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20-year Solution Architect and Fractional CTO helping Series A–C SaaS scale-ups and Fortune 500 teams ship cloud-native, AI-powered systems that don't break at 10× load. DevOps, Software Architecture, AI consulting — delivered, not theorized. If your roadmap has any of these on it — a cloud migration that's slipping, an AI/LLM feature that demos well but won't survive production, a monolith you need to break up without freezing the product team, or a DevOps platform that's burning cash and on-call time — I've shipped that exact engagement before, more than once. What I do (and have done for 20 years): ✅ Solution & Software Architecture — system design, domain modeling, microservices vs. modular monolith trade-offs, event-driven & API-first platforms, architecture reviews and ADRs your team will actually follow ✅ DevOps, Cloud & Platform Engineering — AWS / Azure / GCP, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Terraform, CI/CD, FinOps cost reduction, SRE / observability, zero-downtime migrations ✅ AI Consulting & AI Solutions Architecture — production LLM / RAG systems, agentic workflows, AI strategy roadmaps, build-vs-buy decisions, model selection, evaluation harnesses, vector DBs, secure enterprise AI ✅ Fractional CTO & Tech Due Diligence — for founders pre-Series A through Series C; for PE / VC pre/post-investment For startups & scale-ups: I move at founder-speed. MVP architectures that won't need a rewrite at Series B, AI features you can actually ship, hiring plans for your first 5 engineers, and an architecture roadmap your investors will respect. For enterprises: I bring TOGAF-style rigor without the consultancy bloat — solution architecture, cloud migration strategy, vendor-neutral AI roadmaps, security/compliance-aware design (SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, GDPR), and stakeholder-ready documentation. Selected outcomes from the last 20 years: 🏆 Cut cloud spend 41% and shortened deploy time from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes for a SaaS platform serving 12M users 🏆 Designed the AI/RAG architecture that took a B2B SaaS from PoC to production with 30+ enterprise customers in 5 months 🏆 Re-architected a legacy monolith into modular services with zero customer-facing downtime over 7 months 🏆 Led DevOps platform builds (Terraform + Kubernetes + GitOps) that cut on-call pages by 70% and onboarding from weeks to days How I work: small commitments first. Most engagements start with a paid 60-minute architecture call or a 1–2 week assessment, so we both know it fits before you commit to a long retainer. I write things down. I document decisions. I leave your team better than I found it. What I won't do: rewrite-the-world projects with no executive sponsorship, "just do everything yourself" engagements with no engineering team to hand off to, or AI demos that aren't on a path to production. Send me a paragraph about your stack, your team size, and the outcome you need in the next 90 days. I'll come back inside 24 hours with a short, specific point of view not a sales pitch. If we're a fit, we'll book a working call from there.

I deliver implementation-ready architecture and delivery plans for SaaS platforms in regulated industries. My most recent engagement produced a 100+ page technical blueprint for a German energy comparison platform covering multi-tenant architecture, RBAC, GDPR compliance, API contracts, database schemas, and a phased delivery roadmap. The client described the outcome as "very detailed and on point." My regulated industry experience spans energy, space and defence (Satellite Applications Catapult, Innovate UK), aviation (MyAirOps), healthcare, medical research, and fintech. What you get: Architecture and delivery plans: system designs, data models, API contracts, security frameworks, and phased roadmaps. Not theoretical frameworks. Specifications your developers can build from on day one. Rapid prototyping and validation: I use AI-augmented development daily through MVP Foundry, my own methodology for compressing MVP timelines. I can validate architectural decisions with working code, not just documents. 25 years across CTO, solutions architect, and delivery roles. BCS Certified in Enterprise & Solution Architecture. 100% Job Success. Expert-Vetted (top 1%). Typical engagements: - Fixed-price architecture and delivery plans (2-3 weeks, from $3,600) - MVP build using AI-augmented development (from $5,000) - Fractional technical advisor (ongoing, part-time) - Technology selection and vendor evaluation

I’m a Multi-Cloud Solutions Architect and DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-grade DevOps and cloud platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP. I specialise in designing and operating secure, highly available environments, with a strong track record in HA GitLab architectures, CI/CD automation, Terraform, and multi-cloud migrations. I’ve helped organisations reduce cloud costs by 25%, automate deployments by over 70%, and maintain 99.99% uptime for mission-critical systems. My hands-on work includes building CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Argo CD, implementing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Bicep, and CloudFormation, and running Kubernetes platforms (AKS/EKS) at scale. I work end-to-end across architecture, automation, security, monitoring, and documentation. If you need someone to own your DevOps setup and make it production-ready, let’s talk. CERTIFICATIONS: Open group TOGAF Enterprise Solutions Architect AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Cisco Certified Network - Associate

🔸 Top 1% in Upwork. 🔸 100% Job Success. 🔸 4,000+ hours. 🔸25+ years experience. I deliver high-quality, engineered software that is robust, works at scale, and can grow as fast as your business grows. ❝ High-quality software is not complicated - it just requires discipline and steadfast attention to detail on each step of the journey. ❞ What's stopping you from starting your journey to software excellence and fixing your business' pains? You can arrange a call with me to discuss your project needs for free in a 30-minute consultation call! Hi. I'm Jason - an experienced (25+ years) software architect and engineering professional involved in all parts of the SDLC (Waterfall, Agile and Hybrid methodologies). With a wealth of experience across industries such as commercial aviation, banking (real-time payments processing & FX), 24/7/365 manufacturing lines, e-commerce, and public transport (smart card), I will bring a passion for delivering elegant and reliable solutions to your project. I will work with you (and your team) to provide the best possible technical solution to your business problem. No matter the business domain or challenges you are facing, l have deep technical and architectural knowledge, as well as excellent communication skills, to help solve your business problem with the right software solution. I will bring to bear a highly focused set of technical and people skills to help your project succeed. The recommendations and advice I provide focus on minimizing risks and maximizing your project's chances of success. This is what my 25+ years of experience bring you: honest, robust, and intelligent solutions to see you succeed. When asked to build software, I deliver high-quality server-side C# .NET software solutions that give what you need: Software engineered to be robust, scalable, and designed to exceed your business expectations. What you'll get when you choose me to work with you: ⭐️ Clear, effective communication ⭐️ Precise, quality recommendations to ensure success for your project ⭐️ A focused, collaborative approach to work with you and your team ⭐️ A no-nonsense, results-focused approach that delivers value to your project For example, this are what a couple of my clients had to say: ❝Jason is by far the best architect I have ever worked with. He displays extreme ownership of his work and it's incredibly refined. Every deliverable was on time or ahead of time. Not only did Jason provide an incredibly performant and scalable architecture, the documentation he provided was top notch. I will forever keep Jason and my goto for any and all technical and solution architectural needs.❞ Cade - VP Engineering - US Software Company ❝Jason helped get our team on our feet for doing proper documentation and much more, actually. He helped improve the engagement of our team members and how they work together. If we can, we will surely ask for his help again in the future. I can only give high praise of Jason's quality of work. We highly recommended for documentation and general architectural design work.❞ Alexander L - Acting CTO - Global On Media If you are interested in working together, please invite me to your job on Upwork. I look forward to hearing from you soon and helping you deliver on your software vision. Regards, Jason. A highlight of my technical specialties I can help you with: ✅ .NET Technical and Solution architecture consultancy and design ✅ C#.NET ✅ Team leading, technical .NET mentoring, and coaching ✅ High availability solution designs (24/7/365) ✅ Event-driven architectures (including actor-based systems) ✅ Highly concurrent software design (thread-safe) ✅ High volume, low latency software designs ✅ Cloud (MS Azure and AWS) solutions ✅ Hybrid (on-premise and Cloud) solutions ✅ Microservices ✅ Message brokers and ESB ✅ SOLID, DDD, OOP, and TDD ✅ Experienced in Agile and Hybrid delivery models ✅ Container (Docker) deployments software using CI/CD (Azure Devops) ✅ Dependency Injection (DI using Autofac, DryIoc) A highlight of the software products I'm experienced with: ✅ Sparx Enterprise Architect ✅ JetBrains Rider IDE ✅ Confluence, JIRA ✅ Git ✅ Resharper, DotMemory, DotTrace ✅ VMWare (Fusion) ✅ Visual Studio 2019 IDE Other clients had this to say about my work with them: ❝Jason was a tremendous professional, outstanding architectural skills and understanding both technical and business requirements.❞ Brian V - COO - LaunchControl

Operations & Executive Consultant, Business Analyst, Product Manager & Business Management Consultant with 15+ years leading £50k–£100m projects in finance, healthcare, SaaS, retail, public sector. Strategy, GTM, BPMN, SOPs - clarity that ships. I help organisations gain clarity fast - working as an Operations & Executive Consultant, Business Analyst, Product Manager, Project Manager, Business Management & Operations specialist, Business Management Consultant, Management Consultant, and Business Manager. I deliver strategy, GTM structure, and predictable delivery. I blend strategy with hands-on execution: process mapping, process improvement, business systems, SOPs, and delivery frameworks - covering business process design, operational alignment, GTM readiness, and product delivery. As a Leadership Coach and Executive Coach, I help founders and managers strengthen leadership, communication, and process ownership. As an IT Startup Guide, I support enterprises and startups with roadmaps, business plans, GTM strategies, and SOPs that scale. 🎯 What I actually do - Operations & Executive Consulting - operating models, C-level advisory, scale-readiness - Business Analyst, IT Business Analyst & Business Management Consultant work - Product Manager - discovery, roadmap delivery, user stories, stakeholder alignment - Business management, business operations & strategy execution - Process mapping, business process redesign, BPMN diagrams & business systems optimisation - SOP creation, GTM plans, operating models & organisational workflows - Project Manager across Agile & Waterfall - full lifecycle - Leadership development as a Leadership Coach, Executive Coach & Executive Consultant - Digital transformation guidance as an IT Startup Guide - Operations support as a Business Manager, Operations Manager & Operations Consultant - Executive Virtual Assistance for founders and C-level - UX/Service design, roadmap planning, requirement analysis & documentation - Cross-functional team leadership (2–10 people, onshore/offshore) ⚙️ How I deliver - Turn strategy into execution with frameworks, processes & GTM steps - Rebuild business processes end-to-end for predictable delivery - Map requirements into BRDs, HLD/LLD, SOPs, user stories & playbooks - Redesign business systems & operations for cross-team alignment - Drive product delivery as a Product Manager — discovery to launch - Guide teams as a Leadership Coach, Executive Consultant & operational partner - Advise early-stage teams as an IT Startup Guide - Hands-on ownership as a Senior Project Manager, Business Analyst & Operations Consultant 🌍 Industries Tech, finance, healthcare, energy, education, government, retail, eCommerce, SaaS, pharmaceuticals, logistics - £50k pilots to £100m digital programmes across UK, US, EU, Africa & Asia. 🏆 Highlights - 174 global digital launches supporting $3.6bn in revenue - Operational redesigns for global enterprises as a Business Manager, Executive Consultant & Operations Consultant - SOPs, BCDR documentation & compliance frameworks for regulated sectors - Transformation reviews for AstraZeneca, BP & HMCTS - Founders and CTOs supported as IT Startup Guide, Product Manager & strategic operations partner 💡 Why clients choose me I combine multiple senior roles that companies usually hire separately: Executive Consultant, Operations Consultant, Operations Manager, Business Management, Business Manager, Business Analyst, IT Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Product Manager, Project Manager, Online Business Manager, Business Management Consultant, Management Consultant, Content Writer, Executive Assistant, Virtual Assistant, Executive Virtual Assistant, Leadership Coach, Life Coach, Executive Coach, Career Coach, IT Startup Guide - plus a Strategy, GTM, BPMN, SOPs, roadmap delivery, operating models, business process design,requirements, user stories, process improvement, stakeholder management, leadership training & capability building expert across finance, healthcare, SaaS, retail & public sector.

Hi! I’m a Certified Cloud Solutions Architect Specializing in Cloud-Agnostic Infrastructure, Data Platforms, and AI-Driven Solutions. I help organizations design, secure, and modernize their digital ecosystems—across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, and hybrid environments. With over a decade of experience in enterprise architecture, I specialize in building scalable, secure, and intelligent systems that align with business goals and regulatory frameworks. Whether you're planning a digital transformation, automating infrastructure, or enabling AI-driven insights, I can guide your strategy, define the architecture, and support your team through delivery. 🧠 Strategic Solution Architecture Meets Real-World Execution ✅ Architecting modern cloud environments using best-in-class tools and patterns ✅ Designing secure and scalable data platforms (data lakes, analytics pipelines, governance) ✅ Enabling AI and ML adoption by preparing secure and compliant cloud foundations ✅ Implementing cross-platform identity and access architectures (zero trust, RBAC, SSO) ✅ Building resilient, well-documented Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM, CDK) 💼 Key Focus Areas ✅ Cloud-Agnostic Infrastructure Architecture (Azure, AWS, GCP, hybrid) ✅ Data Governance & Intelligence Platform Design (ETL, analytics, AI-readiness) ✅ Zero Trust Security & Identity Architecture (MFA, conditional access, PIM) ✅ Scalable DevOps Integration (CI/CD pipelines, IaC, policy-as-code) ✅ Microsoft 365 & SaaS Architecture for Modern Workplace Environments ✅ Cost Optimization, Risk Reduction, and Regulatory Alignment (ISO, NIST, Cyber Essentials) 💼Why Work With Me ✅ Architect First, Engineer Always – I design systems with long-term scalability, performance, and security in mind, while staying hands-on enough to validate what works in practice. ✅ Cloud-Agnostic Thinking – Whether you're on Azure, AWS, GCP, or hybrid, I focus on principles and patterns that transcend vendor lock-in. ✅ Business-Aligned Solutions – I connect technical strategy to business outcomes, ensuring architectures support your growth, compliance, and innovation goals. ✅ Security & Governance Baked In – Every solution includes foundational identity, access, and data protection controls by design—not as an afterthought. ✅ Clear Communication & Accountability – I bring structured thinking, transparent documentation, and enterprise-grade delivery to every engagement. ✅ Fully Insured & Certification Backed – I hold professional indemnity insurance and a portfolio of top-tier certifications to support your assurance and risk requirements. 📜 Certifications Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100) Certified in Identity, Security, Networking, Windows Hybrid, and Endpoint Management Proven experience leading architecture across financial, public sector, and enterprise clients