Abdul Basid S

Cloud Consultant

Assignment: UK banking group

Leads cloud advisory engagements across Azure and AWS — multi-region landing zones, network topology and enterprise governance frameworks.

• Architects and delivers AI/MLOps and conversational AI solutions using Azure AI Foundry, Azure CLU and AWS Lex for enterprise clients in regulated industries.
• Drives containerisation strategy on Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) with Helm and Istio service mesh, standardising deployment patterns across 15+ client teams.
• Champions DevSecOps adoption — Key Vault, RBAC/IAM, SAST/DAST and container security scanning — embedding security gates into CI/CD pipelines.
• Authors Infrastructure as Code standards across Terraform, ARM and CloudFormation, and mentors client engineering teams on GitOps and platform engineering practice.
• Designs and manages PostgreSQL architecture — schema design, indexing, replication and backup/recovery — for high-availability client platforms.

Product Development Architect (DevOps)

Owned end-to-end architecture for a cloud-native product suite built on ASP.NET Core, Java Spring and Node.js/Express microservices.

• Designed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins and Nexus/Azure Artifacts, cutting release cycle time by over 40%.
• Directed migration of legacy workloads to Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) with Docker and Helm, improving deployment reliability and scalability.
• Established Infrastructure as Code practice with Terraform and ARM templates to standardise provisioning across dev, test and production.
• Partnered with the security team to implement secrets management, vulnerability scanning and RBAC across the platform.

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Designed and implemented enterprise Azure and AWS network architectures across VPC/VNET, routing, security groups, load balancing and hybrid connectivity.

• Delivered Infrastructure as Code with ARM templates and CloudFormation to automate compute, storage and networking provisioning.
• Led containerisation initiatives introducing Docker and early Kubernetes adoption, reducing infrastructure costs by 30%.
• Automated configuration management with PowerShell DSC and Ansible across hybrid Windows and Linux estates.
• Built CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions supporting continuous delivery for cross-functional product teams.

Technical Lead

Led an engineering team delivering enterprise applications in C#, ASP.NET and Java Spring against defined architecture and coding standards.

• Directed the transition from on-premises infrastructure to early cloud adoption on Azure and AWS, defining migration roadmaps and technical governance.
• Introduced automated build and deployment pipelines using Jenkins and PowerShell, improving release consistency.
• Defined IAM policies and network segmentation for production environments with security and operations teams.
• Mentored junior engineers on software design principles, automation and DevOps culture.

Lead Engineer

Led development of core backend services in C# and Java, driving design reviews and code quality standards.

• Implemented automated deployment scripts in PowerShell and Bash to streamline release processes.
• Coordinated server provisioning, monitoring and network configuration for production systems with infrastructure teams.
• Introduced version control and build automation practices that reduced manual deployment errors.

Software Engineer

Developed and maintained enterprise web applications in ASP.NET and Java across the full software development lifecycle.

• Wrote unit and integration tests, participated in code reviews and supported production troubleshooting.
• Built internal automation scripts in PowerShell and Bash to streamline routine operational tasks.