Girish Venugopalan Nair

Associate Consultant

Uppsala, Uppsala County, Sweden16 yrs 1 mo experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years in enterprise architecture and solution design
  • Expertise in cloud migration and DevOps practices
  • Strong background in data science and machine learning
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud and Data Solutions Architect with expertise in enterprise-level transformations.

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Skills

Core Skills

Cloud MigrationArchitectureMachine Learning

Other Skills

Customer RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipResearch and Development (R&D)Workforce ManagementTechnical DocumentationEmerging TechnologiesProduct ManagementCreativity and InnovationLeadershipBusiness NetworkingPitching IdeasContainerizationKey Performance IndicatorsStrategic LeadershipValue Propositions

About

🛄Enterprise Architect and Senior Solution Architect with 15+ years of experience modernising systems for enterprises and mid-sized companies across cloud, DevOps and data/ML. 🎓 Background ✅ B.Tech in Computer Science – India, 2006 ✅ 15+ years driving technology modernisation in multiple companies (Linux, networking, cloud, DevOps, observability) ✅ MSc in Data Science and Machine Learning – Germany, 2022 ✅ Since 2024: Image Analysis and Machine Learning student at Uppsala University, Sweden – first year completed, currently on a planned study break to gain Swedish industry experience, with a clear plan to return and finish the programme 🏢 Professional experience and focus ✅ Enterprise and solution architecture for cloud and hybrid environments (AWS, Azure, OpenStack) ✅ Consultant at Cleeven in Sweden, helping clients modernise infrastructure, data platforms and delivery practices ✅ Former Solution Architect at UST, reporting directly to the Chief Enterprise Architect and shaping end-to-end solutions and RFP responses for major enterprise accounts, including T-Mobile ✅ Led a 44-member cross-functional engineering team (DevOps, developers, QA, operations), owning architecture, delivery quality and day-to-day technical direction as well as resource planning. ✅ Architected and executed a full migration from Splunk to Graylog, delivering significant cost savings and successfully passing external certification by Deloitte ✅ Implemented CMMI-compliant, Agile 4.5-aligned delivery processes and helped establish Azure-based data and analytics platforms by combining cloud engineering with data science ✅ Operarions Manager and certified Internal CMMI auditor for Ricoh Innovations. 🔧 How I work and what I am strengthening ✅ Focus on clear target architectures, realistic roadmaps and governance that supports, rather than blocks, delivery ✅ Strong believer in pragmatic automation, clean observability and building engineering cultures where people can learn and own outcomes ✅ Actively deepening my practice in modern testing strategies and in taking AI and ML solutions all the way to production (MLOps, monitoring, lifecycle management) 🎯 Interests ✅ Enterprise and solution architecture, cloud and DevOps, data platforms and AI-enabled systems ✅ Long-term interest in building robust, India-aware enterprise platforms using open technologies, while staying closely connected to European best practices

Experience

16 yrs 1 mo
Total Experience
1 yr 4 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 4 mos
Current Experience

Cleeven sc - sweden

Consultant

Jan 2025Present · 1 yr 4 mos · Hybrid

Freelance

Consultant

Oct 2022Apr 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos · Remote

  • Data Engineering and Cloud Infrastructure Architecting
Customer RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipResearch and Development (R&D)ArchitectureWorkforce ManagementCloud Migration+12

Ust global

Software Architect

Aug 2018Aug 2021 · 3 yrs · Thiruvananthapuram Area, India · On-site

  • Cloud and DevOps Solution Architect
Customer RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipSQLResearch and Development (R&D)Machine LearningArchitecture+19

Arris

DevOps Consultant

Sep 2017Aug 2018 · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Supporting Build and Release, implementing openstack private cloud, automating using shell and python scripting
Customer RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipShell ScriptingResearch and Development (R&D)ArchitectureWorkforce Management+12

Ricoh innovations

WebOps Manager

Jan 2017Sep 2017 · 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Auditing CMMI practices, SOC2 compliance,
  • Requirement gathering, Architecting and developing solutions,
  • Managing Operations team,
  • Team building. (Amazon cloud, Google cloud,
  • virtualizations with docker and kubernetes,
  • Continuous Integration with jenkins,
  • Server side development using Python, Shellscripting and automation with Ansible,
  • Modifying and customizing opensource solutions to suit requirements,
  • Solution Documentation-SOW, SOP, Runbooks)
Customer RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipResearch and Development (R&D)ISO 27001Microsoft ExcelArchitecture+15

Ust global

Infrastructure Analyst

Jun 2016Dec 2016 · 6 mos · bangalore

  • Implemented infrastructure on AWS for 47 billion Networking Giant MNC
Customer RequirementsCross-functional Team LeadershipISO 27001Cloud MigrationBusiness NetworkingContainerization+4

Ernst and young

Senior Associate

May 2015Jan 2016 · 8 mos

  • Setting up IBM Aspera for file transfer
  • Redhat Linux (RHEL 6 & 7)
  • Apache Web Server
  • MySql Database
  • Oracle Database
  • Mail Server (Postfix, Exim)
  • LVM
  • Nagios
  • NFS
  • Samba
  • DNS
  • Firewall Management( Iptables , firewall-cmd)
  • AWS cloud
  • Coding (shell script, perl, python )
  • Automation (Chef & Puppet)
  • Openstack
  • Tomcat & NginX
  • Pacemaker clustering
Customer RequirementsShell ScriptingValue PropositionsProduct Demonstration

Sabre corporation

Devops Engr

Aug 2014Apr 2015 · 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Supporting Globalscape MFT
  • Jboss, Oracle, Linux, Windows, Perl, Python, Php, Java
Shell Scripting

Endurance international group

Sr.Systems Engr

Apr 2013Aug 2014 · 1 yr 4 mos · Mangalore

  • Plesk Panel Support across a variety of platforms.
  • Virtualization support.
Shell ScriptingProduct Management

Webhostingpad.com

linux server support

Sep 2012Apr 2013 · 7 mos · Cochin Area, India

  • linux server support
Shell Scripting

Sdpl tech

Database Administrator

May 2008Sep 2012 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • DBA Support
  • Linux Administration
  • Creation Database on UNIX / WINDOWS platform
  • Managing Table spaces
  • Working On Space Management
  • Database security (Creating users roles profiles and managing privileges)
  • Managing of Redo log files in Archive log mode for online backup
  • Recover lost databases
  • Managing Data Files , Control Files
  • Dataguard (Physical& Logical)
  • Export-Import
  • Datapump
  • Flashback database
  • RMAN Backup and Recovery strategies
  • Cloning (Hot ,Cold,RMAN)
  • Automatic Storage Management (ASM)
  • Performance Tuning (Memory,SQL,Database)
  • Analyzing the logs alert and trace process user files to diagnose the problem
  • Web Development with PHP

Armia systems pvt ltd

Linux Server Administrator

Sep 2007Apr 2008 · 7 mos · Cochin Area, India

  • Key team member providing linux server administration and windows server customisation management,backup.
  • Managed server loads, user accounts, space management, applications, webserver services,MySQL database services, security services like firewall and tickets handling.
  • Provided support for website deployment , maintenance and security.
  • Collaborated with datacentres and some of the largest hosting providers in giving services without impacting timelines.
  • Improved the UNIX shell scripts used to manage servers and automate operations like backup, server load monitoring etc.
  • ACHIEVEMENTS
  • · Organized and participated LUG meet 2008 for Armia Systems
  • · Represented the company, Armia systems in Symantec Product Expo, Cochin
  • · Specially trained in application development using PHP by Armia Systems

Education

Uppsala universitet (Uppsala University)

Master of Science - MS — Image Analysis and Machine Learning

Aug 2024Aug 2026

University of Europe for Applied Sciences

MSc — Data Science

Sep 2021Sep 2022

College of Engineering Chengannur

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Computer Science

Aug 2002Aug 2006

Mahatma Gandhi University

Pre Degree — Science Group

Jun 1999Jul 2001

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