Cloud Architect

DevOps / SRE Richmond, Virginia, United States

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Summary

Highly analytical, decisive, and detail-oriented professional with 25+ years of progressive leadership experience directing mission critical and emerging technology initiatives, identifying cloud architecture and infrastructure gaps, and managing project development and system design / testing. Strategic and resourceful problem solver with innate ability to identify, analyze, and resolve design weaknesses and deficiencies in collaboration with clients and other resources. Articulate communicator with success designing, planning, developing, and synchronizing strategic technological directives conveying architecture vision to technical and executive leadership audiences within diverse fast-paced environments.

CORE QUALIFICATIONS
* Leadership & Team Building
* Cloud Methodology & Technology
* Vulnerability Assessment & Mitigation
* Vision & Goal Setting
* IT Security & Strategy
* Develop & Motivate Employees
* Cloud Strategy & Architecture
* Long-term Development Planning
* Best Practices & Guidelines
* Disaster Recovery & Strategy
* Compliance & Negotiations
* Business Collaboration & Satisfaction

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
* Led executive leadership and 10 cross-functional teams to implement a cutting-edge target state architecture, encompassing Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD, Modern Architecture (jHipster, Spring, Angular), Microservices/API, Containers (Kubernetes), Event Streaming (Kafka), and Elastic Cloud search.
* Reduced IT costs 70% for GuideStar, Inc. by designing, planning, and executing physical to virtual migration. Converted outdated and overcrowded datacenter, reduced amount of space / power by 90%, and slashed overhead required for 200+ physical servers without an outage to internal or external stakeholders.
* Saved $750K over 1-year by leading project to migrate away from datacenter to cloud. Directed 6 highly productive teams over 6-months without outage to stakeholders.

Expectations

Experienced Cloud Architect seeking senior-level role in innovative organization. Expertise in cutting-edge target state architectures, cost optimization, disaster recovery, and cloud strategy. Skilled in leading cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, and achieving business goals. Certified in AWS, Azure, VMware, and Microsoft technologies. Ready to drive success through visionary cloud solutions and team leadership.