Ayodeji Sanya
Snr Solution Architect @DWP Digital
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WORK HISTORY
Snr Solution Architect @DWP Digital
Manchester, GB
Senior Solution Architect at the Department for Work and Pensions, leading a teams of architects and delivering governance, compliance, and secure‑by‑design patterns in Digital Group. Engage C‑level stakeholders on GDPR‑aligned security, cost optimisation, HA, and CIA. Designed AWS/Azure cloud security templates and implemented full CI/CD pipelines for hybrid‑cloud workloads.Delivered hybrid‑cloud architectures using AWS/Azure Well‑Architected Frameworks, covering identity, SSO, MFA, and network security. Integrated Palo Alto firewalls, Akamai edge security, and private connectivity (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute) to secure enterprise workloads.Designed enterprise IAM using STS, Azure AD, AWS, and federated identity. Implemented Zero Trust, conditional access, and endpoint protection for users. Built centralised monitoring, and SIEM integrations using CloudWatch, EventBridge, Azure Monitor, Sentinel, Splunk, and S3 logging, including secure API GW and threat‑intelligence‑driven internet access.Led automation of inventory, configuration, patching, and upgrades across AWS/Azure using AAP and Terraform. Delivered GDPR/PII‑compliant governance and automated pipelines for mission‑critical services.Designed Azure BC/DR strategies including cross‑region replication, backup vaults, failover orchestration, and resilience testing aligned with RTO/RPO requirements. Delivered O365 platform integration (Exchange, SharePoint, Intune, Teams) and achieved 30–40% cost savings through workload rationalisation and cloud optimisation.Led AI‑driven automation using SageMaker, Foundry, Krio, and MCP to optimise workloads and streamline operations. Applied CISSP domain expertise across hybrid cloud, embedding security‑by‑design aligned with NIST, CIS, and ISO 27001. Proficient in SAP LeanIX for enterprise modelling, dependency mapping, and governance of AWS/Azure workload migration, designing secure landing zones and aligning business capabilities with technical roadmaps.
EDUCATION
University of Lagos
BSc, Electrical Engineering Lagos
BCS United Kingdom
Digital Transformation
Bournemouth University Poole Dorset
PGD, Electrical and Electronics Engineering
University of Northampton
Executive MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations
Chartered Management Institute
Digital Transformation Management- Level7, Business Administration and Management, General
ABOUT AYODEJI SANYA
Hybrid Cloud Senior Solution Architect • Engaged C-Level Executive on security design to comply with GDPR, Security, Cost Management, High Availability, Reliability.• Developed and Design template for security of Web App in AWS /Azure cloud• Designed and Implemented full DevOps CI/CD pipeline for Workload solution• Provision of Solution within the AWS 5 Well Architecture Framework, Identity Access & Authorization• Network Security Access, Audit, SecOps, CRC, Managed Services, documented workflow solution in O365, Exchange SharePoint, Intune and TeamsDigital CI/CD • Design, Development and Deployment in AWS/Azure of full E2E CI/CD pipeline with GitLab, GitLab Runners for AWS/Azure workloads with QA, Code Repo, Artifact and Operational and Security considerations, obtaining governance approval and Risk Assessment ensuring business process in the cloud for ERP, CRM, HR in AWS/Azure achieving automation and enterprise monitoring of workloads and elimination of Risk, reduction of engineering effort and cost on workload deployment in Hybrid cloudDigital Automation and Event Management• Team Lead and design of the Implementation of full Inventory, Configuration, and Update, Upgrade deployment in AWS and Azure using AAP and Terraform for IaC in SaaS, PaaS, IaaS solutions for VM, EC2, SA, S3, EKS, ECS, ACR, ECR-Docker, Endpoint within VNet and VPC across UKS and UKW regions with using Bottle Rocket/Chainguard Hardening, TGW, and Cost Management tooling. Ensuring availability and update of patching, versioning • Digital Governance & Compliance Team Lead the design and obtaining of governance and GDPR PII and DPO data management approval for different requirements including Ansible Automation, AWS/Azure communication, TGW, EKS (K8s), AKS in Azure and Backup DR in multi-region failover scenarios’, CI/CD SonarQube, Nexus and Proxy Servicer and GitLab CI/CD pipeline approvals for full mission critical business process in the cloud Digital CI/CD and Automation.• SAP Lean-IX for Enterprise Architecture Management (EAM) and Application Portfolio Management (APM) to manage DWP IT landscapes, reduce complexity, to give real-time visibility into applications, data, technologies, and business capabilities. For APM, TRM/TLM, BCM, EAM towards TOFGA alignment• AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud platforms extensive services for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and generative AI. Including data preparation, model training, deployment, automation, and pre-built AI APIs using SageMaker, Amazon Q, and Bedrock and Azure Co-Pilot.
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