Modernisation
Application migration, cloud-native architecture, technical roadmaps, and production-focused MVPs.
CEng · Cloud & AI Solution Architect
Ore
Akin-Odidi
I design and lead secure cloud platforms, application modernisation programmes, and responsible AI solutions that move from strategy to production.
30+
Enterprise accounts led
6,000+
Engineers enabled with GitHub Copilot
$50K+
Monthly workload savings delivered
$4.8M
High-impact deployment blockers resolved
02 / About
Engineering depth.
Business direction.
I am a Chartered Engineer and results-driven technical leader working at the intersection of engineering execution, product strategy, and customer impact.
My experience spans financial services and the public sector, where I help teams modernise applications, build cloud-native platforms, integrate AI responsibly, and improve the way engineers ship software.
Platforms
Azure, AKS, Kubernetes, GitOps, infrastructure as code, observability, security, and resilience.
AI & enablement
GenAI architecture, agent frameworks, RAG, developer tooling, workshops, and adoption at scale.
03 / Experience
A career built around outcomes.
Jun 2025
Present
Present
Microsoft · London
Cloud & AI Solution Architect
App Modernisation & Migration
- Lead operations across 30+ public sector and financial services accounts, specialising in AI, DevOps, Power Platform, and developer tooling.
- Architect MVPs and proofs of concept on Azure, contributing more than $100,000 in monthly Azure consumption revenue through completed milestones.
- Serve as technical lead for Project Apollo, supporting an $80M+ enterprise pipeline and a 30% improvement in field efficiency.
- Deliver customer workshops, hackathons, live demos, and reusable technical IP across cloud strategy and implementation.
- Lead technical enablement across GenAI, AKS, and container security through proofs of concept and architecture reviews. Support feature readiness for Trusted Signing and Fleet Manager Update Gates through documentation reviews, demo planning, and stakeholder coordination, while creating reusable patterns for secure, compliant AI-enhanced applications on AKS landing zones.
- Refine Unified IP offerings using AKS field feedback and advise strategic accounts on architecture decisions and operational readiness. Partner with product teams to validate roadmap alignment and incorporate emerging capabilities into repeatable assets.
- Lead triage for AKS escalations, connecting field teams with engineering to accelerate delivery and resolve deployment blockers worth up to $4.8M. Strengthen product feedback loops by clarifying roadmap timelines, validating feature readiness, and influencing prioritisation.
- Lead the AKS Tech Intensity community, producing AKS and Azure Red Hat OpenShift guidance for internal and external audiences and running monthly calls and office hours focused on enablement, product feedback, and roadmap visibility.
- Scale AKS adoption through strategic programmes that align containers with business outcomes and customer success across Azure Kubernetes Service, Azure Red Hat OpenShift, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Container Registry.
Sep 2022
Jun 2025
Jun 2025
Microsoft · London
Cloud Solution Architect
Azure Kubernetes Service & Developer Productivity
- Delivered architecture reviews and enablement across AKS, GenAI, container security, Trusted Signing, and Fleet Manager Update Gates.
- Acted as the bridge between field teams, engineering, and product groups to resolve deployment blockers and improve product feedback loops.
- Led the AKS Tech Intensity community through monthly calls, office hours, reusable guidance, and roadmap visibility.
- Supported GitHub Copilot adoption for more than 6,000 engineers and improved developer productivity through modern DevOps practices.
Sep 2021
Sep 2022
Sep 2022
Network Rail · London
Telecoms Electrical Engineer
Built performance dashboards, automated reporting, and managed telecom asset lifecycles within governance and risk-management frameworks.
Jun 2021
Sep 2021
Sep 2021
Apple · London
UK Technical Specialist
Provided tailored technical guidance to more than 60 customers per day while maintaining consistently positive customer interactions.
04 / Selected work
Built to teach, test, and ship.
AKS Labs
A practical library of deployable labs, scripts, manifests, and reference notes for AKS, Kubernetes security, networking, AI workloads, GitOps, and agentic operations.
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Java to Azure Migration Walkthrough
An end-to-end guide for assessing, upgrading, containerising, and deploying Spring PetClinic to AKS with passwordless PostgreSQL access and workload identity.
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Cloud-Native Self-Service Platform
A Crossplane and Argo CD control plane where a single team claim provisions an AKS cluster, installs GitOps tooling, and deploys application workloads.
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.NET Modernization Workshop
A whiteboard and hands-on lab for moving a legacy insurance platform to Azure managed services, .NET 8, passwordless identity, and RAG-based AI experiences.
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Finance Tracker
A React and Flask personal-finance application with PostgreSQL, budgets, savings goals, analytics, container security tooling, and GitOps deployment assets.
View repository05 / Capabilities
A broad toolkit, organised around delivery.
Cloud & platform
Azure, AWS, AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, microservices, disaster recovery, networking, systems administration
DevOps & automation
GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitOps, Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi, Ansible, CI/CD, infrastructure as code
AI & data
Azure OpenAI, LLMs, RAG, semantic search, agent frameworks, Databricks, Fabric, Data Factory, vector databases, AI-assisted developer tooling and automation, Langchain
Engineering
Python, C#/.NET, TypeScript, React, Flask, APIs, event-driven architecture, SQL, telemetry, observability, GenAI, Cursor, Github Copilot
06 / Credentials
Practitioner credentials, not shelfware.
Professional registration
Chartered Engineer
Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
Cloud & Kubernetes
- Kubestronaut
- CKA · CKAD · CKS
- CGOA: Certified GitOps Associate
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Azure Administrator Associate
- HashiCorp Terraform Associate
Engineering & delivery
- Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert
- Azure Developer Associate
- GitHub Foundations
- GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer
- Prosci Certified Change Practitioner
- FinOps Certified Practitioner
AI & data
- Azure AI Fundamentals
- Azure Data Fundamentals
- Databricks Platform Architect
- Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
- Oracle Cloud AI
07 / Education & beyond
The foundation and the person.
2017 to 2021
MEng Electronic Engineering
University of Nottingham · First Class Honours
Recognition
Developer of the Year finalist
Black Technology Awards
Outside work
Music, sport & community
Piano across classical, jazz, and gospel; football ; tennis; multimedia production for large scale events.
08 / Contact
Let’s connect the technical work to the outcome.
For architecture conversations, technical collaboration, and professional opportunities.