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Senior Azure Architect & .NET Engineer specializing in Cloud Architecture, Azure Governance, Microservices, and IoT Solutions. 15+ Years Experience | Top-Rated | 100% Job Success 📞 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗷𝗼𝗯 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 15-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻! 📞 I'm a Cloud Solution Architect and .NET Backend Engineer who works across the full lifecycle — from architecture and requirements to backend development, Azure implementation, integrations, deployment, and production support. My strength is combining an architect mindset with hands-on development. I don't just design the solution — I build and run it. What I Do * Azure Solution Architecture (IaaS & PaaS) * Azure Landing Zones, Governance & FinOps (Policy, RBAC, Budgets, Tagging) * ASP.NET Core / .NET Backend Development * Microservices & Event-Driven Architecture * IoT & Real-Time Telemetry Platforms * Cloud Migration & Enterprise Modernization * Legacy Modernization, High Availability, Cost Optimization * Security, DevOps, and Production Support Certifications Microsoft Certified: AZ-300, AZ-301, AZ-204, AZ-220 Recent Projects * Azure Landing Zone & Governance: Turned a multi-tenant Azure estate (4 tenants, 5 subscriptions, ~200 resources) into a governed, cost-controlled platform. - Read-only audit found 13 critical risks; designed CAF-aligned landing zone with prod/UAT/dev/POC isolation - 17-policy Azure Policy initiative (Audit → Deny), least-privilege RBAC, locks, Bicep IaC, GitHub OIDC - FinOps budget alerts with automated non-prod shutdown — production never auto-stopped * Healthcare/Vet SaaS Platform: Designed and built from scratch as Solution Architect, Backend Developer, and Cloud Architect. - .NET 9, ASP.NET Core, hybrid microservices + event-driven architecture - Azure Functions, Service Bus, Event Hubs, Key Vault, API Management, Azure OpenAI - Payment, email, and messaging integrations (Stripe, SendGrid, WhatsApp Business, SMS) - Architected for minimal launch cost with a clear path to scale - Owned everything end-to-end: DB design, security, integrations, testing, deployment, monitoring, cost optimization * IoT Platform — Real-Time Water Monitoring: Architected an end-to-end Azure IoT solution handling real-time telemetry at scale. - Azure IoT Hub → Functions → database pipeline - Custom MQTT broker on Azure VMs with load balancing - Real-time device health monitoring via device twins * Enterprise Cloud Migration: Led a large-scale Azure subscription migration for an enterprise client. - Designed a parallel environment to minimize downtime - Migrated data, applications, and analytics workloads * Large-Scale Repository Migration: Migrated ~300 repositories to GitHub Enterprise using custom C# utilities and GitHub APIs — preserving full history, branches, and permissions. My Engineering Focus Scalability, reliability, performance, security, maintainability, cost efficiency, and production readiness — using patterns like microservices, event-driven processing, async workloads, retry/failure-handling, and cloud-native Azure components. Core Stack * Languages: C#, .NET 6–9, ASP.NET Core, EF Core, Dapper, SignalR * Azure: App Services, Functions, AKS, IoT Hub, Event Hub, Stream Analytics, Service Bus, API Management, Cosmos DB, Azure SQL, Key Vault, Application Insights, Azure OpenAI * Governance: Azure Policy, RBAC, Entra ID, Management Groups, Cost Management, Defender for Cloud * DevOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Bicep, CI/CD Background 15+ years in software engineering, with the last 8+ years focused on Azure cloud architecture — including enterprise cloud migrations, IoT platform development, and SaaS product builds. Experience spans architecting solutions for large / medium enterprises and building products Key Achievements * Cost Optimization: Reduced Cosmos DB costs by ~30% through RU utilization and container design optimization. * Migration Scale: Led TFS-to-GitHub Enterprise migration of ~300 repositories with zero data loss. * Automation: Built automated tenant analysis tools for 400–500 customer tenants, identifying security and cost issues. * Governance: Designed a 17-policy guardrail framework and automated FinOps response for a multi-product Azure platform. * Recognition: Awarded International Employee of the Year for impact on cloud automation and architecture. Ready to architect and build your next Azure solution or .NET application? I combine an architect mindset with hands-on development to own your project from design through production. Let's discuss your requirements..