Principal Platform Engineer • Cloud Architect

Designing secure, scalable cloud platforms that enable organizations to deliver software reliably at enterprise scale.

Architected multi-region Azure environments supporting 30,000+ users and 2,000+ managed cloud resources across mission-critical financial systems.

I focus on platform architecture as an enabling system: secure foundations, repeatable delivery patterns, resilient infrastructure design, and cloud operating models that help engineering organizations move faster with greater confidence.

Platform Snapshot

30k+
Clients Supported
2000+
Cloud Resources
50+
Developers Enabled
5
Production Subscriptions
Multi-Region
Azure Topology
Dozens
Micro-Applications
Enterprise
CI/CD Architecture
Regulated
Financial Workloads
Blue-Green
Release Strategy
OIDC
Identity Modernization

Cloud Architecture Focus

I specialize in architecting cloud platforms as internal products — creating secure infrastructure foundations, standardized delivery workflows, and scalable developer enablement models. My work centers on transforming fragmented environments into cohesive platform ecosystems that improve delivery velocity, strengthen operational resilience, and align infrastructure with long-term business strategy.

Multi-region infrastructure topology and resiliency strategy
Infrastructure-as-Code operating model design
Platform delivery architecture and progressive release engineering
Identity modernization and secure service networking
Observability frameworks and distributed systems reliability
Cross-cloud integration and analytical platform enablement

Enterprise Platform Architecture

As principal platform architect for a global financial services environment, I guided the modernization of a large-scale multi-region Azure platform supporting global client investment services. The modernization program established a secure landing-zone foundation, standardized SDLC environment patterns, automated Infrastructure-as-Code delivery, and a cloud-native release architecture designed for reliability, compliance, and long-term sustainability.

Landing zone architecture governing 2,000+ cloud resources
Consistent SDLC topology from development through disaster recovery
Terraform-driven Infrastructure-as-Code deployment frameworks
Cloud-native CI/CD delivery architecture with integrated security controls
Blue-green production deployment strategies improving release confidence
Okta and OpenID Connect identity federation architecture
API management service architecture governing micro-application communication
Datadog telemetry frameworks improving observability maturity
AWS-to-Azure connectivity enabling advanced analytical services
Platform operating model supporting faster, more reliable software delivery

Professional Experience

Morgan Stanley — Vice President, Cloud Architecture & Platform Engineering
2018 – Present | Principal Platform Engineer / Cloud Architect

Responsible for architectural direction, platform operating model design, and technical delivery of a large-scale Azure ecosystem supporting global client investment services.

  • Architected a segmented multi-region Azure platform spanning 2,000+ resources, supporting distributed financial workloads and secure data services.
  • Established enterprise landing zone standards aligned to network zoning controls, enabling compliant infrastructure privatization and repeatable deployment patterns.
  • Standardized subscription architecture across DEV, QA, UAT, PROD, and DR environments, ensuring predictable topology and environment consistency.
  • Defined Terraform-driven Infrastructure-as-Code frameworks and reusable module patterns governing lifecycle management of cloud infrastructure.
  • Owned Azure DevOps delivery architecture, establishing YAML pipeline templates, progressive release controls, and integrated security scanning workflows.
  • Implemented blue-green production deployment models with in-slot validation testing, improving release confidence and reducing customer-visible risk.
  • Led cloud security remediation and governance transformation initiatives, aligning platform controls to enterprise standards and closing critical audit findings.
  • Designed Okta and OpenID Connect identity architecture, simplifying authentication flows across distributed application services.
  • Engineered private networking, encrypted service communication pathways, API Management architecture, and AWS-to-Azure integration capabilities.
  • Standardized near-identical SDLC infrastructure patterns from development through production, improving onboarding velocity and deployment predictability.
  • Built automation capabilities enabling application teams to self-manage routine platform operations, improving scalability of platform ownership.
  • Designed and executed disaster recovery failover validation exercises, confirming resilience of mission-critical client-facing systems.
Microsoft — Azure Service Engineer
2013 – 2018

Engineering contributor responsible for designing and operating global Azure service infrastructure and telemetry analytics platforms supporting Office 365 workloads and large-scale cloud service ecosystems.

  • Architected large-scale telemetry analytics solutions leveraging Azure Data Lake, Apache Spark, Databricks, and SQL Analysis Services to process high-volume operational datasets across distributed regions.
  • Developed predictive monitoring models enabling proactive identification of service degradation patterns before customer-visible impact.
  • Built automated data pipelines delivering actionable insights into user adoption behavior, service utilization trends, and infrastructure performance characteristics.
  • Engineered automation frameworks that reduced root-cause analysis time for major Office 365 service incidents from hours or days to minutes.
  • Designed monitoring strategies enabling early detection of performance regressions and systemic reliability risks across global Azure environments.
  • Contributed to architecture initiatives supporting migration of business-critical workloads from on-premise datacenters to Azure cloud platforms.
  • Developed governance automation tooling improving security posture, compliance alignment, and cost transparency across production tenancies.
Selected Earlier Engineering Experience
2007 – 2013
  • The Coca-Cola Company — Senior Cloud Lead: Led enterprise collaboration engineering and SharePoint-to-cloud migration initiatives supporting 100,000+ global users.
  • Grant Thornton LLP — Senior Engineer: Architected and operated a 100-server SharePoint farm, driving platform scalability and modernization toward distributed cloud infrastructure.
  • Lincoln Financial Group — SharePoint Engineer: Designed disaster recovery architecture and compliance strategies supporting mission-critical financial data migrations.
  • Archer Daniels Midland — SharePoint Engineer: Provided Level-3 production engineering support for a global collaboration platform serving 17,000+ users.
  • Peters & Associates / CADworks — SharePoint Administrator: Led enterprise platform deployment architecture and catastrophic disaster recovery planning initiatives.

Platform Engineering Philosophy

I believe effective cloud platforms function as enabling products for engineering organizations. My architectural approach emphasizes secure-by-default infrastructure patterns, repeatable environment provisioning, developer self-service capabilities, observability-driven operational maturity, and continuous modernization. When infrastructure is treated as a strategic product, it becomes an accelerator for delivery rather than a bottleneck to it.

Technology Landscape

Cloud & Delivery

  • Azure
  • Terraform
  • Azure DevOps
  • CI/CD Architecture
  • Infrastructure-as-Code

Platform & Security

  • Private Networking
  • Identity Federation
  • API Management
  • Okta / OIDC
  • Datadog

Engineering & Data

  • .NET
  • Docker
  • Spark
  • Databricks
  • Data Platforms

Contact

I am interested in Principal Platform Engineering and Cloud Architecture opportunities focused on large-scale infrastructure design, platform modernization, and developer ecosystem enablement.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +1 (206) 954-0923
Location: Seattle, Washington