SATISH PATIL
Tampa,FL
Summary
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional with 20 years of experience leading enterprise cloud transformation, hybrid cloud modernization, large-scale migration programs, cloud-native application development, and Generative AI initiatives. Proven expertise in AWS architecture,Gen AI Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Governance, Disaster Recovery, Security, and FinOps. Track record of delivering secure, scalable, and cost-optimized solutions that reduce operational risk, accelerate digital transformation, and improve business outcomes.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Solutions Architect
HCLTech
Dallas , TX
11.2025 - Current
- Leading enterprise cloud transformation and modernization initiatives for global customers.
- Designing secure, scalable, and resilient AWS-based architectures aligned with governance, compliance, and business objectives.
- Driving cloud adoption roadmaps, modernization strategies, and platform engineering initiatives across hybrid cloud environments.
- Partnering with stakeholders, engineering teams, and business leaders to deliver cloud-native solutions and operational excellence programs.
- Providing technical leadership for Infrastructure as Code, automation, cloud governance, and migration initiatives.
Senior Solutions Architect
Atos IT Solutions & Services Inc
Dallas , TX
05.2021 - 10.2025
- Led technical discovery and dependency assessments across multiple business units, identifying 95%+ critical application dependencies for secure cloud migration.
- Executed enterprise migration programs using AWS Assess, Mobilize, and Migrate methodology, reducing migration timelines by 50% and lowering total cost of ownership by $1.6M.
- Designed and deployed cloud-native microservices platforms using Amazon EKS, API Gateway, Lambda, RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB, achieving sub-200ms application response times.
- Established and operationalized a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), defining governance standards, landing zone architecture, security guardrails, and migration frameworks.
- Delivered Generative AI solutions using Amazon Bedrock, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and prompt engineering techniques, eliminating more than 1,200 staff hours annually.
- Led proof-of-concept initiatives for secure LLM inference platforms on Amazon EKS, validating enterprise adoption of GenAI technologies.
- Engineered enterprise cloud transformation solutions leveraging EC2, VPC, EBS, S3, Aurora, and DynamoDB aligned with AWS Well-Architected Framework principles.
- Strengthened enterprise security posture through IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and compliance alignment with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 frameworks.
- Improved observability through CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Datadog, and automated alerting workflows, reducing MTTR by four hours.
- Reduced annual AWS spend by $238K through FinOps governance, right-sizing initiatives, Reserved Instances, and lifecycle management strategies.
- Architected multi-region disaster recovery and business continuity solutions with automated failover and compliance auditing.
- Partnered with executive stakeholders and delivery teams to translate business goals into scalable, secure, and production-ready cloud architectures.
Solutions Architect
Zen & Art Inc
Dallas , TX
07.2016 - 05.2021
- Designed scalable AWS storage architectures leveraging Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier, and Snowball across hybrid and cloud-native environments.
- Built secure and compliant migration solutions using AWS DMS, DataSync, and automated backup workflows.
- Deployed containerized applications on Amazon EKS clusters using Kubernetes best practices and IAM role-based security controls.
- Implemented enterprise backup and disaster recovery architectures utilizing multi-region replication and lifecycle automation.
- Applied SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA controls across cloud and storage infrastructure designs.
- Tuned storage performance and resolved complex production issues using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and enterprise monitoring platforms.
- Delivered petabyte-scale storage solutions supporting mission-critical workloads and stringent SLA requirements.
- Led architecture workshops and technical design sessions with customers and business stakeholders.
- Served as a trusted advisor translating business requirements into scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure solutions.
Solution Architect
EMC Corporation
Bangalore , India
11.2010 - 06.2016
- Architected enterprise-scale data center solutions utilizing EMC VMAX, VNX, XtremIO, Isilon, and RecoverPoint platforms for large enterprise customers.
- Led technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts comparing traditional on-premises storage architectures with Amazon S3, EBS, and Glacier, enabling cloud migration strategies.
- Partnered with early cloud-adopting organizations to design hybrid cloud architectures integrating EMC platforms with AWS backup and disaster recovery services.
- Developed migration roadmaps and executed complex data migrations while minimizing downtime and operational risk.
- Designed resilient storage, backup, and disaster recovery solutions aligned with enterprise availability and compliance requirements.
- Produced architecture documents, implementation plans, and migration strategies supporting large-scale transformation initiatives.
- Served as a trusted technical advisor during architecture reviews, technology assessments, and infrastructure modernization programs.
Senior SAN Administrator
IBM India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore , India
05.2007 - 10.2010
- Migrated more than 900 production servers to EMC VMAX environments with 99.99% availability.
- Provided L3/L4 support and mentored junior engineers across enterprise infrastructure environments.
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
Bangalore , India
11.2005 - 05.2007
- Managed enterprise storage infrastructure supporting high-availability business-critical environments.
Education
MBA - Finance & Project Management
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Shreveport, LA01.2020
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
Basaveshwar Engineering College
Bagalkot , India05.2005
Skills
- Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, EKS, ECS, IAM, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, SNS), Kubernetes, Docker
- CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, CloudFormation, Terraform, Argo CD, Python
- Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk
- Security & Compliance: IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA, ISO 27001
- Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Ansible, YAML, JSON
- Enterprise Storage: EMC POWERMAX, VMAX, XtremIO, NetApp, Pure Storage, Cisco/Brocade SAN
ARCHITECTURE HIGHLIGHTS
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- 20 years of enterprise infrastructure and cloud architecture experience
- Delivered $1.8M+ in documented cloud cost savings and optimization outcomes
- Led enterprise-scale AWS migration and modernization initiatives
- Established Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) and governance frameworks
- Designed cloud-native platforms using Amazon EKS, Lambda, API Gateway, and Terraform
- Built Generative AI solutions using Amazon Bedrock and RAG architectures
- Architected multi-region disaster recovery and business continuity solutions
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
- VMware Certified Professional
- EMC Technology Architect
- ITIL v3 Foundation
Timeline
Senior Solutions Architect
HCLTech
11.2025 - Current
Senior Solutions Architect
Atos IT Solutions & Services Inc
05.2021 - 10.2025
Solutions Architect
Zen & Art Inc
07.2016 - 05.2021
Solution Architect
EMC Corporation
11.2010 - 06.2016
Senior SAN Administrator
IBM India Pvt Ltd
05.2007 - 10.2010
Project Engineer
Wipro Technologies
11.2005 - 05.2007
MBA - Finance & Project Management
Louisiana State University Shreveport
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
Basaveshwar Engineering College