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Sohail Syed

@sohailsyed

Azure Cloud Engineer at Citi Bank who automated 50+ Azure resources and cut CI/CD deployment time to under 15 minutes.

At Citi Bank, I deploy and optimize Azure services, including Virtual Machines, Azure SQL Database, and Azure Blob Storage. I automated provisioning for more than 50 Azure resources with Terraform and PowerShell, reducing manual deployment effort by 35% and eliminating configuration drift.

I also redesigned Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, reducing average deployment time from 45 minutes to less than 15 minutes and enabling three times more frequent releases without production rollback incidents. My work there has included migrating and modernizing legacy on-premises applications to Azure.

Previously, as a Cloud Engineer at Infosys, I automated Azure infrastructure provisioning and developed reusable solutions with Terraform, ARM Templates, and Bicep. I hold the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Certification (AZ-104).

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Azure Cloud Engineer

Current

Citi Bank

Aug 2023 - Present (3 years 2 months)

Deployed, administered, and optimized Azure services including Virtual Machines, SQL Database, and Blob Storage. Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, implemented disaster recovery with Azure Site Recovery, and enhanced security with Microsoft Defender for Cloud and Sentinel.

Azure Terraform Azure Site Recovery Microsoft Defender for Cloud Microsoft Sentinel azure monitor Log Analytics Azure App Service Azure Key Vault Azure Virtual Networks VNet Peering Azure Private Link Network Security Groups PowerShell Azure DevOps CI CD

Cloud Engineer

Infosys

Jul 2022 - Jun 2023 (11 months)

Administered SQL Database, Cosmos DB, and Blob Storage while implementing Entra ID and RBAC for least-privilege access. Automated Azure infrastructure with Terraform, developed IaC solutions using ARM Templates and Bicep, and configured load balancing and monitoring.