Experience

Collaborative_Cloud

Junior Cloud Engineer - Cloud Operations

January 2022 - April 2023
Gold Coast, Australia

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Overview
Infrastructure Setup
Monitoring & Logging
Security & Compliance
Performance Testing
Documentation
Challenges
Achievements

As a Junior Cloud Engineer on the Azure Foundations Deployment, I supported the migration of a retail e-commerce and inventory platform into Azure by provisioning resource groups, VNets with segmented subnets, encrypted storage accounts, and compute services (Virtual Machines & App Services). I configured monitoring and alerting through Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights, implemented RBAC and network security rules, and authored Bicep/ARM templates plus runbooks to automate and document repeatable deployments.

  • Created resource groups in the target Azure region.
  • Deployed virtual networks with separate frontend and backend subnets.
  • Provisioned compute resources and application services for web front-ends.
  • Configured storage accounts with encryption at rest.
  • Set up a managed relational database service for transactional data.
  • Established a Log Analytics workspace and alerts in Azure Monitor.
  • Enabled diagnostic settings on compute and storage resources.
  • Instrumented Application Insights for end-to-end telemetry.
  • Created custom log queries for error tracking and performance metrics.
  • Applied Azure Policy definitions to enforce allowed SKUs and regions.
  • Implemented RBAC with least-privilege roles for each team.
  • Restricted storage access via virtual network service endpoints.
  • Integrated secrets into Azure Key Vault for application use.
  • Conducted load tests simulating peak user traffic.
  • Captured response times and throughput in Log Analytics.
  • Tuned autoscale rules on compute and service plans for reliability.
  • Authored a step-by-step deployment guide in the team wiki.
  • Documented network and DNS configurations with diagrams.
  • Archived IaC templates and scripts in source control.
  • Compiled performance graphs and test reports for stakeholders.
  • Resolved DNS propagation delays during initial cutover.
  • Adjusted autoscale thresholds after early misfires.
  • Coordinated subnet CIDR changes to avoid IP overlaps.
  • Delivered 99.95% availability during validation testing.
  • Reduced provisioning time by 50% using reusable IaC modules.
  • Completed the project ahead of schedule with budget savings.

Collaborative_Cloud

Cloud Solutions & DevOps Engineer

May 2023 - December 2023
Gold Coast, Australia

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Overview
Assessment & Planning
Migration Architecture
Automation & IaC
Containerization (AKS)
Cost Optimization
Challenges
Achievements

In my Cloud Solutions & DevOps Engineer role, I led a HIPAA-compliant migration of critical workloads to Azure by designing three-tier network and AKS container architectures, developing Terraform modules and ARM templates for infrastructure as code, and building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps. I collaborated with stakeholders to capture requirements, enforced security policies, and optimized resource allocation with autoscaling and reserved instances—achieving 99.95% uptime and a 30% cost reduction.

  • Facilitated stakeholder workshops to capture business requirements and compliance needs.
  • Produced migration assessment documentation and architecture diagrams.
  • Performed on-premises resource inventory with automation scripts.
  • Designed network segmentation strategy for secure traffic flow.
  • Reverse-engineered missing documentation to define lift-and-shift and container strategies.
  • Outlined a three-tier network topology for web, application, and data layers.
  • Version-controlled infrastructure code and documented planning artifacts.
  • Developed Terraform modules for repeatable provisioning of networks and clusters.
  • Modularized IaC for maintainability and resolved provider version conflicts.
  • Automated policy assignments and resource tagging through scripts.
  • Deployed Kubernetes clusters with monitoring and autoscale configured.
  • Integrated container manifests into CI/CD pipelines for application releases.
  • Validated capacity planning and performance under load.
  • Analyzed cloud spend to identify underutilized resources.
  • Configured autoscaling and reserved capacity to cut costs by 30%.
  • Monitored usage patterns and refined resource allocations.
  • Overcame connectivity issues during initial network tests.
  • Debugged IaC syntax errors during module refactoring.
  • Fine-tuned security rules to allow necessary traffic.
  • Met compliance requirements and maintained 99.95% uptime.
  • Standardized infrastructure deployment with modular IaC.
  • Streamlined release cycles through automated pipelines.
  • Realized a 30% cost savings via optimized scaling.

Collaborative_Cloud

Azure DevOps Engineer

January 2024 - Present
Gold Coast, Australia

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Overview
GitOps Implementation
Infrastructure Automation
CI/CD Pipelines
Microservices Deployment
Security & HA Testing
Challenges
Achievements

As an Azure DevOps Engineer, I drive GitOps-based microservices deployments on AKS by crafting Terraform modules to automate cluster provisioning and designing robust CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps. I enforce governance through Azure Policy, RBAC, and Azure Sentinel, migrate legacy applications to containerized architectures with Kubernetes and Azure Functions, and conduct failure-drill simulations to ensure 99.99% availability while halving deployment times.

  • Established a repository-per-service model with branching and version policies.
  • Documented GitOps workflows with diagrams in the team wiki.
  • Automated deployments through code-driven pipelines for reliability.
  • Created IaC modules to provision Kubernetes clusters with managed identities.
  • Locked down provider versions and resolved initial deployment conflicts.
  • Integrated modules end-to-end in CI/CD for continuous provisioning.
  • Authored YAML definitions for build and release pipelines in DevOps.
  • Conducted pipeline validations for artifact integrity and deploy accuracy.
  • Optimized pipeline steps to reduce run times and improve feedback loops.
  • Deployed core microservices with resource limits and liveness probes.
  • Utilized Helm charts and manifests for consistent configuration.
  • Monitored inter-service performance and tuned resource requests.
  • Integrated centralized security monitoring and alerting services.
  • Created custom queries and rules for proactive incident response.
  • Performed simulated failure drills to validate high-availability setups.
  • Resolved version conflicts in IaC providers causing deployment failures.
  • Debugged concurrency issues in parallel pipeline stages.
  • Aligned security automation to meet strict service-level objectives.
  • Reduced deployment times by 50% through optimized pipeline design.
  • Standardized infrastructure with GitOps for reproducible environments.
  • Enhanced security posture with automated policy enforcement.
  • Maintained 99.99% uptime across production services.