Balaji Mohan DevOps & Cloud Architect

Dual-role as Cloud Architect for a major US financial services client and Senior DevOps Engineer for internal GCP projects.

• Architected an automated AWS DMS framework integrated with HashiCorp Vault for zero-touch, compliant data migrations on critical financial workloads
• Designed a Day 2 Database Provisioning Framework (Alembic + Terraform + Lambda) — standardizing security guardrails and role-scoped access across enterprise ecosystems
• Introduced a T-Shirt Sizing model for RDS/Aurora provisioning, drastically simplifying database creation for non-technical stakeholders
• Acted as Interim Technical Lead, directly briefing senior client stakeholders on roadmaps and risk mitigation strategies
• Explored Platform Engineering tooling — Backstage & Port — for Tensure's internal developer portal

Led detection engineering and security operations for a multi-cloud environment with SOC 2 & ISO 27001 compliance requirements.

• Built and maintained security alerts and detection rules in Datadog using Terraform
• Authored automation to enrich detections and auto-respond to common security events
• Delivered technical security reviews embedding Privacy by Design principles from product inception
• Supported SOC 2 & ISO 27001 compliance certifications with policy and SOP documentation
• Served on-call security incident commander duties on rotation

Full lifecycle DevOps for a multi-cloud startup — from pipelines to MDM/DLP to engineering team enablement.

• Built distributed GitLab CI/CD pipelines to decongest merge trains and speed up delivery cycles
• Managed MDM and DLP installations across the organization (Kandji, Intune, Endpoint Protector)
• Collaborated with engineering teams to identify pain points and convert solutions into best practices

Managed DevOps and DataOps for multiple clients — a German tools manufacturer, a US market research firm, and a Japanese HCM platform — simultaneously.

• Owned Azure Databricks & HDInsight cluster operations, backup/recovery, and capacity planning for two enterprise data platforms
• Managed DevOps pipelines for 10+ apps spanning Rails, Java, .NET, PHP, and Python stacks
• Implemented SSO using KeyCloak with Azure AD (OpenID Connect, OAuth2, SAML)
• Operated AWS-based HCM & Payroll platform for the Japanese market with CI/CD via OpsWorks & Chef

7-year tenure progressing from L1 Support to Technical Lead — spanning US financial, retail, and broadcasting sector clients.

• Led cloud infrastructure design, deployment, and security for a major US stock brokerage firm on AWS
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, integrating automated testing and security scans
• Managed large-scale Linux infrastructure with Puppet, KVM virtualization, and IAM policies
• Performed quarterly security audits and published findings to senior client stakeholders
• Grew from L1 monitoring support (Broadband/ISP client) to full Technical Lead — a complete career arc within one company