Certifications:
β AWS Solutions Architect Professional | β Azure Solutions Architect Expert | β Google Professional Cloud Architect | β Azure Administrator (AZ-104) | β HashiCorp Terraform Associate | π― 2026: AWS ML Specialty
Professional Summary
Platform Engineering Leader with 23+ years building and scaling cloud teams while driving digital transformation across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Led teams of 15+ engineers, managed multi-million dollar budgets, and delivered platforms serving millions of users with 99.9%+ uptime. Deep technical expertise in cloud architecture, Kubernetes, observability/SRE, and AI/ML platforms. Track record includes successful cloud migrations, landing zone implementations, and establishing DevOps/SRE practices across Fortune 500 companies. Balance strategic leadership with hands-on technical workβfrom solution design and customer consulting to writing infrastructure code and automation. Comfortable in both leadership positions (Associate Director, Principal Consultant) and technical roles delivering complex platform solutions.
Core Technical Competencies
Cloud Platform Engineering (AWS & Azure)
Landing Zones: Enterprise landing zone design and implementation, multi-account/subscription architecture, network topology (hub-spoke, transit gateway), IAM/RBAC security models, compliance frameworks
Hybrid Cloud: Hybrid connectivity solutions (ExpressRoute, Direct Connect, VPN), multi-cloud strategies, disaster recovery, business continuity planning
Infrastructure Automation: Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, CloudFormation, Ansible, infrastructure pipelines
Built and led cross-functional team of 15+ engineers across platform engineering, DevOps, and SRE functions with hiring, mentoring, and performance management
Defined platform engineering strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives serving 2M+ users
Drove organizational transformation from traditional ops to modern platform engineering culture
Led stakeholder management across C-level executives, product teams, and external vendors
Established operational excellence practices, incident management processes, and SRE culture
π§ Technical & Consulting Responsibilities:
Architecture & Design: Designed Azure Landing Zones with hub-spoke network, centralized governance, security policies, and infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Bicep
Kubernetes Platform: Built AKS container platform with GitOps (ArgoCD), service mesh (Istio), auto-scaling, and multi-tenant architecture
Observability & AIOps: Implemented full observability stack (Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) with AI-powered anomaly detection cutting MTTR by 60%
Led cultural transformation from traditional ops to DevSecOps practices across 8+ development teams
Drove cost optimization achieving 25% reduction in infrastructure spend through containerization and resource optimization
Established incident management, on-call rotations, and postmortem culture improving MTTR by 60%
π§ Technical & Consulting Responsibilities:
Legacy Modernization: Led modernization of legacy infrastructure running shell scripts on standalone Linux machines to containerized workloads on EKS
EKS Platform Build: Stood up production EKS clusters from scratch, migrated 100+ Jenkins jobs from independent Linux VMs to EKS pods with proper resource management and isolation
Jenkins Modernization: Redesigned Jenkins architecture to run on EKS with dynamic pod provisioning, eliminating dependency on static Linux build servers
Container Migration: Containerized legacy applications and batch jobs, created Docker images, Kubernetes manifests, and Helm charts for deployment automation
DevSecOps Pipeline: Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins on EKS, integrated security scanning (Snyk, SonarQube), automated compliance checks for financial services regulations
Observability Stack: Implemented Datadog APM, distributed tracing with OpenTelemetry, centralized logging with ELK for containerized workloads achieving full visibility
Automation & Scripting: Developed Python and Shell automation to migrate legacy scripts to containerized jobs, implemented automated remediation workflows reducing manual interventions by 45%
SRE & Reliability: Established SLO-based monitoring, error budgets, incident response procedures achieving 99.9% uptime with 60% faster deployment cycles
Security & Compliance: Implemented security guardrails, automated compliance validation for SOC2, PCI-DSS, FCA regulations using AWS Config and custom policies
Customer Consulting: Led architecture workshops with development teams, conducted technical reviews, and provided consulting on containerization and cloud-native patterns
Principal Consultant / Associate Director - Cloud Migration
Royal Horticultural Society via Client Server
Aug 2022 - Sep 2023
π― Project: GCP to Azure Migration & Platform Modernization
π Leadership Responsibilities:
Led team of 8+ engineers across cloud migration, platform engineering, and data engineering functions
Defined migration strategy and roadmap with executive stakeholders, managed $1.5M+ migration budget
Drove organizational change management for GCP to Azure transition across 6+ application teams
Established governance framework, operational processes, and knowledge transfer programs
Managed vendor relationships with Microsoft, conducted contract negotiations for Azure services
Led risk management, mitigation planning, and zero-downtime cutover strategy for production workloads
π§ Technical & Consulting Responsibilities:
Discovery & Assessment: Led comprehensive discovery phase with application dependency mapping, TCO analysis, migration wave planning, and risk assessment workshops
Landing Zone Design: Hands-on architecture of Azure Landing Zones with management groups, subscription strategy, networking (hub-spoke with Azure Firewall), security baselines (Azure Policy, Defender), and governance policies
Kubernetes Migration: Architected and executed GKE to AKS migration with Helm charts, service mesh implementation (Istio), GitOps workflows (ArgoCD), and automated deployment pipelines
Data Platform: Designed and built Azure data pipelines using Data Factory, Databricks, and Synapse processing 5M+ records daily with data quality monitoring and lineage tracking
Observability: Implemented Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Log Analytics with custom KQL queries, workbooks, and intelligent alerting with action groups
CI/CD Modernization: Migrated from Jenkins to Azure DevOps with infrastructure pipelines (Terraform), automated testing (Pester, Terratest), deployment gates, and approval workflows reducing deployment time by 65%
Reliability: Achieved 99.95% uptime post-migration with automated backup/restore (Azure Backup), DR testing, runbook automation, and incident response procedures
Consulting & Training: Conducted architecture workshops, technical training sessions for development teams, and created comprehensive documentation and operational runbooks
Hands-on Implementation: Personally developed Terraform modules, ARM templates, PowerShell scripts, and Azure DevOps pipelines for migration automation
Principal Consultant / Sr. Manager - Platform Engineering
Drove adoption strategy with stakeholder engagement, training programs, and change management across organization
Established SLAs, support model, and operational processes for 50+ database instances
π§ Technical & Consulting Responsibilities:
Platform Architecture: Architected self-service database provisioning platform with automated lifecycle management (provisioning, scaling, backup/restore, patching), monitoring, and cost allocation
Multi-Cloud Strategy: Designed unified control plane for RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL), Azure SQL, Cloud SQL with consistent security policies, governance, and API-driven automation
Automation: Hands-on development of Terraform modules, Ansible playbooks, and Python automation for database provisioning, scaling, maintenance windows, and self-healing capabilities
Observability: Integrated Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch for database performance monitoring, query analytics, slow query detection, and capacity planning with predictive alerting
Security & Compliance: Implemented RBAC, encryption at rest/transit (TDE, SSL), audit logging, automated compliance reporting, and security scanning
Consulting & Adoption: Led architecture workshops with application teams, created self-service documentation, conducted training sessions, and provided consulting on database design patterns
RFP/RFI Participation: Contributed to technical evaluations for database technologies and cloud provider selection
Hands-on Delivery: Personally wrote infrastructure code, automation scripts, and integration APIs for platform capabilities
Directed DevOps transformation across 12+ teams, driving cultural change from traditional ops to DevOps practices
Defined cloud strategy and migration roadmap for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Led change management initiatives, established DevOps CoE (Center of Excellence), and mentored architects and engineers
Managed stakeholder relationships across IT leadership, application teams, and business units
Established governance framework, operational processes, and best practices for cloud adoption
π§ Technical & Consulting Responsibilities:
Cloud Architecture: Designed Azure landing zones with networking architecture (hub-spoke, VNet peering), ExpressRoute connectivity for hybrid integration, and Azure AD identity integration
Infrastructure as Code: Hands-on implementation of IaC standards using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM templates with modular design, reusable components, and CI/CD integration
DevOps Pipeline: Built CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, automated testing (unit, integration, security), security scanning (SAST/DAST), and deployment automation reducing deployment time by 70%
Kubernetes Platform: Deployed AKS clusters with monitoring (Azure Monitor), logging (Log Analytics), automated scaling (HPA, cluster autoscaler), and security policies
Self-Service Portal: Architected developer self-service portal for infrastructure provisioning with approval workflows, cost controls, and RBAC integration
Observability: Implemented Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights with custom dashboards, KQL queries, and alerting rules
Consulting & Training: Led architecture workshops, conducted DevOps training sessions, created technical documentation, and provided consulting on cloud-native patterns
Hands-on Delivery: Personally developed Terraform modules, Azure DevOps pipelines, PowerShell scripts, and automation tools
Lead Consultant / Senior DevOps Architect - Multi-Client Delivery
