Below are the 10 Cloud Architects with multiple systems expertise.  The Thor Group® provides cloud architects with your systems & industry expertise on a consulting, contracting or direct hire basis.

Would hiring an enterprise cloud architect with experience working in manufacturing, cloud services and baking industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of MBA Analytics, Information Management and Strategy. Professional certifications involve Google Cloud Platform Professional Architect, Google Cloud Platform Cloud Engineer and Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certification. Expertise in Infrastructure includes Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Oracle), Solaris, HP-UX, VMware, Containers, AWS, GCP, F5 Load Balancers, Cisco Firewalls, Akamai CDN, EMC, NetApp, Hitachi, HP, Dell, Cisco UCS, Sun 25K/ T-Series, Sun Fire X41XX, Fujitsu Prime Power, Storage Tek, Quantum, Veritas, Ansible, CF, Puppet, Git and New Relic. Database knowledge is composed of Oracle 9i/10g/11g RAC, MySQL 5.x, Sybase 11.x/12.x and ASE. Moreover, adept in webservers/applications such as Apache, Java (Tomcat, Weblogic, AEM & Hybris) and MQ. Key accomplishments consist of leading teams of Linux, Storage, VMware, Kubernetes, AWS & GCP serving as subject-matter expert, as well as contributed to revenue growth of +24 % in a $27M account portfolio.

Acting as an enterprise cloud architect in a manufacturing company, implemented monitoring dashboards for visibility and troubleshooting using Cloud Operations. As a GCP architect & SME on multiple projects and representation in client meetings, responded to RFPs, as well as architected and designed solutions leveraging GCP services like GCE/GAE/GKE, Cloud BigQuery, Cloud Data Flow, Cloud Pub/Sub, Cloud Bigtable to run enterprise applications. Moreover, identified leading Cloud services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, BPaaS) to provide guidance and make recommendations based on a capabilities assessment.

While working for a cloud services provider as a lead tech/enterprise systems engineer, led creation of cloud modernization roadmap and architect solutions to meet IT and business priorities, and KPIs ensuring technical viability of new projects and successful deployments. Part of the job was to assess the customers’ overall infrastructure, knowledge of cloud platforms with Product & Architect team for overall cloud readiness & successful migration resulting in $9.5M annual cost savings. Furthermore, collaborated with key IT decision makers to drive long-term customer cloud adoption with POC infrastructure deployments On-prem, AWS and GCP using Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform automation, technical documentation and migration to public cloud reducing CapEx by 40%.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this cloud architect with work experience in IT services, consulting and software industries? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with Business Administration. Professional certifications include EMC Proven Expert – EMCCAe Cloud Architecture & NAS Architecture. Knowledge in Cloud Service Platforms consists of AWS, Azure and GCP Services. Big Data / DMSA Platforms expertise involve MapR (HPE), AWS EMR, HDP (Cloudera), Data Lake on AWS, Oracle, Azure Data Lake, Oracle, and Teradata. Database skills are composed of MS-SQL, Oracle, Cassandra, MySQL, MongoDB, PaaS: RDS and Azure SQL.

Contributed to the organization’s success by managing a development team, building and marketing hybrid cloud automation portal services, DevOps offerings and associated consulting services. Serving as a cloud architect in an IT services company, responsible for design, management and development of GTM campaign of the automated, multi-tenant Involta Hybrid Cloud (IHC) service. Also, leveraged VMware vRealize Automation Suite to automate full lifecycle management of hybrid resources (Day1 Provisioning, Day2 Management and Day3 Termination/teardown). Supported hybrid cloud architecture with the Private Cloud (VMware vCD, vCenter) and Public Cloud (AWS, Azure and GCP) endpoints.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by acting as a regional program lead for cloud automation/orchestration and business continuity for Americas. While employed as a principal cloud consultant in a consulting company, managed sales pursuits, team training, and program management. In addition, designed and implemented successful multi-phase cloud portal automation for Cox Enterprises (CEI), a large, multi-BU Enterprise customer. As a chief cloud transformation architect in a software company, responsible for building multi-faceted cloud transformation strategies and migration assessment for companies that want to move critical workloads to the cloud. Furthermore, designed for a large Enterprise client, a fully automated Cloud Application Control Plane that self-managed the performance, health and capacity.

Is impacting your organization with a cloud architect who worked in automotive, IT and auto parts industries a current business consideration? Educational attainment is composed of BS Computing and Information Science. Professional certifications involve Amazon Certified AWS Solution Architect, IBM Certified SOA Solutions Architect and Designer, as well as IBM Certified WebSphere System Administrator, including WAS, Portal Server, Process Server, SOA. Expertise in cloud technology and DevOps tools include AWS, Azure, GCP. Bluemix, PureApp, OpenStack, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Chef, Ruby, Python, Ansible, Terraform, Docker and Container, Kubernetes, GitHub and Jerkins. Knowledge in database and big data analysis consist of DB2, Oracle DB, Microsoft SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, EMR, Databricks, Hadoop, Spark and Cassandra. Scripting and programming languages proficiencies include Perl, Korn Shell, Batch, PowerShell, Python, ANT, Java/J2EE, NodeJS, React, Angular, Javascript, XML, SOAP, REST, API, JSON, SQL, Eclipse and Selenium. Also, has expertise in IT strategy, enterprise infrastructure security, application and system integration, middleware, SOA, PaaS, IaaS and SaaS and cloud technology (AWS, Azure and Google Cloud Platform), application migration to cloud.

While employed as a cloud architect in an automotive company, led Cloud (AWS and GCP) infrastructure team to build IaaS, PaaS, IAM, VPN and VPC. Migrate CDK Global legacy applications to cloud platform. Moreover, automated EKS/Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Endpoint build, configuration and application deployment using terraform, eksctl, kubectl, docker and Bamboo.

Part of the job as a cloud architect in a IT services company was to lead Cloud COE (Center of Excellence) to identify company Enterprise applications AWS and GCP cloud suitability and migration risk, design conceptual pattern alignment and application migration approach. Moreover, automated AWS setup of multi-accounts baseline environments, including security, IAM roles, AMI, VPC using Ansible, Terraform, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, cloudformation and codebuild. Furthermore, automated online dispute liferay application using Chef, Jenkins, Bitbucket, Rundeck on Openstack infrastructure.

What contributions could a GCP architect/engineer with experience working in cloud computing, banking and IT services industries bring to your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Associate Degree in Computer Programming. Professional certifications include Google Cloud Platform Architect Certified and Google Cloud Platform Security Engineer Certified. Technical skills involve Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Java, node.js, MySQL (5,6), Firebase, MongoDB, Google Spanner, JavaScript Libraries: Vue.js, React.js, Angular.js, as well as Java Frameworks: Spring MVC, and Spring Boot.

Challenges like working with large-scale implementations of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or with AWS or Azure were welcomed and successfully completed on a regular basis. Acting as a GCP architect/engineer in a cloud computing company, leveraged Google Cloud Platform Services to process and manage the data from streaming and file-based sources. Also, has experience of architecting and implementing public cloud solutions on Google acting in a technical lead role. You may have one or more professional certifications from one or more of these leading pubic cloud providers. In addition, worked on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services like compute engine, cloud load balancing, cloud storage, cloud SQL, stack driver monitoring and cloud deployment manager.

Shared expertise by leading a team in the analysis of project from a security standpoint. This professional created a well-defined strategy and Lead the implementation plan to change Current environment to secure best practices. While working as a GCP lead DevOps/technical architect, worked on migrating and re-platforming applications from Heroku and IBM cloud to Google Cloud Platform. Furthermore, provisioned multiple environments in Google Compute Engine (Centos VM’s) & VMware vSphere (RHEL VM’s) through an internally developed orchestration tool built in Python. These environments were defined by creating DL blueprints and components.

Would it be beneficial for your organization to employ an AWS solutions architect with work experience in broadcasting and IT services industries? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Technical skills involve AWS Cloud, EC2, RDS / Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, CloudFront, CloudTrail, Cloud Formation, Terraform, SQL/PL-SQL, Oracle RDBMS, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, VMWare, AWS Shield, Oracle ASM, Oracle RAC, Oracle Goldengate and Oracle Data guard. Professional certifications include AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Microsoft Azure Fundamentals and Certified Scrum Master. Knowledge in Cloud computing consists of AWS & Azure platforms.

Serving in a broadcasting company as an AWS solutions architect, directed experience or working knowledge with AWS technologies including Lambda, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, CloudFormation and IAM. Also, utilzed strong AWS knowledge across concepts and services such as Guard Duty, Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Config, IAM, Secrets Manager, KMS/Secrets Manager, Lambda, Code Pipeline and CloudFormation. Moreover, has thorough understanding of cloud-native architectures, container orchestration, microservices and operational best practices in the cloud.

As an AWS solutions architect in an IT services company, used experience with deploying, operating, and monitoring infrastructure in the AWS Cloud. Part of the job was to proactively monitored resources and applications using AWS Cloud Watch including creating alarms to monitor metrics such as EBS, EC2, ELB, RDS, S3, SNS and configured notifications for the alarms generated based on events defined. Furthermore, used experience on various AWS services like Cloud Formation Templates, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, encryption, logging and Lambda function.

Would a detail-oriented Azure cloud solution architect who worked in cloud computing professional services and outsourcing industries fit in your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Arts. Professional certifications include AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, AZ-900 Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamental, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate and Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect. This cloud solutions architect has experience in system design, and development, analysis, and implementation using Cloud Computing Technologies, as well as deep understanding of VM Migration using different Migration Strategies, Virtual Network, Azure Cloud Services, Azure Active Directory, Site-to-Site, Point-to-Site, Blob storages, Automation, Azure Sentinel, Cloud security, Cloud Networking, etc. Excellent knowledge of the use of Windows Server, Active Directory, SQL Server, Hyper-V, VMware, etc.

Some accomplishments included Cloud Security Infrastructure design for client’s in-house Azure Applications, as well as performing cloud security risk assessment for cloud applications already in Azure. As an Azure cloud solution architect in a cloud computing company, was involved in defining cloud security controls for an Azure environment at an enterprise level. Some of the tasks were configuring Azure Key vault and key management policies, using knowledge of IAAS/PAAS on Windows Azure Cloud Platform, as well as utilizing knowledge of Azure ILB/Application Gateways/Traffic Managers.

Shared expertise by working with multiple vendors to troubleshoot Microsoft Azure-related issues. While employed as an Azure cloud solution architect in a professional services company, monitored infrastructure workloads deployed in cloud environments and performed routine tasks. Part of the job was to migrate workloads to Azure Virtual Machines for SMEs. Furthermore, managed Azure Infrastructure Azure Web Roles, Worker Roles, VM Role, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure AD Licenses, Virtual Machine Backup, and Recover from a Recovery Services Vault using Azure PowerShell and Azure Portal.

How can a sr. Azure cloud architect with experience working in telecommunications, retail and HVAC industries help your organization? Educational background is composed of Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and communication Engineering. Has extensive experience as Azure cloud computing platform engineer/ cloud engineer (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS). Additional skills include years of experience in Azure and IBM cloud platform, Azure Cloud Environment Up-Skills, experience in Microsoft Azure Platform, Cloud Security and Control Frameworks, experience in Azure and AWS Cloud Enterprise Strategy, as well as deployments in DevOps Azure in Agile Scrum and Kanban Teams.

Working with challenging issues such as using the knowledge of Cloud (IaaS and PaaS) Object Storage including Azure Storage services were part of this specialist’s work experience. Serving as a sr. Azure cloud architect in a telecommunications company, implemented cloud monitoring using Azure Monitor Log Analytics and using Kusto for log search. This specialist architected solutions and deploying Azure Data factory with self-hosted Integrated Runtime.

With a “can do approach” in the area of planning, designing and developing Azure Bot services for automating Various day to day tasks for Cloud Team and Tier 1 support have been career objectives. As a sr. cloud engineer in a retail company, responsible for Azure Migration for the company’s critical applications. Duties included automating Bot service deployment using Bot framework, key vault resource deployment, new subscription on-boarding using PowerShell and Terraform scripts on Azure DevOps, as well as setting up OAuth2 authentication with token access for Bot services. Furthermore, built pipelines for Azure Kubernetes (AKS) for deployment across organizations for various departments using Terraform.

Would hiring an Azure architect/SME with work experience in military, banking and insurance industries help meet the needs of your organization? Educational attainment is composed of Bachelor of Engineering in Manufacturing and Master’s Degree in Engineering Technology. Professional certifications include AWS Solution Architect Associate, AWS SysOps Arch Associate, GCP-Digital Cloud Leader, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure Data Engineer Associate, Azure Solu ArchExpert, Azure Security Engineer and Oracle 11g/12c Certified Professional. Skills in Azure technologies involve IaaS, PaaS, VM Migrations, VNet, Traffic Manager, Azure Cloud Services, SQL Azure, Active Directory, Data Lake/Factory, Policies, PowerShell, OMS, Security Center, LogicApps, BlobStorages and Runbooks. AWS Technology skills include AWS – Glue, SQS, S3, EC2, IAM, AWS Redshift, DynamoDB, Route53, VPC, CloudFormation, Aurora, MySQL, QuickSight, Microservices, Containerization, Kubernetes/Docker, Snowflake, etc. Programming languages/utilities knowledge consists of Shell Scripting, Sql*Plus, Pl/Sql, VB Script, XML/XSL, HTML, Java, JUnit, Transact-SQL, DB2 SQL, TAL, PRO*C, Debugger, FTP, HTTP, Measureware, and Kusto Query Language (kql).

Acting as an Azure architect/SME in a bank, led a team responsible for Data Synapse/Azure Synapse + analytics, Data warehouse/ Data migration and building out proof of concept in the cloud to handle 10+ Petabytes of data across multiple LOB’s. Also, was responsible for working with Azure consultants to build CDO cloud Data Warehouse with Synapse and other Azure technologies. Part of the job was to develop reports and presentations on Data Warehouse technology and overall strategy.

While working for an insurance company as a cloud architect-Azure Infrastructure/Azure Security SME, roles and responsibilities included setting up Azure infrastructure, Cloud assessment and Cloud migration. Moreover, utilized skill in Azure Landing zone and foundational infrastructure i.e., NSG, ASG, Azure Policy, Security Center, Application Gateway, Azure load Balancers, Azure Firewall, Azure Subscription Management. Furthermore, worked as an Escalation point for Operational and technical items related to Azure, as well as drove and Lead Troubleshooting call for Azure services.

Could the future success of your organization be helped by this Google Cloud architect (GCP) who worked in telecommunications, software and retail industries? Educational attainment is composed of BS Industrial Engineering. Professional certifications consist of Google Cloud Platform Architect Certified and Google Cloud Platform Security Engineer Certified. Cloud environment skills include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Other skills consists of Terraform, Cloud Formation, Linux (Red Hat, CENTOS & SUSE), Ubuntu, Solaris, DEBAIN, HP-UX, Windows, Shell Scripting, Groovy, Python, Ruby, Perl and Power Shell, Yaml, as well as Google Cloud: Compute, Storage, IAM, Kubernetes, VPC, DNS, Network Security, Stackdriver, and Tools.

Contributed to the organization’s success by designing, configuring, maintaining and managing Google Cloud Virtual Datacenter Cloud computing platform which hosted enterprise applications. As a Google Cloud Architect (GCP) in a telecommunications company, used Compute, Storage, Networking, Stackdriver, other Google Cloud tools for various operations. Also, was tasked with the coordination of CI/CD and DevOps teams in automating deployment of infrastructure inside Google cloud. Moreover, configured a Google cloud Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Database Subnet Groups for isolation of resources.

Supported organizational goals and objectives by deploying and monitoring scalable infrastructure on Google cloud & configuration management using Docker and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Acting as a Google cloud engineer in a software company, created Google cloud storage (GCS) buckets, maintained and utilized the policy management of buckets and used GCS coldline for storage and backup on Google cloud. Furthermore, provided thought leadership and strategic vision to Senior and Program management and technical team on GCP, Cloud Native solution, Monitoring, Logging, DevSecOps, Security, Microservice and Cloud Design pattern.

Is impacting your organization with an Azure architect with experience working in software, medical technology and biopharmaceutical industries a current business consideration? Educational background is composed of Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering, Major in Computers, Master of Computer Science candidate, Major in Software, Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert – Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, as well as Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate – Cloud Platform. This specialist is skilled in developing Microsoft Azure Solutions, implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions, as well as architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions. Other technical knowledge consists of Azure web apps, management, monitoring and business continuity strategy, cloud services, securing resources, creating and managing virtual machines, applications and network services, big data analytics, cloud data, cloud platform, cloud technologies, Key Vault, Security Center, Azure machine learning, Cortana, as well as PaaS, IaaS and SaaS.

While employed as an Azure architect in a confidential company, deployed and configured Cisco CSR 1000v router in Azure and enabled IPsec VPN tunnel and hybrid/AWS networking configuration. Part of the job was to deploy and configure Veeam Endpoint/Backup Agent and Direct Restore appliance, use them for Azure VMs backup/restore to/from Azure storage account. Other duties were setting up and configuring Chef Automate Server, deploying and configuring Commvault Solution for Azure blob storage. Also, created Azure Web application projects, updated and deployed ASP .NET Web Apps, Node.js WebJobs using Visual Studio, GitHub and Azure Resource Manager.

While working as a senior Office 365 SharePoint online migration architect in a medical company, migrated users from AD Domain Services to Azure AD using Microsoft Azure Active Directory Connect, as well as implemented Azure AD B2B and B2C. Furthermore, evaluated single sign-on versus password synchronization with Office 365 Azure Active Directory Connect.