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Raghunathan S.
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Raghunathan S.

AWS Cloud Architect | Migration Expert | DevOps | Cost Optimization

🥇 Top 3% AWS Expert on Upwork | AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner | Certified Solutions Architect I help startups and enterprises design, migrate, and optimize secure, scalable AWS infrastructure. 10+ years delivering cloud architecture, zero-downtime migrations, DevOps automation, and cost optimization for telecom, SaaS, fintech, and enterprise platforms handling millions of users. What I Do: ☁️ AWS Cloud Architecture – Landing Zone design, secure 3-tier architecture, multi-account strategy, high availability, disaster recovery, network design (VPC, Route53, CloudFront) 🚀 AWS Migration – Data center to AWS, multi-cloud strategy, phased migrations, zero-downtime cutover, lift-and-shift, refactor, re-platform approaches ⚙️ DevOps & Automation – Terraform IaC, CloudFormation, CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, Jenkins), EKS/ECS, Docker, Kubernetes, infrastructure automation 💰 AWS Cost Optimization – Right-sizing analysis, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, FinOps implementation, cost anomaly detection, cloud billing analysis (25-40% savings achieved) 🔐 Security & Compliance – IAM hardening, least-privilege access, VPC security, WAF/Shield, encryption (KMS), SOC 2, HIPAA, PCI-DSS compliance on AWS 🤖 Serverless & AI – Lambda, API Gateway, Bedrock, SageMaker, event-driven architectures, real-time analytics AWS Services Expertise: EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, ECS, EKS, CloudFront, Route53, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Glue, Kinesis, SageMaker, Bedrock, WAF, KMS, Terraform, Docker Proven Results: ✔ Reduced AWS costs by 35% for telecom infrastructure migration ✔ Optimized video platform infra saving $7K/month in CDN + storage ✔ Migrated 20+ production workloads with zero downtime ✔ Designed secure, compliant AWS architecture for enterprise deployments ✔ Built automated DevOps pipelines reducing deployment time by 70% Why Hire Me: ⭐ Deep AWS expertise (Advanced Tier Partner certified) ⭐ Hands-on experience with enterprise workloads ⭐ Security-first architecture by design ⭐ Cost-conscious optimization without sacrificing performance ⭐ Clear architecture documentation + ongoing support ⭐ Business-focused – align cloud solutions with business goals Services: AWS architecture design, migration planning, cost optimization audit, landing zone setup, DevOps automation, infrastructure security review, compliance implementation, disaster recovery planning. Need AWS architecture advice, migration strategy, or cost optimization? Message me for a quick audit + architecture recommendation call.

🇮🇳Puducherry, India$35/hr100% JSS4.72 (118)Since Jun 2017

Earnings and projects

MRR
$4.4k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#6,851 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#815 / 45.9k
Revenue, last 30 days
$3.2k

Last 6 months: $26k

World#11,413 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#1,420 / 45.9k
Total earnings
$358k

Billed in all: $373k

World#5,526 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#827 / 45.9k
Per project
$2.4k

$1.6k in the last 6 months

World#66,565 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#7,953 / 45.9k
Projects, last 6 months
16
69% fixed31% hourly
World#8,872 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#1,285 / 45.9k
Projects in all
148

Across 165 contracts

50% fixed50% hourly
World#16,079 / 412k
🇮🇳Country#2,966 / 45.9k

Earnings, last 30 days

$373k+$3.2k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$368k$370k$372k$374kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 2% in AWS CloudFront

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  5. #10Amazon Bedrock204 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #3Top 5%
  6. #14AWS Server Migration301 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #3Top 5%
  7. #15Migration344 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #6Top 4%
  8. #16Amazon RDS307 freelancers · 🇮🇳 #2Top 5%