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Azure Solution Architect | FinOps & Cloud Governance
Lisbon, Portugal
Worldwide
MSc System and Network EngineeringAbout me
Azure Solution Architect with 15 years in IT and 8+ years designing Azure platforms for large enterprises and governments, from first customer discovery through delivery. I design and deliver Azure solutions and FinOps-ready Azure foundations.
FinOpsAzure DevOpsMicrosoft AzureCloud EngineeringData GovernanceEnterprise Architecture FrameworkSolution ArchitectureAzure AutomationAzure Security CenterCloud Management Platforms
Azure Cloud Architecture
Design and delivery of secure, well-governed Azure platforms including landing zones, private endpoints, VPN, ExpressRoute, and Azure Firewall for large enterprises and government customers.
Security & Identity Management
Implementation of Zero Trust principles, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Sentinel, Entra ID PIM/Conditional Access, Azure OpenAI and Azure ML environments secured with RBAC, private endpoints and Key Vault.
FinOps & Cloud Governance
Setup of cost visibility and governance through Azure Cost Management, tagging, rightsizing and reservations to reduce unnecessary cloud spend for enterprise customers.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
Automation of Azure infrastructure using ARM templates, Terraform (design and review), Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, Python, PowerShell, Bash, and Ansible.
Presales & Solution Design
Conducting discovery workshops, solution proposals, proofs of concept, demos, and Well-Architected reviews to take engagements from first customer contact to agreed solution design.
DevOps Engineering
Administration of Windows Server and SQL Server, automation of Azure operations with PowerShell, and maintenance of continuous deployment pipelines.
Networking & Hybrid Infrastructure
Design and deployment of Azure infrastructure and hybrid networking solutions, including VPN, ExpressRoute, and Azure Firewall, automated with ARM templates and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
Leadership & Technical Team Coordination
Leadership of technical teams and coordination of customer and Microsoft stakeholders without direct authority, delivering solutions end to end from discovery to production, including leading teams of 3 to 6 consultants.
Cloud Platform & Private Cloud
Design and deployment of private cloud clusters for research institutions, development of cloud platform tooling in Python and Bash, and administration of systems and networking equipment.
Design and delivery of secure, well-governed Azure platforms including landing zones, private endpoints, VPN, ExpressRoute, and Azure Firewall for large enterprises and government customers.
Security & Identity Management
Implementation of Zero Trust principles, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Sentinel, Entra ID PIM/Conditional Access, Azure OpenAI and Azure ML environments secured with RBAC, private endpoints and Key Vault.
FinOps & Cloud Governance
Setup of cost visibility and governance through Azure Cost Management, tagging, rightsizing and reservations to reduce unnecessary cloud spend for enterprise customers.
Automation & Infrastructure as Code
Automation of Azure infrastructure using ARM templates, Terraform (design and review), Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, Python, PowerShell, Bash, and Ansible.
Presales & Solution Design
Conducting discovery workshops, solution proposals, proofs of concept, demos, and Well-Architected reviews to take engagements from first customer contact to agreed solution design.
DevOps Engineering
Administration of Windows Server and SQL Server, automation of Azure operations with PowerShell, and maintenance of continuous deployment pipelines.
Networking & Hybrid Infrastructure
Design and deployment of Azure infrastructure and hybrid networking solutions, including VPN, ExpressRoute, and Azure Firewall, automated with ARM templates and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
Leadership & Technical Team Coordination
Leadership of technical teams and coordination of customer and Microsoft stakeholders without direct authority, delivering solutions end to end from discovery to production, including leading teams of 3 to 6 consultants.
Cloud Platform & Private Cloud
Design and deployment of private cloud clusters for research institutions, development of cloud platform tooling in Python and Bash, and administration of systems and networking equipment.
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2026
Languages
EnglishFluentDutchBasic knowledgePolishGoodPortugueseNative speaker
Project history
Presales and delivery architect for Azure infrastructure, security, DevOps and Data & AI. Working with large enterprise and government customers together with Microsoft partners and system integrators. Taking engagements from first customer workshop to agreed solution design, through architecture review boards, and implementing production networking. Hardening customer cloud estates with Defender for Cloud, Sentinel and Entra ID PIM/Conditional Access, and securing Azure OpenAI and Azure ML environments. Leading technical teams and coordinating customer and Microsoft stakeholders end to end.
Led delivery of Azure platform and landing zone projects, including as lead platform architect for a manufacturing company. Assessed customer workloads against all five Well-Architected pillars and turned findings into improvement roadmaps. Set up cost visibility and governance for customer estates. Designed and deployed Azure infrastructure and hybrid networking, automated with ARM templates and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
Previously Cloud Architect at Nordcloud Poland, contributing to Azure platform delivery and cloud architecture projects.