William Barbour
Summary
Dynamic IT leader and hands-on architect with over 20 years of experience in driving multi-million-dollar cloud transformations, zero-downtime migrations, and regulated financial platforms for industry giants such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo, TIAA, and ESPN. Possesses deep expertise in Azure, AWS, GCP, Kubernetes / OpenShift, FinOps, capacity forecasting, and zero-trust security. Renowned for translating complex technical roadmaps into impactful C-level business outcomes while fostering the growth of high-performing global teams. Results-oriented technology professional with a strong track record in managing and optimizing enterprise-level infrastructure systems, recognized for collaborative teamwork and consistent delivery of exceptional results.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
IT Security Infrastructure Architect V (Contract)
Bank of America
07.2024 - Current
- Own performance, capacity, and risk modeling for mid-range systems supporting $800B+ AUM
- Deliver executive-level capacity forecasts and analytics consumed by CISO and CTO staff
- Reduced over-provisioning incidents 40% through enhanced saturation testing frameworks
- Improved application throughput 28% on average via targeted performance consultations
- Ensure 100% regulatory compliance (FFIEC, OCC) across 200+ infrastructure projects YTD
Enterprise Cloud Architect | CCoE Leader (Contract)
Celsior
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Designed and deployed greenfield Azure landing zone adopted as enterprise standard
- Led zero-downtime data center migration of 3,200 workloads – 100% business continuity
- Cut cloud costs 32% ($4.1M annualized) via FinOps policies, reserved instances, and automation
- Authored disaster recovery runbooks now used enterprise-wide
Enterprise Information Systems Architect II (Contract)
TIAA
06.2023 - 01.2024
- Defined architectural guiding principles and resiliency patterns for hybrid cloud platforms
- Led architecture review board; enforced adoption of corporate standards across 50+ teams
- Designed high-availability Kubernetes/OpenShift environments with degraded-mode operation
- Evaluated and approved Java/OpenJDK, Redis, Istio, Kong, and MongoDB technology stack
Enterprise Architect V (Contract)
Bank of America
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Directed multi-year hybrid cloud transformation program spanning 12 LOBs and 6,000+ VMs
- Reduced infrastructure delivery timelines 35% through standardized IaC and GitOps pipelines
- Managed risk, dependencies, and compliance for $180M portfolio of infrastructure projects
- Provided end-to-end visibility via executive dashboards adopted by CIO council
Technology Operations Manager (Contract)
LPL Financial
09.2020 - 08.2021
- Led 24×7 global NOC and engineering teams supporting 22,000 financial advisors
- Achieved 95% complex incident resolution within SLA through automation playbooks
- Implemented ServiceNow ITSM and observability stack that cut MTTR 52%
- Designed operational KPIs and dashboards now used firm-wide
Infrastructure Architect (Contract)
Wells Fargo
09.2019 - 09.2020
- Designed highly available database and web tiers for consumer-facing digital channels
- Delivered PaaS/IaaS/SaaS reference architectures adopted across multiple LOBs
- Mentored 30+ engineers on Linux, Windows, VMware, and cloud-native patterns
Manager, Infrastructure Design & Projects
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
05.2015 - 08.2019
- Managed distributed infrastructure of 1,000+ servers and global outsourcing partners
- Delivered all E-Commerce and back-office virtualization and middleware projects on time/budget
- Reduced hardware footprint 60% through consolidation and virtualization
Senior Broadcast Technology Engineer/Manager
ESPN
11.2003 - 05.2015
- Designed and operated global broadcast infrastructure with 99.999% uptime (12 years)
- Led large-scale render farm, SAN, and clustered server deployments for live events
- Managed budgets, RFPs, and ROI analysis for multi-million-dollar technology refreshes
Education
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration & Management
Post University
Waterbury, CT08-2017
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Post University
Waterbury, CT08-2014
Skills
- Azure
- AWS
- GCP
- Kubernetes
- OpenShift
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Docker
- Zero-Trust
- SASE
- FinOps
- FFIEC/OCC Compliance
- Vault
- Dynatrace
- Splunk
- Datadog
- Grafana
- ServiceNow
- GitOps
- Python
- PowerShell
- Crossplane
- VMware
- AIX
- Linux
- Windows
- Redis
- Istio
- Kong
- MongoDB
- ITIL
- TOGAF
- Agile
- DevSecOps
- Technical architecture
- Cloud infrastructure design
- Network troubleshooting
- Infrastructure automation
- Storage solutions
- Hybrid cloud environments
- Incident management
- Project management
- Cloud hosting
- Monitoring and analytics
- Virtualization coordination
Accomplishments
- Saved $4.1M+ annualized cloud spend via FinOps governance and rightsizing, 01/01/24
- Executed zero-downtime data center exit of 3,200+ workloads with 100% RTO/RPO
- Reduced provisioning errors 40% and improved capacity forecast accuracy to 97%
- Maintained 99.999% uptime for global broadcast operations supporting 150+ live events/year
Websites
Certification
ITIL Foundations
IBM Certified AIX Technical Expert
Timeline
IT Security Infrastructure Architect V (Contract)
Bank of America
07.2024 - Current
Enterprise Cloud Architect | CCoE Leader (Contract)
Celsior
01.2024 - 07.2024
Enterprise Information Systems Architect II (Contract)
TIAA
06.2023 - 01.2024
Enterprise Architect V (Contract)
Bank of America
08.2021 - 08.2023
Technology Operations Manager (Contract)
LPL Financial
09.2020 - 08.2021
Infrastructure Architect (Contract)
Wells Fargo
09.2019 - 09.2020
Manager, Infrastructure Design & Projects
MSC Industrial Supply Co.
05.2015 - 08.2019
Senior Broadcast Technology Engineer/Manager
ESPN
11.2003 - 05.2015
Master of Business Administration - Business Administration & Management
Post University
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Post University