Samiur Rahman — Cloud DevOps Engineer, ex-Microsoft, EASA PPL

Samiur Rahman

Cloud Engineer
200+ Azure Subscriptions
15,000 Managed Users
DKK 570K · €76K Annualised Savings (2025)
36 Professional Certifications

About

Samiur Rahman is a Cloud Engineer working on Microsoft cloud infrastructure, networking, and platform reliability.

He is currently a Cloud DevOps Engineer at LEO Pharma, one of the engineers responsible for the Azure platform — over 200 subscriptions, a 15,000-user tenant, and a production estate managed end-to-end with Terraform. His work covers cloud governance, networking, identity, CI/CD, and Site Reliability Engineering, together with the Cloud/DevOps lifecycle of the company’s deployed generative AI models, principally Anthropic Claude and OpenAI GPT. He also supports the Cyber Security team on escalations and leads resolution of network incidents. He works in a team of cloud, data, and AI engineers, reporting to the Head of AI & Cloud Data Services at the company’s Copenhagen headquarters.

He was previously a Senior Cloud Network Engineer at Microsoft, resolving global Azure networking escalations — ExpressRoute, Azure Kubernetes Service, private peering, and DNS — for Fortune 50 enterprises and government organisations, including the Government of the United Kingdom, the British Transport Police, and the Government of South Australia. Earlier roles were held at BNP Paribas in Kraków and Honeywell in Katowice.

Samiur is also a trainee pilot, having completed the EASA Private Pilot Licence Ground School at ATO Avioner in Warsaw with a final score of 94%. He is currently in the practical phase of the course.

Career

Cloud DevOps Engineer

LEO Pharma — present

Responsible for the Azure platform: 200+ subscriptions, a 15,000-user tenant, forty production virtual machines, and 190 RPA bots, with infrastructure defined end-to-end in Terraform and managed through Git. Work covers ExpressRoute, network segmentation, identity, and secrets management, as well as the Cloud/DevOps lifecycle of the production generative AI models (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT) — deployment, updates, and API connectivity for the internal applications that depend on them. Runs SRE practice for the production fleet: service-level objectives, on-call rotation, blameless postmortems, and runbooks. Cloud financial operations across the estate delivered DKK 570,000 (€76,000) in annualised savings within three quarters of 2025. Azure/AWS integrations where required.

Supports the Cyber Security team on escalations involving Microsoft security products. Maintains tenant-wide security governance — Azure Policy baselines, identity and access governance, periodic access reviews, and endpoint protection across Windows, Linux, and macOS (Microsoft Defender, App Control for Business, and CrowdStrike). Leads resolution of corporate network incidents, including DNS and connectivity failures in production gateway infrastructure. Runs internal training and workshops on cloud and security for junior engineers.

Senior Cloud Network Engineer

Microsoft

Resolved global Azure networking escalations: ExpressRoute, AKS and ACI networking, private peering, DNS, and cross-tenant connectivity, for enterprise and government customers.

IT Specialist (L2)

BNP Paribas · Kraków

L2 escalation engineer: identity administration in Microsoft Entra, system upgrades, and network triage in a regulated financial-services environment.

Senior CX Specialist

Honeywell · Katowice

Honeywell UK B2B operations: customer escalations on CRM and ERP platforms.

Education

BSc in Computer Science - IT Security
WSB University, Poland
BSc in Transport - Aviation
Silesian University of Technology, Poland
EASA Private Pilot Licence — Ground School (94%)
ATO Avioner, Warsaw, Poland
Completed 2023 · Practical training ongoing
US High School Diploma
United States Department of Education

Certifications

Thirty-six professional certifications in cloud, security, networking, and compliance.

2025

Azure Containers - ACI Specialist

Microsoft Mar 2025

Azure Containers - AKS Specialist

Microsoft Mar 2025

Power Platform Connectors

Microsoft Mar 2025

Security & Compliance - MIP - DLP Specialist

Microsoft Mar 2025 Data Loss Prevention
2024

Hybrid Networking - MSEE Troubleshooting

Microsoft Nov 2024 Network Engineering, Network Infrastructure

Azure Networking - Front Door Specialist

Microsoft Nov 2024 Network Engineering, CDN

Azure Networking - IP Services

Microsoft Nov 2024 Cloud Networking, Network Engineering

Azure Networking - VPN Specialist

Microsoft Nov 2024 Network Security

VWAN Specialist

Microsoft Nov 2024 Virtual WAN

Azure Networking - Advanced

Microsoft Oct 2024 Cloud Networking, Network Engineering

DDoS Protection Specialist

Microsoft Oct 2024 DDoS, Cybersecurity

Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Professional

Palo Alto Networks Oct 2024 DDoS, Cybersecurity

Azure Networking - Firewall Specialist

Microsoft Jul 2024 Firewalls, DDoS

Ethical Hacker

Cisco Jul 2024

Azure IaaS Foundations Training (AIFT)

Microsoft May 2024

Azure Architecture

Microsoft May 2024 Cloud Networking, Cloud Migration

Azure Core Networking Specialist

Microsoft May 2024 Virtual Networks, Cloud Networking

AZ-700: Designing & Implementing Azure Networking

Microsoft Apr 2024 Microsoft Azure, Cloud Networking

Azure Management Tools and Security Solutions

Microsoft Mar 2024 Azure, IaaS

Network Security

Cisco Mar 2024 DDoS, Cybersecurity

Network Defense

Cisco Jan 2024 Firewalls, Network Infrastructure

AZ-500: Manage Identity and Access

Microsoft Jan 2024 Azure, System Administration

Cyber Threat Management

Cisco Jan 2024 Firewalls, DDoS

Endpoint Security

Cisco Jan 2024 Firewalls, DDoS

Cisco-certified Network Technician

Cisco Jan 2024 Virtual Networks, Network Infrastructure
2023

Microsoft Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals

Microsoft Oct 2023 Cybersecurity, Network Security

IT & Cybersecurity Risk Management Essential Training

IIBA Oct 2023 Incident Management, Cybersecurity

Cisco Network Security: Core Security Concepts

Cisco Oct 2023 Cisco Networking, Cybersecurity

ServiceNow IT Leadership Professional Certificate

ServiceNow Oct 2023

Technical Support Fundamentals

Google Aug 2023 Azure, Network Infrastructure

Fundamentals of Cyber Security Awareness

Honeywell Jun 2023 Troubleshooting

Responsible Corporate Citizen Training

Honeywell Mar 2023

EASA Aviation Legislation Course

Honeywell Mar 2023

Sanctions and Embargoes Training

Honeywell Mar 2023

Export Compliance General Overview

Honeywell Feb 2023
2022

IELTS Academic Band Score 7.0 CEFR C1

British Council Jul 2022 Communication

Contact

For enquiries regarding cloud architecture, site reliability, or network engineering, please connect via LinkedIn.