Sarmad Jari, Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Sarmad Jari

Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Microsoft

Location
Norway - Oslo
Education
Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
Experience
22 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :22 years, 3 Months

Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
  • Qatar - Doha
  • My current job since August 2022

Owning the Azure infrastructure technical customer engagements providing subject matter expertise including architectural design sessions, specific implementation projects, and/or pilots. Customer-facing roles and success leading deep technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Architects, IT Management, and Developers to drive core Infrastructure solutions and Datacenter migrations.

Director, Chief Cloud Architect at Cognizant
  • Norway - Oslo
  • April 2021 to August 2022

- Lead & mentor a group of application/ solution architects.
- Contribute to the development of next-generation architects in Cognizant Digital Engineering
organization.
- Foster an environment of collaboration, partnership, customer focus, quality, excellence,
urgency, accountability, continuous improvement, and innovation
- Design and delivery of transformation cloud engagements for large complex engagements to meet business and budget objectives.
- Understand the IT strategy of customers and the technologies selected for the program and
support customers in identifying both functional and non-functional requirements to arrive
at the scope of the assignment.

Senior Solution Cloud Architect at Microsoft
  • Norway
  • August 2019 to April 2021

Owning the Azure infrastructure technical customer engagements providing subject matter expertise including architectural design sessions, specific implementation projects and/or pilots. Customer facing roles and success leading deep technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Architects, IT Management and Developers to drive core Infrastructure solutions and Datacenter migrations.

Solution Cloud Architect at Microsoft
  • Norway
  • November 2018 to August 2019

Owning the Azure infrastructure technical customer engagements providing subject matter expertise including architectural design sessions, specific implementation projects and/or pilots. Customer facing roles and success leading deep technical architecture discussions with senior customer executives, Enterprise Architects, IT Management and Developers to drive core Infrastructure solutions and Datacenter migrations.

Senior Cloud Architect at Nordcloud
  • Norway
  • June 2018 to November 2018

• Leading the Digital Transformation projects.
• Microsoft Azure Cloud Advisor, Consultant.
• Advising and Consulting with costumer to find and design the best solution that suit their need and their possible business expanding.
• Designing routines, fine-tuning these to ensure optimal performance levels in accordance with operational demands.
• Working with 3rd party vendors and service providers to maximize system's productivity.
• As Microsoft partners, we work together to utilities cloud services on Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack for customers benefits.
• Cooperate with the sales team as a pre-sale solution architect.
• Hold meetings and workshops to define, explain and provide solutions.

Senior Cloud Consultant at Luamagate AS
  • Norway
  • February 2017 to May 2018

• Leading the Digital Transformation projects.
• Microsoft Azure Cloud Advisor, Consultant.
• Advising and Consulting with costumer to find and design the best solution that suit their need and their possible business expanding.
• Designing routines, fine-tuning these to ensure optimal performance levels in accordance with operational demands.
• Working with 3rd party vendors and service providers to maximize system's productivity.
• As Microsoft partners, we work together to utilities cloud services on Microsoft Azure and Azure Stack for customers benefits.
• Cooperate with the sales team as a pre-sale solution architect.
• Hold meetings and workshops to define, explain and provide solutions.

Senior Consultant at Romerike IT Consulting AS
  • Norway
  • June 2016 to February 2017

• Consulting with costumer to find and design the best solution that suit their need and their possible business expanding.
• Managing the Oracle Infrastructure strategies for clients and build the bases for the team to follow in their daily tasks.
• Responsible for establishing, managing and maintaining Oracle and Microsoft SQL Databases implementations in accordance with client requirements.
• Establishing the backup routines, fine-tuning these to ensure optimal performance levels in accordance with operational demands.

Senior Consultant at Move AS
  • Norway
  • November 2015 to June 2016

• Consulting with costumer to find and design the best solution that suit their need and their possible business expanding.
• Managing the Oracle Infrastructure strategies for clients and build the bases for the team to follow in their daily tasks.
• Responsible for establishing, managing and maintaining Oracle and Microsoft SQL Databases implementations in accordance with client requirements.
• Establishing the backup routines, fine-tuning these to ensure optimal performance levels in accordance with operational demands.

Senior Consulent at TeleComputing AS
  • Norway
  • October 2012 to November 2015

In October 2012 I started to work at TeleComputing AS as a Database Senior Consultant, our team’s tasks are to setup, manage and maintain a huge environment of different type of databases like MS SQL and Oracle for our customers, there are different types of challenges starts from planning the database and it’s backup routines, to fine tuning and optimization to meet our costumers’ operation demands.

Senior Consultant at NSA (Norske Systemarkitekter AS)
  • Norway
  • January 2012 to October 2012

In 2012 I started to work in NSA (Norske Systemarkitekter AS) as a Senior Consultant in the companies experts team, my job is to work very close with customers and provide them with solutions that needs creativity and sometimes a total new approach as well as finding solution to problems and difficult tasks like migration to a new systems or databases, my team would be a group of skilled consultant in different fields based on the nature of the project that I manage.

IT Consultant at Elis AS
  • Norway
  • February 2010 to December 2011

In 2010 I started to work at Elis AS as an IT Consultant and a Developer, Elis As is a leading company in providing a complex software (a very advanced CRM) for the energy sector that preforms a very advanced tasks, my role is to work with Installing, Configuring, Maintaining and Developing databases (Oracle Database) and Microsoft .Net and integrate both platforms through SOAP as well as finding solutions that covers databases technology specially with Oracle for Elis As and it’s costumers.

CIO/IT-Coordinator at Red Cross Nordic United World College
  • Norway
  • September 2005 to January 2010

In 2005 I started to work as an IT Manager in Red Cross Nordic United World College, an international school where students and staff come from more than 80 countries, at the RCNUWC I was doing many things like Planning and Managing the budget and porches, designed the network from the ground, Upgrade the systems to latest Microsoft Windows Servers and Clients, introduced virtualization solution based on VMware ESX, securing the network and the systems, improving the intranet system by debugging, fixing and re-code many parts of it, and planned a new intranet system based on the recent technologies, beside my work as an IT Manager, I was also representing the non-teaching staff to the board taking part in discussion concerning the organization as well as helping when there is a conflict and my assistance was needed.

Consultant and Web Developer at Førde, Norway
  • Norway
  • April 2004 to August 2005

worked as an IT-Consultant and a Web developer in 2 different projects with 2 local schools in Førde where I build websites and news system for students and introduced a publishing system to enable the school to communicate with the parents and update them with the school’s events.

Web Developer at Førde Secondary School
  • Norway
  • December 2003 to June 2004

worked as an IT-Consultant and a Web developer in 2 different projects with 2 local schools in Førde where I build websites and news system for students and introduced a publishing system to enable the school to communicate with the parents and update them with the school’s events.

IT Operator at Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane
  • Norway
  • September 2002 to June 2003

while studying Computer Engneering I was working at the College's computer labs and helping other students with different tasks

IT Co-worker at Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane
  • Norway
  • September 2001 to July 2002

I worked as IKT-medhjelpar (IT Co-worker) at the Høgskulen I Sogn og Fjordane (Sogn og Fjordane University College) where I was providing help and assistants to the staff with software, hardware and publishing on the college’s website.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering
  • at Høgskulen i Sogn og Fjordane
  • August 2005

Specialties & Skills

Red Hat Linux
Team Management
Development
Management
Networking
Databse
Virtualization
Software Architecting
Cloud Architect

Social Profiles

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Intermediate
Norwegian
Expert

Memberships

NITO
  • Member
  • October 2002

Training and Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019
AZ-301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2019
AZ-300: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2019
Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions - 70-533 (Certificate)
Date Attended:
September 2018
ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management (ITILF) (Certificate)
Date Attended:
July 2014
Google Cloud Certified Professional - Cloud Architect (Certificate)
Date Attended:
March 2018
Valid Until:
March 2020
Wireless hacking/security course (Training)
Training Institute:
Watchcom Security Group AS (Oslo)
Date Attended:
October 2007
Oracle Database 11g: Performance Tuning (Training)
Training Institute:
NSA AS (Oslo)
Date Attended:
February 2012
Configuring and Troubleshooting Identity and Access Management in Windows Server 2008 AD (MS6426) (Training)
Training Institute:
Glasspaper AS (Oslo)
Date Attended:
March 2009
SQL Server 2012: Performance Tuning – Design, Internals and Architecture (Training)
Training Institute:
Microsoft Norway (Oslo)
Date Attended:
June 2013
Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Domain Services (MS6425) (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Knowledge Norway AS (Oslo)
Date Attended:
February 2009

Hobbies

  • Gym, Travel, Photography, History, Art, Music
    I enjoy photography allot, it helps me to relax and free my mind check out some of my work at (photo.sarmad.no), I like to go regularly to the gym, it's important to keep the body and the mind in good shape to face the daily stressful life at work/home.