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Hi, I am John

John Luke

Cloud Architect

I’m a versatile IT generalist with experience working in fast-paced dynamic environments. Familiarity working with hybrid infrastructure and swiftly learning new systems. Experience working with high availability services and, implementing and maintaining mission critical systems. Familiar with designing and supporting on-premise, private and public cloud infrastructure. Over the years I’ve worked with just about every industry sector but some examples are academic, datacenters, social media, education, banking, healthcare, government, non-profits, and financial.

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Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft May 2021 - March 2024

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.

Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Feburary 2019 - August 2023

Azure Administrator Associate certification validates the skills and knowledge to implement, manage, and monitor an organization’s Microsoft Azure environment. Candidates have a deep understanding of each implementing, managing, and monitoring identity, governance, storage, compute, and virtual networks in a cloud environment, plus provision, size, monitor, and adjust resources, when needed.

Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
Microsoft June 2021 - June 2024

Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty certification validates subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps for any device, on Azure. Candidates understand on-premises virtual desktop infrastructure technologies as they relate to migrating to Azure Virtual Desktop. They use the Azure portal and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to accomplish many of their tasks.

Identity and Access Administrator Associate
Microsoft January 2022 - January 2024

Identity and Access Administrator Associate certification validates the skills and knowledge to design, implement, and operate an organization’s identity and access management systems using Azure AD. Candidates provide a seamless experience and self-service management capabilities for all users. They are responsible for troubleshooting, monitoring, and reporting of the identity and access environment.

Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft May 2022 - May 2024

Azure Security Engineer Associate certification validates the skills and knowledge to implement security controls and threat protection, manage identity and access, and protect data, applications, and networks in cloud and hybrid environments as part of end-to-end infrastructure.

Azure Network Engineer Associate
Microsoft June 2022 - June 2024

Azure Network Engineer Associate validates skills and subject matter expertise in planning, implementing, and maintaining Azure networking solutions, including hybrid networking, connectivity, routing, security, and private access to Azure services. Professionals in this role deploy networking solutions using Azure Portal and other methods, including PowerShell, Azure Command-Line Interface (CLI), and Azure Resource Manager templates (ARM templates).