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Cloud infrastructure leader with 12 years of experience across Azure, AKS, Terraform, Microsoft 365, and enterprise cloud architecture, delivering secure, scalable, and resilient platforms. Brings strong expertise in cloud platform strategy, modernization, security governance, and operational resilience, particularly within regulated and compliance-driven environments. Known for building high-impact cloud solutions while mentoring teams and partnering effectively with engineering, vendors, and business stakeholders to drive measurable outcomes.
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Head of Cloud Infrastructure & Services
utu Techsolutions Private Limited
Nov 2024 - Present
End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Translated requirements into technical tasks, guided the team, reviewed implementations, and stepped in hands-on when required to ensure correct and timely delivery. Hands-on Azure Infrastructure & Platform Operations: Personally involved in designing, implementing, and operating Azure infrastructure, AKS platforms, and Microsoft 365 services in production. Cost Optimization & Vendor Coordination: Hands-on analysis of Azure consumption, billing discrepancies, and vendor-related production issues. Managed Services & Operations: Managed day-to-day Azure infrastructure operations, monitoring, incident response, and escalation handling in collaboration with L1/L2 teams and vendor support. Security Operations & Incident Leadership: Led response to high-severity production and security incidents, overseeing containment, remediation, and communication. Implemented host-based intrusion detection (OSSEC) to improve VM-level security visibility and incident response. Hands-on Technical Leadership: Guided engineers during complex tasks while remaining directly involved in implementation, troubleshooting, and production support.
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
utu Techsolutions Private Limited
Jan 2019 - Jan 2024
AKS Platform Engineering: Designed, provisioned, and operated Azure Kubernetes Service environments using Terraform, ensuring consistency across environments. Supported application and platform migration initiatives across Azure infrastructure, ensuring stability, security, and cost control. Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Implemented IaC and automation workflows to standardize deployments & reduce manual operational effort. DevOps & CI/CD Enablement: Supported and maintained CI/CD pipelines, focusing on deployments, failures, and production issues. Cloud Networking & Secure Connectivity: Designed and managed VNets, Site-to-Site and Point-to-Site VPNs, NAT Gateway, DNS, and Application Gateway (WAF). Third-Party Platform Integrations: Enabled secure cloud integrations with MongoDB Atlas and CloudAMQP (RabbitMQ). Monitoring & Observability: Established centralized monitoring and alerting using Zabbix and Grafana to improve operational visibility. Microsoft 365 & Identity Management: Administered Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Intune, and Azure AD, supporting identity lifecycle and endpoint security. Supported operational patching, monitoring, and availability of cloud-hosted workloads in Azure environments.
Azure Consultant
Affluent Global Services Pvt. Ltd
Jan 2019 - Jan 2019
Azure Infrastructure Design: Designed and deployed Azure compute, storage, and networking to support enterprise workloads. Operational Security Controls: Implemented baseline security configurations and monitoring to ensure stable cloud operations. Production Support & Enablement: Supported application deployments and provided post-deployment operational assistance.
Senior Associate
Optum Global Solutions (UHG)
Jan 2012 - Jan 2019
Enterprise Infrastructure Management: Supported Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and VMware environments, ensuring reliable IT operations. ITIL Process Adherence: Handled incidents, change requests, and problem management in accordance with ITIL best practices. Cloud Initiatives & Disaster Recovery: Participated in early IaaS/PaaS deployments and DR setups, gaining foundational cloud experience. Service Delivery & Escalation Handling: Managed critical escalations and ensured adherence to SLA and uptime commitments.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) - Sri Indu College of Engineering & Technology
- 2009 · Afghanistan
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