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Senior Cloud Solutions Architect | Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networking (Azure & AWS)
Hyderabd, USA
Only remote
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), 2005About me
I am an experienced Cloud and Infrastructure Architect with deep expertise in designing and delivering resilient, enterprise-grade solutions across Azure and AWS. My career spans high-stakes sectors including banking, oil and gas, and SaaS, where
Microsoft Azure & AWS Cloud Architecture
Expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-grade solutions on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, including architecture reviews, performance optimisation, cost management, and adoption of new platform capabilities across banking, oil and gas, and SaaS sectors.
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networking
Deep knowledge of hybrid connectivity technologies including ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site and Point-to-Site VPN, Hub-and-Spoke, Virtual WAN, Transit Gateway, VNet/VPC Peering, Azure Firewall, Palo Alto, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager, Private Link, and Azure DNS.
Cloud Migration & Disaster Recovery
Proven track record in planning and executing large-scale migrations using Azure Migrate, DMA, DMS, and Azure Site Recovery, as well as designing cross-cloud disaster-recovery architectures from Azure to AWS incorporating Palo Alto IPsec, Transit Gateway segmentation, and Veeam backup.
Governance & Compliance
Establishment of Azure Cloud Adoption Framework and AWS Control Tower landing zones with management groups, policy inheritance, role-based access control, and security guardrails.
Automation & Identity
Automation of cloud infrastructure using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure DevOps; management of identity and access through Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Conditional Access, and multi-factor authentication.
Network Diagnostics & Troubleshooting
Advanced diagnostics using Network Watcher, NSG Flow Logs, Connection Monitor, Log Analytics (KQL), Azure Monitor, Wireshark, tcpdump, mtr, iperf, dig, and nslookup for resolving complex connectivity, routing, and application delivery issues.
Endpoint Management
Design and delivery of end-to-end Unified Endpoint Management using Intune, Windows Autopilot, and Apple Business Manager, enforcing compliance policies, Conditional Access, and PowerShell-based automated remediation.
Systems Administration
Administration of Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu, Active Directory, and SharePoint environments, including incident escalation, NAT, access lists, and day-to-day network fault resolution.
Pre-Sales & RFP Leadership
Preparation and delivery of competitive RFP responses leveraging open-source and AWS services such as ECS Fargate and EKS, securing contracts and driving AWS cost reduction aligned with the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework.
Expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-grade solutions on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services, including architecture reviews, performance optimisation, cost management, and adoption of new platform capabilities across banking, oil and gas, and SaaS sectors.
Hybrid & Multi-Cloud Networking
Deep knowledge of hybrid connectivity technologies including ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site and Point-to-Site VPN, Hub-and-Spoke, Virtual WAN, Transit Gateway, VNet/VPC Peering, Azure Firewall, Palo Alto, Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Traffic Manager, Private Link, and Azure DNS.
Cloud Migration & Disaster Recovery
Proven track record in planning and executing large-scale migrations using Azure Migrate, DMA, DMS, and Azure Site Recovery, as well as designing cross-cloud disaster-recovery architectures from Azure to AWS incorporating Palo Alto IPsec, Transit Gateway segmentation, and Veeam backup.
Governance & Compliance
Establishment of Azure Cloud Adoption Framework and AWS Control Tower landing zones with management groups, policy inheritance, role-based access control, and security guardrails.
Automation & Identity
Automation of cloud infrastructure using Terraform, ARM/Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure DevOps; management of identity and access through Microsoft Entra ID, Intune, Conditional Access, and multi-factor authentication.
Network Diagnostics & Troubleshooting
Advanced diagnostics using Network Watcher, NSG Flow Logs, Connection Monitor, Log Analytics (KQL), Azure Monitor, Wireshark, tcpdump, mtr, iperf, dig, and nslookup for resolving complex connectivity, routing, and application delivery issues.
Endpoint Management
Design and delivery of end-to-end Unified Endpoint Management using Intune, Windows Autopilot, and Apple Business Manager, enforcing compliance policies, Conditional Access, and PowerShell-based automated remediation.
Systems Administration
Administration of Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu, Active Directory, and SharePoint environments, including incident escalation, NAT, access lists, and day-to-day network fault resolution.
Pre-Sales & RFP Leadership
Preparation and delivery of competitive RFP responses leveraging open-source and AWS services such as ECS Fargate and EKS, securing contracts and driving AWS cost reduction aligned with the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework.
Project history
Providing trusted technical advisory to Microsoft customers worldwide on Azure and AWS architecture reviews, performance and cost optimisation, and adoption of new platform capabilities. Evaluating customer environments, diagnosing connectivity, identity and workload issues, and recommending remediation aligned with best practice. Designing and delivering end-to-end Unified Endpoint Management using Intune, Windows Autopilot and Apple Business Manager. Advising start-ups in the Microsoft for Startups programme on secure, scalable and cost-efficient cloud architecture.
Led the AWS cloud infrastructure practice, in-house SaaS projects and SAP-on-AWS delivery for the Middle East region. Prepared and won competitive RFP responses using open-source and AWS services (ECS Fargate, EKS); drove AWS cost reduction in line with the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework.
Designed Azure-to-AWS disaster recovery for virtual machines, firewalls, Active Directory, databases, VDI and NAS backups; established the AWS landing zone with Control Tower, guardrails and key management. Implemented secure connectivity between on-premises, Azure and AWS through Palo Alto IPsec VPNs and Transit Gateway. Deployed the Azure Cloud Adoption Framework with Azure Policy, RBAC, custom DNS, Application Gateway and MFA.
Certificates
AWS Certified Associate
AZ-3052025