Vijayakumar Balasubramanian
Greater Phoenix Area
Summary
Results-driven Cloud Architect & FinOps Analyst with 20+ years of experience in Cloud Analytics, Cost Optimization (FinOps), and Data Engineering. Expertise in Data Engineering, cloud cost governance frameworks, budget forecasting models, and cloud-native data platforms across GCP and AWS. Proven ability to drive multi-million-dollar savings through reservation strategies, real-time monitoring, and financial operations best practices. Passionate about enabling data-driven decision-making through advanced analytics and cost-efficient cloud modernization.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Architect | Finops Analyst
American Express
Arizona
10.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Focus: Cloud FinOps, Cost Optimization, Cloud Analytics
- Developed and implemented enterprise-wide Google Cloud cost governance frameworks, resulting in a 30% reduction in cloud spend.
- Designed scalable ETL pipelines using Cloud Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Composer for automated data ingestion and transformation.
- Built real-time cloud cost monitoring dashboards (Looker, Quicksight, Tableau) to improve financial forecasting and decision-making.
- Led cloud reservation strategy initiatives, optimizing compute and storage resources across projects.
- Partnered with Finance, Product, and Engineering teams to drive cost optimization and data-sharing capabilities.
- Focus: Cloud FinOps, Cost Optimization, Cloud Analytics
Data Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
Chennai
08.2021 - 09.2023
- Company Overview: Focus: Cloud FinOps, Cloud Migration, Data Analytics
- Spearheaded Google Cloud data warehouse modernization projects, improving query efficiency and cost predictability.
- Delivered 20% cloud cost savings ($1M+) through FinOps best practices, reservation strategies, and budget governance.
- Architected cloud-native ETL pipelines, reducing data processing times by 50%.
- Established automated tagging, cost attribution, and resource governance policies for cloud environments.
- Focus: Cloud FinOps, Cloud Migration, Data Analytics
Senior Technical Program Manager
DXC Technology
Hartford
09.2017 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Focus: Cloud FinOps, Migration, Cloud Spend Visibility
- Led major cloud migration projects to GCP BigQuery and AWS Redshift, improving data accessibility and reducing infrastructure costs.
- Developed cloud spend visibility frameworks enabling real-time expense tracking, forecasting, and optimization across business units.
- Focus: Cloud FinOps, Migration, Cloud Spend Visibility
Solutions Architect & Program Manager
Wipro
Chennai
07.2000 - 07.2008
- Company Overview: Focus: Legacy Modernization, Cloud Cost Reduction
- Modernized mainframe-to-cloud architectures, leading to a 10% reduction in legacy operational costs ($1M+ savings).
- Developed cloud-native analytics platforms to streamline business intelligence reporting.
- Focus: Legacy Modernization, Cloud Cost Reduction
Education
Bachelor’s Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Government College of Technology
INDIA07-1998
Skills
- Cloud FinOps
- Cost Optimization
- Forecasting
- Budgeting
- Chargeback Models
- Cloud Cost Governance
- Tagging Strategies
- Cost Allocation
- Resource Optimization
- Cloud Data Analytics
- Google Cloud Notebooks
- BigQuery
- Data Sharing
- ETL Pipeline Development
- Cloud Dataflow
- Apache Beam
- Pub/Sub
- Composer
- Cloud Migration & Modernization
- Cloud Storage
- AWS Redshift
- Business Intelligence & Reporting
- Looker
- Tableau
- Quicksight
- SQL
- Data Governance & Compliance
- AI/ML-driven Insights
- Executive Leadership
- Cross-functional Collaboration
Certification
- FinOps Certified Practitioner
- FinOps Focus Professional
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
- Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Personal Information
Title: Senior Cloud FinOps Analyst
Accomplishments
Helped Enterprise Customer save up to 1 Million USD in Public cloud spend using Right sizing levers
Acomplished savings for my cusomers up to 30% reduction on cloud spend using combination of Reservation, Right sizing, Re-architecting, Cost aware Architecture
Drove Finops Road Maps to customer and helped implement cost observability
Timeline
Cloud Architect | Finops Analyst
American Express
10.2023 - Current
Data Architect
Tata Consultancy Services
08.2021 - 09.2023
Senior Technical Program Manager
DXC Technology
09.2017 - 08.2021
Solutions Architect & Program Manager
Wipro
07.2000 - 07.2008
Bachelor’s Degree - Mechanical Engineering
Government College of Technology
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