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Hiren Panchani

@hirenpanchani

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Solutions Architect building multi-region AWS + EKS platforms with zero-downtime reliability.

India

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What I'm looking for

I want to own and modernize cloud platforms end-to-end—multi-region AWS + EKS, secure SOC2-grade operations, cost-efficient FinOps, and reliable zero-downtime delivery—while building practical observability and production-ready AI capabilities.

I’m a Solutions Architect with 7.5 years of experience and 4.3 years as the sole owner of a SaaS company’s full multi-region AWS platform. I’ve shipped a 4-environment setup across us-west-2 + DR, running 60+ microservices and powering 6 B+ emails/year—while leading SOC 2 I+II, ISO 27001/27701, and GDPR implementations on both Sprinto and Vanta.

At Saleshandy, I’ve been the greenfield architect and operator from a blank slate: 5 EKS clusters, 8 Aurora clusters, ArgoCD GitOps with a custom Helm library, and a self-hosted observability stack (Prometheus + Grafana + Loki + Tempo) with OpenTelemetry log↔trace correlation. I focus on measurable outcomes—~$156K/year cost reduction across 3 cycles, 9 zero-downtime EKS upgrades (1.27 → 1.36), and ~840 prod tickets / 50+ epics shipped solo—plus security-first engineering and AI incident investigation that cuts triage from 30 minutes–2 hours to under 30 seconds.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Solutions Architect / DevOps

Current

Saleshandy

Mar 2022 - Present (4 years 3 months)

Sole architect and operator of Saleshandy’s multi-region AWS + EKS platform, scaling to 60+ microservices across 2 regions and driving ~9 zero-downtime EKS upgrades. Led GitOps observability from scratch, compliance automation (SOC 2, ISO 27001/27701, GDPR), and delivered ~$156K/year cloud cost reductions across 3 cycles with zero p99 regression.

AWS Multi Region (Primary DR)EKS Observability Grafana Loki Tempo OpenTelemetry IAM KMS Organizations Security Compliance Automation

Cloud Solution Architect

RK University

Oct 2019 - Oct 2021 (2 years)

Owned the university’s cloud and DevOps transformation, migrating on-prem workloads to AWS and building a modern container delivery platform for 5,000+ users. Established reproducible Kubernetes/Helm release workflows using Jenkins/SonarQube and Terraform-managed baselines.

AWS Migration Helm SonarQube Terraform

Network Engineer

NetBits Solutions

May 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year 2 months)

Rolled out VPN infrastructure for 500+ remote workers and performed DR/remote-access security assessments. Designed network architecture for data-warehouse infrastructure by simulating ISP-grade environments with advanced security controls.

Security Assessments Remote Access Data Warehouse Network Design PfSense Sophos Cyberoam