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Cloud Solutions
Architect

Designing resilient, secure, and scalable cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure — from enterprise migrations to cloud-native solutions.

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3+ Projects Delivered
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01 / About
Jose Vasquez

Building the cloud foundations that businesses rely on

I'm a certified Cloud+ Architect with over 2 years of hands-on experience designing and delivering enterprise-grade cloud solutions. My work spans cloud migration strategy, infrastructure-as-code, security architecture, and DevOps transformation.

I partner closely with engineering teams, product leaders, and executive stakeholders to translate complex technical requirements into robust, cost-effective Azure architectures — always with an eye on operational excellence and long-term maintainability.

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02 / Skills

Technical expertise

Infrastructure & IaC

  • Azure Resource Manager (ARM)
  • Bicep & Terraform
  • Azure Landing Zones
  • Management Groups & Subscriptions

Compute & Containers

  • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
  • Azure Container Apps
  • Azure Virtual Machines & VMSS
  • Azure App Service & Functions

Security & Identity

  • Microsoft Entra ID (AAD)
  • Azure Security Center / Defender
  • Azure Key Vault & Managed Identity
  • Zero Trust Architecture

Networking

  • Azure Virtual Networks & Peering
  • ExpressRoute & VPN Gateway
  • Azure Firewall & NSGs
  • Azure Front Door & CDN

Data & Storage

  • Azure SQL & Cosmos DB
  • Azure Data Factory & Synapse
  • Blob, File & Data Lake Storage
  • Azure Cache for Redis

DevOps & Monitoring

  • Azure DevOps & GitHub Actions
  • Azure Monitor & Log Analytics
  • Application Insights
  • CI/CD Pipeline Design
03 / Projects

Featured cloud projects

Migration 2024

Enterprise Data Centre to Azure Migration

Led the end-to-end migration of 200+ on-premises workloads to Azure for a financial services firm. Designed a hub-and-spoke network topology with ExpressRoute connectivity, achieving 40% reduction in infrastructure costs and zero unplanned downtime.

Azure MigrateExpressRouteAzure Site RecoveryTerraform
Cloud Native 2024

AKS-Based Microservices Platform

Architected a production Kubernetes platform on AKS for a SaaS product team, including GitOps workflows, cluster autoscaling, RBAC with Entra ID integration, and a service mesh for observability and traffic management.

AKSHelmArgoCDAzure MonitorBicep
Security 2023

Zero Trust Security Architecture

Designed and implemented a Zero Trust framework across a 3,000-user enterprise, deploying Conditional Access policies, Privileged Identity Management, Azure Defender for Cloud, and a fully segmented network with micro-perimeters.

Entra IDMicrosoft DefenderAzure FirewallKey Vault
FinOps 2023

Azure Cost Governance & FinOps Programme

Built a FinOps practice from scratch for a retail group with £2M+ monthly Azure spend. Implemented tagging policies, Azure Cost Management dashboards, reserved instance strategies, and automated rightsizing recommendations — delivering 28% cost savings.

Azure Cost ManagementAzure PolicyPower BILogic Apps
04 / Experience

Career timeline

Senior Azure Cloud Architect

Contoso Technology Group
2021 — Present

Leading cloud architecture across a portfolio of enterprise clients. Responsible for solution design, governance frameworks, and technical pre-sales. Manage a team of 4 cloud engineers and serve as Azure SME for the practice.

Cloud Solutions Architect

Fabrikam Digital
2018 — 2021

Designed and delivered Azure infrastructure for digital transformation programmes in the public sector. Key focus on hybrid cloud connectivity, identity federation, and infrastructure-as-code adoption.

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Northwind Systems
2016 — 2018

Hands-on deployment and management of Azure IaaS and PaaS workloads. Developed Terraform modules adopted company-wide and led internal Azure training programme for 20+ engineers.

05 / Contact

Let's build something together

I'm currently open to senior architect and principal consultant roles — remote or hybrid. If you have an opportunity or just want to connect, reach out below.

hello@josevasquez.net linkedin.com/in/josevasquez github.com/josevasquez
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