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Saquib Abdul Samad is a highly experienced Cloud Architect and Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with over 8.86 years of relevant experience in Azure, AWS, Hadoop, Terraform, DevOps, and other related technologies. He is skilled in conducting Cloud Readiness Assessments, creating High-Level and Low-Level Design, and overseeing security considerations as part of wider Cloud Adoption Framework. Saquib has helped Application teams to modernize, refactor and migrate their application over Azure using cloud native services like Azure App Service, Azure Kubernetes Services, and Azure Database Solutions. He has planned and developed roadmaps and deliverables to fasten the migration of existing solutions on-prem systems/applications to Azure using Azure Migration Service. Saquib is experienced in Infrastructure as a code (laC) in Terraform and created reusable Terraform modules to automation of Azure resource deployment. Saquib has designed and implemented High Availability and DR solutions using Load Balancer, Application Gateway, Traffic Manager, and Azure Front Door services. He has provided Azure technical expertise, including strategic design and architectural mentorship, assessments, POCs, in support of the overall application lifecycle or consulting engagement process. Saquib has implemented Azure DevOps solutions for various development teams, including source control, build and release management. Saquib has architected and designed monitoring solutions and integration between Azure Log Analytics workspace and Splunk using Event Hub and Logic App. He has designed and deployed secured and isolated application using Azure App Service Environment. Saquib has extensive experience in reviewing and implementing cost optimization solutions. He has designed and deployed secured Hub-Spoke networking models. Currently working as a Cloud Solutions Architect and L3 - Key Customer Technical Support at nocsmart, Saquib is leading and mentoring a team of Solutions Engineer and Technical Support. He has led the migration of on-premises Virtual Machines to Azure for multiple global clients and multiple applications. Saquib is working collaboratively with the Client, Project Management, and Solutions Engineering teams to guide post-sales services delivery, aligning project teams to SOW deliverables, scope of engagement, and technical escalations (where necessary). Saquib has also worked as a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer and Assistant Manager at Deloitte, where he designed and implemented security for Azure Active Directory by using Identity Governance and Privilege Identity Management. He also designed and configured Disaster Recovery solutions for the Azure Cloud environment using Azure Recovery Vault Backup and Replication. Saqu