A Self-Motivated, seasoned, and accomplished Senior IT Architect with rich IT experience and Leadership skills, with a proven track record of designing, modifying, and implementing large scale IT solutions for Customers in the Technology Services, Manufacturing, Logistics, Healthcare, and Education sectors primarily in UK, Europe and North America regions. Proven experience in collaborating with business stakeholders and designing secure, resilient, scalable, cost-effective and sustainable solutions that suit business requirements. Proven record of on-time delivery with traits like resourcefulness, disciplined and structured approach combined with strong business acumen, project and time management as well as prioritization and risk identification skills. Over a decade of experience in Architectural governance and Customer-facing roles, adept at engaging with CxO-level stakeholders. Certified TOGAF 10 Practitioner with 8 years of practical application. Adept in leading and mentoring cross-functional teams. Expertise in pre and post-sales Governance and Assurance, aligning solutions with business and technical needs. Proficient in Infrastructure, InfoSec, and tooling, with a focus on Hybrid cloud/multi-cloud environments. Skilled in ROI and Technology assessment, vendor selection, and POCs. Collaborative approach with Business stakeholders, architects, and SMEs to craft solutions. Leading architectural change planning and implementation, prioritizing timely delivery and risk assessment. Bid process support and solution proposal review as well as writing. Maintaining Architectural repositories and creating relevant artifacts. Establishing Architecture/Security Principles based on industry best practices and compliance requirements. Establishing trusted advisor relationships with customers' top management. Driving change, customer-centricity, and team motivation with proven troubleshooting and analytical skills. Dedicated to continuous learning.Technical Skills- Azure, AWS, VMWare Cloud foundation, Kubernetes, Serverless architecture- Service Oriented Architecture and Data modelling.- ServiceNow, Ansible, vRA-Cloud, BSA, Terraform, Shell scripting, Bicep and Azure RM - Azure GenAI basic knowledge.- GitHub CI/CD, Azure DevOps, SAFe Agile methodologies. - MSSQL & MYSQL (On-prem & cloud), ORACLE.- CyberArk PAM, Hashi Vault, Reverse proxies, Bluecoat, AV and vulnerability scan services. - MS AD, Azure Entra, AWS IAM, ADFS, LDAP- SDN – Cisco and Cloud based (VMWare, Azure, AWS).- Windows, Linux and Solaris