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Mike Miller

@mikemiller

Senior infrastructure and cloud architect specializing in high-performance computing, storage, and data center solutions.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior architecture roles where I can lead cloud and datacenter strategy, drive large-scale migrations, mentor engineers, and deliver resilient, cost-effective infrastructure solutions.

I am a senior infrastructure and cloud architect with 30 years of experience in infrastructure development, planning, administration and integration, and over 15 years in IT management. I specialize in high-performance computing, large-scale storage and data warehousing, disaster recovery, and business continuity, and have designed and sold data center solutions to enterprise customers.

Throughout my career I have led architecture and implementation for converged infrastructure, datacenter consolidations and migrations, and large-scale database and big data platforms (PB+ scale). I have architected private cloud and AWS solutions, standardized builds for virtual and physical servers, and designed fault-tolerant systems that reduced downtime while cutting CAPEX and operational costs.

I mentor and lead engineering teams, create project and state documentation, and align technical solutions to security and business needs. I deliver measurable outcomes — including cost reductions, scalable SaaS/API platforms, DR modernization, and successful datacenter projects across financial services, enterprise, and consulting engagements.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Solutions Architect

Visa

Dec 2020 - Jan 2025 (4 years 1 month)

Led technical programs from budgeting to implementation, consolidated and closed datacenters, and architected converged infrastructure and container/VM sizing to improve deployment standardization and QoS across projects.

Infrastructure Architecture Containers Virtualization Load Balancing Firewalls Documentation Capacity Planning Data Center Consolidation

Senior IT Architect

Fidelity Information Services

Apr 2017 - Oct 2020 (3 years 6 months)

Designed security, storage and server standards, led engineering teams implementing firewalls, load balancers and middleware, and drove large database migrations and datacenter consolidation efforts.

Server Standards Firewalls Load Balancers Middleware Data Migration

Senior IT Architect

Experian

Apr 2015 - Jan 2017 (1 year 9 months)

Architected big data and DR systems (over 3.5 PB), modernized DR and storage to reduce CAPEX by 66%, led migrations to AWS and ServiceNow, and delivered fault-tolerant, high-throughput platforms for marketing and APIs.

Big Data Disaster Recovery AWS Hadoop Cassandra Hive ServiceNow

President, Consultant

Yomi

Jun 2007 - Apr 2015 (7 years 10 months)

Ran a consultancy delivering data center, storage and migration projects, designed SAN and UCS solutions, established ServiceNow CMDB, and managed infrastructure buildouts and migrations across multiple OS platforms.

Consulting Cisco UCS ServiceNow VMWare Linux Storage Provisioning

Senior Systems Engineer

Symantec

Jun 2006 - Jun 2007 (1 year)

Built technical business solutions and proof-of-concepts, supported pre-sales activities for data center management software, and led technical demonstrations and customer engagements.

Pre Sales Engineering Data Center Management Customer Relationship Management ITIL

Senior IT Architect

Sun Microsystems

Jun 1999 - Jun 2006 (7 years)

Served as principal engineer for storage and HPC solutions, led Sun Grid buildouts, designed DR/BCP and migration strategies, and supported pre- and post-sales implementation projects.

SUN Servers HPC Pre Sales Project Management

Database Administrator

American Bureau of Shipping

Jul 1997 - Jun 1999 (1 year 11 months)

Managed MS SQL Server and DB2 databases, created a data warehouse and ETL processes, led database migrations and digitization projects, and provided third-level support for enterprise environments.

MS SQL Server Data Warehousing ETL Data Migration NT Administration Application Integration

Sergeant (SGT), Infantry/Medic

US Army

Apr 1986 - Jun 1997 (11 years 2 months)

Served as an infantryman and medic with leadership responsibilities, providing combat and medical support and training over an 11-year military career.