Azure Governance & RBAC
- Management Groups
- Azure Policy
- RBAC & PIM
- Landing Zone Design
Azure • DevOps • Cloud Infrastructure
I build reliable cloud platforms and automate the ugly parts.
Senior Azure & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with deep experience in governance, security, automation, and operations. I design secure, scalable platforms, enforce strong guardrails, and deliver infrastructure that stays reliable at enterprise scale.
Secure by designGovernance & security first
Automate everythingIaC, scripts, pipelines
Built to lastReliable, observable, resilient
About Me
Cloud engineer with an operations backbone and a builder’s bias.
I’m an Azure / DevOps / Cloud Infrastructure Engineer who works at the intersection of security, automation, and operational reliability. My background runs from help desk and server operations into enterprise Azure governance, cloud security posture, infrastructure-as-code, and platform delivery.
I care about the parts of cloud that decide whether an environment is actually usable: access boundaries, management group structure, policy, secure defaults, monitoring, change windows, repeatable deployments, and the scripts that remove manual drag.
Outside of work, I’m still a builder. I tinker with self-hosted projects, retro-gaming setups, and hands-on engineering problems. That habit shows up professionally too: I like taking messy systems and turning them into something cleaner, documented, repeatable, and easier to operate.
Good architecture is invisible.
Good automation is priceless.
Good automation is priceless.
Skills & Expertise
Practical cloud work across governance, security, automation, and operations.
The common thread is making Azure environments easier to govern, safer to operate, and less dependent on tribal knowledge.
Defender for Cloud / Security Posture
- Secure Score
- Recommendations
- Compliance
- Threat Protection
Bicep & Infrastructure as Code
- Bicep Modules
- ARM Templates
- IaC Standards
- Reusable Patterns
PowerShell & Automation
- PowerShell Scripting
- Runbooks
- Automation Accounts
- Task Automation
Azure DevOps Pipelines
- CI/CD Pipelines
- YAML Pipelines
- Artifacts & Releases
- Environments
Monitoring / Operations / IR
- Azure Monitor
- Log Analytics
- Alerting
- Incident Response
Proof & Outcomes
Concrete work, not abstract claims.
A few examples of the scale and type of Azure, automation, governance, and operations work I’ve been trusted with.
Improved overall cloud security posture by doubling the security score through hardening and policy-driven remediation.
Managed and mentored cloud specialists across Azure initiatives, standards, change windows, and runbooks.
Migrated Azure VMs across subscriptions in a multi-team delivery effort with production reliability in mind.
Built PowerShell scripts and runbooks to automate inventory, provisioning, password workflows, and operations.
Coordinated infrastructure operations including stop/start, resizing, deallocation, patching, and recovery work.
Standardized management groups, policy, RBAC boundaries, tagging, naming patterns, and subscription ownership.
Certified Azure Administrator
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Issued Jan 2025 · Expires Jan 2026Credential ID 139D3A-WA66BD
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
Issued May 2019
Defender for Cloud Ninja
Issued Sep 2022
CompTIA Network+
Historical
CompTIA A+
Historical
Recent Posts
Field notes from Azure, PowerShell, Bicep, and operations work.
Dec 2, 2025
Azure Key Vault Best Practices: Secure Your Secrets Like a Pro
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Nov 16, 2025PowerShell in Azure DevOps: The Pipeline Scripts No One Talks About
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Nov 11, 202510 Essential PowerShell Tips to Boost Your Productivity
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Oct 4, 2024How to Safely Upgrade PowerShell Az Modules
Upgrading PowerShell Az modules is essential for keeping your Azure management tools up to date with the latest features, performance improvements, and security patches. However,…