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ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Elijah Wright, a Principal Cloud Engineer at Six Degrees.
I built this page as part of the Cloud Guru Azure Resume Challenge.

Certifications

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Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert

Microsoft Certification

Earned Dec 2025
Expires Dec 2027
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Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft Certification

Earned Sep 2025
Expires Sep 2027
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Earned Mar 2023
Expires Mar 2027
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Earned Jun 2022
Expires Jun 2027
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Earned Apr 2022
Expires Apr 2027
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Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certification

Earned Jun 2020
Expires Jun 2027
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Azure Security Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certification

Earned Aug 2020
Expires Aug 2027
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Azure Network Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certification

Earned Sep 2022
Expires Sep 2027
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M365 Fundamentals

Microsoft Certification

Earned Feb 2021
Expires No expiry
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MCSA: Windows Server 2016

Microsoft / Credly Credential

Earned Dec 2020
Expires No expiry
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Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Certification

Earned Apr 2020
Expires No expiry
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MCSA: Windows Server 2012

Microsoft / Credly Credential

Earned Apr 2018
Expires No expiry

Work

6DG

Six Degrees

Principal Cloud Engineer • May 2025 - Present

  • Owning the FinOps Managed Service with the responsibility of constantly evolving this to better benefit and help our customers achieve more value across their environments as they adhere to the FinOps Framework.
  • Liaise with Fellow Architects and produce design implementations & documentation
  • Consulting with clients on cloud best practice, cost management and the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework.
  • Supporting an automation/code first mindset when designing any internal/business solution
  • Building out IaC frameworks and standards to speed up external Professional Services Deployments.
  • Consulting with B2B customers on how Azure can meet their business needs and solve technical challenges.
  • Roll out Terraform IaC along with Terragrunt / Terramate for each project with a structured and templated deployment using programmatical approach along with ADO pipelines, secrets, Service Principles / Service Connections, CAF Landing Zones (Management & Application) & Azure Custom Policies
  • Designing GitHub Enterprise & Internal Developer Platform to support orchestration, deployment & customer projects
  • Regularly assess with other members of Enterprise Architecture around internal tooling, design and deployment approaches, naming conventions, processes for working more effectively etc.
ATC

Atech Cloud

Cloud Solutions Engineer • Nov 2023 - May 2025

  • Owned the Engineering piece of a project from beginning to end with input and collaborative efforts around LLD for deployments.
  • Stepping in for Azure Cloud Architects and engaging with several customers on working ALZ CAF Designs to resolve design barriers due to changing azure technologies and customer changed needs around Governance, Compliance, Security and best practices
  • Built Azure Landing Zone CAF Terraform Templates, deployments, operating practices, DevOps Processes & custom bespoke modules
  • Defined DevOps Processes that reduced deployment timeframes across several large scale enterprise environments within Azure reducing deployment and project completion times by around 70%
CKH

Cloud Know How

Cloud & Infrastructure Solutions Engineer • Jan 2022 - Oct 2023

  • Managing, testing, deploying, implementing and designing cloud-tailored solutions for B2B clients.
  • Acting as an escalation point for cloud support.
  • Consulting with clients on cloud best practice, cost management and the five pillars of the Well-Architected Framework.
  • Implementing scripting and automation to reduce manual tasks and automate customer projects using PowerShell, Azure CLI, Bash and IaC including Bicep and ARM.
  • Consulting with B2B customers on how Azure can meet their business needs and solve technical challenges.
  • Carrying out best-practice workshops, Azure health checks, cloud migrations and environment moves.
  • Liaising with colleagues to resolve complex issues and assist on wider projects where needed.
MPS

Microcomms Professional Services Ltd

IT Engineer • October 2019 - December 2021

  • Provided 2nd and 3rd line technical support to both internal and external clients.
  • Carried out system upgrades, updates, new server deployments and equipment installations while avoiding unexpected downtime.
  • Installed, configured, tested and maintained operating systems, application software and system management tools.
  • Managed, implemented, tested and deployed external client projects including new servers, antivirus deployments, email migrations, cloud migrations and service transitions.
  • Designed, built, implemented and maintained network infrastructure using Windows virtualisation platforms and vendor hardware including Cisco, HP, Dell, Netgear, WatchGuard and Netgate.
CGRP

Cornwall Group Ltd

Group I.T Technician • May 2017 - October 2019

  • Handled 1st and 2nd line technical support duties.
  • Installed new server, network and core infrastructure as required.
  • Administered Microsoft Windows Server environments.
  • Managed Active Directory administration tasks.
  • Supported network administration activities.
  • Administered virtualisation platforms including VMware, Hyper-V, Citrix XenApp and RDS.