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Vinod Kumar

@vinod

Cloud Solution Architect

Delhi

HCL Technologies Ltd.

Vinod is a result-oriented professional with over 19 years of progressive experience in IT services across multiple domains, including Banking, Healthcare, and Aviation. His expertise lies in Cloud Enterprise Solutions using Google Cloud (GCP) and AWS, Cloud Data Solutions, and Cloud Migration. He is proficient in defining cloud migration strategies, modernizing applications, and implementing cloud-native architectures, including microservices and Kubernetes. He also possesses deep knowledge of various data warehousing, ETL, and automation tools.

Experience

Lead Cloud Solution Architect

HCL Technologies Ltd.

Jul 2021 - Present

Working on role of Lead cloud solution architect as part of Google cloud COE, managing tech Cloud SME’s team across global and engaged vendors to help customers for the current on-prem application landscape assessment & mapping solutions towards GCP cloud native services. Drafting, reviewing HLD & LLD to capture application key functional, nonfunctional, current state of application infrastructure view, application integration components & interface view etc. and defining cloud migration roadmap blueprints. Providing winning solution to the pre-sales team which included responding to RFPs and RFIs from existing and prospective client that resulted in exceeding quarterly targets. Responsible for the SOW deliverables on scheduled timeline. Performing multiple POC’s as part of COE & guiding team members on right solutions.

Lead cloud solution architect

GENPACT India

Feb 2018 - Jul 2021

Played role of Lead cloud solution architect, managed large tech Cloud SME’s team across global & engaged vendors. Maintain regular interaction with Senior VP leaders (Onshore & offshore) pertaining to major projects challenges, risk & issues. Responsible to deliver the cloud migration projects deliverable by engaging the client and stakeholders, document preparation based on understanding from customers on the current stat, expected future and desired state, business goals and challenges, capabilities, and IT investments, based on this understanding providing cloud solutions and strategic direction from initial solution design to steady-state, based on industry and best practices. Migrated 3-tier application stack from own prim datacenter to public cloud GCP & AWS, derived planning the entire approach, coordination with all stakeholders includes Enterprise application, Database, Network, Firewall, OS, Storage & Datacenter.

Cloud Migration SME

IBM India

Apr 2014 - Feb 2018

Played role of public cloud migration expert and migrated 3-tier application stack from own-prim datacenter to public AWS cloud layer, derived the entire cycle of discovery, assessment & cloud migration coordination with all stakeholders includes Enterprise application, Database, Network, Firewall, OS , Storage & Datacenter. Performed POC on Oracle database migration to AWS native database RDS PostgreSQL services. Databases consolidation during cloud migration to optimize the database license cost.

Data Service Lead

HCL Technologies Ltd.

Dec 2009 - Apr 2014

Played role of Data service lead, managed database operation team of 20 plus to support operations 24X7. Managed OLTP database and Data warehouse show for multi technologies include Oracle, PostgreSQL and MySQL. Manage SLA & participation on Incident, Change & Problem management reviews & calls with Clients. Monthly PCM (Performance capacity meeting) review with customer to address all the concerned areas in the existing environment for scope of optimization, hardware up gradation & scalability to accommodate the current load and optimize the response time. Maintain licenses for ongoing new deployments. Server consolidation to optimize the license cost. Discover & highlight risk areas in environment and takes steps to mitigate & customer signoff on it.

Application Database Architect

Nucleus Software Ltd

Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

Played role of application database and data warehouse architect as part of product development group of FinOne a financial product responsible to understand incoming product changes and new requirement to design, create backend logics using PL/SQL objects and created data models for Java application backend & data warehouses. Responsible to set the guidelines & enforce these for the development team to writing PL/SQL code in standard way to eliminate the performance issues. Managed configuration & release management for database and data warehouses objects.

ERP Application Developer

OmegaCube Techsystem

Apr 2007 - Jan 2008

Played role of ERP application developer to manage the OmegaCube ERP production build on Oracle forms and reports. Worked very closely with clients to understand the business need, requirements to build and maintain product OmegaCube ERP software. Provided ERP application functional training to clients and users.

Database Administrator

XO InfoTech Ltd

Nov 2004 - Apr 2007

Managed database administration operation activity for Oracle & MS SQL. Served the core database maintenance activities (health check monitoring, patching/upgrade, recovery, purging, user access management etc.) For Dev, QA, UAT and Prod environment. Responsible to design & write PL/SQL, SQL for complex application batch process.

Education

Master of Computer Application

B.SC

Information Technology

Licenses & Certifications

Google Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

• No expiration

Google Professional Data Engineer

Google Cloud

• No expiration

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

AWS

• No expiration

AWS Certified Database Specialty

AWS

• No expiration

OCP – Oracle Certified Person

Oracle

• No expiration

SPLUNK Fundamental Certified

Splunk

• No expiration

ITIL Program Certified

ITIL

• No expiration

Skills

GCP
AWS
SQL
PLSQL
Python
Apache Spark
Splunk
Linux shell scripting
PowerShell
Window Batch scripting
Big Query Service
Snowflake
Redshift Service
Databricks
Kafka
Kinesis data stream service
Pub/Sub data stream Service
Confluent
Dataflow Services
DataProc Services
Apache Airflow
Cloud Composer
Terraform
Ansible
Jenkins
Oracle
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MS SQL
Cloud SQL
AWS RDS
MongoDB
Influx DB
Timescale DB
AIX
HP-Unix
Linux
Windows Servers
ELK
Geneous
Prometheus
Grafana
M4CE
PlateSpin
Stromasys
ActifioSky
NetappCVO
VMware vMotion migration with HCX
migVisor
ora2pg
Striim
alooma
Attunity
DMS
Tableau
PowerBI
Metabase
Okta
Active Directory
AirWatch
Absolute
Tanium
Symantec
CrowdStrike
DLP
Zscaler
SCCM
Tenable
Kenna
GIT
Bitbucket