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Stefan Buchman

Stefan Buchman

Principal Solutions Architect
Melbourne,VIC

Summary

Over 20 years experience helping corporations and governments architect, design and implement complex systems over a diverse range of technologies. Specialising in cloud-based designs using technologies across infrastructure, containers as well as serverless technologies.

Focusing on landing zones and created secure and cost effective architectures in the cloud, across clouds and in hybrid environments.

Working with customers from the C-Suite on down to effectively establish the benefits of cloud, propel the cultural shifts necessary in an organisation to adopt cloud at scale and implement the programs that will support organisations as they mature on cloud.

I bring strong leadership, architecture, development and engineering skills to solve challenges in an ever changing technology landscape.

Extensive knowledge architecting and implementing complex solutions to best address business needs. Implementations include hybrid cloud solutions, global systems, multi-site infrastructures, complex architectures, and disaster recovery/business continuity solutions. I strive at thinking outside of the box, creating truly unique solutions for the most difficult business objectives.

Strong team management and project management skills. I have lead large teams within customers and projects delivering to challenging timelines and multiple streams of work.

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Work History

Principal Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services
Melbourne , Victoria
2017.07 - Current

Responsible for partnering with AWS' most valuable customers to design cloud architectures utilizing AWS services. Helping customers solve business challenges such as rapidly releasing products/services to the market or building an elastic, scalable, cost optimized applications. Engage with product owners to influence product direction and help customers tap into new markets by utilizing AWS Services. Look for patterns and trends that can be broadly applied across an industry segment or a set of customers that can help accelerate innovation.

  • Responsible for the technical strategy for a large Australian telecommunications company.
  • C-Suite engagement across organisational strategy, business objectives and establishing a culture of innovation.
  • Managing a team of architects looking after company.
  • Focusing on 5G and Edge solutions, large-scale application migrations and modernisation of heritage workloads.
  • Designing, reviewing and performing Well-Architected assessments on workloads across core business applications.
  • Design of world first capability for entertainment customer.
  • Development of internal training program for Solution Architects.
  • Published project in AWS Samples GitHub

Public Speaking

  • AWS Summit Sydney 2020
  • AWS Summit Sydney 2019 (Top 10 session)
  • AWS Public Sector Summit 2019
  • AWS re:Inforce 2019
  • AWS re:Invent 2019
  • AWS Tech Summit 2018
  • AWS Innovate Online 2018

Director, National Security Lead

Avanade
Melbourne , VIC
2016.08 - 2017.07

Built Avanade's first Security Practice for Australia. Build from the ground-up focusing on market opportunities, differentiation and core specialties to focus on. Offering clients knowledge and experience and delivering solutions ranging from Information Security Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and Cloud-focused security solutions.

  • Established a team of 8 consultants across the Australian organisation to develop as full-time Security Architects.
  • Working with account teams and customers to identify security opportunities and grow security business.
  • Running industry insights sessions for customers.
  • Mentorship and training of the security team as it developed.
  • Focused on solutions delivering results through the use of cloud security design, Identity and Access Management and edge protection.
  • Delivered a security framework for a large health-care organisation undergoing a digital transformation.

Practice Lead and Managing Consultant

Kloud Solutions
Melbourne , VIC
2013.01 - 2016.08

Architecture, development and implementation of Identity Management solutions, delivering to a broad range of business and technical challenges.

Leading government institutions and private enterprises through complex identity transitions, including to cloud-based solutions. Involving a broad range of technologies across identity, collaboration, customer relationship management and security.

  • Helping customers understand and plan for their Identity challenges today and as they march towards distributed cloud models. Working with leaders within organisations to realise the benefits and necessity of Identity and helping to plan for their businesses future success
  • Designing scalable and secure Identity solutions, catering to to multi-domain architectures including HR, IT and CRM solution sets
  • Public and hybrid cloud scenarios, including integration with Azure Active Directory as well as federated Identity across a diverse range of cloud-based offerings
  • Citizen Identity solutions for public and private sector customers
  • Identity integration with CRM solutions including Dynamics CRM and Dynamics CRM Online
  • Office 365 and Azure Active Directory solutions, helping customers on-board quickly to Microsoft's SaaS solutions
  • Creating new capabilities to deliver unique offerings to customers, catering for the most complex integration challenges
  • Building solutions covering the latest technologies, including: Azure Active Directory, Azure MFA and Federated solutions

Senior Consultant

Hewlett Packard, HP
Melbourne , VIC
2011.04 - 2013.01

Architecture, design and implementation of complex Identity Management solutions across a wide range of diverse companies. Leading teams through complex identity, messaging and security transformations.

  • Delivered e-mail migration project for large mining company of roughly 10,000 seats across 3 organisations.
  • Delivered Identity and Access Management project as well as e-mail migration project for large services organisation of 50,000 seats
  • Developed migration tooling and strategies used across the organisation

Consultant

Fidelity Investments
Boston , MA
2006.04 - 2011.04
  • Implemented a new identity management solution across Active Directory forests and SunOne directories and HR databases. Enabled enforcement of SEC legal requirements as well as delivered data feeds to down-level directories. System is responsible for provisioning and de-provisioning of accounts as well as maintaining authorization groups.
  • Created a multi-master, multi-domain group management strategy using identity systems.
  • Architected and developed a migration strategy and toolset to enable forest separation while maintaining critical identity.

Consultant

Alternative Technologies
Boston , MA
2005.03 - 2006.02

Senior Systems Engineer

University Of Massachusetts Medical School
Boston , MA
2001.10 - 2005.02

Technical Architect

William M. Mercer
Melbourne , VIC
1999.06 - 2001.08

Network Administrator

Mercer Management Group
Boston , MA
1998.04 - 1999.06

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University Of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN, USA
1996.09 - 1997.07

Skills

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Certification

AWS Certified Architect - Professional

Quote

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Albert Einstein

Timeline

AWS Certified Architect - Professional

2017-10

Principal Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services
2017.07 - Current

Director, National Security Lead

Avanade
2016.08 - 2017.07

Practice Lead and Managing Consultant

Kloud Solutions
2013.01 - 2016.08

Senior Consultant

Hewlett Packard, HP
2011.04 - 2013.01

Consultant

Fidelity Investments
2006.04 - 2011.04

CISSP

2006-03

Consultant

Alternative Technologies
2005.03 - 2006.02

Microsoft MCSE: Security

2002-01

Senior Systems Engineer

University Of Massachusetts Medical School
2001.10 - 2005.02

Technical Architect

William M. Mercer
1999.06 - 2001.08

Network Administrator

Mercer Management Group
1998.04 - 1999.06

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University Of Minnesota
1996.09 - 1997.07
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