Senior DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Balaji Mohan Architecting Resilient Multi-Cloud Platforms

14+ years automating enterprise cloud systems across AWS, GCP & Azure. GCP & Platform Engineering Certified. Based in Chennai, India β€” open to Senior DevOps roles, fully remote opportunities & part-time consulting.

AWS GCP Azure Terraform Kubernetes HashiCorp Vault Datadog Platform Eng
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Cloud & PE Certs

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Cloud Platforms

The Engineer Behind the Infrastructure

Building resilient, automated, and self-healing systems from L1 monitoring origins to multi-cloud enterprise architecture.

I'm a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Specialist with over 14 years of hands-on experience in Linux, virtualized hypervisors, and enterprise multi-cloud platforms. I specialize in turning complex infrastructure friction into zero-touch automated developer experiences.

From architecting zero-downtime AWS DMS migration engines for US financial services clients to implementing SOC 2 / ISO 27001 detection engineering rules in Datadog, I bridge the gap between cloud architecture, security compliance, and developer productivity.

Automation First

Everything as Code: Terraform, Alembic, Ansible & CI/CD merge trains.

Zero-Trust Security

Vault secrets integration, Datadog detection rules & Privacy by Design.

Platform Engineering

Self-service developer portals (Backstage/Port) & standardized T-Shirt sizing.

Continuous Availability

High availability topology design & proactive observability alerts.

CURRENT AVAILABILITY STATUS
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Full-Time Senior Roles

DevOps Lead & Cloud Architect in Chennai, India

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Remote Positions

Fully remote engagements with global engineering teams

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Part-Time Consulting

Strategic cloud migrations, security audits & IaC refactoring

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Automated Delivery Pipeline

Click any pipeline stage below to inspect the real automated telemetry, security checks, and deployment logs.

πŸ”„ CI/CD Release Pipeline: main-branch#v14.2
STATUS: PIPELINE PASSING [1m 42s]
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Git Commit
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Vault & SAST
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Terraform Plan
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04. BUILD 🐳
Docker / OCI
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05. DEPLOY ☸️
GKE / EKS Grid
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Stage 01: Git Commit & Merge Train Sync Runner: #cloud-runner-04
[10:04:01] INIT Triggering webhook for repository main branch commit: sha256:b8a91f4
[10:04:03] CHECK Validating commit signatures & conventional commit messages...
[10:04:05] SUCCESS Merge train clear. Executing security & linting stage.

Enterprise Infrastructure Patterns

A look at real architectural solutions engineered for high-stakes financial, security, and enterprise environments.

Zero-Touch AWS Data Migration

AWS DMS Framework Integrated with HashiCorp Vault

  • Architected zero-touch, compliant database migration framework on AWS DMS for critical financial workloads.
  • Eliminated plaintext credentials by dynamically injecting secrets directly from HashiCorp Vault at runtime.
  • Reduced database migration setup overhead from days to under 15 minutes.
AWS DMS HashiCorp Vault Terraform Python
terraform/dms_vault_integration.tf
resource "aws_dms_replication_task" "financial_migration" {
  replication_task_id      = "vault-secured-dms-task"
  migration_type           = "full-load-and-cdc"
  table_mappings           = file("${path.module}/configs/mappings.json")

  # Vault secret dynamic resolution
  replication_task_settings = jsonencode({
    TargetMetadata = {
      SupportLobs = true
    }
    SecretsManagerAccessRoleArn = data.vault_generic_secret.dms.data["arn"]
  })
}
Platform Engineering & DBaaS

Day 2 Database Provisioning Engine (Alembic + Terraform)

  • Designed automated schema migration and role-scoped database provisioning framework for cloud ecosystems.
  • Introduced T-Shirt Sizing model for AWS RDS & Aurora, simplifying creation for non-technical stakeholders.
  • Standardized security guardrails and IAM roles across multi-account AWS organizations.
Terraform Alembic AWS RDS Python Lambda
python/db_provisioner_engine.py
import alembic.config
from vault_client import fetch_iam_credentials

def apply_day2_migrations(event, context):
    """Automated RDS Day-2 Schema Provisioning Engine"""
    creds = fetch_iam_credentials(role="db_admin_role")
    alembic_args = [
        '-x', f'sqlalchemy.url=postgresql://{creds.user}:{creds.pwd}@{creds.host}/prod',
        'upgrade', 'head'
    ]
    alembic.config.main(argv=alembic_args)
    return {"status": "SCHEMA_PROVISIONED_SUCCESSFULLY"}

Skills & Technology Cluster

Over 50+ battle-tested tools across Cloud, IaC, CI/CD, Containerization, Observability & Platform Engineering.

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Cloud Platforms

AWS GCP Azure DigitalOcean
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Infrastructure as Code

Terraform CloudFormation ARM Templates Crossplane Ansible Chef Puppet
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CI/CD & Pipelines

Azure DevOps GitHub Actions GitLab CI/CD Jenkins AWS CodePipeline CloudBees
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Containers & Mesh

Docker GKE EKS ECS ECR Helm
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Security & Governance

HashiCorp Vault Datadog Sec Wiz Cortex XDR SOC 2 Compliance ISO 27001
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Observability & APM

Grafana Splunk CloudWatch Azure Monitor NewRelic Dynatrace
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Platform Engineering

Backstage Port Internal Dev Portals DBaaS Frameworks
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Databases & OS

RHEL / Ubuntu PostgreSQL AWS Aurora DynamoDB KVM / VMware

Industry Certifications

Certified by Google Cloud Platform and Platform Engineering bodies for architecture & DevOps excellence.

GCP
VERIFIED

Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer

Google Cloud Platform

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GCP
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Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud Platform

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PE
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Platform Engineering Practitioner

Platform Engineering Certification

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PE
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Platform Engineering Professional

Platform Engineering Certification

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14+ Years Infrastructure Journey

Structured like a continuous delivery git release timeline from current Cloud Architecture roles to foundation systems engineering.

tag: v14.0 [CURRENT] Jan 2024 – Present

Cloud Architect & Senior DevOps Engineer

@ Tensure

Dual-role operating as Cloud Architect for a top US financial services client and Senior DevOps Engineer for internal GCP & developer platform 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) β€” 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 β€” Backstage & Port β€” for Tensure's internal developer portal.
tag: v10.0 Apr 2023 – Jan 2024

Security Engineer

@ Cygnvs

Led detection engineering and security operations for a multi-cloud environment subject to strict SOC 2 & ISO 27001 compliance standards.

  • 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.
tag: v8.0 Feb 2022 – Mar 2023

IT-Ops / DevOps Engineer

@ Cygnvs

Full lifecycle DevOps for a high-growth multi-cloud startup β€” from CI/CD merge trains to MDM/DLP security 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 reusable best practices.
tag: v5.0 May 2019 – Jan 2022

Senior DataOps & DevOps Engineer

@ Sysvine Technologies

Managed DevOps and DataOps across multiple global client platforms in Germany, US, and Japan.

  • Owned Azure Databricks & HDInsight cluster operations, backup/recovery, and capacity planning for two enterprise data platforms.
  • Managed DevOps pipelines for 10+ applications 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.
tag: v1.0 [FOUNDATION] Jun 2012 – Apr 2019

Technical Lead / Senior Systems Engineer

@ Cognizant Technology Solutions

7-year tenure progressing from L1 Support to Technical Lead β€” 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.

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Whether you need a Senior DevOps Lead, a Cloud Architect, or part-time consulting β€” send a message below.

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Base Location

Chennai, India (Available Worldwide Remote)

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GitHub Repository

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