Nicholas - Azure Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years in Cloud Infrastructure and Security

Design and implement scalable, secure cloud solutions across Azure and AWS for diverse enterprise needs.

Develop security architectures and compliance strategies to safeguard cloud infrastructures in sensitive industries.

Lead and coordinate large technical teams to execute complex cloud migration and infrastructure projects.

Design hybrid environments integrating on-premises and cloud platforms for enterprise scalability and resilience.

Drive digital initiatives including electronic health records and imaging systems with innovative cloud-based solutions.

Designed and implemented scalable Azure cloud infrastructures to support hybrid cloud environments for enterprise clients in various industries.. Led the migration of on-premises applications to Azure, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and minimizing downtime.. Developed and maintained Azure solutions, utilizing key services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, and Azure SQL Database.. Optimized cloud resources and managed costs using Azure Cost Management, ensuring clients adhered to budget constraints.. Leveraged Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate cloud resource deployment and configuration.. Collaborated with security teams to implement robust security measures, such as Virtual Networks, Network Security Groups (NSG), and Azure Firewall, to protect cloud environments.. Designed and implemented data labelling solutions for cutting edge AI projects, using a combination of AI agents and human annotators.. Build AI Agents with Azure AI Agent Service for training Reasoning Models. Used LLMs to improve human output.. Managed ML Models in Databricks. Built protocols for evaluating the Models. Used Azure DevOps for CI/CD pipelines for code and model deployment.. Automated ML and data processing tasks. Built ML and data pipelines with DAGs, orchestrated workflows.

Designed and implemented secure, scalable Azure cloud infrastructures for financial and healthcare services clients.. Led security architecture for cloud migration projects, ensuring compliance with industry standards, including ISO27001 and NIST.. Configured and deployed Azure Active Directory (AAD) and Azure Identity Protection to manage authentication, authorization, and access control.. Developed and maintained security monitoring using Azure Sentinel, enabling automated threat detection and response workflows.. Ensured data protection and encryption across Azure workloads with Azure Key Vault, Azure Information Protection, and Azure Storage Service Encryption.. Collaborated with DevOps teams to establish a secure continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline using Azure DevOps.. Architected the RAG-based solution on Databricks and Azure ML. Used Databricks for vector store.. Orchestrated RAG pipelines with Dapr.. Designed and implemented data labelling solutions for cutting edge AI projects, using a combination of AI agents and human annotators.. Build AI Agents with Azure AI Agent Service for training Reasoning Models. Used LLMs to improve human output.

Architected and implemented Azure-based cloud solutions for retail and e-commerce platforms, optimizing performance and reliability.. Designed and deployed multi-region Azure solutions to enhance application availability and disaster recovery capabilities.. Worked closely with stakeholders to understand business needs and translated them into scalable and secure Azure solutions.. Implemented Azure API Management for managing APIs and Azure Functions for serverless computing, reducing infrastructure overhead.. Used Azure Logic Apps and Power Automate to streamline business workflows and integrate various systems across Azure environments.. Managed large-scale Azure databases using Azure SQL Database, ensuring high availability, security, and performance.

Implementation of the first Digital Cloud Based Clinical Personal Records for 5 imaging data centers.. Partnership with Paige.AI for the First Digital Image Processing Recording System based on Artificial Intelligence for Pattern Recognition Diagnosis.. Lead of a Team of Consultants and Implementers for the first Covid-19 Campaign Vaccination Strategy Nationwide.. Implementation of the first Disaster Recovery Architecture, serverless seamless and cloud native base in order to assist access to 5 different data center information and more than 17 different point of access locations.. Responsible for overseeing architectural aspects of the Development, the Design, Solution Documents (Plans / Infrastructure Architecture Visio) and Specifications.. Worked Directly with Microsoft -East Coast Office in the Disaster Recovery Planning Design for Azure East Datacenter.. Led the design and implementation of Azure cloud security architecture, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and other healthcare-related regulations.. Designed and managed network security controls using Azure Firewall, Network Security Groups (NSG), and VPN Gateways to secure sensitive data.. Utilized Azure Security Center and Azure Sentinel to monitor and respond to security threats in real-time.. Implemented Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Azure Identity Management solutions to secure cloud resources and sensitive patient data.. Integrated Azure DevOps for secure, automated deployment pipelines with encryption, access control, and continuous monitoring.

Cloud Migration Strategy and Roadmap.. Created the Enterprise Architecture artifacts and blueprints for Global Data View.. High Availability Strategy, Disaster Recovery Strategy, Backup and Restore, Monitoring and Control, Capacity Planning.. Microsoft Azure Clout Setup and Administration.. Design of datalake, data ingestion, data processing, data consumption, analytics.. Design VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables.. Security VM Image Hardening, Client Side Encryption.

Cloud Migration Strategy and Roadmap for the Operational Software division.. Created the Cloud Architecture artifacts and blueprints for Cloud DW along with Architecture principles.. Created detailed program management plan that communicates tasks, milestone dates, status and resource allocation for the assigned project with the project directors/managers.. Cloud Architect, Leading a team of 40 including Development, Q&A and Operations.. High Availability Strategy, Disaster Recovery Strategy, Backup and Restore, Monitoring and Control, Capacity Planning.. Microsoft Azure Cloud Setup and Administration.. Design of Microsoft Azure SQL Data warehouse, data ingestion, data processing, data consumption, analytics. Azure Data Factory ETL pipelines. Batch Services and Azure Functions based complex processing.. Design VNets, Subnets, Network Security Groups, Route Tables.. Security VM Image Hardening, Client Side Encryption.

Cloud Architect, Leading a team of 13 members.. High Availability Strategy, Disaster Recovery Strategy, Backup and Restore, Monitoring and Control, Capacity Planning.. Design VNets, Subnets, Network Security Groups, Route Tables.

Cloud Architect.. Analyze Cloud Migration Candidate Applications.. Migration Strategy, Disaster Recovery Strategy, Backup and Restore, Monitoring and Control.. Amazon AWS Setup and Administration.. Design of Amazon AWS IaaS, PaaS.. Design VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables, Direct Connect, Internet Gateway NAT Gateway, CloudWatch, CloudTrail.

Enterprise Architect.. High Availability Strategy, Disaster Recovery Strategy, Backup and Restore, Monitoring and Control, Capacity Planning.. Design and Coding in Java.

Cloud Migration Strategy and Planning. Leading a 20 member team. Migration of Data warehousing environments to cloud.