Madhukar S. Prasad

Senior Cloud & AI Solutions Architect

Multi-Cloud | DevOps | MLOps | Security | Infrastructure Design

India & USA I-140 Approved

About Me

I'm a Senior Cloud Architect with over 20 years of IT experience, including 7+ years leading Cloud Engineering across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.

I've delivered secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud solutions for enterprise clients like Chevron, CH Robinson, Microsoft, and KPMG. My expertise spans cloud infrastructure automation, AI-driven security, and MLOps deployment pipelines.

With a Master's in Information Systems (USA), and multiple certifications, I bring a global delivery perspective, strong leadership, and a focus on security and performance.

Skills & Technologies

Cloud Platforms

Azure 95%
AWS 90%
GCP 70%

DevOps

Azure DevOps 95%
Terraform 90%
GitHub Actions 85%
Helm & Ansible 85%
Jenkins 80%

Security & Monitoring

IAM & NSG 95%
Zero Trust 90%
Prometheus & Grafana 85%
Datadog 85%

MLOps & AI

Azure ML 90%
Python & Flask 85%
GitOps 85%
Snowflake 80%

Experience

Independent Consultant

Jun 2024 – Present

Providing expert cloud architecture and consulting services.

Sr. Cloud Engineer

CH Robinson (Jul 2022 – Jun 2023)

Led cloud infrastructure and automation initiatives.

Sr. Cloud Engineer

SmileDirectClub (Jul 2020 – Jan 2022)

Managed cloud infrastructure and security.

Sr. Infra & Cloud Engineer

KPMG / JB Hunt / Chevron (2016 – 2020)

Led infrastructure and cloud initiatives across multiple enterprise clients.

Technical Lead

Fujitsu UK, HCL, Mindtree, Mastek (2003 – 2015)

Led technical teams and delivered enterprise solutions.

Education

Master of Information Systems

University of Arkansas

2021 - 2024

MBA

Sikkim Manipal University

2011 - 2013

Graduate Certificate in Business Analytics

University of Arkansas

Certifications

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect

Expert level certification in Azure architecture and solutions design.

AWS Solutions Architect

Professional certification in AWS cloud architecture and services.

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

Advanced certification in information security and risk management.

Academic & Research

Research Interests

  • Cloud Security and Zero Trust Architecture
  • AI/ML in Cloud Infrastructure
  • DevOps and MLOps Automation
  • Multi-Cloud Architecture and Management

Publications

Implementing Zero Trust in Multi-Cloud Environments

Cloud Security Journal, 2023

A comprehensive guide to implementing zero trust security across multiple cloud platforms.

AI-Driven Cloud Cost Optimization

IEEE Cloud Computing, 2022

Research paper on using machine learning for cloud resource optimization.

MLOps Best Practices for Enterprise

Medium, 2021

A practical guide to implementing MLOps in enterprise environments.

Featured Projects

Cloud Cost Optimization

Implemented automated cost optimization using Azure and Terraform.

Azure Terraform

AI Cybersecurity

Developed AI-powered threat detection system using Azure ML.

Azure ML Python

Multi-Cloud Security

Implemented Zero Trust Framework across multiple cloud platforms.

Azure AWS GCP

Faculty Reporting System

Developed ETL pipeline and reporting system for faculty data.

ETL SQL SSRS

MLOps Pipelines

Built MLOps pipelines for forecasting using AKS and MLflow.

AKS MLflow