Michael

About Michael

Offers cloud architecture design, cyber security, policy governance, OpenAI services, CSPM, scalable product portfolios, cloud base solutions, product life cycles, Quality Management Systems, Configuration Management for multiple project releases. Each project uses Agile methodology with CI/CD, automate builds, Test to multiple regions in scale. Innovative professional with proven experiences, education, and skills to follow through. Applying cloud services, technology, and market trends to make product roll out more efficient, cost-effective, scalable, and stand out in the market.

Experience

1. Sr Cloud Solution Architect

   Progressive Leasing

   Jan 2021 — Present · UT, US

   Migrated manual deployment to automated Policy as Code with Policy Engine that use REST API to check compliance, test coverage, security, code quality for up to 30 different ProgLeasing Controls.• Managed multiple technology teams and multiple server farms, cloud and on-prem Docker and Kubernetes.• Deployed hundreds of applications from database to risk decision assessment, AI Chat bot, customer UI interaction to Mobile apps, thousands of merchants to countless customers, 24/7 infrastructure support.• Performed high volume holiday purchase monitoring with Dynatrace, Grafana on K8s cluster infrastructure.• Solution Architect for Chubb and Financial leasing company for PCI and ISO compliances certifications.• Integrate Azure policy and resource deployment in Azure for bank compliance remediation.• Cost savings in cloud spend by using new scalable app services and Azure reservation to reduce cost.• Designed Azure architectures to move on-prem and new application to the cloud with cost efficiency.• Devops implementation of security scan and best practice with private endpoints and encryption API Key.• Money app deployment that works with Plaid to link up banking systems and secure integration.• Design Frontdoor to work with Web Application Firewall WAP to caches and route traffic with custom rules.• Cloud governance for policy as code to provide risk analysis and monitoring tools to secure releases.• Provided deployment scripts in Terraform, ARM, PowerShell, YAML to work with ArgoCD, Octopus, & Jenkins.

Education

• Aviation Career And Technical High School

  FAA Certificate, Airframe Mechanics and Aircraft Maintenance Technology/Technician

• Stony Brook University College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering

• Stony Brook University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering

• Roosevelt University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Information Systems