About
MS Azure Certified Solution Architect, offering over 18 years of experience in leading, managing & executing projects on Cloud Migration & Solutions Architecture and Cloud Architecture in various domains like Insurance, Power Sector, Financial, Oil & Gas, Beverages and Manufacturing • Rich exposure in collaborating with cross-cultural clients; worked as Azure Lead Architect in the Insurance domain of HNI clients in Chubb India Services, with presence in over 56 countries across North America, EMEA, and APAC regions. • Proficient in implementation, configuration, securing, performance & load balancing, system administration, deployment, and support of a scalable cloud environment; defined cloud architecture, design & implementation and plans for hosting complex application workloads on MS Azure; provided technical expertise & guidance including strategic design & architecturalmentorship, assessments, POCs, and so on, to support the overall project lifecycle. • Developing and executing new ideas in the innovation lab and iterating until the ideas are fully executed or integrated into the business. • Experienced in working across multiple projects with varied stakeholders for architectural direction; proficient in building consensus, mediating conflicts, offering technical leadership & advisory services to the business. • Possess advanced knowledge of services & applications within the operating environment to recognize & execute. improvement opportunities and next generation solutions achievable through engineering • Expertise in anticipating needs & potential objections to solicit positive contributions from all participants, including Solution & Technical Architects, Engineering Teams, Product & Project Managers, Product Analysts, Test & Project Teams, Information Security and Operations • In-depth knowledge of MS SQL (most of the variants), Azure SQL DB, and Azure SQL DW • Being part of COE (Center of Excellence) designed standards and best practices for creating stable, reusable components for continuous process improvement in a monitored environment. • Excellence in IT Infra Management, Cloud Computing Technology, and Systems Administration/ Support; ensured. Windows Azure to be the critical part of the core team to define & launch the new generation services. • Expertise in identifying areas of bottlenecks and taking corrective action through root cause analysis (fish bone, 5 why etc.); experience in Agile/ Scrum methodology for project execution. • Experienced in implementing hybrid connectivity between Azure & on-prem devices using virtual networks, VPN & Express Route • Proficient in configuring AlwaysOn (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), Windows Server Failover Clusters and TDE (Encryption) • Pivotal in setting the cloud vision and offering thought leadership on cloud infrastructure & cloud services architecture to meet operational objectives for cloud solutions. • Knowledge ofbackup & recovery strategies or methodologies using both native and 3 rd party toolslike Litespeed, Redgate, Avamar and DDBoost • Educated stakeholders on the value proposition of managed services on Azure, and participated in architectural discussions to ensure solutions are designed for successful deployment in the cloud.
