tasks and processes
• Analysed user support escalation and recommending appropriate measurements
• Installed and configured production SQL 2005/2008 on critical server environment
• Documented and implemented backup procedures and processes for Database environment
• Worked with IT Infrastructure team to properly integrate and configure production applications.