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I'm Mohd. Faisal Raza
Solution Architect | Cloud Architect | Enterprise Architect
8+ years designing enterprise-scale cloud and AI platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
New Delhi, India · Open to relocation
8+
Years of Experience
50+
Workloads Delivered incl. 8+ Enterprise
30%+
Cost Optimization Achieved
99.99%
Service Availability
About Me
Solution Architect with 8+ years building enterprise-scale, AI-enabled cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I focus on multi-cloud strategy, DevSecOps, and Generative AI — delivering 30%+ cost savings and 99.99% uptime across 50+ workloads.
Solution Architecture
HLD/LLD, design authority, Well-Architected reviews.
Pre-Sales Solutioning
RFPs, SOWs & TCO — $1M–$5M ARR influenced.
Leadership
Mentoring engineers & leading cross-functional delivery.
Multi-Cloud
AWS, Azure & GCP at scale.
GenAI & MLOps
Bedrock, Vertex AI, RAG.
Compliance
ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR.
Awards & Recognition
- Cloud Collaborator Award — Crayon (2024, 2 quarters running)
- Best AWS Cloud Solution Delivery Award — Crayon Annual Awards (2024)
- Co-presented modernization workshop with AWS leadership
- 3rd Prize, AI Bootcamp Hackathon (GenAI use case)
Business Impact
Tangible outcomes I've delivered across multi-cloud engagements — from cost optimization and uptime guarantees to compliance and faster time-to-market.
Workloads Delivered
Migrated and managed across AWS, Azure, and GCP — including 8+ large-scale enterprise workloads.
Workloads Modernized
7R migration framework applied to reduce legacy technical debt.
Pre-Sales ARR Influenced
Solutioning across 5 customers in APAC & EMEA — RFPs, SOWs, TCO models, and CXO briefings.
Cost Savings Delivered
Through FinOps, right-sizing, reserved instances, and architectural optimization.
Service Availability
Multi-region architectures with automated failover and self-healing.
RPO Achieved
Recovery point objectives of 2–5 minutes across pilot-light, warm-standby, and active-active DR strategies.
RTO Reduction
Multi-region and on-premises DR strategies cutting recovery time objectives.
Less Manual Effort
CI/CD and Terraform IaC pipelines replacing manual provisioning — plus 35% faster release cycles.
Audit Compliance
ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, and PCI-DSS adherence.
Multi-Cloud Expertise
As a Solution Architect operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP, I design end-to-end architectures that balance performance, security, cost, and operational excellence — aligning cloud strategy with business outcomes.
Multi-Cloud Strategy
AWSAzureGCPLanding Zones
Control TowerFinOpsCloud Adoption FrameworkArchitecture & Design
Containers & Orchestration
Kubernetes
EKS
AKS
GKE
Docker
HelmService Mesh
IstioDevSecOps & IaC
TerraformCloudFormationCDK
Bicep
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI
ArgoCDGenerative AI & MLOps
AWS Bedrock
Vertex AI
Azure OpenAIRAG
LangChain
SageMakerMLflowSecurity & Compliance
IAMDevSecOpsISO 27001HIPAAGDPRSOC 2PCI-DSSSRE & Observability
Prometheus
Grafana
Datadog
CloudWatchSLI/SLOChaos EngineeringIncident MgmtMigration & Modernization
Enterprise Integration
API Gateway
EventBridge
Pub/Sub
Step FunctionsData PipelineETLCloud Platform Proficiency
Amazon Web Services (AWS)95%Microsoft Azure85%
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)80%Solution Architecture Practice
Alongside hands-on engineering, I own the commercial side of architecture — leading RFP responses, shaping SOWs and TCO models, and acting as design authority from first workshop through to production handover.
RFP / RFI / RFQ Response
Own the technical solution narrative for competitive bids, through to bid defence.
SOW & Commercials
Lock down scope and build the numbers that make a deal viable.
Discovery & Assessment
Baseline the current estate and capture requirements before proposing a target state.
Design Authority
Produce the design artifacts and govern them through review boards.
CXO Advisory
Translate architecture into business value for executive stakeholders and partners.
PoC to Production
De-risk decisions with pilots, then hand over a platform teams can run.
Skills & Technologies
AWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud PlatformHybrid CloudMulti-CloudPrivate CloudPublic CloudWork Experience
- Current
Pre-Sales Solution Architect
CloudThat Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
India
- Lead end-to-end pre-sales solutioning across enterprise and Government/PSU portfolios — owning discovery, solution architecture, and technical win strategy from qualification through award.
- Architect secure, compliant AWS landing zones and multi-account foundations aligned to government mandates (MeitY empanelment, data localisation, ISO 27001, CERT-In).
- Lead RFP/RFI/EOI and tender responses, SOWs, BoM/BoQ sizing, and TCO/ROI models for large-scale public-sector and enterprise deals.
- Design Well-Architected solutions across migration, DR/BCP, containers, data & analytics, and Generative AI (Amazon Bedrock, SageMaker, RAG).
- Run CXO briefings, workshops, and PoCs; partner with AWS field and account teams to accelerate deal cycles and de-risk delivery.
- Provide design authority and technical governance across the SA practice — reusable reference architectures, review gates, and estimation standards.
Cloud Delivery Architect (Solution Architect)
Crayon Software Experts India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, India
- Led migration of 40+ workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP with zero-downtime strategies.
- Built multi-cloud Landing Zones (Control Tower, Azure Landing Zone) — 30%+ cost savings.
- Architected GenAI platforms with AWS Bedrock, SageMaker, and RAG pipelines.
- Automated provisioning with Terraform & CI/CD — 60% less manual effort.
- Drove pre-sales solutioning for enterprise deals across APAC & EMEA — RFP/RFI responses, SOWs, TCO models, and CXO briefings contributing $1M to $5M ARR across 5 customers.
Cloud Engineer
Umbrella Infocare Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, India
- Ran multi-cloud production for BFSI, media & government clients at 99.99% uptime.
- Rolled out CI/CD & IaC — cut deployment effort by 50%, sped up releases by 35%.
- Designed multi-region DR strategies, reducing RTO by 60% with RPO of 2–5 minutes.
- Architected Disaster Recovery on AWS for enterprise customers in Finance and Retail — pilot-light and warm-standby topologies with automated failover.
- Supported pre-sales engagements — solution designs, BOM/BOQ sizing, effort estimation, and technical proposal responses for public-sector and BFSI tenders.
Cloud Engineer
Futuresoft Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, India
Linux Administrator – Technical Support
Futuresoft India Pvt. Ltd.
New Delhi, India
System Administrator & Cloud Engineer
KAF International
New Delhi, India
Projects
End-to-End Pre-Sales Cycle
Ran the full pre-sales cycle from assessment and solutioning to deal mobilization, influencing $1M–$5M ARR.
Multi-Cloud Landing Zone
Secure AWS & Azure Landing Zones with IAM guardrails — 30%+ cost savings.
7R Cloud Modernization
Modernized 40+ workloads, cutting legacy technical debt by 40%.
AI Platform with RAG
GenAI platforms on Bedrock & Vertex AI with RAG pipelines.
SRE & Observability
Prometheus/Grafana practices — 99.99% uptime, 35% lower MTTR.
CI/CD Automation
Terraform & GitHub Actions pipelines — 60% less manual effort.
Disaster Recovery
Multi-region DR strategies, cutting RTO by 60%.
Certifications
Education & Languages
Master of Science in Computer Science
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland · 2015 – 2016
Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science
Jamia Hamdard University
New Delhi, India · 2011 – 2015
Languages
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