Azure Delivery · DevSecOps · Infrastructure Automation
22 years in IT · 10× Microsoft MVP (Alumni) · Brentwood, United Kingdom
Technology Lead whose core strength is Azure delivery: taking cloud platforms from design to secure, compliant production at scale. I combine hands-on depth in Azure, DevSecOps and PowerShell with experience leading cross-functional teams and working with business stakeholders. I started as a SharePoint administrator, and that operations background shapes how I build platforms that are governed, supportable and easy for teams to adopt.
Open to: Azure Delivery Lead · Cloud Platform Lead · DevSecOps Lead · Azure Architect roles
| Impact | Result |
|---|---|
| Faster delivery | Built a DevSecOps pipeline that cut feature deployment time by 50% and reduced security breaches by 20% |
| Automation at scale | Automated Azure provisioning with Terraform, cutting new environment build time by 75% |
| Cost reduction | Led an engineering team that designed and delivered a new Azure platform, lowering operational costs |
| Governance & compliance | Designed cloud security policy and a compliance framework with Azure Policy across the cloud estate |
| Cloud migration | Led cross-functional teams migrating on-premises infrastructure to Azure |
| Leadership | Mentored engineers and set technical direction on Azure and DevSecOps for teams and team leads |
| Area | Skills |
|---|---|
| Azure Delivery | Platform design and delivery, landing zones, AKS, Serverless, Azure DevOps, Azure CLI, Azure REST API |
| DevSecOps | CI/CD pipelines, security in the SDLC, Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel |
| Automation | PowerShell (expert), Bash, Python, REST, GraphQL |
| Infrastructure as Code | Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates |
| Observability & Data | Azure Monitor, Datadog, Azure Data Explorer, KQL, Power BI |
| Microsoft 365 | SharePoint (administrator background), Microsoft 365, Power Platform |
| Company | Role | Location | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hexaware Technologies | Technology Lead, DevSecOps & Azure Cloud | United Kingdom | Jun 2022 – Present |
| Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd | IT Advisor, Azure Cloud | Bengaluru, India | Sep 2018 – Present |
| Tata Consultancy Services | IT Contractor, PwC (Security Automation) | Florida, USA | Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 |
| Tata Consultancy Services | SharePoint Administrator, Royal HaskoningDHV | Amersfoort, Netherlands | Jan 2011 – Jan 2017 |
| Tata Consultancy Services | IT Contractor, Nielsen (Incident Management) | Bengaluru, India | Jan 2008 – Dec 2010 |
| FLS (formerly FLSmidth) | IT Operations Associate | Chennai, India | Jul 2007 – Dec 2007 |
| Sutherland Global Services | Sr. Technical Support Representative | Chennai, India | Jun 2005 – Jun 2007 |
Current role details
Hexaware Technologies – Technology Lead, DevSecOps & Azure Cloud
- Own DevSecOps processes that build security into the SDLC: automated testing, CI and CD for Azure applications and infrastructure
- Build automation workflows, scripts and templates that speed up Azure deployment and management
- Keep cloud infrastructure compliant with regulatory requirements: security controls, monitoring, audits and assessments
- Work with the business steering committee and architecture team on the technology roadmap
- Lead and mentor engineers and team leads on Azure and DevSecOps
Shell – IT Advisor, Azure Cloud
- Lead delivery of solutions onto Azure, from envisioning and architecture with customers through to build
- Improve build and deployment automation, CI/CD pipelines and configuration management
- Work with the Security team to respond to and eliminate security findings
🚀 Current Project: Azure.Admin.Console
An open-source PowerShell module, published on the PowerShell Gallery, for Azure administration reports and checks over plain REST, with no Az or Microsoft.Graph modules and no app registration.
- Tenant inventory, Azure Advisor, Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy compliance
- Azure Firewall rule search, NSG and virtual network assessments
- Cost reporting, cost anomalies and unused-resource detection
- Access reviews, attack paths and orphaned identities
- PSRule for Azure (Well-Architected rules) against the live estate
- Output as console views, PowerShell objects, CSV, PDF or interactive HTML reports
Install-Module -Name Azure.Admin.Console -Scope CurrentUser
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- Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), awarded 10 times, now MVP Alumni
- Microsoft Community Contributor
- Author of Windows PowerShell for .NET Developers, Second Edition
- Speaker at user groups and conferences, and technical blogger
Open to conversations about Azure delivery and DevSecOps leadership roles.
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