Iskren Vichev

A seasoned and self-driven Enterprise Solution Architect with deep expertise in designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud-native and hybrid platform solutions across diverse industries. Specializing in strategic architecture, digital transformation, and enterprise-scale cloud adoption, this expert delivers high-impact solutions that align technology with business goals.

With a proven track record in leading end-to-end architecture initiatives, the role encompasses:

• 🔧 Architecture Design & Strategy: Crafting scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architectures (Azure, AWS, GCP) tailored to enterprise needs.
• 🚀 Cloud Transformation Leadership: Driving cloud migration, modernization, and platform engineering strategies for clients seeking agility and innovation.
• 🛠️ Platform Services Expertise: Designing and integrating platform services including container orchestration (Kubernetes), serverless computing, API management, and DevOps pipelines.
• 🤝 Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborating with C-level executives, product teams, and engineering leads to translate business requirements into technical blueprints.
• 📈 Consulting & Advisory: Providing strategic guidance on cloud governance, cost optimization, security frameworks, and compliance standards.
• 🧩 Solution Delivery: Leading architecture reviews, technical assessments, and hands-on solution delivery across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.

This self-employed role thrives on autonomy, innovation, and client-centric excellence—delivering transformative solutions that empower organizations to scale, compete, and evolve in the digital era.

I am currently leading to 2 EU-funded projects aimed at introducing Industry 4.0 technologies in small and medium-sized enterprises. These projects are not limited to the following activities:

• • Integration of Chatbots and Agenting AI in ecommerce platforms.
  • Digitalization and automation of accounting processes
  • Implementation of Cloud Computing Technologies
  • Increasing cybersecurity and data privacy

Enterprise / System Architect 
International Manufacturing Enterprise (IT Department)

• Lead enterprise architecture governance for software and application landscape across business units, aligning IT architecture with business strategy, processes, and information flows

• Review and assess software requests company-wide, translating business requirements into architecture decisions and solution designs

• Evaluate and select software and cloud solutions, defining enterprise architecture and technology standards

• Develop and optimize architecture governance processes integrated with information security, license management, sourcing, and vendor management

• Analyze current vs. target application landscape and drive standardization, rationalization, and digital transformation initiatives

• Identify redundancies and synergy opportunities across systems and platforms; define transformation and modernization roadmaps

• Lead application portfolio optimization and decommissioning initiatives for legacy and redundant systems

• Maintain architecture repository and ensure high data quality, completeness, and compliance with architecture standards

• Contribute to cloud and digital transformation strategy through platform selection, modernization planning, and integration architecture

• Support cost/benefit and ROI analysis for architecture and platform decisions

Keywords (ATS): Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Application Portfolio Management, Software Governance, Architecture Standards, Target Architecture, Digital Transformation, Cloud Strategy, Architecture Roadmaps, System Rationalization, IT Governance, Technology Standards, Vendor & License Governance

As TEVA's only Associate Director IT Infrastructure Architect I provide leadership, direction and supervision of the architectural aspects of Teva’s Infrastructure and cloud road map. My role is highly visible working with both IT leadership, IT delivery teams and business.

My key responsibilities are not limited to:

• •  Lead an effective Business-Outcome-Driven Enterprise Architecture practice.
  •  Responsible for applications and technologies portfolio management.
  • Maintain the required mapping between business capabilities to existing systems and high level, End to End business processes integration across the systems landscape.
  • Advise the Chief Enterprise Architect on the preferred future directions regarding the IT architecture, roadmap, implementation and timing of existing and new IT systems.
  •  Maintain the technology landscape and evaluate how new technologies will provide new business capabilities.
  •  Act as the global architect supporting the Teva Global Operations IT and the Applications delivery IT management unit.
  • Participate in innovation activities
  • Responsible for identifying trends, disruptive applications and technologies that can substantially impact business capabilities.
  • Ensures existing and new architecture landscape components adhere to Teva IT security standard
  • Engage IT vendors, startups and consulting firms, to learn their roadmaps and influence their directions to align with Teva.
  • Engage and support IT and Business Units in performing Proof of Concepts of new applications and technologies.
  • Create and document Enterprise Architecture Standards.
  • Responsible for on-prem/Azure Network technology and roadmap
  • Define infrastructure and cloud standards, strategies and governance requirements
  • Design & deployment of VMware and other Virtualization Technologies.

During my time at Teva as an Associate Director, I played a key role in successfully resolving some of the major challenges and achieving key strategic objectives of the company:

• Participated in creating the high-level design of Teva's Enterprise Scale Landing Zone on Azure following Microsoft's best practices.
• Created the design and piloted the implementation of SAP BTP so it can be used as a future replacement of SAP PI.
• Worked with Microsoft to address provisioning challenges in regions where their infrastructure was in short supply.
• Supported the FinOps Team in identifying and implementing numerous cloud cost optimization initiatives. 
• Designed, planned and facilitated the migration of the entire Teva's websites to a new platform.
• Identified and enabled the resolution of a major problem in Teva's DR solution for SAP.
• Established Teva's Multi-Region approach for workload placement.
• Reviewed and approved multiple Standards and design documents.

• Developed the Enterprise Architecture practice, establishing vision and processes for enterprise-wide synchronization, integration, and technology adoption using frameworks such as TOGAF and ITIL.
• Promoted the creation and execution of IT strategy and governance across disciplines, including enterprise IT architecture frameworks, solution engineering, portfolio management, process improvement, and business-IT alignment.
• Facilitated innovation through technology research and development to address current and future organizational challenges effectively.
• Provided guidance to executives and key stakeholders to prioritize initiatives, design cost-effective solutions backed by comprehensive business cases, and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Defined architecture standards and policies focused on eliminating redundancy, automating processes, simplifying services, optimizing costs, and aligning with global KPMG Enterprise Architecture practices.
• Led the establishment of the Enterprise Architecture Team at KPMG ITS Germany; contributed to defining strategy based on TOGAF methodology while introducing enterprise portfolio management processes and tools.

KPMG IT Services OOD is an IT service provider with a mission to digitalize the core business of the KPMG network member firms and their clients. We employ about 380 people in Sofia and deliver the full spectrum of IT services to our clients, including SAP solutions, Software Engineering, Application & Platform Operations, Cloud and Infrastructure. Cloud is a global priority at KPMG.

Within our Cloud Services Unit, here at KPMG IT Service Sofia is building a new Cloud Security Consulting team empowered to deliver enhanced services for Cloud Platforms for countries such as the UK, Germany, and Nordics among others.

The Cloud Security Solutions Architect drives the cloud security guardrails implementation, continuous improvement, and technical engagement for KPMG’s global cloud platforms.  Supports cloud platform owners, cloud security teams with cloud security governance methodologies, architecture design & product reviews, and technical recommendations. Additionally, the Cloud Security Architect is responsible for developing security strategies, guidance, and documentation to enable platform teams to adopt and comply with the global cloud security guardrails controls.

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in early Pre-sales customer engagements by providing technical expertise and consulting
• Drive innovation advanced solution architectures leveraging the Azure product suite, with an emphasis on security and confidentiality
• Guide KPMG and customer architects and developers to optimize their Azure landing zones and workloads to minimize risk and optimize security
• Perform Cloud Security Controls Assessments and Compliance
• Architect and lead Cloud Security Governance through Guardrails and Policies
• Architect and lead Azure native or hybrid Security Monitoring
• Develop best practices, blueprints and documentation to be used in future projects and other consultants.

Experience and Knowledge:

• Possess in-depth skills designing and implementing Cloud Security Governance strategies (preferably Azure). 
• Extensive experience authoring Infrastructure as code and policy as code. Familiarity with tools like Azure Security Centre, ASC Compliance Centre, ARM, Bicep, Terraform, Checkov etc.
• Experience building cloud guardrail controls across identity, networking, infrastructure, cost etc.
• Experience with Azure governance tools: Azure Policy, Blueprints, Azure Resource Graph etc.
• In-depth knowledge of cloud security architecture and governance across all cloud service models (IaaS,PaaS etc).
• Experience working in a global security team that required partnership with Global Application/Product/Solution owners and project teams to deliver reliable and scalable security capabilities and strategies optimizing confidentiality, integrity, availability, functionality, performance, and financial costs; support ongoing business stakeholder dialog of security strategies, priorities and governance.

Accomplishments as Cloud Security Architect:

1. Standartization and Security Clearance of PaaS Services on Azure to enable their use by the Business.
2. Transformation of Legacy Apps for a Big Car OEM to eable the use of Azure AD as SSO 

ITS Vice Presidency:

Information and Technology Solutions (ITS)  shapes IT strategy for the World Bank Group, in response to changing business priorities and leveraging new technologies to achieve three high-level business outcomes: business enablement, by providing WBG units with innovative digital tools and technologies to transform how they deliver value for their clients; empowerment & effectiveness, by ensuring that all WBG staff are connected, able to find information, and productive to accelerate development solutions globally; and resilience, by equipping the WBG to provide risk-based cybersecurity and robust data protection for a global network and a growing cloud platform.

As a unit within WBG ITS Operations and Corporate (ITSOC) functions , the Data and Analytics unit  (ITSDA) provides state-of-art information and technology applications to support the operations of the World Bank Group. Functions provided ensure that the systems meet the business needs of users and external clients to manage business processes for the World Bank.

Job Context:

As an Azure Data Platforms Architect I worked in the ITSDA Data Platforms team of Solution Architects to design and build the next-gen data platform solutions  that supports major WBG data management, data engineering, data governance, business intelligence, and data science operations and initiatives. The Data Platforms team focuses on creating new approaches to support the many emerging data needs across the Bank by establishing frameworks, patterns, and solutions that can be rapidly and securely deployed,

• Act as the lutead Solution Architect for the team in design and implementation of data applications on the ClouAct as the lead Solution Architect for the team in design and implementation of data applications on the Clod.
• Support the design and development of various data platforms across data lifecycle (Collect, Store, Transform, Analyze, Visualize, Govern and Protect).
• Develop technology strategy, patterns, reference architectures etc. for data platforms across the data lifecycle mentioned above.
• Evaluate technologies and platforms to identify best-fit for business needs and ensure integration of platforms across other enterprise solutions to support single-sign-on and seamless data flows
• Design and deploy Data platform solutions within World Bank ecosystem enabling business and ensuring compliance of platforms with policies, security controls and network rules
• Contribute to improving platform operations , including but not limited to Incident, Problem Management, Root-Cause Analysis, Access Management, Availability Management, Performance Management, Monitoring / Reporting,
• Develop DevOps, Data pipelines, scripts etc. in support of agility and automation.
• Contribute to design, development, and documentation of institutional assets and artifacts following World Bank Group standards.
• Ensure that data validation processes, data quality control standards, testing strategy, and test plans are applied to data applications.
• Work with the Enterprise Architecture group and the Office of Information Security (OIS) to comply with relevant standards.
• Work with application team leads to refine and tighten the security framework and access control for internal and external information sharing, including secured/confidential information sharing.
• Recognize and identify potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Strong understanding of technology management principles with good understanding of cloud-based platforms and best practices in data and analytics
• Solid understanding of resource m
• ith policies, security controls and network rules
• Contribute to improving platform operations , including but not limited to Incident, Problem Management, Root-Cause Analysis, Access Management, Availability Management, Performance Management, Monitoring / Reporting,
• Develop DevOps, Data pipelines, scripts etc. in support of agility and automation.
• Contribute to design, development, and documentation of institutional assets and artifacts following World Bank Group standards.
• Ensure that data validation processes, data quality control standards, testing strategy, and test plans are applied to data applications.
• Work with the Enterprise Architecture group and the Office of Information Security (OIS) to comply with relevant standards.
• Work with application team leads to refine and tighten the security framework and access control for internal and external information sharing, including secured/confidential information sharing.
• Recognize and identify potential areas where existing policies and procedures require change, or where new ones need to be developed, especially regarding future business expansion.

Core Competencies and Skills:

• Strong understanding of technology management principles with good understanding of cloud-based platforms and best practices in data and analytics
• Solid understanding of resource management, deployment, access management, high-availability, disaster-recovery for data platform services in Azure.
• Good understanding of application development lifecycle.
• Experience with Power BI and the following Azure Data platforms:
  • Azure Synapse Analystics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Gen1/2, Azure Storage, Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL, Azure PostgreSQL,  Azure Cosmos DB, Azure HD Insight, Azure Data bricks, Azure Event Hub, Azure Media Services; Azure Purview; ETL Tools such as Informatica Power Center, Informatica Cloud Integration; Collibra Cloud
• Proven experience with Azure PaaS transformation and/or Migration of legacy data workloads to the cloud is a plus
• Well-rounded technology experience working in an Enterprise environment, large teams, and collaborating with multiple departments to deliver projects
• Knowledge of Data Integration and Cloud Native Architecture concepts with focus on automation.
• Ability to keep up to date with the Cloud offerings and solutions
• Experience in working across global delivery models; experience in various development methodologies and Agile/Scrum principles
• Ability to participate in multiple complex programs at the same time in an agile environment
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with a keen sense of business priorities.
• Excellent diplomatic, interpersonal and teamwork skills

Accomplishments at the World Bank 

Having spent less than a year at the World Bank I was able to 

1. Created Standard Data Platform Architecture for Azure Synapse.
2. Migrating a Business Critical App to the new Data Platform
3. Identified opportunity to create a New App for my Team. The app significantly improved my Team’s understanding how data use across platforms allowing for better impact analysis, and cost optimization
4. Management, deployment, access management, high-availability, disaster-recovery for data platform services in Azure.
5. Good understanding of application development lifecycle.
6. Experience with Power BI and the following Azure Data platforms:
7. Implementation of Azure Synapse Analystics, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake Gen1/2, Azure Storage, Azure SQL DB, Azure SQ, Azure PostgreSQL,  Azure Cosmos DB, Azure HD Insight, Azure Data bricks, Azure Event Hub, Azure Media Services; Azure Purview; ETL Tools such as Informatica Power Center, Informatica Cloud Integration; Collibra Cloud
8. Proven experience with Azure PaaS transformation and/or Migration of legacy data workloads to the cloud is a plus
9. Well-rounded technology experience working in an Enterprise environment, large teams, and collaborating with multiple departments to deliver projects
10. Knowledge of Data Integration and Cloud Native Architecture concepts with focus on automation.
11. Ability to keep up to date with the Cloud offerings and solutions
12. Experience in working across global delivery models; experience in various development methodologies and Agile/Scrum principles
13. Ability to participate in multiple complex programs at the same time in an agile environment
14. Excellent organizational and time management skills with a keen sense of business priorities.
15. Excellent diplomatic, interpersonal and teamwork skills

Accomplishments at the World Bank 

Having spent less than a year at the World Bank I was able to 

1. Created Standard Data Platform Architecture for Azure Synapse.
2. Migrating a Business Critical App to the new Data Platform
3. Identified opportunity to create a New App for my Team. The app significantly improved my Team’s understanding how data use across platforms allowing for better impact analysis, and cost optimization

Achieving the above required a lot of work:

• Envisioning and desining Data Apps and Platforms 
• Getting Client Buy in, 
• Pilot using the MVP approach
• Obtaining Security Clearance
• DevSecOps design and implementation;
• Owning the Application

By the time I was leaving WBG, the App was released and connectivity to other PROD Systems was being enabled. 

As an Offering Solution Architect - Cloud & Platform Services in the DXC Global Solutioning Center (GSC) I  my focus was providing the best in class Technical Presales Consulting and Solution Architecture support on large Enterprise Bids to envision, design and sell competitive and cost effective solutions to Customers' Business need. The role has a focus on strategic Bids for large Enterprise Services Contracts. Solution architect work closely with Pursuit, Technical, Product, Partner and Leadership teams to define and deliver customer solutions of varying complexity in the Enterprise Bid process translating business challenges into working technology solutions.

The Solution Architect provides technical sales  leadership as the cloud subject matter expert in key customer engagements and in the Bidding process for strategic Sales opportunities for large Enterprise Contracts., driving the technical pre- and post- sales engagement and building compelling cloud-based solutions and DXC services  to the business needs of the Customer.  In the RFP stage, the Solution Architect is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the offered solution and ensures that all technical, commercial, contractual and business considerations are taken into account in order to get the Customer Buy-In;  successfully achieve the desired outcomes,  and result in a high revenue growth. Solution Architects provide leadership and guidance to Project teams to ensure all promised deliverables and commitments and kept on time and within budget. In the Post-Sales process ,Solution Architects  provide leadership and guidance to Project teams so the solution is delivered as promised and within budget.

 At a commercial level, the Offering Solution Architect is accountable for driving revenue growth, profitability and successful outcomes from the deployment of the cloud solutions and services being offered. Ability to meet a variety of client requirements within challenging time lines and a proven track record of identifying business opportunities and driving profitable success is a must. Maintaining outstanding business relationships and ability to develop strong working partnerships are essential for the success of the role.

Job duties include, but are not limited to, the following:

·  To provide high-level and detailed consultative solutions and technical sales support for selected customer opportunities. Understand business requirements and be able to translate them into technical requirements;
·  To perform in-depth and high-level technical presentations for customers, partners, and potential clients;
·  To provide cost effective Cloud & Platform Services solutions, ensuring that proposed solutions are in line with DXC’s Cloud Platform offerings and within allowable cost targets;
·  To manage pursuit deliverables pertaining to your solution including Solution quality, Solution delivery feasibility, Risk mitigation, Cost Financials, alignment of client requirements to standard Offering and comply with DXC’s new business Pursuit Support Model;
·  To provide consultative support to Solution Architects/Leaders and deal teams;
·  To mentor and lead Offering Architects in the assigned opportunities;
·  To exhibit leadership and be viewed as a leader by senior management, peers, partners, company and customers;
·  To gather product requirements from field and customer and aggregate and submit findings to the cloud portfolio/practice to drive refinement of solutions and offerings;
·  To drive add on sales and business opportunities during the entire process in order to contribute to increased sales volumes;

I joined DXC as a certified Azure Solution Architect Expert with prior experience on the role. Performance reviews at DXC indicate I exceeded all expectations, but I believe my greatest accomplishments lay outside of the above job duties. The below is what I consider my highest contribution at DXC:

• Reorganized Deliver to foster a Cross-Company DevOps culture by establishing joint Service Ownership and the means to reorganize delivery and modernize for the Cloud. This resulted a massive efficiency and Customer satisfaction improvement; leading to a successful migration of everything to Azure  on schedule; a new Contract was signed; and a reference from a very happy Customer entered the public space improving the Company reputation and increasing Revenue.
• Strengthened Partners ties and deepened trust by spreading the word among Sales and Account Execs on the Lessons Learned from past deals where loyal Partners brought new Business in; and also about disastrous deals, where Partners worked  were mistreated while working with other Bidders as their influence was underestimated by the Exec. I also made sure to stay on top of the Partner engagements just in case.
• Kick-started a Global Portfolio Optimization Program by continuously collecting and providing competitive intelligence and feedback on Product design patterns seen with Competitors and on Customer demand commonly seen in Pre-Sales Pursuits and/or communicated by Customers as coming from other Bidders; eventually putting numbers together and providing the Leadership with recommendations on the required changes triggering the Optimization Program.
• Built new Services tailored to Customer needs in strategic engagements - either by building on top of existing services or by scratching it altogether and building from scratch, I always made sure the service is fit to the customer needs. Building a new product from scratch requires a solid business justification and a lot of in-house fighting, but has never been a road showstopper for a positive business case.

The above is not related to Cloud Architecture, but I consider them my greatest accomplishments, because they are cultural changes with tangible results and are proliferating across Enterprises. For Cloud Architecture accomplishments, these are some of the lesser impacting, but valuable cloud architecture solutions I worked on:

1. Autonomous Driving Development Platform - ingest, analyze and process petabytes of  vehicle sensor data streaming it to massive HPC clusters for Hardware and Software-in-the-loop simulations; training Neural Networks and preparing the software that will soon be driving the autonomous vehicles of the future.
2.  Real time IoT monitoring solutions on Azure and Azure Stack Hub for manufacturing industry helping  safeguard employees  and protect them from hazards  preventing outages and potential disasters by early threat detection and preventative maintenance. The production solution also featured an LTE network built with a strategic partner for areas without coverage.
3. Factory Migration Approach in Large scale migrations - migrating from Landing zone A to Landing Zone B securely and reliable on schedule for Customers under time pressure needing fast DC exit. Well tested methodology, normally followed by a cloud native modernization program to reduce cloud spending.
4. SAP on Azure - various engagements, helped created the DXC product and optimized Azure spending to improve competitiveness
5. Virtual Desktop on Azure - various engagements, multiple solution approaches; similar to SAP on Azure, helped DXC develop the Product.
6. Big Data Analytics Engineering Platforms -  like the  Autonomous Driving Industry Solution,  I also helped creating other Big Data Analytics solutions on Azure for various use cases.
7. Modernize application and adopt a DevOps culture for Azure :

• • CI/CD Tooling Design and Implementation
  •  Re-Architecting Applications for Azure with the 12-factor approach using cloud native Azure PaaS to reduce costs
  • Fostering Company Wide Org Model changes to foster a DevOps culture better reorganizing Teams, kick-starting joint Continuous Improvement backlog; optimizing Process and Tooling, eliminating waste and leading to a massive improvement in User experience.

A founding members of DXC DevOps Guild I work with the senior leadership on classifying and harmonizing the DevOps team topologies and operating models  across the organization. Although there is no single recipe that fits all customers and teams, we are working on a framework that will streamline our DevOps services and make it easy for customers to leverage DXC's massive  body of experience and expertise in the DevOps world. I was invited to the DevOps topology guild for my  excellent track record; hands on experience and certifications.

As the person accountable for the success and profitability of the solutions and services I offer; I have to ensure sufficient Operating Profit and decent margins can be maintain to deliver results for the DXC shareholders. There are  elaborate Corporate Governance  procedures which must be followed involving a series of iterations and multiple reviews depending on the deal size. Collecting evidence about cost, margins and risks is essential to establishing a sense of secured profit and the idea that reputational damage can be prevented with all Risks being identified and accounted for in advance; and obtaining assurance that Delivery teams are sufficient staffed and can be trained to deliver the service; at the required service levels with all contractual obligations satisfied and ensuring DXC interest is protected, whereas the solution must also satisfy the interest of Customers and Partners, often conflicting each other. I have to admit, these Governance I learned how to create sustainable Business models - something I consider invaluable to my career.

As one of Hostway's three Solutions Architects and the Public and Hybrid Cloud Azure Solution Architect lead my focus was Hostway strategic customers and colleagues is to ensure that all of their needs and expectations will be properly met.  I worked with Solutions specialists in designing the most optimal solutions for our prospective Managed & Cloud customers: solutions that are perfectly tailored to fit their needs and match their budget expectations. I achieve this not just because of my customer driven motivation and technical knowledge. By having deployed many of these solutions myself throughout the years, operating them on the long rub and getting feedback from customers, I was able to gain priceless insights and knowledge of how our solutions work best and what are the possible outcomes of the various options that we provide to our customers. This is my contribution in making Hostway the trusted cloud!

 As a Solutions Architect at Hostway, I engineered and on-boarded a number of  customers and prospects including many of Hostway's VIP customers. I was also instrumental in the engineering and marginalizing a number of Hostway's key solution offerings such as RDS Hosting, Multi-Factor Authentication, Disaster Recovery, Offsite Backups, SPAM filtering, HIPAA/PCI DSS compliance and others . I often have to engage some of Hostway's strategic partners like Microsoft, Dell, Barracuda, Alert Logic and River Meadow in order to engineer a competitive solution that that is perfectly tailored to fit the needs of Hostway's clients and prospects. I was successful in setting up numerous hybrid cloud clients disaster recovery and hybrid cloud strategies in the public cloud.

From simple informational and e-commerce websites to dev/test environments with highly technical requirements, from single sever hosting to large networked clusters and virtual private clouds-my task is to make sure that Hostway customers get the tailored hosting solutions they need in every business stage.

My job was to quickly and professionally address technically appealing and complex requests for technical assistance from Hostway strategic partners and large enterprise customers, that were escalated to me by the rest of the team. My duty is to respond with the high level of technical expertise, that is required for an efficient and accurate resolution. My passion is helping people in finding the right solutions for their problems; in making sure they are provided with the loving support and the nurturing care they need to grow and develop in this ever changing world. And I do this this by helping them with that which I do best in the IT field. Because one joy stands above all others for me-the joy seeing how people I helped prosper, as I prosper with them. 

Some of the tools and technologies we used to orchestrate  our clients' services for our clients include Jenkins,  Ansible,  Puppet, Docker and others. I wrote numerous scripts to automate the fixes of common client problems and accelerate our clients on-boarding process.

I also participated actively in the setup of Hostway's resale of Managed Azure Services through the Azure Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Programme. Automating subscription deployment and integration into Hostway's Client Management/Billing System through Partner Center APIs, were some of the things I contributed in.

As a Network Operations Center Technical Lead I was supervising the operation Hostway's infrastructure throughout the world and documenting outages affecting multiple customers. Responsible for assessing the severity of outages and maintaining communication with Hostway's strategic partners.

 As an Enterprise Support Technician my Job : Engages with our customers using both phone and customer portals; Supports both Windows and Linux dedicated and virtual server customers; Assists and educates customers on basic and advanced use of products and services; Educate customers on the availability of internal and external resources; Be a part of a team who knows the value of mentoring and promoting technical growth for all team members; Possess the ability to comprehend and execute company-wide interdepartmental escalation procedures; Participates in team meetings, providing input and suggestions to further increase productivity; Excellent problem solving skills and the ability to prioritize tasks and responsibilities; Possess the desire to take on advanced responsibilities

This position has improved my skills in Communication, Sendmail, Qmail, FTP, SSH, Cpanel, Plesk, VMware, PHP, MySQL, MSSQL, Hyper-V, IP tables and Windows Firewalls, Apache, MySQL, IIS and others.

TAssist customers in resolving issues with Hostway services via chat and email.

I am an Automated Trading Systems Developer, Stocks and Currency Trader at Forex. I'm a part time trader of financial instruments that are sold via the Internet on the Global Markets. These include stocks, commodities and currencies. Being heavily involved in IT, I've committed myself to developing several trading solutions such as automated trading scripts in MQL (expert advisors) and the Managed Trading Cloud Expert Advisor Hosting Platform, which I currently own and maintain  

I also founded the now defunct website tradingcloud.net which offered a hosted virtual platform solution for Trader Expert Advisor (EA) giving Customers the peace of mind that their investment is protected from power or system failure as their automated trading scripts are run secure in the cloud.

Main activities and responsibilities Assist customers in resolving issues with Hostway services via phone.

Webmaster and Inventory keeper at (1 year 2 months) Main activities and responsibilities Alezyme Ltd. is the only importer of the biotechnological products of Novozyme Ltd. I had various duties with it: blending of the active ingredients and packing the goods keeping the storehouse in good condition a well as making an inventory doing deals while my boss is away customer support full translation in English and maintenance of the company's web site

Most Computer is a one of the biggest wholesale providers of IT equipment in Bulgaria. It also holds the only manufacturer licensed repair center for Asus products in the region at its headquarters in Sofia. I worked on a temporary placement as a technical support associate. My duties included assembling computer systems, installing software, assisting with the repair of the supported software and hardware at the service center; maintaining inventory databases and the company's corporate website.

Consultant at (7 months) Cinema City runs a movie theaters across the country and is one thereof most successful providers of the service. As a consultant in Bulgaria's largest theater I was assisting customers with booking tickets, helping customers on choosing the right movie within the cinema's product line, as well as supervising the normal operation of the cinema. Page3

Fitter, Webmaster at-98 Ltd (4 months) Main activities and responsibilities Assembly and installation of electrical panels and electrometers. Languages English (Full professional proficiency) Bulgarian (Native or bilingual proficiency) German (Limited working proficiency)

Activities and Societies: The Open University (OU) is a distance learning and research university founded by Royal Charter in the United Kingdom. This degree course is relevant if you already work with computing and IT systems and are looking for a qualification that gives you a sound grasp of the principles and depending on your module choices you'll receive preparation for broad range of industries and organizations including Cisco (CCNA), Microsoft (MSCSA ), Java and python development, ITIL and others
A flexible degree with a focus on networking, server technologies and computer programming. My goal is to standardize and extend the knowledge I already have in the field of it and get a formal certification as a proof of my IT skills. The course modules included with the study such as Cisco networking (CCNA), Microsoft Server Technologies (MSCST preparation), Software development with Java, E-business, Robotics and others

Activities and Societies: Graduates from this specialty receive the professional qualification of Engineer. Taking in mind their broad training – engineering, chemical and biological – and the new economical trends of our country. Different specialized laboratories and best specialists are involved in the process of training. Curriculum covers various fields of biotechnological engineering, including Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biophysics etc
Graduates from this specialty receive the professional qualification of Engineer.

Taking in mind their broad training – engineering, chemical and biological – and the new economical trends of our country, these specialists will have perspectives of better realization.
Different specialized laboratories and best specialists are involved in the process of training. Curriculum covers various fields of biotechnological engineering, including Biochemistry, Microbiology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Immunology, Biophysics and many others.

Most of the subjects were taught in the English language. The curriculum had strong emphasis on mathematics and Computer Programming.

Azure OpenAI Service provides access to OpenAI's powerful large language models such as GPT; the model behind the popular ChatGPT service. These models enable various natural language processing (NLP) solutions to understand, converse, and generate content. Users can access the service through REST APIs, SDKs, and Azure OpenAI Studio. In this course, you'll learn how to provision Azure OpenAI service, deploy models, and use them in generative AI applications.

The audience for this course includes software developers and data scientists who need to use large language models for generative AI. Some programming experience is recommended, but the course will be valuable to anyone seeking to understand how the Azure OpenAI service can be used to implement generative AI solutions.

AS KPMG accredited Powered Enterprise Architect, I am authorized to use the KPMG Powered Method while working with KPMG Advisory Services around the world for Customers needed Enterprise wide tranformations or need assistance implementing new technologies and processes in the most efficient manner.

Earners of this certificate can describe KPMG’s Target Operating Model (TOM) and recognize it as a starting point for functional transformation. Earners can also describe KPMG’s six layers in the TOM and how they relate to each other to create an integrate and highly functional solution. Earners can identify and locate the predefined assets in the KPMG TOM that are designed to accelerate a dynamic functional transformation based on KPMG leading practices.

Earning the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification demonstrates subject matter expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, monitoring, and security. Candidates have advanced experience and knowledge across IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance.

Earners of this certificate can describe the Construct, Deploy and Evolve phases in the Powered method along with identifying the roles, inputs and key activities related to completing key deliverables in each phase. Earners recognize the importance of the inputs from the Vision and Validate phases and the importance of iterative testing to translate the vision into reality. Earners have also demonstrated the knowledge required to solve specific challenges that can affect the transformation goals.

Earners of this certificate can describe the purpose of the Vision and Validate phases in the Powered method along with identifying the roles, inputs and key activities related to completing key deliverables in each phase. Earners recognize how key activities drive towards the transformation goal. Earners have also demonstrated the knowledge required to perform a process-driven workshop, analyze a MoSCoW list, identify and analyze change impacts and conduct a playback event.

The PMI-ACP is evidence of your real-world, hands-on experience and skill as part of an agile team. It spans many approaches to agile such as Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD), not limiting a practitioner to one agile approach

Azure Data Engineer Associate certification validates the skills and expertise in integrating, transforming, and consolidating data from various structured and unstructured data systems into structures that are suitable for building analytics solutions. Candidates have a solid knowledge of data processing languages, such as SQL, Python, or Scala, and they need to understand parallel processing and data architecture patterns.

Azure Administrators have subject matter expertise implementing, managing, and monitoring an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment. Responsibilities for this role include implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed. An Azure administrator often serves as part of a larger team dedicated to implementing an organization's cloud infrastructure.

Earners of the Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals demonstrate a functional understanding of security, compliance, and identity (SCI) across cloud-based and related Microsoft services.

Earners of the Azure Data Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational knowledge of core data concepts and how they are implemented using Microsoft Azure data services.

The AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification is intended for individuals who can effectivelydemonstrate an overall knowledge of the AWS Cloud independent of a specific job role.

Earning the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification demonstrates subject matter expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including compute, network, storage, monitoring, and security. Candidates have advanced experience and knowledge across IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance.

Earners of the Azure Fundamentals certification have demonstrated foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Microsoft Azure.

Earners of the MCSA: Cloud Platform certification have demonstrated the skills required to reduce IT costs and deliver more value for the modern business by implementing Microsoft cloud-related technologies. They are qualified for a position as a cloud administrator or architect.

Passing this exam validates a candidate’s ability to identify tradeoffs and make decisions for designing public and hybrid cloud solutions.  Earners of this badge are able to define the appropriate infrastructure and platform solutions to meet the required functional, operational, and deployment requirements through the solution lifecycle.

The exam validates the knowledge and skills required to install, operate, and troubleshoot a small to medium size enterprise branch network. This exam covers a broad range of fundamentals, including network fundamentals, network access, IP connectivity, IP services, security fundamentals, automation and programmability