Ismael Shaik

About Ismael Shaik

Senior Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 12+ years of experience designing, building, and operating secure, scalable, and highly available enterprise infrastructure across Azure, AWS, OpenShift, and hybrid data center environments. Strong background in end-to-end cloud transformations, including data center migrations, platform modernization, and cloud adoption at scale.Expert in Azure Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, leveraging Azure Recovery Services Vault, Azure Backup, and resiliency best practices to ensure mission-critical system availability. Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Service Fabric, and OpenShift, with a strong focus on reliability, performance, and security.Highly skilled in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation, using Terraform and Ansible to standardize deployments, enforce governance, and accelerate delivery across non-production and production environments. Proven experience integrating CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure provisioning, and collaborating with application, security, and operations teams.Recognized for driving operational excellence, mentoring teams, and delivering cloud platforms aligned with enterprise security, compliance, and cost-optimization standards. Passionate about building resilient cloud architectures, enabling DevOps culture, and continuously adopting emerging cloud technologies.

Experience

1. Sr Azure Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

   Morgan Stanley

   Dec 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Design, implement, and manage Azure networking solutions including Point-to-Site VPN, Virtual Networks, custom security configurations, endpoint security, Azure Firewall, Traffic Manager, Azure DNS, and automation services.Lead on-premises to Azure disaster recovery initiatives, implementing Azure Recovery Services Vault and Azure Backup to ensure business continuity and high availability of critical workloads.Migrate and manage workloads on Azure including Azure Service Fabric–based applications and Docker containerized workloads, deploying and maintaining Active Directory Domain Controllers on Azure IaaS VMs and managing users and policies.Deploy and manage Azure IaaS and PaaS services, including Virtual Machines and Cloud Services (Web/Worker Roles), within secure VNets and subnets, designing and enforcing Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound traffic at NIC, subnet, and VM levels.Manage enterprise Azure infrastructure components including Azure SQL, Azure Storage, Azure AD licensing, and VM backup and recovery operations using Azure Portal and Azure PowerShell.Architect and maintain multi-environment Terraform frameworks aligned with Azure Landing Zones, covering VNets, IAM/RBAC, networking, and security baselines.Implement Terraform workspaces and variable-driven configurations to ensure environment isolation, scalability, and governance across Dev, Test, and Production environments.Design and operate hub-and-spoke network architectures with centralized shared services to enhance security, scalability, and operational consistency.Design, deploy, and manage Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters supporting high availability, auto-scaling, and production containerized workloads.Implement AKS cluster architectures with multiple node pools, cluster auto-scaling, and environment-specific configurations across Dev/Test/Prod.