MICHAEL OLANIRAN
Summary
Highly skilled Solution Architect with over 13 years experience eager to utilize expertise in process evaluation and optimization demonstrated several years of superior industry performance. Innovative and ambitious with a passion for furthering the company's mission.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Solution Architect
Newmont Mining
01.2024 - 11.2025
- Designed and implemented scalable Azure landing zones using hub and spoke network topology, Azure Firewall, Private DNS, and ExpressRoute to support secure multi subscription enterprise deployments.
- Architected comprehensive cloud migration strategies for legacy applications leveraging Azure Migrate, App Service, AKS, and managed database solutions, achieving high availability and significantly reducing operational overhead.
- Optimized application performance and availability by implementing distributed caching with Azure Redis, configuring autoscaling policies, and leveraging availability zones alongside proactive monitoring via Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
- Engineered high-performance data architectures leveraging Azure SQL, Cosmos DB, Event Hub, and Data Factory to enable real-time analytics and seamless data integration across enterprise systems.
- Designed and implemented scalable Azure landing zones using hub and spoke network topology, Azure Firewall, Private DNS, and ExpressRoute to support secure multi subscription enterprise deployments.
- Designed and engineered Azure AI solutions leveraging AI Foundry, Azure Language Service, Azure AI search and Document Intelligence
Solutions Architect
Alignment Health Care
06.2023 - 01.2024
- Led consolidation and decommissioning of multiple Azure subscriptions and management groups, streamlining governance and reducing administrative overhead by 20%.
- Orchestrated the transfer of Azure VM SKUs across Citrix, AKS, and Databricks workloads, ensuring optimal performance alignment and cost efficiency across multi-environment deployments.
- Led the transition from Azure Cloud Shell to Azure CLI, improving automation consistency and reducing configuration drift across multiple Azure environments.
- Evaluated migration of compute workloads from Intel to AMD architectures, conducting detailed performance benchmarking and cost analysis to identify opportunities for improved efficiency and reduced carbon footprint.
- Designed and implemented multiple Azure-based Proofs of Concept (PoCs) to validate cloud architecture strategies, accelerating solution adoption and reducing deployment risk across enterprise environments.
- Integrated Power Automate and Azure Logic Apps with ServiceNow to streamline P1 incident generation, ensuring real-time alerting and consistent escalation across enterprise support environments.
- Applied deep expertise in Data Warehousing and Data Management to design and support enterprise-scale Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions, ensuring high availability, scalability, and optimized data flow across cloud environments.
- Led the provisioning of Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS resources, translating functional design specifications into scalable cloud solutions that supported enterprise application deployments.
- Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform and ARM templates, enabling consistent, repeatable Azure resource deployments and reducing manual configuration time by 30%.
- Developed Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates to provision Azure AI Foundry services, including Vision, Content Understanding, Language, and Content Safety, ensuring consistent and automated deployment across environments.
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
CVS Health
05.2022 - 06.2023
- Developed and implemented automated deployment pipelines for enterprise-scale Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions, ensuring consistent, repeatable, and secure infrastructure delivery.
- Led a team of Azure DevOps engineers that were responsible for the support of Azure DevOps operations at an Enterprise scale.
- Designed and engineered the usage of pipeline as a code and Azure DevOps best practices across entire Software Development lifecycle.
- Utilized PowerApp to automate the assignment of new team members of Enterprise analytics AD groups.
- Spearheaded the adoption and implementation of Azure DevOps culture and best practices across entire organization.
- Subject matter expert of the organization in DevOps, Azure DevOps, Infrastructure as a code (IaC) and Pipeline as a code.
- Integrated Veracode application security testing into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated vulnerability scanning and improving code security compliance across all deployments.
- Automated the containerization of applications through Azure DevOps CICD pipelines.
- Automated the deployment of Azure Policies through Terraform scripts, streamlining policy enforcement and reducing manual configuration time by 30%.
- Engineered scalable Azure Machine Learning environments through ARM template deployments, enabling rapid experimentation and standardized infrastructure for data science teams.
- Automation of deployment of Azure Data Factory to lower and upper environments using Azure DevOps Git mode.
- Deployment and Provisioning of Azure Databricks, CosmoDB, Mongo DB through IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
- Deployment and Provisioning of Azure Storage through IaC.
- Automated end-to-end logging, monitoring, and alerting workflows using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and custom alert rules, improving incident response time by 30%.
- Developed automated CI/CD pipelines leveraging Azure DevOps, GitLab, and GitHub integrations to streamline code delivery, improve deployment accuracy, and support enterprise-scale cloud operations.
- Developed and deployed end-to-end MLOps pipelines through Azure DevOps CI/CD, automating the creation of compute clusters, datasets, and model deployments to enhance operational efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
Principal Azure DevOps Engineer / Azure DevOps Architect
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM
05.2021 - 05.2022
- Automated the provisioning and deployment of Azure IaaS, PaaS & SaaS enterprise.
- Architected and automated enterprise-level Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS cloud infrastructures, enhancing scalability and reducing deployment time by 30%.
- Led a team of Azure DevOps engineers that were responsible for the support of Azure DevOps operations at an Enterprise scale.
- Designed and engineered the usage of pipeline as a code and Azure DevOps best practices across entire Software Development lifecycle.
- Spearheaded the adoption and implementation of Azure DevOps culture and best practices across entire organization.
- Subject matter expert of the organization in DevOps, Azure DevOps, Infrastructure as a code (IaC) and Pipeline as a code.
- Automated the daily update of PowerBI dashboard with PowerApp and PowerAutomate.
- Integrated Application Security Testing Tools such as Veracode in Azure DevOps projects.
- Automated the containerization of applications through Azure DevOps CICD pipelines.
- Responsible for migration of workloads to the Azure cloud platform.
- Developed and implemented custom Azure Policies using Terraform to enforce governance standards and ensure compliance across enterprise cloud environments.
- Automation of deployment of Azure Data Factory to lower and upper environments using Azure DevOps Git mode.
- Deployment and Provisioning of Azure SQL DB through IaC (Infrastructure as Code).
- Deployment and Provisioning of Azure Storage through IaC.
- Automation of Logging, Monitoring and Alert generation through Azure Monitor, Alert rules and Log Analytics workspace.
- CICD deployment through Azure DevOps, Gitlab and Github.
- Hands on experience in scripting languages like Powershell as well as configuration management tools such as Terraform, Ansible and ARM templates.
- Designed disaster recovery strategies, Backup, and retention architectures in Azure.
- Automation of critical IT infrastructures using Azure DevOps, PowerShell scripts and ARM template.
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer / Azure DevOps Architect
PoolCorp
05.2020 - 05.2021
- Automated the containerization of applications through Azure DevOps CICD pipelines.
- Developed appropriate DevOps channels throughout the organization.
- Implemented and streamlined DevOps practices across the organization.
- Established a continuous build environment to accelerate software deployment and development processes.
- Possess excellent automation skills and the ability to drive initiatives to automate processes.
- Built Strong cross functional leadership skills and worked together with the operations and engineering teams to make sure that systems were scalable and secure.
- Automated the flagging of Azure resources provisioned without tags using PowerApps and PowerAutomate.
- Excellent knowledge of software development and software testing methodologies along with configuration management practices in Unix and Linux based environment.
- Experience in handling automated deployment CI/CD tools.
- Configured Azure ML clusters using terraform.
- Deployed ML models to Azure ML workspaces using Azure DevOps pipeline.
- Possess excellent knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
- Hand on experience in working with Azure.
- Must have strong expertise in operating Linux/Unix environments and scripting languages like Python, Perl, and Shell.
- Reviewed deployment and delivery pipelines i.e., implemented initiatives to minimize chances of failure, identified bottlenecks and troubleshot issues.
- Supervised, examined and handled technical DevOps Process and operations.
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
PricewaterhouseCoopers
09.2016 - 07.2018
- Designed cloud architectures for healthcare applications and services.
- Managed Azure resources to optimize performance and cost efficiency.
- Implemented security protocols to protect sensitive patient data in Azure.
- Verified stability, security and scalability of system architecture.
- Advised on project costs, concepts or design changes.
- Designed and delivered mission-critical infrastructure to maintain consistent availability and performance.
- Handled troubleshooting tasks for Local Area Networks, Wide Area Networks, and voice systems to reduce network connectivity problems.
- Automated deployment processes using Azure DevOps tools and pipelines.
- Documented processes and configurations for compliance and knowledge sharing.
- Communicated with clients to understand system requirements.
- Utilized Python to handle debugging and automation scripting tasks.
- Automated deployment processes utilizing Azure DevOps for streamlined operations.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify cloud infrastructure needs.
- Designed scalable architecture solutions for mining operations.
- Participated in client meetings to discuss project requirements and provide feedback on potential solutions.
- Developed system models using automated tools to analyze performance under various operating conditions.
Azure Cloud Engineer
ExxonMobil
06.2014 - 01.2015
- Communicated and implemented established physical, data and computer security policies and procedures.
- Assisted in the establishment and documentation of new security policies and practices.
- Configured Vnets and subnets as per the project requirement. Configure Azure blob storage and Azure file servers. Configured private and public facing Azure load balancers etc.
- Design and Implement Database Schema import data and build stored procedures on SQL Azure.
- Extensive experience implementing software throughout the SDLC process, deep hands on experience of networking, migration and implementation in AZURE. Configuring windows firewall for databases engine access, network administration load balancing, IDS/IPS, IPSEC and VPN.
- Implemented data ingestion with Azure Data Lake and Data Factory.
- Support various hybrid cloud projects including Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
- Provided primarily remote (some onsite) support services to existing accounts by analyzing work orders; investigating complaint service tickets; conducting tests; resolving problems.
- Azure active directory audits monitoring and logging.
- Deployed Azure Infrastructure as a Code (IaC) using ARM template, PowerShell and Terraform.
- Configured Azure load balancer (Internal and External) and Azure Traffic Manager.
- Experience with Docker to containerize applications and common orchestration platforms.
- Configured virtual machine networking in Azure.
- Scaled Azure Virtual Machines, High availability and Resiliency.
- Designed and Implemented Azure VM Storage as well as NOsql, Cosmo DB.
- Configured monitoring for Azure virtual machines using Azure monitor, Log Analytics and App insights.
- Configured and managed Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN).
Education
Master of Science - Geophysics
University of Missouri
Columbia, United StatesBachelor of Science - Geology
University of Lagos
NigeriaSkills
- Airflow
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Serverless Computing
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Bash (Scripting Language)
- Azure Databricks
- Continuous Integration
- System Testing
- Analytics
- Infrastructure Automation
- Load Balancing
- Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
- Release Management
- Cloud Administration
- Ansible
- Linux
- Functional Design
- Disaster Recovery
- Automation
- Unix
- Microservices
- Github actions
- Git (Version Control System)
- Scrum (Software Development)
- Jenkins
- DevOps
- SQL Azure
- Powerapps
- Azure Data Factory
- Windows Firewall
- Network Topology
- Software Versioning
- Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act (HIPAA) Compliance
- Software Testing
- Prototyping
- Azure Policy
- SQL (Programming Language)
- Penetration Testing
- ServiceNow
- Software Development
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
- VeraCode
- Microsoft Office 365
- Containerization
- Docker (Software)
- Gitlab
- Azure DevOps
- Domain Name System (DNS) Servers
- Azure Firewall
- Python (Programming Language)
- Azure Active Directory
- Cloud Migration
- Data Ingestion
- Docker Swarm
- Azure Logic Apps
- DevOps Architecture
- Azure Sentinel
- Azure Functions
- Load Testing
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure Security
- MongoDB
- Azure Monitor
- Data Warehousing
- Scripting
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Multi-Factor Authentication
- Azure Blob Storage
- Azure Pipelines
- Active Directory
- Microsoft Visual Studio
- Terraform
- Command Line Interface (CLI)
- Apache JMeter
- Hyper-V
- CI/CD pipelines
- Cost optimization
- Effective communication
- Security and compliance
- Change management
- Cloud computing expertise
- Migration strategies
- Customer implementation support
- Requirements gathering
- Microservices architecture
- Software deployment support
- Containerization technologies
- Big data solutions
- IT strategy development
- Database upgrades
- Identity provisioning
- Machine learning integration
- Software development lifecycle
- DevOps implementation
- Infrastructure automation
- Artificial intelligence implementation
- Serverless architecture
- Stakeholder communication
- Cross-functional team leadership
- Enterprise architecture design
- Virtualization technologies
- Business intelligence
- Code development
Personal Information
Title: Cloud Solutions Architect
Remote
True
Timeline
Solution Architect
Newmont Mining
01.2024 - 11.2025
Solutions Architect
Alignment Health Care
06.2023 - 01.2024
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
CVS Health
05.2022 - 06.2023
Principal Azure DevOps Engineer / Azure DevOps Architect
WELLSTAR HEALTH SYSTEM
05.2021 - 05.2022
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer / Azure DevOps Architect
PoolCorp
05.2020 - 05.2021
Senior Azure Cloud Engineer
PricewaterhouseCoopers
09.2016 - 07.2018
Azure Cloud Engineer
ExxonMobil
06.2014 - 01.2015
Master of Science - Geophysics
University of Missouri
Bachelor of Science - Geology
University of Lagos