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SHEHZADA YASIR UMMAR

@shehzadayasirummar

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Strategic Cloud & DevOps Architect with 15+ years of experience.

United Kingdom

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, where I can leverage my expertise in cloud architecture and DevOps to drive impactful projects and mentor teams.

I am a Strategic Cloud & DevOps Architect with over 15 years of experience in delivering enterprise-grade platforms across various sectors, including Fintech, Oil & Gas, and Telecom. My expertise lies in designing secure, scalable, and automated cloud solutions primarily on Microsoft Azure. I have a strong emphasis on landing zones, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and Bicep, and CI/CD pipelines, ensuring that all solutions align with regulatory and business goals.

Throughout my career, I have successfully led transformation initiatives and mentored teams, driving DevOps maturity through automation and collaboration with security and compliance teams. My role at British Petroleum involves architecting scalable Azure platforms and implementing cloud landing zones, while my previous experience at Oracle and Jazz Financial Services has equipped me with the skills to manage complex cloud-native applications and ensure high availability and security compliance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Cloud Architect Consultant

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British Petroleum (BP)

Sep 2024 - Present (11 months)

Architected scalable Azure platforms, aligning with enterprise security and compliance needs. Led implementation of cloud landing zones, networking, monitoring, and IAM with Azure best practices.

Azure Cloud Architecture DevOps GitOps Terraform Bicep DevSecOps Conditional Access

Cloud Architect Lead

Oracle (RPI)

Aug 2022 - Sep 2024 (2 years 1 month)

Led a team of DevOps Engineers, ensuring seamless deployment, scaling, and monitoring of cloud infrastructure. Built and optimized Kafka producer/consumer applications, enabling low-latency data streaming.

DevOps Kafka Prometheus Grafana Splunk Disaster Recovery ISO 27001

Expert DFS Cloud Architect

Jazz Financial Services (VEON)

May 2020 - Aug 2022 (2 years 3 months)

Architected and managed cloud-based applications/platforms for Digital Financial Services, including requirement gathering and technical solution design. Led transformation projects, migrating legacy applications to microservices architecture on AWS.

AWS OpenShift Kubernetes Kafka MySQL MongoDB Oracle Grafana Kibana

G&G Apps DevOps Engineer

Landmark Halliburton

May 2018 - Apr 2020 (1 year 11 months)

Implemented DevOps automation and orchestration of workloads on Azure, utilizing infrastructure-as-code and cloud-native solutions for geoscience applications. Managed Azure DevOps pipelines, integrating CI/CD for geoscience tools and ensuring real-time application deployment.

DevOps Azure Infrastructure as Code Cloud Native Azure DevOps CI CD TFS Petrel Studio

Drilling Data Management Expert

Landmark Halliburton

Jun 2012 - Apr 2018 (5 years 10 months)

Managed and migrated drilling data for Halliburton projects. Focused on data management and ensuring data integrity within the geoscience domain.

Data Management Data Migration Geosciences

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Virtual University

Masters, Computer Science

2016 - 2016

Completed a Master's degree in Computer Science, focusing on advanced topics and research within the field. This program enhanced my theoretical knowledge and practical skills in various computing disciplines.

Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) Islamabad

Master, Programming and Geoscience Data

2011 - 2011

Pursued a Master's degree specializing in programming and geoscience data. This involved in-depth study of programming methodologies and their application to complex geoscience datasets, preparing me for data-intensive roles.