Soami Dey

Edison,USA

Summary

Senior Architect with 12+ years of experience designing and delivering scalable cloud and enterprise architectures. Proven leader in large-scale on-premises to cloud database migrations, improving system availability, performance, and cost efficiency. Deep expertise in security-first architecture, platform modernization, and translating business objectives into resilient, compliant technical solutions. Trusted partner to senior stakeholders, driving architectural strategy and execution across complex environments.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certificate

Work History

Senior Architect

Guardian Life Insurance

09.2013 - 10.2025

Responsible for designing, governing, and leading the delivery of secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud architectures on AWS, while aligning technology decisions with business objectives and enterprise standards.
Implemented an Event-Driven Architecture using AWS MSK, enhancing system scalability and resilience through Multi-AZ/Multi-Region design, reducing downtime risk and improving time-to-market for new features, while integrating robust cloud security and industry-standard protocols to strengthen compliance and developer productivity.
Architected high-performance search and analytics solutions on AWS OpenSearch, boosting query performance by 70%, reducing latency, and enhancing developer experience, which resulted in faster product delivery and better end-user experience.
Implemented OpenLegacy integration within the Guardian network, enabling secure mainframe connectivity by transforming COBOL copybooks into Java-based APIs. This modernization accelerated legacy system integration, reduced manual development effort, and enhanced system interoperability under strict enterprise security protocols.
Architected a secure external API catalog and developer portal for third-party vendors leveraging Guardian APIs. Designed the solution using React, Drupal, Apigee, and MySQL, incorporating Guardian's external web-hosting and security frameworks to ensure regulatory compliance, scalability, and faster vendor onboarding.
Led the cloud migration strategy for on-premises databases to Aurora MySQL and Aurora PostgreSQL, completing full SDLC and security certification for PHI/PII compliance. Established Terraform- and Jenkins-based automation frameworks, enabling reusable infrastructure as code (IaC) and accelerating future migrations by up to 40%.
Designed and delivered a secure authentication solution for human users to access cloud databases via Active Directory and IAM integration, supported by a custom Python-based automation script. This initiative streamlined access management and enhanced auditability and compliance.
Developed an automated cross-account backup solution to store AWS database snapshots in a separate bunker account using AWS Lambda and Python, ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery resilience.
Executed the migration of mission-critical Oracle databases to PostgreSQL on AWS EC2, reducing licensing costs, improving performance, and aligning the platform with Guardian's cloud-first strategy.
Also worked at AT&T as a senior Technical Staff.

Information Architect

Dow Jones

06.2005 - 09.2013

Responsible for structuring, governing, and optimizing how data is organized, integrated, and consumed across the enterprise to support business processes, analytics, and decision-making, along with operational reliability, performance, and security of database systems.
Led enterprise database modernization initiatives for Wall Street Journal and Factiva, overseeing migrations of mission-critical systems to Amazon Web Services (AWS), delivering improved scalability, performance, and cost efficiency.
Architected and implemented global Unicode conversion for Wall Street Journal databases across multiple international sites, enabling multilingual data processing and global business expansion.
Designed and deployed high-availability Oracle and Informix database environments, including Oracle RAC clusters, Oracle Streams replication, and SAN-based failover systems, ensuring 99.99% uptime and uninterrupted access for real-time publishing and authentication platforms.
Directed platform migrations from legacy Informix systems to Oracle and cloud-native databases, including terabyte-scale billing systems, reducing operational complexity and total cost of ownership (TCO).
Collaborated with cross-functional application teams to design scalable database architectures and implement SQL performance tuning best practices, resulting in optimized query response times and improved user experience.
Automated disaster recovery and data backup processes by developing Perl- and CGI-based monitoring and failover tools, reducing manual intervention and recovery time during outages.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ, USA

Bachelor of Science - General Science

Calcutta University

India

Skills

AWS Cloud Services: Databases - RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, MSK (Managed Streaming for Kafka), OpenSearch, Redis, Lambda, EC2, S3, ECS, EKS, Serverless
Compliance Frameworks: PCI, SOX, HIPAA
Automation: CICD using Jenkins and Terraform, Performance Monitoring, Observability (Splunk, Prometheus and Grafana)
API Getaway: Apigee, AWS API Getaway

Programming and Scripting: Python programming, Shell, Terraform
Software Development Methodologies: Safe and Kanban
AI tools: GitHub Co-pilot, Microsoft Co-pilot

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Safe 4 Practitioner
IASA CITA-Foundation, 2024
Confluent Apache Kafka Fundamentals, 2025

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