04/18/2026 updated

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Senior Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineer

United Kingdom Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Engineering & Software Technology
United Kingdom Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Engineering & Software Technology

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About me

Senior-level GCP Architect with 15+ years of experience designing and operating large-scale, security-critical cloud systems. Deep hands-on expertise in Cloud (GCP/AWS), GKE, Vertex AI and MLOps, delivering scalable AI solutions including Generative AI and agentic workflows.

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Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering
Principal-level expertise in designing and building secure cloud environments at scale with 15+ years of experience across GCP, AWS, and Azure platforms

Kubernetes Security & Container Orchestration
Deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes security, hardening clusters, GKE/EKS internals, and multi-tenant platform management in regulated environments

DevSecOps & CI/CD Security Integration
Advanced skills in integrating security practices into SDLC, building secure CI/CD pipelines, and implementing automated security scanning and monitoring tools

Zero-Trust Architecture & Network Security
Implementation of zero-trust security models, network policies, isolation strategies, and multi-cloud connectivity solutions

Infrastructure as Code & Automation
Expertise in Terraform, Helm, GitOps practices, and automated infrastructure provisioning and management

AI/ML Platform Development
Development and integration of AI coding agents, ML-based security monitoring tools, and generative AI platforms using Vertex AI and Gemini

Cloud Security & Compliance
Implementation of IAM, RBAC, security governance frameworks, and compliance with banking security standards and PCI-DSS requirements

Cost Optimization & FinOps
Cloud cost optimization strategies, resource utilization improvement, and financial operations for cloud environments

Languages

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Project history

Principal Cloud & AI Architect

Analog Future
Led GCP/AWS/GKE/Kubernetes architecture and production reviews, developed AI coding agents for CI/CD pipelines, designed production-grade Generative AI platforms using Vertex AI and Gemini

Senior Cloud Architect

DoiT International
Led architecture and security reviews for enterprise customers on GCP and AWS, provided incident response for complex security issues, implemented Terraform-based infrastructure frameworks

Senior Google Cloud Architect

MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group
Lead GCP architect for enterprise cloud adoption, defined security governance and architecture best practices for multi-tenant platform spanning hundreds of projects

Cloud Architect

Lloyds Banking Group
Architected and delivered multi-region Kubernetes platform for regulated financial workloads, implemented multi-tenant security through network policies and RBAC

Head of Infrastructure

CheckRecipient
Owned end-to-end infrastructure and security operations for AI-driven email security platform, led migration from Heroku to AWS ECS using Infrastructure as Code

Selected senior contracts

Tesco, Sky, Solera, Yoti
Designed and implemented scalable, secure infrastructure for high-volume platforms, built MLOps and data pipelines, architected on-premises multi-cluster Kubernetes-based platforms

Early Career & Infrastructure Foundations

Sun Microsystems, Hewlett-Packard, Probability Systems
Administration & Operations roles across media, finance, and enterprise IT environments, developed foundations in Linux, networking, and production operations

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