NET Azure Solution Architect

Core Experience:
10+ years of combined hands-on experience in Azure Cloud, distributed systems, and Microservices architecture.
Strong background designing, developing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade cloud applications.

Azure & Cloud Expertise:
Extensive experience with Azure API Management (APIM), Azure Application Insights, Azure Function Apps, and Azure API Gateway.
Hands-on expertise with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), containerized deployment, scaling, and microservice orchestration.
Proficient in Azure cloud services including Azure Data Factory, Azure Storage, Azure SQL / SQL Server, and NoSQL stores.
AI & GenAI (Mandatory Azure AI Foundry):
Practical experience with Azure AI Foundry, including:

RAG Pipelines
LLMs / GenAI solutions
Vector stores and AI orchestration
Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search
Microservices & API Engineering:
5+ years of experience designing and implementing Microservices.
Expertise in API development and documentation using Swagger / OpenAPI / SwaggerHub.
Solid understanding of dependency management, build systems, and backend performance optimization.

Identity & Security:
4+ years of experience integrating SSO with REST APIs using major IAM providers.
Deep knowledge of modern authentication and authorization standards:
OAuth2 / OIDC, SAML,JWT Token flows

MFA, RBAC

Experience securing cloud-native microservices and distributed systems.
Data Technologies:
Strong hands-on experience with relational, graph, and unstructured data:
SQL Server, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Storage Tables, Blob storage.

DevOps & CI/CD:
Solid understanding of Azure DevOps pipelines, Git repositories, release strategies, IaC, and cloud deployment practices.
Experience with Azure Code Commit, automated testing, and monitoring.
Monitoring & Analytics:
Working knowledge of analytics and observability tools:
Dynatrace, Firebase, Google Analytics, App Insights, Azure Monitor.

Certifications (Preferred):
Azure certifications such as:
Azure Solutions Architect
Azure DevOps Engineer
Azure Developer Associate