Experience

Cloud & Platform Architect with extensive experience designing, building, and operating secure, scalable, and highly available enterprise infrastructure across public cloud and hybrid environments. Proven track record delivering cloud transformation, DevOps enablement, infrastructure modernisation, and platform standardisation initiatives within consultancy, enterprise, and regulated public sector environments.

Recognised for combining deep technical expertise with excellent stakeholder management, cross-functional leadership, and team mentoring to drive engineering excellence and high-performance delivery cultures.

Core Expertise

Cloud Platforms:
AWS (IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation), Microsoft Azure, GCP

Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, modular architecture design

DevOps & CI/CD:
Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub, GitLab, automated pipelines, trunk-based development

Architecture & Platforms:
Hybrid cloud, IaaS, PaaS, Serverless, containerised workloads, high-availability design

Operating Systems:
Linux (Red Hat, CentOS), Windows Server, Active Directory, Azure AD

Virtualisation & Infrastructure:
VMware, enterprise backup & disaster recovery, infrastructure resilience

Networking & Security:
Cisco networking, VPN, DHCP, DNS, firewalls, iptables, cloud security architecture, regulatory compliance environments

Experience Highlights

  • Architected and delivered secure, scalable multi-cloud solutions supporting enterprise and public sector workloads.
  • Designed reusable Infrastructure as Code modules to standardise and accelerate cloud platform deployments.
  • Led end-to-end cloud migration and infrastructure modernisation programmes.
  • Built and optimised CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment velocity, reliability, and governance.
  • Designed and implemented secure networking architectures including segmentation, VPN connectivity, and firewall policy management.
  • Managed highly sensitive, compliance-driven environments requiring strict governance and auditability.
  • Delivered hybrid cloud solutions integrating on-premise infrastructure with AWS and Azure services.
  • Automated operational processes to improve platform reliability and reduce manual intervention.
  • Conducted root cause analysis and led incident resolution across distributed production systems.
  • Produced detailed architectural documentation, platform standards, and operational runbooks.

Leadership & Management

  • Excellent people management and team leadership across multi-disciplinary engineering teams.
  • Mentored junior and mid-level engineers in cloud architecture, DevOps best practices, and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Conducted technical reviews, architectural governance, and quality assurance processes.
  • Drove engineering standards, coding best practices, and secure-by-design principles.
  • Acted as senior technical escalation point for complex infrastructure and platform issues.
  • Fostered collaborative, high-performance engineering cultures focused on continuous improvement.
  • Managed stakeholder communication across technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Balanced strategic architecture planning with hands-on technical delivery.

Certifications

  • AWS Solutions Architect
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Security Professional
  • Microsoft Azure AZ-900
  • Linux Professional Institute (LPIC-1)
  • CompTIA Linux+
  • CompTIA A+
  • CCNA