Cloud Compliance Architect

Gowrisha C. Vishwa Kumar

Azure Landing Zones | Multi-Cloud Strategy | Cloud Migration

Welcome to my interactive portfolio. This page highlights 12+ years in IT, including 7+ years focused on cloud platform architecture for regulated banking and enterprise environments.

Explore the sections below to see measurable outcomes, cloud compliance architecture, technical depth, credentials, and the career journey behind my Azure landing zone and governance work.

AZ-305 Architect Expert AZ-400 DevOps Expert German Permanent Residence
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Current focus
Governed Azure platforms for regulated enterprises
7+
Years Cloud Focus
25%
Cost Reduction
40%
Less Manual Work
190TB
Data Migrated

Architectural Impact & Competencies

This section visualizes direct business value from compliant cloud frameworks, automation, FinOps, migration, and resilience initiatives.

Measurable Business Improvements

Percentage improvements achieved across recent enterprise transformation work.

Core Architectural Domains

Relative focus areas within my cloud architecture practice.

Interactive Career Journey

My progression moves from systems engineering into enterprise cloud architecture, compliance governance, client advisory, and regulated Azure platform design.

Technological Architect II

Santander Bank, Germany

Regulated Banking
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    Cloud compliance architecture: Defined Azure Landing Zone controls aligned with BaFin, DORA, ISO 27001, and GDPR.
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    Policy and governance: Established Azure Policy as code, RBAC, Defender for Cloud, tagging standards, and reference compliance models.
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    Secure networking: Designed hub-spoke topology, private endpoints, Azure Firewall, and NSG segmentation aligned to Zero Trust principles.
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    Automation and FinOps: Reduced manual provisioning by 40% and cloud costs by 25% through Terraform modules, tagging, reserved capacity, and lifecycle policies.

Technical Lead

Sopra Steria, India

Cloud Advisory
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    Transformation strategy: Advised enterprise clients using Azure Migrate and the 6R framework.
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    Client-facing architecture: Translated compliance requirements into cloud control designs and implementation roadmaps.
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    Delivery acceleration: Built scalable Azure infrastructure through Terraform and CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment cycles from days to hours.

Associate Technical Lead

Tech Mahindra, India

Multi-Cloud Security
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    Security and DR: Designed multi-cloud security and disaster recovery solutions across Azure and GCP.
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    Threat detection: Improved detection by 30% using Azure Security Center and GCP Cloud Armor patterns.
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    Infrastructure automation: Automated 70% of repeatable provisioning work with Terraform and CI/CD patterns.

Cloud Engineer

Brainscale Inc., India

Migration and Resilience
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    Enterprise Azure: Designed Azure architectures supporting 200+ VMs and multiple PaaS services.
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    Cloud migration: Engineered 190TB AWS S3 to Azure Blob migration with zero data loss.
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    Business continuity: Reduced RTO from 12 hours to 4 through backup, recovery planning, and runbooks.

Systems Engineer

NetApp Inc., India

Infrastructure Foundation
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    Virtualization: Administered VMware vSphere, ESXi, and vCenter environments for enterprise Windows workloads.
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    Operations: Managed VM lifecycle, patching, monitoring, and incident troubleshooting across enterprise infrastructure.

Technical Ecosystem & Tools

My architecture approach treats infrastructure as software. Use the filters below to explore the domains behind my cloud compliance and platform delivery work.

Microsoft Azure
Primary Platform
AWS
S3, Hybrid, Migration
GCP
Cloud Armor
Terraform
Enterprise Modules
Bicep & ARM
Native IaC
PowerShell & Python
Automation
Azure DevOps
Pipelines
GitHub Actions
CI/CD
Helm & AKS
Kubernetes
Dynatrace
Observability
Azure Policy
Policy as Code
Defender & Sentinel
Security Monitoring
Entra ID & RBAC
Identity Controls
BaFin / DORA
Regulated Cloud
ISO 27001 / GDPR
Control Frameworks
VMware
Infrastructure Base

Certifications & Learning Path

Credentials aligned to Azure architecture, DevOps, Terraform, AI fundamentals, multi-cloud, and platform engineering.

Microsoft
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
AZ-305
Microsoft
DevOps Engineer Expert
AZ-400
Microsoft
Azure AI Fundamentals
AI-900 completed
Microsoft
Azure AI Engineer Associate
AI-102 pursuing
HashiCorp
Terraform Associate
003
Google Cloud
Associate Cloud Engineer
ACE
GitHub
GitHub Foundations
Completed
Education
MCA, BCA, German A1
Germany based