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Senior Cloud & AI Solutions Architect (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Lucan, Ireland
Worldwide
PhD Quantum/Nuclear Physics, MSc Computer Science
Lucan, Ireland
Worldwide
PhD Quantum/Nuclear Physics, MSc Computer Science

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Resume 2026 Cloud Solutions Architect Contractor.pdf

About me

I design and modernise cloud platforms for banks, transport operators, airlines, and manufacturers. 17+ years across hyperscale systems at Microsoft, Amazon (AWS) and tier-1 banking. I've led cloud migrations of 1000+ microservices, transformed legacy, and delivered enterprise-wide AI platforms.

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)Amazon Elastic Compute CloudMicrosoft AzureClient Server ModelsCloud ComputingCloud EngineeringCloud FoundryData ArchitectureIBM Cloud ComputingOpenShiftSoftware ArchitectureCloud ServicesAzure Machine LearningSolution ArchitectureAzure AutomationCloud Platform SystemEvent-driven ArchitectureIT ArchitectureCloud TechnologiesInfrastructure as Code (IaC)GitLabEvent Driven ArchitectureKubernetesAzure AKSGraphQLCloud MigrationCloud IntegrationCloud OptimizationTerraformAzure Data AnalyticsgRPCAzure Synapse AnalyticsCloud Management Platforms
Cloud Architecture & Multi-Cloud Engineering
Expertise in designing and delivering multi-cloud and hybrid cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP, including Well-Architected reviews, High-Availability, Disaster Recovery, and Landing Zones for enterprise-scale workloads.

AI & ML Engineering
Hands-on experience with GenAI, RAG, Embeddings, AI Search, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, and AI Foundry, enabling the design and delivery of production-grade agentic and ML platform architectures.

Enterprise Cloud Migration & Modernisation
Deep track record in legacy-to-cloud migrations, monolith decomposition, and microservices modernisation in complex, regulated environments including tier-1 banking and large-scale enterprise organisations.

Regulated & Compliance-Aware Delivery
Extensive experience delivering banking-grade, security- and business-critical workloads with compliance-aware architecture and data sovereignty requirements in financial-services environments.

Kubernetes & Platform Engineering
Proficiency with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenShift, Flux, and related tooling for building and operating resilient, observable platforms with SRE practices and FinOps principles.

Backend Development & API Engineering
Strong background in backend development using Spring Boot, FastAPI, Node.js, REST, gRPC, GraphQL, APIM, and Kong for scalable, production-grade service delivery.

Messaging & Event-Driven Architecture
Practical experience with Kafka, ActiveMQ, JMS, MQTT, Event Hubs, and Pub/Sub for designing event-driven, distributed microservice architectures.

Data Engineering & Databases
Broad knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including PostgreSQL, MS SQL, Oracle, MariaDB, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, and Cosmos DB for data-intensive enterprise solutions.

Programming Languages
Fluency in Java, Python, Rust, C, C++, Kotlin, TypeScript, SQL, Bash, and PowerShell, enabling full-stack and systems-level engineering across diverse technology stacks.

Infrastructure as Code & DevOps
Experience with Terraform, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, and related CI/CD tooling for automating infrastructure provisioning and software delivery pipelines.

Languages

GermanNative speakerEnglishNative speakerFrenchGood

Project history

Senior Digital Solutions Engineer - Cloud & AI (Azure)

Microsoft, Dublin, Ireland
Architected cloud-native and hybrid platforms for enterprise-scale AI, security, and business-critical workloads across EMEA. Designed and delivered production-grade prototypes, PoCs, deployment templates, automation frameworks, and cloud accelerators. Driven best practices to accelerate technical adoption across customers and partners. Top-rated speaker on emerging compute including Azure Quantum at AI Tour Munich.

Principal Tech Developer

Emirates Group, Dubai, UAE
Architected and delivered an enterprise intelligence platform adopted across the organisation. Led cross-functional delivery and AWS cloud migration across 5 backend teams. Modernised distributed microservices through event-driven architecture for Web and Mobile.

Blockchain Core Developer (Contract)

Jelurida / NXT
Enhanced P2P Network performance and resilience of the original inventors of PoS. Implemented privacy features and an autonomous penetration testing framework.

Senior Software Developer

Raiffeisen Bank, Vienna, Austria
Modernised and led the cloud migration of 200+ microservices of a tier-1 bank. Co-architected and delivered a new real estate valuation platform within 3 months.

Software Architect (Contract)

Deutsche Bahn, Frankfurt
Transformed a legacy monolith into cloud-native microservices using the strangler pattern. Designed a custom PL/SQL database validation layer for early failure detection.

Software Development Engineer (AWS)

Amazon, Dublin
Engineered Layer-7 load-balancing infrastructure across hyperscale distributed systems. Resolved a global production incident during peak holiday traffic under critical conditions. Partnered with platform teams including Netflix and Amazon Prime on observability, traffic resilience and performance engineering. Selected for the Bar Raiser program for technical excellence and hiring leadership.

Software Developer - Factory Automation

ENisco Eisenmann, Stuttgart
Developed the core MES platform for Ferrari, Lamborghini, VW, and others. Built a smart car-storage system supporting the Tesla Model 3 production line. Integrated robotics with backend control systems.

Certificates

AZ-104: Azure Cloud Administrator

Microsoft

2026

AZ-305: Azure Cloud Architect

Microsoft

2026

FinOps Mastery

Microsoft

2026

Bankfachwissen Kompakt

Frankfurt School of Finance and Management

2015


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