Alan Hayes

Active Certifications >Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert >Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert >Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate >Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate >EXIN PRINCE2® Foundation Certificate in Project Management Experience >Subject matter expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure/AWS, including compute (Docker/ACS/ECS), network, storage, monitoring, and security. >Subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Azure/AWS environment. >Subject matter expertise working with people, processes, and technologies to continuously deliver business value. >Experience implementing, managing, and monitoring identity (Azure AD, ADDS, IAM, Okta), governance(Azure Policy), storage(S3/Azure Files), compute (VM/EC2/Container), and virtual networks (VPC/Virtual Networks) in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed. >Experience designing and implementing strategies for collaboration (Asana, Jira), code, infrastructure(Virtual Network, VPC), source control (Git, Bitbucket), security, compliance (Inspec), continuous integration (Azure DevOps/Jenkins), testing(Terratest), delivery (Jenkins/Pipelines), monitoring (Azure Monitor/CloudWatch/SensuGo), and feedback (Miro). >Experience advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for secure, scalable, and reliable Azure/AWS solutions. >Advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance >Experience in Azure/AWS administration, development, and DevOps processes >Partnered with developers, administrators, and other roles responsible for implementing solutions on Azure/AWS >Experience using Bash, Python, HTTP, PowerShell, Azure/AWS CLI, Azure/AWS portals, and Azure Resource Manager/Cloud Formation/Terraform templates, Microsoft/Ansible/Chef Desired State Configuration >Strong understanding of core Azure/AWS services, Azure/AWS workloads, security, and governance