Cloud and technical architecture leader with 20+ years across enterprise platforms, infrastructure, and delivery engineering, including 9+ years centered on Microsoft Azure.
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Jihad Aravassery
Cloud Architect · DevOps Architect · Technical Architect · Multi-Cloud
Target Roles
Cloud Architect, DevOps, Technical Architect, and Multi-Cloud profile.
- Cloud Architect
- DevOps Architect / DevOps Lead
- Technical Architect
- Multi-Cloud Architect
Summary
Certified technology professional with 20+ years across cloud architecture, infrastructure, and enterprise platforms.
Focuses on cloud architecture, DevSecOps operating models, landing zones, Zero Trust-aligned controls, and resilience planning for business-critical services.
Translates executive priorities into architecture decisions, governance standards, platform roadmaps, and delivery guardrails across project and operations teams.
Brings practical exposure to Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, and document intelligence, alongside Oracle multicloud credentials that reinforce multi-cloud positioning.
Experience
Career history across cloud architecture, delivery, technical architecture, and enterprise operations.
Lead Cloud Architect
Department of IT, UAE University
- Acted as the lead security and architecture subject matter expert for multi-team cloud initiatives, aligning technical direction with institutional strategy and senior stakeholder expectations.
- Defined a Secure DevOps operating model covering production delivery, architecture standards, deployment guides, and standard operating procedures for cloud solutions.
- Led threat modeling, risk assessment, encryption, key management, incident response, and disaster recovery planning for business-critical environments.
- Designed secure Azure architectures and remediation plans to close security gaps while improving delivery readiness and continuity posture.
Infrastructure Specialist
Department of IT, UAE University
- Managed enterprise infrastructure operations in line with executive strategy, supporting large-scale academic and administrative workloads.
- Operated SharePoint farms across nine servers for approximately 15,000 users and maintained supporting SQL Server high-availability environments.
- Owned SQL Server administration, backup and recovery, performance tuning, access control, encryption, and operational reliability.
- Diagnosed service and database issues, implemented corrective action, and improved stability through monitoring, recovery planning, and performance analysis.
Portal Administrator
College of Information Technology, UAE University
- Documented and implemented portal administration standards for business-facing services.
- Installed and configured application servers and SharePoint portal environments.
- Supported operational monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and automated recovery for service availability.
- Contributed to portal-based business systems including university activity management and geo-portal initiatives.
Oracle Portal Consultant
Department of Economy, Abu Dhabi
- Built and maintained Oracle Portal applications across design, coding, testing, and documentation activities.
- Translated business requirements into technical specifications and implemented portal extensions using PL/SQL, Java, JavaScript, and HTML/CSS.
- Integrated external systems into Oracle Portal to improve interoperability and data flow.
- Resolved performance bottlenecks and tuned portal workloads for stability and scalability.
Certifications
Current certifications relevant to cloud architecture, DevOps, security, and multi-cloud positioning.
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Multicloud Architect Professional
- Microsoft Certified Trainer
Education
Academic background in information technology and computer science.
- Master's in Information Technology, SMU University, India
- Bachelor's in Computer Science, Calicut University, India