Shivkumar Tiwari

Azure Solutions Architect and Cloud Engineer

Designing Secure, Scalable Cloud Platforms on Azure.

Azure Solutions Architect | DevOps | Platform Engineering

I design and modernize enterprise cloud platforms on Azure with a focus on resilience, security, and delivery speed. My work blends architecture strategy, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, and platform reliability practices.

Azure architecture | DevOps | Platform engineering | DevSecOps | SRE mindset

Featured Projects

Sanitized, editable drafts focused on architecture decisions, implementation patterns, and security considerations.

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Azure Landing Zone and Terraform/OpenTofu Automation

Teams need consistent subscription onboarding and policy controls without duplicating infrastructure code.

Mgmt GroupsPolicyNetworkingObservability
Sanitized diagram of modular landing zone components and governance layers.
AzureTerraformOpenTofuGovernance
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Multi-Environment CI/CD for Angular + .NET + SQL

Distributed teams require reliable release automation across dev, test, and production with clear approvals and rollback strategy.

SourceBuildReleaseDB Deploy
Sanitized flow from commit to staged multi-environment deployments.
Azure DevOpsCI/CD.NETSQL
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Azure Blob Malware Scanning with Defender for Storage

File ingestion pipelines need proactive malware detection before downstream processing.

UploadScanQuarantineApproved
Sanitized storage security workflow with scan and quarantine branches.
Azure StorageDefender for CloudSecurityEvent-Driven
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Azure DevOps Workload Visibility with Power BI

Leadership requires clearer planning visibility and delivery signals across engineering initiatives.

Work ItemsPipelinesModelPower BI
Sanitized analytics pipeline from delivery tools to executive dashboards.
Azure DevOpsPower BIReportingGovernance
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AKS Platform Engineering

Application squads need a secure, standardized Kubernetes platform with faster onboarding and operational guardrails.

IngressPlatformNamespacesTelemetry
Sanitized AKS platform topology with shared services and tenant workloads.
AKSKubernetesHelmPlatform Engineering
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Azure AI / RAG Infrastructure

Organizations exploring RAG require secure and governable infrastructure foundations before experimentation at scale.

IngestionIndexRetrievalModel
Sanitized RAG infrastructure diagram showing ingestion, indexing, and retrieval flow.
Azure AIRAGInfrastructureSecurity
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Azure AIOps - Intelligent Incident Detection and Root Cause Analysis

Operations teams need faster triage for noisy incidents across applications and infrastructure without relying on unsupported autonomous remediation claims.

MonitorCorrelateAI SummaryITSM/DevOps
Reference architecture diagram showing telemetry ingestion, AI-assisted incident analysis, and operational tool integration.
AIOpsAzure MonitorLog AnalyticsApplication InsightsAzure FunctionsAzure OpenAI
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AIOps for AKS - Anomaly Detection and Platform Reliability

Platform teams need earlier visibility into AKS anomalies and deployment risk while maintaining controlled remediation and operational governance.

AKS SignalsAnomalyApprovalRunbooks
Proposed reference architecture for AKS AIOps anomaly analysis, operator review, and controlled remediation flows.
AIOpsAKSManaged PrometheusGrafanaContainer InsightsReliability

Interactive Demos

Technical simulations for delivery and AIOps workflows

Portfolio demonstrations using deterministic local logic, sanitized architecture context, and no live cloud integration.

Azure DevOps Demo

Azure DevOps Release Pipeline Simulator

Simulates end-to-end release flow including quality and security gates, UAT/Production approvals, failure paths, and rollback behavior with deterministic local state transitions.

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AIOps Demo

AIOps Incident Intelligence Lab

Generates synthetic telemetry, correlates deterministic incident signals, and walks through explainable probable-cause evidence, human approval gates, and incident lifecycle controls.

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About

Architecture-first cloud delivery with practical engineering depth

I work across cloud infrastructure, architecture decisions, delivery automation, and security controls. My focus is building platforms that are scalable, governable, and easier for product teams to operate confidently.

Expertise

Cloud, platform, and DevSecOps capabilities

Organized by architecture and delivery domains to support recruiter and client review.

Azure Architecture

  • Landing zones
  • Identity and governance
  • Network design
  • Resilience patterns

DevOps and IaC

  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Actions
  • Terraform and OpenTofu
  • Release automation

Container Platforms

  • AKS and Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Helm
  • Platform engineering workflows

Security and Reliability

  • DevSecOps
  • Azure security baseline
  • SRE and observability
  • Compliance-aware delivery

Engineering Foundations

  • Python automation
  • Cloud migration
  • Data platform integration
  • AI infrastructure

Experience

Consulting and cloud engineering timeline

Dates and role details are centralized in editable data files for quick owner updates.

  1. May 2026 - Present

    Cloud Architect

    Azure Cloud Architecture | Solution Design | Azure Infrastructure | Terraform & OpenTofu | Azure DevOps & CI/CD | Kubernetes (AKS) | DevSecOps & Cloud Security | Platform Engineering | SRE | Cloud Migration & Modernization | BCDR | Cost Optimization | TOGAF 10 | System Design

  2. Feb 2025 - Apr 2026

    Consultant for Azure (Admin, DevOps and Architect)

    Align cloud architecture, delivery automation, and governance for enterprise workloads.

  3. Approx. previous 2.7 years

    Senior Cloud Engineer

    Modernize CI/CD, strengthen platform operations, and scale container-first delivery practices.

  4. Approx. first 1.5 years

    Azure Cloud Engineer

    Support migration readiness, foundational automation, and secure workload onboarding.

Certifications

Microsoft credential portfolio

Credentials are marked owner verification pending by default and should be updated once links are confirmed.

AZ-900

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AZ-104

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AZ-305

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AZ-400

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AZ-500

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Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)

Owner verification pending

Contact

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