Srikanth Vontala

Co-Founder

Dallas, Texas, United States22 yrs 8 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • 20+ years of experience in IT and cloud architecture.
  • Expert in multi-cloud strategies and cost optimization.
  • Proven track record in leading large-scale cloud migrations.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Architect with expertise in multi-cloud solutions for government and enterprise sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud ArchitectureFinopsDevopsCloud Migration

Other Skills

AWSAzureCost OptimizationLanding ZonesCloud SecurityIdentity and Access ManagementCI/CDJenkinsGitLabTerraformDatabricksSnowflakeSecurity Architecture DesignVMware Cloud on AWS (VMC)Regulated Cloud Architecture

About

Cloud Architect | Multi-Cloud Strategist | FinOps, Landing Zones, Governance & AI Infrastructure Founder – CloudSolv | Active Top-Secret Clearance | Former AWS I’m a Cloud Architect and DevOps leader with 20+ years in IT, helping organizations build secure, scalable, and cost-optimized cloud platforms across AWS and Azure. As the Founder of CloudSolv, I focus on modernization, migrations, cost optimization, automation, and multi-cloud architecture for federal, state, and commercial customers. As a former AWS employee and architect for multiple AWS Premier Partners, I’ve led end-to-end cloud transformations—from assessments and landing zones to enterprise migrations, modernization patterns, and resilient multi-region designs. My work spans architecture, FinOps, governance, automation, and AI infrastructure. 🔧 Core Expertise Cloud Architecture (AWS & Azure) Landing Zones, multi-account strategy, identity & access design, networking, hybrid connectivity, DR/BCP architecture FinOps & Cost Optimization Cost allocation, tagging frameworks, governance, optimization strategies, cloud spend analysis, Well-Architected Reviews DevOps & Automation CI/CD pipelines, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, Python Infrastructure as Code Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK, Pulumi Cloud Security & Governance CIS hardening, secure image pipelines, IAM, WAF, policy-as-code, compliance readiness Cloud Migrations & Modernization Large-scale on-prem → AWS/Azure migrations (Gov & Commercial), refactoring, replatforming Data & Analytics EMR, Glue, Databricks, Snowflake, OpenSearch Disaster Recovery & Resilience Cross-region design, RTO/RPO planning, HA patterns 📜 Certifications AWS Solutions Architect – Professional AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional AWS Security – Specialty AWS Associate (3) Terraform Associate Security+ 🌟 What I Do I help organizations modernize, automate, secure, and scale their cloud platforms—while improving performance and reducing cost. I share practical insights on architecture, FinOps, migrations, governance, and multi-cloud strategy. ⭐ FOLLOW ME FOR: 👉 AWS & Azure Cloud Architecture 👉 Landing Zones, Governance & Tagging 👉 FinOps & Cost Optimization 👉 Migrations, Modernization & Automation 👉 AI Infrastructure, Multi-Cloud & DR Strategy Let’s connect if you’re building in the cloud—or need someone who’s done it before.

Experience

22 yrs 8 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 4 mos
Average Tenure
6 yrs 3 mos
Current Experience

United states department of defense

AWS Cloud architect and Devops consultant

Feb 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 3 mos

Cloudsolv

Founder & Principal Cloud Architect

Feb 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex · Remote

  • Key Achievements & Responsibilities:
  • As a Federal Subcontractor supporting U.S. Government agencies and multiple enterprise clients, led complex AWS cloud migrations, modernizations, and multi-account integrations. Achieved multi-million-dollar cost savings through TCO roadmaps, workload right-sizing, governance automation, and financial optimization.
  • Designed secure, scalable Landing Zones across AWS and Azure, including Control Tower, Management Groups, SCP guardrails, tagging standards. Integrated enterprise identity platforms (AWS Identity Center, Okta, Azure AD) with SCIM, RBAC, and MFA.
  • Built advanced cloud security architectures including AWS WAF (CAPTCHA/custom rules), Firewall Manager enforcement, ARS/NIST/ATO alignment, vulnerability management (Trend Micro, Qualys, Rapid7, Tenable), and SIEM/logging with Splunk and OpenSearch/ELK.
  • Architected containerized and serverless platforms using EKS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, and CloudFront. Developed custom Docker images from the ground up and implemented GitOps-based microservices deployments.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, and AWS CodePipeline, enabling secure builds, artifact promotion, IaC deployments, and automated approvals. Authored Infrastructure-as-Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible (including OSCAP-generated security playbooks).
  • Developed STIG/CIS-hardened AMIs and automated EC2 Image Builder pipelines for AMI creation, scanning, testing, and cross-account promotion.
  • Supported data platforms including EMR, Databricks, and Snowflake (PrivateLink) for secure ETL/ELT workloads in regulated environments.
  • Delivered ransomware-resilient backup and DR architectures using centralized AWS Backup governance, cross-account isolation, lifecycle automation, and air-gapped multi-region DR.
AWSAzureCloud MigrationCost OptimizationLanding ZonesCloud Security+2

Centers for medicare & medicaid services

Sr principal AWS cloud devops technical consultant/AWS Certified solution architect

Oct 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • AWS cloud migration of one of the largest Bigdata environments in Federal gov space moving from onpremise Teradata & Hadoop into AWS, Databricks & Snowflake environments

Saic

Sr Principal devops engineer/AWS certified solution architect

Nov 2017 – Oct 2018 · 11 mos

  • Federal gov contractor providing devops solutions to the Department of transportation AWS environments.

La quinta headquarters

AWS Cloud architect

Oct 2016 – Oct 2018 · 2 yrs · Irving, Texas

  • AWS Cloud architect

Amazon web services (aws)

AWS Cloud Engineer

Oct 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs · Dallas, Texas, United States

Jcpenney

Sr.systems engineer

Mar 2013 – Oct 2014 · 1 yr 7 mos · Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex

Dell

Systems Administrator Sr Advisor

Aug 2012 – Mar 2013 · 7 mos · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Corelogic credco

2 roles

Sr. Unix administrator

Jul 2011 – Aug 2012 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Sr.Unix Systems administrator

Apr 2007 – Jul 2010 · 3 yrs 3 mos · Greater San Diego Area

Mckesson

Unix Systems administrator 3

Aug 2003 – Mar 2007 · 3 yrs 7 mos

University of south carolina, columbia

Graduate assistant(unix systems support)

Jan 2001 – May 2003 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Education

University of South Carolina

MS — computer engineering

Jan 2000 – Jan 2003

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