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Joshua L.

Joshua L.

AI & Cloud Systems Architect | Former Microsoft | Azure | AWS | GCP

I'm a Cloud and AI Systems Architect with 15+ years of enterprise experience, including 4 years at Microsoft on the Azure team where I consulted F500 companies like AT&T, Walmart, and Mastercard on AI, cloud adoption, security, and infrastructure at scale. I founded TechVora, a small in-office engineering team based in Houston, TX. We work mainly with clients where security, compliance, governance and uptime are non-negotiable. In other words they can't just let AI freely access and train on specific confidential data. All engineers work in-house, we never sub out work, which matters when sensitive data is involved. WHAT MAKES US DIFFERENT I act as the architect on every engagement and don't bill for my time. You get senior-level architecture, design, and oversight built into the cost of your developer. AI & PRODUCTION SYSTEMS Over the last two years we've shifted heavily into production AI - we've shipped four enterprise-grade multi-tenant AI applications across legal, accounting, oil & gas, and media, all involving custom LLM pipelines, RAG, and agents handling real sensitive data at scale. CORE COMPETENCIES - Cloud Architecture & Migration (Azure, AWS, GCP) - AI/LLM Integration — RAG, Agents, Multi-tenant Production Apps - DevSecOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep) - Data Pipelines, Warehousing & ETL - HIPAA-Compliant Architecture - Monitoring, Observability & Incident Response - M365, Azure Security & Compliance Happy to jump on a quick call - I offer a free strategy session for any new engagement.

🇺🇸Houston, United States$100/hr75% JSS5.00 (8)Since Sep 2021

Earnings and projects

MRR
$3.7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#9,339 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,732 / 62.1k
Revenue, last 30 days
$7k

Last 6 months: $22k

World#3,025 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#1,172 / 62.1k
Total earnings
$137k

Billed in all: $146k

World#26,452 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#5,807 / 62.1k
Per project
$7.2k

$2.2k in the last 6 months

World#23,470 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#3,874 / 62.1k
Projects, last 6 months
10

Across 11 contracts

18% fixed82% hourly
World#18,298 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#2,788 / 62.1k
Projects in all
19

Across 22 contracts

9% fixed91% hourly
World#138,388 / 412k
🇺🇸Country#20,062 / 62.1k

Earnings, last 30 days

$146k+$7k earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$135k$140k$145k$150kOct 8Oct 23Nov 7

Skill rankings: Top 3% in Office 365

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