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Ramesha C GOWDA

@rameshacgowda

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I architect enterprise cloud, AI, data, API, and DevSecOps platforms across regulated industries.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead enterprise AI, cloud, data, API, and DevSecOps transformation at director-level scope, partnering across engineering, security, product, finance, and operations to establish governed platforms, modernise legacy systems, and deliver measurable outcomes.

I've led enterprise platform modernisation and AI transformation at Dayforce, shaping multi-year cloud roadmaps, FinOps governance, and Azure-to-AWS migration strategy for a global HCM SaaS business.

At ONxpress, I served as the sole cross-domain architect for a greenfield transit technology programme, delivering DevSecOps, API integration, data engineering, governance, hybrid networking, and Zero Trust security platforms to SOC2 standards. I also architected an Azure–Oracle OCI ExpressRoute connection, the first implementation of its kind in the portfolio.

Across Informatica, PointClickCare, InvestorCOM, Manulife, and earlier consulting roles, I've modernised cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, microservices, data systems, and automation in financial services, healthcare SaaS, and public infrastructure. I translate technical complexity into practical standards and executive-level decisions across engineering, security, data, product, and operations.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Principal Systems Architect

Current

Dayforce

Jun 2025 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Leading platform modernisation strategy, FinOps governance, and enterprise AI transformation. Defined multi-year infrastructure roadmap and architected enterprise-grade AI landing zone using Microsoft Foundry and Agent Framework.

Azure AWS Foundry MCP CoPilot Studio FinOps .NET VM Scale Sets

Lead / Principal Platform Architect

ONxpress Transportation Partners

Aug 2023 - Jun 2025 (1 year 10 months)

Sole architect for greenfield technology programme spanning all IT layers. Coordinated cross-functional delivery of DevSecOps, API Integration, Data Engineering, and Data Governance platforms achieving SOC2 compliance.

Azure GitHub Actions mTLS Databricks Azure Data Factory Unity Catalog ExpressRoute Zero Trust WAF SOC2

Principal DevOps Engineer

Informatica

Feb 2021 - Feb 2023 (2 years)

Architected and automated infrastructure and product deployments across Azure and AWS. Hardened cloud security and designed AKS-based containerisation roadmap for legacy products.

Azure AWS Terraform GitHub Actions AKS Kubernetes WAF OWASP CI CD

Principal Software Engineer

PointClickCare

Aug 2020 - Feb 2021 (6 months)

Site reliability engineering for Data and Analytics platform. Built Kubernetes infrastructure and Azure IaC covering virtual networks, load balancers, and security.

Azure AKS Terraform Ansible Docker GitOps Azure Data Factory SQL Power BI

Solutions Architect

InvestorCOM

Aug 2019 - Aug 2020 (1 year)

Led end-to-end cloud transformation to event-driven microservices. Implemented Azure DevSecOps, multi-region DR, and modern data architecture.

Azure .NET Core C#AKS Ingress WAF Service Mesh DDD Clean Architecture Azure Data Factory Power BI

Technology Specialist

Manulife Financial

Dec 2017 - Aug 2019 (1 year 8 months)

Architected microservices platform and designed scalable RPA infrastructure. Evaluated intelligent OCR and ML capabilities for digital transformation.