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Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

MINA ERIAN

I don't deploy resources. I build platforms.

LOCATION Phoenix, AZ
STATUS AVAILABLE
SIGNAL me@minaerian.com
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01

Origin

A teenager in his dad's medical clinic. The computer system crashes. Patients waiting. I pick up the phone, talk to tech support, and fix it myself.

In that moment, I felt it — the rush of solving what others couldn't.

" I knew then. This is what I was meant to do. "
02

Discovery

I don't read networks.
I see them.

First year of college brought a diagnosis: dyslexia. For most, a setback. For me, a revelation.

While others memorized protocols, I visualized them — watching a packet of data traverse routers, descending through the TCP/IP stack from Application to Physical.

This wasn't a limitation. It was a different operating system. One optimized for pattern recognition. For systems thinking. For seeing the whole architecture at once.

L5 APPLICATION
L4 TRANSPORT
L3 NETWORK
L2 DATA LINK
L1 PHYSICAL
03

Philosophy

☁️

On-Premises is Over

Unless you're in a submarine or a classified bunker, your infrastructure belongs in the cloud. I saw this in 2010. The market caught up.

🖱️

Portals Are for Tourists

Clicking around the Azure portal isn't engineering — it's gambling. One misclick. One forgotten setting. One undocumented change.

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Code is the Only Truth

Every firewall rule. Every network path. Every policy. Defined in code. Reviewed in PRs. Deployed through pipelines. Reproducible. Auditable. Real.

04

Results

Numbers don't lie.

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Workloads migrated to Azure
Zero unplanned downtime
0
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Files of Infrastructure as Code
100% environment consistency
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Cost savings delivered
Through architectural innovation
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Azure regions architected
Hub-and-spoke topology
0
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Availability achieved
Across production workloads
0
Months zero incidents
Multi-layer safety guardrails
05

Experience

2022 — PRESENT

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect

Global Music Rights

Network & Infrastructure

  • Designed hub-and-spoke across 8 Azure regions with Virtual WAN, Firewall Premium, dual 10Gbps ExpressRoute
  • Built 200+ private endpoints; Front Door Premium with WAF — 45% latency reduction
  • Migrated 150+ workloads — 3 months ahead of schedule, modernized to App Service

Infrastructure as Code

  • 1,200+ Bicep files across 4 environments, 8 subscriptions using Azure Verified Modules
  • Single-command deployments; pipelines optimized 6h → 2.25h (63% faster)

Security, DR & Cost

  • Zero-trust with Entra ID, Sentinel, Defender — 60% reduction in incidents
  • Multi-region DR: RPO <1h, RTO <4h — validated through 6 drills
  • Cut spend by $320K annually
Virtual WAN Bicep/AVM App Service Sentinel Site Recovery
2020 — 2021

IT Solutions Architect

Orange Crew MSP

Azure Virtual Desktop

  • AVD for 800+ users across 15 countries — FSLogix, scaling automation, 40% productivity gain
  • ARM Template library: provisioning 3 days → 2 hours

Multi-Tenant Operations

  • 40+ client subscriptions via Azure Lighthouse — 95% compliance in 90 days
  • Migrated 75+ workloads saving $180K annually
AVD FSLogix ARM Templates Azure Lighthouse
2014 — 2020

Director of Information Technology

Sycom

Leadership & Innovation

  • 12-person team supporting 200+ healthcare clients — $3.5M budget
  • Voice biometrics system — $8.25M savings over 3 years
  • 20% revenue growth; turnover 40% → 8%; NPS 65% → 95%

Early Azure Adoption

  • Cloud pioneer (2016): Azure AD, Exchange Online — before most healthcare orgs
  • HIPAA/HITECH compliance — zero critical findings across 6 years
Healthcare IT HIPAA Azure AD Team Leadership
06

Skills

Cloud Architecture

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Hub-and-Spoke / Landing Zones
  • Multi-region deployments
  • Hybrid cloud design

Infrastructure as Code

  • Bicep / ARM Templates
  • Azure Verified Modules
  • Azure DevOps Pipelines
  • GitOps workflows

Security & Compliance

  • Zero Trust Architecture
  • Sentinel / Defender
  • HIPAA / PCI-DSS / SOC 2
  • Azure Policy

Networking

  • Virtual WAN / ExpressRoute
  • Azure Firewall / WAF
  • Private Link / Endpoints
  • Front Door

Disaster Recovery

  • Site Recovery
  • Multi-region failover
  • RPO/RTO Architecture
  • High Availability

Leadership

  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Team Development
  • $3.5M+ Budget
  • Stakeholder Communication
07

Writing

I write about what I learn in production.

AI & AUTOMATION

How I Built a Bot That Trades Prediction Markets While I Sleep

Autonomous AI trading agent — architecture, Kelly sizing, and real-money lessons

7-PART SERIES

Building Enterprise-Scale Azure Infrastructure

Lessons from managing 1,200+ files of Bicep IaC across 6 spoke networks

WAR STORY

I Ran a Cleanup Script Against Production Once

How I built multi-layer safety guardrails to ensure it never happens again

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