VIKASH SAHARAN
Solution Architect | Enterprise & Cloud Architect | AWS • Azure • GCP | Microservices | Kubernetes | AI & Agentic AI | DevSecOps | Cloud Migration | .NET | Polyglot Devlopment | 14+ Years
India
11+ years of work experience
Sep 20251 yr 2 mosPresent
Solutions Architect | Optimum Info Solutions | Sep 2025 - 03-Sept-2026
- Architected cloud-native platform on AWS (microservices, Kubernetes,
event-driven pipelines) processing 10M+ daily records for financial
workloads with zero data loss guarantees
- Accelerated async ingestion pipeline by 50–65% (20 min → 7–10 min
processing time), improving real-time data availability for 50+
downstream teams across 3 time zones
- Introduced Fast Track Release model, reducing deployment lead time
by 92% (2 days → 2 hours) — enabling safer, frequent deployments
in high-compliance financial environment
- Integrated Claude AI & RAG pipelines in production — built LLM-powered
knowledge search, MCP integrations, and GitHub Copilot adoption,
improving developer productivity by ~30% (measured by task completion
time)
- Led technical decision-making async-first across distributed teams —
documented architecture decisions (ADRs), conducted async design reviews,
enabled global engineering team alignment without daily standups
Mar 20195 yrs 10 mosDec 2024
Solutions Architect | Veritech Info System | Mar 2019 - Dec 2024 · 5 yrs 10 mos
- Owned end-to-end architecture for 8+ enterprise & e-commerce platforms
(microservices, REST APIs, async messaging with Kafka/RabbitMQ);
deployed on AWS/Azure with 99.5%+ uptime across regions
- Orchestrated CI/CD infrastructure overhaul: GitLab CI migration from
TeamCity, reducing cloud costs by 90% (~$200K annually) while improving
deployment frequency from 2 weeks to daily releases
- Implemented security-by-design across teams: established OAuth 2.0/JWT,
WAF, Azure Key Vault, IAM policies; achieved compliance with enterprise
security standards (ISO 27001, HIPAA readiness) — zero security incidents
- Designed and automated RPA platform (UiPath) eliminating 70–90 daily
manual tasks — improved audit trails, process consistency, and freed
business team capacity for higher-value work
- Mentored 12+ junior engineers remotely on system design, architecture
patterns, and production reliability — 3 promoted to senior roles within
2 years
Jul 20162 yrs 8 mosFeb 2019
Lead Technical Architect | Brandwiki Open Publishing | Jul 2016 - Feb 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos
- Led technical strategy for 4-person architecture team supporting 20+
internal product teams (150+ engineers) across India and US time zones
- Designed scalable platform architecture handling 2M+ daily active users;
established microservices patterns, async communication standards, and
monitoring/observability practices adopted company-wide
- Reduced infrastructure costs by 35% through database optimization,
caching architecture (Redis), and query performance tuning — improved
P95 latency from 800ms to 200ms for critical user paths
- Architected & shipped flagship digital marketing analytics plugin (real-time
pixel-based user tracking, auto-sync, A/B testing framework) — designed
database schema for event streaming, built low-latency tracking pipeline;
approved by WordPress community, 50K+ active downloads
- Led advanced multisite plugin version with CDN-optimized static asset
sync (images/CSS/JavaScript) — improved page load time by 40% for
enterprise customers; enabled 10M+ page impressions/month across
distributed WordPress sites
- Designed & launched managed WordPress hosting platform with integrated
CDN distribution — simplified deployment for 2K+ small business users;
reduced hosting complexity via abstraction layer while maintaining
99.5% uptime SLA
- Established plugin data contracts & schema versioning standards — enabled
safe plugin updates across 50K+ installations without breaking customer
implementations
Jun 20159 mosFeb 2016
Banglore
Sr. Magento Developer | Razorfish Technologies India | Jun 2015 - Feb 2016
- Designed and architected healthcare prescription management platform
(TrueMeds) — built secure file upload system for family prescriptions
(5 family members, 2GB quota per user), integrated AWS S3 for scalable
storage, and implemented medicine ordering system based on prescription
data
- Built secure backend APIs for prescription validation, family member
access control, and order processing — ensured HIPAA-compliant data
handling for sensitive health information
- Implemented file management system with quota enforcement, virus scanning,
and audit logging — processed 10K+ prescription uploads/month with 99.8%
uptime
Apr 20141 yr 3 mosJun 2015
Gurugram, Haryana, India
Software Developer | POPxo
April 2014 – June 2015
Contributed to the development and growth of POPxo, a digital content platform, helping scale its user base from approximately 50,000 to 5 million users through new website themes, features, and engagement-focused functionality.
Key Responsibilities & Achievements:
Redesigned website themes and developed new features to improve user experience, content discovery, and platform engagement.
Implemented real-time Facebook and Twitter social engagement tracking to capture likes and views and display social activity feeds within the platform.
Developed pixel-based tracking functionality to monitor user interactions and content engagement.
Optimized web application functionality to support increasing traffic and a growing user base.
Contributed to backend development, database integration, and performance improvements to support platform scalability.
Technologies: PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Social Media APIs, Pixel-Based Tracking.
VIKASH’s AI Stack
Education
Master of Science - M.SC., Information Technology
Punjab technical university
20102 yrs2012
Master of Science (MS), Information Technology
MSL Labs Sri Ganganagar
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