Zaki Shahin
Cloud Solution Architect - Azure
Sydney
Summary
Senior consultant with over 14 years of leadership experience in designing innovate business solutions for enterprise clients. Skilled in cloud computing, information management and application development. Demonstrated mastery in evaluating requirements for business application integration and service activation. Proven mentor and training with expertise in communicating across organizational levels and with cross-functional teams to drive shared vision and foster culture of excellence.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
12
12
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Cloud Solution Architect - Azure
Microsoft
04.2021 - Current
- Utilized deep cloud solution expertise to provide comprehensive technical guidance, helping customers optimize their cloud architecture effectively.
- Built strong relationships with 36 customers, successfully closing many strategic deals. This was achieved by demonstrating customer-centric approach in all engagements, understanding their needs, and providing tailored solutions that led to mutual growth and success.
- Conceptualized and implemented innovative ideas and improvements to customer architectures, significantly increasing consumption and optimizing their cloud infrastructure for better performance and efficiency.
- Engaged in cross-team collaboration, fostering synergy, promoting effective cooperation, and driving shared success across various teams internally and with partners.
- Committed to diversity, inclusion, wellbeing, sustainability, community giving, and fostering continuous learning.
- Continuously updated technical expertise through industry research, attending conferences, and obtaining certifications relevant to the role.
<p>Senior Consultant</p>
Microsoft
3 2012 - 03.2021
- Drive cloud solutions and cloud adoptability for our customers. Act in a “Trusted Advisor” role to foster long term relationships with our customers.
- Draft conceptual and functional architectures based on the latest reference cloud native application architecture.
- Manage and lead technical pre-sales efforts for customer opportunities; generate solution designs, develop statement of works (SOWs) and lead technical responses to formal proposal solicitations.
- Analyze and define clients' business strategy and determine system architecture requirements to achieve business goals.
- Gather detailed business requirements and use cases, and translate technical specifications into product requirements.
- Create team strategies and establish project scopes of work; communicate project deliverable time frames and benchmarks to clients.
- Suggest architectural improvements, design and integration solutions, and formulate methodologies to optimize object- oriented software and database development.
<p>Team Leader</p>
Specialized Technical Services
02.2006 - 02.2012
- Led team to plan, design, and implement applications and software.
- Collaborated with business analysts, developers, and technical support teams to define project requirements and specifications.
- Designed, developed, and managed windows / web-based applications, databases, network accounts, and programs.
- Launched complex recovery solutions to safeguard mission critical data.
- Implemented application developments, resolved performance issues, and provided end-user training on hardware and software
Education
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Princess Sumaya University for Technology
09.2001 - 04.2006
Skills
Azure Infrastructure and Networking
Azure AI and ML
Azure Integration Services
Serverless Architecture
Azure Security
Azure App Modernization
Azure Databases
M365 - Teams and SharePoint Online - Administration and Development
M365 - Power Platform
Certification
Microsoft Certified Trainer
Timeline
Cloud Solution Architect - Azure
Microsoft
04.2021 - Current
Microsoft 365 Certified: Teamwork Administrator Associate
09-2019
Developing Microsoft Azure Solution
02-2015
PRO: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Administratior
08-2011
TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring
01-2010
TS: Developing Business Process and Integration Solutions using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006
03-2008
TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Windows-based Client Development
10-2007
Customizing Portal Solutions with Microsoft SharePoint 2003
12-2006
Designing a Portal Solution with Microsoft SharePoint 2003
12-2006
TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Web-based Client Development
11-2006
TS: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation
10-2006
<p>Team Leader</p>
Specialized Technical Services
02.2006 - 02.2012
Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
01-2006
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Princess Sumaya University for Technology
09.2001 - 04.2006
<p>Senior Consultant</p>
Microsoft
3 2012 - 03.2021
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