Mithra Balasubramaniam
@mithrabalasubramania
AWS Cloud Engineer and SRE delivering secure, scalable, cost-optimized cloud and CI/CD solutions.
CanadaWhat I'm looking for
I bring 7+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years specializing as an AWS Cloud Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), designing, deploying, and managing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions on AWS. I’m proficient across EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudWatch, Route 53, ELB, EKS, and CloudTrail, and I build resilient infrastructures with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation.
As a Sr. Cloud Engineer, I’ve architected and deployed high-performance, secure, and cost-optimized AWS infrastructure, targeting 99.99% uptime through fault tolerance, disaster recovery, and automated scaling. I’ve led microservices modernization with Amazon EKS/ECS, implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and AWS CodePipeline, and strengthened monitoring and auditing with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and CloudTrail—while reducing cloud expenses by over 30% through optimization (Auto Scaling, Trusted Advisor, and Cost Explorer) and security controls like IAM and AWS KMS.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Architected and deployed high-performance, secure, and cost-optimized AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, ELB) to improve scalability and reliability, including 99.99% uptime with fault tolerance and disaster recovery. Reduced cloud expenses by 30%+ through Trusted Advisor, Auto Scaling, and AWS Cost Explorer while modernizing legacy workloads and accelerating delivery with CI/CD.
Built high-availability, fault-tolerant AWS architectures to support rapid disaster recovery and business continuity using EC2, RDS, S3, and VPC. Implemented cost-optimized autoscaling with EC2 Spot Instances and Lambda, and improved global website performance by configuring CloudFront to reduce latency.
Designed scalable, high-performance software solutions using Java, Python, and microservices to meet complex business requirements. Mentored junior developers through code reviews and best-practice enforcement, and supported cloud-native deployments with AWS/Azure CI/CD automation (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Developed and maintained scalable, high-performance applications using Java, Python, and JavaScript, integrating databases and external APIs. Refactored legacy systems to reduce application load times by 30% and improved release efficiency by implementing automated testing with JUnit and Selenium.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Paavai Engineering College
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
2012 - 2016
Earned a B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) from Paavai Engineering College (affiliated with Anna University). Graduated in 2016.
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