Arun A Nayagam
Solutions Architect
Woking, UK
Summary
As an AWS/GCP Certified Solutions Architect, I specialize in the design and deployment of secure, cloud-based software solutions, with expertise in API Gateways, Containers, and Microservices.
My strong stakeholder management and communication skills enable the effective translation of complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
I thrive in strategizing and implementing scalable and high-performance enterprise solutions, ensuring security and future readiness.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certifications
Work History
Solutions Architect, Consultant
Flutter International, UK
01.2023 - Current
- Successfully led technical decision-making process for Spain migration of a high-profile Sports platform, transitioning from ATS to ISP. Demonstrated exceptional problem-solving skills and ability to adapt to complex scenarios.
- Expertly presented and secured approval for critical technical decisions in Technical Decision Forum, showcasing exceptional communication skills and ability to effectively convey complex information to various stakeholders.
- Demonstrated proficiency in Regulatory Mapping, Content Filtering, analyzing Feeds and Kafka Streams (Bet, Market, Sports Producer) for an Aggregated Catalogue (Exchange/RAMP/OB), ensuring seamless integration and platform optimization.
- Consistently engaged with key stakeholders such as security, compliance, and product teams. This collaborative approach ensured the implementation of effective, compliant solutions, facilitating seamless project execution.
- Collaborated closely with Engineering team in multiple inceptions to prepare technical decisions for development, fostering strong working relationship and ensuring timely project completion.
- Developed comprehensive network diagrams of solutions, significantly contributing to the successful completion of Spain security assessment by effectively visualizing and communicating complex system architectures.
Solutions Architect, Consultant
Northern Trust, UK
06.2020 - 12.2022
- Led a team to create an external facing API Portal - https://developer.ntrs.com, that lets NT clients self-serve to be able to access NT APIs.
- Contributed heavily to product development lifecycle of both back-end and customer-facing solutions.
- Designed the security protocols to be followed to be able to access NT APIs, supporting basic authentication and mutual TLS, serving encrypted JWTs.
- Worked with developers and engineers to deploy micro-services using a Helm based Kubernetes Azure AD pipeline.
- Authored development guidelines to expedite application design efforts in confluence.
- Automated all API platform entities creation and management using terraform and YAML definitions.
- Was primary contact for infrastructure team to rollout API gateway and portal Kubernetes entities.
Solutions Architect, Consultant
Ladbrokes Coral Group, UK
01.2013 - 04.2020
- SME for the Ladbrokes-Coral public API Gateway and Microservices that's accessed by 80+ external partners.
- Produced various design artefacts that helped Developers implement solutions, both onsite and offshore.
- Designed and modelled various RESTful Betting APIs, ranging from Sportsbook to secured Banking transactions.
- Led the Architecture governance group, to sign-off new and existing API changes.
- Created an API Gateway ecosystem that handles ~48 - 50 million requests per day per brand - Ladbrokes & Coral,
- Auto-scaled Nginx Kong deployments using Docker AMIs, Terraform and AWS Cloud Formation scripts.
- This ecosystem addressed all security concerns that was raised by GVC Security team.
- This API Gateway model was adopted in both Retail and Digital channels of both brands.
- Led various performance improvement initiatives that reduced average API Gateway latency from 400 ms to around 25 ms.
- Designed and implemented a Kafka & Kaazing (Websocket) based push-solution that is consumed by all internal and International partners.
- Created a developer portal that showcased all aspects of API consumption,
- Vastly improved the time-to-market of new Apps.
- Designed and help implement OAuth 2.0 compliant API's that allows LadbrokesCoral to onboard Apps without exposing customer credentials.
- Defined RESTful endpoints and designed building of Java Springboot based Microservices that are deployed in an auto-scaled AWS environment.
Education
University of Madras, India
01.1994 - 04.1998
Skills
Confluence, Miro, Lucid Chart, Drawio, C4
Apache Kafka & Kaazing (websocket)
API Gateways - Kong & CA API Gateway aka Layer 7
Helm, AWS Devops Deployments - Cloud Formation, Docker, terraform, terragrunt AWS Lambda, Jenkins
Java & Springboot
Elasticsearch, Logstash & Kibana
Certification
Northern Trust External Portal Live
Timeline
Solutions Architect, Consultant
Flutter International, UK
01.2023 - Current
Northern Trust External Portal Live
02-2022
GCP Professional Cloud Architect
12-2020
Solutions Architect, Consultant
Northern Trust, UK
06.2020 - 12.2022
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
06-2020
LadbrokesCoral Cloud-Based Middleware Platform - Re-Design & Delivery
10-2019
Ladbrokes Trading Platform Migration - International Delivery
05-2017
Flawless Ladbrokes "Grand National 2016" Performance
04-2016
Solutions Architect, Consultant
Ladbrokes Coral Group, UK
01.2013 - 04.2020
GE Six Sigma – Green Belt Certified
06-2005
University of Madras, India
01.1994 - 04.1998