Zachary Cabrera

About Zachary Cabrera

Enthusiastic disciple of the growth mindset. Passionate about cultivating a deep understanding of cloud systems to enable customer success through well-architected solutions.

Experience

1. Cloud Solution Architect - Azure Iaas

   Microsoft

   Nov 2021 — Present

   Serves as a trusted technical advisor and subject matter expert for Azure IaaS & PaaS technologies with a specialized focus in Azure Networking services for Microsoft Azure’s enterprise customers.• Identifies business and technical risks in architecture, assesses their impact, and proposes mitigations and contingencies, allowing to provide stakeholder and business decision makers assistance throughout deployment to avoid/resolve technical issues.• Gathers customer impressions of products and services and integrates this feedback into decision making. Understands customer/partner requirements and can map the adoption and optimization of Microsoft technology solutions accordingly. • Modifies and delivers existing intellectual property (IP) or, where applicable, creates new content. Also, creates how-to guides for customers to supplement gaps in external documents, while proposing changes to update the documentation.

Education

• Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center

  Associate of Arts - AA, Pashto-Afghan Language and Culture

  2013 — 2014

• Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

  Microsoft Software & Systems Academy, Server and Cloud Administration

  2017 — 2018

• Western Governors University

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Software Development

  2020 — 2022

• Kennesaw State University

  General Studies

  2010 — 2012

Skills

• Windows Server
• Leadership
• Teamwork
• Tactical Communications
• Bilingual Communications
• Communication
• Active Ts/Sci Clearance
• Microsoft Office
• Management
• Network Administration
• Pashto
• Military Operations
• Easily Adaptable
• Creative Problem Solving
• Powershell
• Customer Satisfaction
• Troubleshooting