Cloud Network Engineer & Infrastructure Specialist
I am a Cloud Network Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing, deploying, and securing hybrid and cloud-native infrastructure, primarily on Microsoft Azure. My work spans automation, governance, identity, networking, and cybersecurity.
My career began in 2007 as a network administrator — working in budget-constrained environments where wearing many hats and getting things right the first time wasn't optional. That foundation shaped how I approach every infrastructure problem: understand every layer, secure from day one, automate everything repeatable.
Most recently I supported Alcoholics Anonymous through cloud transitions — mission-critical, high-trust environments where uptime and data security are non-negotiable. I help businesses scale securely and cost-effectively using Infrastructure-as-Code, Zero Trust principles, and advanced monitoring strategies.
I am currently building reusable cloud onboarding frameworks for small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs), helping them adopt secure cloud practices in fast-paced environments — and actively following the emergence of agentic AI and Copilot integration in cloud operations.
Technical domains I work in across cloud, security, and automation.
Azure infrastructure & security including Microsoft Defender for Cloud, VMs, App Services, and storage architecture.
VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, NSGs, Private Link, Azure Firewall — connecting on-prem and cloud seamlessly.
Terraform, Bicep, GitHub Actions, ARM Templates — repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure at any scale.
Entra ID, SSO, Conditional Access, MFA — identity-first security across Microsoft 365 and Azure workloads.
PowerShell, Azure CLI, Logic Apps — eliminating manual toil and building reliable operational workflows.
Azure Policy, Blueprints, Purview — policy-as-code frameworks that enforce standards without slowing teams down.
Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Microsoft Sentinel — detection, alerting, and automated incident response pipelines.
Azure OpenAI, M365 Copilot, Security Copilot, Cost Advisor — bringing AI into day-to-day cloud operations.
GitHub Advanced Security, Defender for DevOps — shifting security left into the development pipeline.