Cloud Solutions Architect & Engineering Lead based in Cluj, Romania.

I design secure Azure platforms, engineering guardrails, and delivery systems that teams can operate at scale. My work sits at the intersection of cloud architecture, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and technical leadership.

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• Azure architecture and cloud platform engineering
• Terraform, infrastructure as code, and self-service delivery
• Identity, secrets, certificate lifecycle, and API security
• DevSecOps guardrails and reusable governance patterns
• Engineering leadership, architecture reviews, and technical strategy

A read-only Microsoft Entra application relationship explorer for investigating identities, permissions, and attack paths. Built with TypeScript and Microsoft Graph, with security and architecture documented alongside the implementation.

A focused proof showing secret rotation and validation patterns around Azure Key Vault. This is part of my broader interest in turning security requirements into repeatable engineering controls.

A structured KQL query library and operator playbooks for finding Azure Monitor ingestion-cost problems, investigating noisy tables, and running repeatable SRE reviews.

• Systems over symptoms. Find the structural cause before reaching for a tool.
• Failure-mode first. Design around blast radius, recovery, ownership, and compliance.
• Guardrails over heroics. Make the safe path the easy path.
• Outcomes over tool obsession. Choose technology that teams can own in production.
• Documentation as an engineering asset. Record the why, not only the what.

• Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert — active through July 2027
• Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate — active through November 2027
• Trusted AI Safety Expert (TAISE) — Cloud Security Alliance & Northeastern University
• Certificate of Competence in Zero Trust (CCZT)
• Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge v.5

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• AI-assisted engineering workflows
• Hands-on development in Python, Go, and TypeScript
• Reusable cloud platform and governance patterns
• Turning architecture knowledge into practical internal tooling

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