Ajmal Mustafa Shaikh Top-Executive
I am an Enterprise AI Google Cloud Architect with 20+ years of experience designing and leading enterprise-scale cloud and modernization initiatives.My work sits at the intersection of architecture, client engagement, and delivery leadership. I don’t just design systems — I own outcomes, guide teams through complex decisions, and help organizations translate business goals into secure, scalable cloud architectures.I have led large-scale application modernization and cloud migration programs on Google Cloud, including containerization (GKE, Cloud Run), CI/CD and GitOps adoption, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and API-led integrations.More recently, I have been architecting AI-enabled cloud solutions using Google’s managed AI stack (Vertex AI, Gemini, RAG, CCAI/CES) — focusing on governance, scalability, cost control, and real business impact rather than isolated POCs.I regularly engage with senior stakeholders, act as an escalation point for architectural decisions, and mentor teams to ensure solutions are production-ready, secure, and aligned with long-term enterprise strategy.Core strengths:• Client-facing solution architecture & technical leadership• Enterprise cloud migration & modernization (GCP)• Cloud + GenAI architecture (RAG, Agentic patterns, governance)• Risk, cost, and scalability-driven decision making• Translating technology into measurable business outcomes
Headquarters:
Pune District, Maharashtra
Industry:
Medicine and Biology
Title:
Google Cloud Enterprise & AI Architect| Data Architecture Senior Manager
Company:
Accenture
Company Industry:
Management Consulting
Company Website:
accenture.com
Company Linkedin:
linkedin.com/company/accenture
Company Size:
10001+
Current Job Duration:
4 mos
Country:
India
Languages:
English
Work Experience:
Title: Google Cloud Enterprise & AI Architect| Data Architecture Senior Manager
Company: Accenture
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/accenture/
Industry: Management Consulting
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Pune Division
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 04-2026
Ends At: Present
Description: None
Title: Senior GCP & AI Platform Architect Enterprise AI Infrastructure
Company: Tata Consultancy Services
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tata-consultancy-services/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Pune District
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 07-2024
Ends At: 04-2026
Description: None
Title: IBM
Company: Ibm
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ibm/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: None
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2022
Ends At: 08-2024
Description: Working as Senior Google Cloud Architect and People Manager with over 16 years of Experience in Niche Technologies including Big Data, DevOps, Security and Automation.
Handling a team of DevOps engineers for the project
Requirements understanding and proposal of Cloud native solutions for the Enterprise Cloud Solutions
Deep understanding of Cloud architecture
Solutioning and Designing of Complex System including Microservices
Setting up of Highly available complex services with Scalability and Reliability of the proposed solutions, Results-driven Google Cloud Architect with over 8 years of expertise in delivering transformative solutions for Banking, Retail, and Telecom clients. A dynamic and creative professional consistently recognised for exceptional performance and recipient of numerous industry awards. Proven track record in seamlessly integrating on-premises systems with Google Cloud and resolving complex challenges.
Spearheading the architectural design and implementation of Google Cloud solutions for the Banking sector.
Innovatively applying DevOps principles to streamline processes, resulting in a 20% reduction in deployment time.
Orchestrating the migration of critical systems to Google Cloud, achieving a 30% improvement in system performance.
Received IBM Innovative Performer for Outstanding Contribution in 2023, ▪Have capability in designing and development and managing robust, secure, scalable, highly available and dynamic solutions on GCP Cloud to drive business objectives. Have relevant experience in automation, deployment and implementation of Google Cloud solutions
▪Well-versed in provisioning the solutions on GCP Cloud services for management, deployment, automation and scaling of the applications on Google Cloud Platform
▪Architect, design and implementation of security features including infrastructure, applications, Kubernetes & containers on Cloud Environment ▪Experienced in automated solutions in Google Cloud Platform to scale up the infrastructure thereby reducing infrastructure uptime and optimisation of costs and efforts
Setup of CI/CD Pipelines using Version control systems, Jenkins and Containerisation.
Security setup of the Pipelines and vulnerability scanning tools setup
Compliance and Governance of the data platform
Pen Testing task coordination with respective teams.
Title: Google Cloud Certified Architect|Technical Lead| Solutions-Big data
Company: Zensar Technologies
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zensar/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 5001-10000
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 05-2018
Ends At: 03-2020
Description: None
Title: Technical Lead |Big Data & Hadoop Infrastructure | On Prem to Cloud Migration Consultant
Company: Wipro
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wipro/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Mysore
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 03-2017
Ends At: 02-2018
Description: None
Title: Hadoop|Big Data Consultant
Company: Tech Mahindra
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tech-mahindra/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Pune Area, India
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2013
Ends At: 12-2016
Description: None
Title: Customer | Technical Support Specialist
Company: None
Company URL: None
Industry: None
Company Size: None
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 12-2009
Ends At: 06-2013
Description: None
Title: Process Associate (Technical)
Company: Sopra Steria
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soprasteria/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 06-2007
Ends At: 11-2009
Description: None
Title: Process Assistant
Company: Wipro
Company URL: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wipro/
Industry: Information Technology And Services
Company Size: 10001+
Location: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Country: None
Employment Type: None
Start At: 02-2006
Ends At: 05-2007
Description: None
Education:
School: Dr. D.Y.Patil Pratishthans Dr.D.Y.Patil Institute of Management Studies, Akurdi, Pune 411044
Degree: Bachelor of Pharmacy - BPharm, Computer Science
Activities: None
School: Modern Education Society's Nowrosjee Wadia College Arts, Science, Pune 01
Degree: Higher Secondary Education, Computer Science
Activities: None
Headline:
Google Cloud Enterprise Architect | Data Architecture Senior Manager|Vertex AI | Cloud-Native AI Operations | Agentic AI Platforms|Kubernetes |Terraform|Cloud Security |Digital Transformation