Mohammed Suhail
Bangalore
Summary
Senior Azure Infrastructure Engineer with over 10 years of hands-on experience managing and optimizing large-scale Azure environments. Deep expertise in compute, networking, storage, identity, and security, with strong focus on reliability, performance, and cost optimization. Adept at implementing Well-Architected Framework best practices, automating infrastructure using IaC, and supporting highly available, secure cloud platforms.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
SR Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft
09.2017 - Current
- Designed and guided enterprise Azure architectures across compute, networking, storage, and AKS, aligned with the Azure Well-Architected Framework.
- Architected Azure IaaS VM solutions, focusing on scalability, availability, performance, and cost optimization.
- Designed Azure Storage solutions using Blob, Azure Files, and file shares to meet performance and resilience requirements.
- Defined backup and disaster recovery architectures using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
- Architected and validated ASR failover and replication strategies for mission-critical workloads.
- Designed and reviewed AKS architectures, applying Kubernetes best practices for reliability and scalability.
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Defender XDR, MDO, MDE, MDC, Sentinel, and KQL queries.
- Designed identity and access models using Azure AD, Microsoft Entra ID, and RBAC.
- Architected Azure networking solutions, including VNETs, NSGs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, and hybrid connectivity.
- Advised on security, governance, compliance best practices, monitoring, and policy-driven controls.
Technology Specialist
Sutherland
04.2016 - 08.2017
- Designed and implemented enterprise backup and recovery architectures, ensuring reliable scheduled and on-demand backups aligned with business and compliance requirements.
- Defined and executed backup strategies based on recovery objectives, data criticality, and infrastructure dependencies.
- Managed backup, restore, and recovery operations, ensuring data availability, integrity, and adherence to data center policies.
- Collaborated with onsite infrastructure teams and external vendors to resolve hardware, media, and device-level issues impacting backup reliability.
Technical Support Engineer
Convergys
06.2015 - 04.2016
- Founding member of the NetApp Advanced Technical Support team, contributing to early adoption and deep technical ownership of enterprise storage platforms.
- Delivered end-to-end support and architectural guidance for NetApp FAS series storage systems in large-scale production environments.
- Solved advanced issues involving SnapMirror, SnapVault, and WAFL, demonstrating deep expertise in replication, data protection, and storage architecture.
Project Engineer
Wipro
03.2013 - 06.2015
- Designed and managed enterprise storage configurations, including RAID groups, LUN binding, and storage group architecture, ensuring performance and reliability.
- Led complex storage troubleshooting efforts, supporting Customer Engineers and customers across NFS, CIFS, replication.
- Guided customers through Data Mover replacement and recovery activities, ensuring minimal disruption and operational continuity.
- Provided trusted technical guidance to stakeholders, demonstrating strong ownership, communication, and architectural decision-making.
Education
Bachelor - Electrical and Electronics
Ramaiah Institute of Technology
BangaloreSkills
Azure Administrator, Azure Infra Specialist, Kubenetes, Storage, Networking
Certification
KCNA
Timeline
KCNA
01-2026
KCSA
01-2026
AI-900
01-2026
SR Support Escalation Engineer
Microsoft
09.2017 - Current
Technology Specialist
Sutherland
04.2016 - 08.2017
Technical Support Engineer
Convergys
06.2015 - 04.2016
Project Engineer
Wipro
03.2013 - 06.2015
Bachelor - Electrical and Electronics
Ramaiah Institute of Technology