
Valentine Zhuck
Solution Architect
Mature hands-on Architect with over 15 years of expertise in solution architecture, cloud transformation and software development. Proven track record of designing and delivering scalable, resilient digital platforms generating multi-million-dollar revenue. Skilled in driving cloud adoption strategies, architecture governance, and optimizing TCO.
Core Competencies
- Cloud Strategy & Transformation (Azure Certified, AWS) - proven track of designing & driving business aligned cloud transformation strategies, including hand
- Solution Architecture Trainer & Mentor - help developers to bridge a gap to architect role
- Solution Architect Responsibilities - identifying business goals, gathering requirements, defining estimated scope, designing and developing tailored solutions to meet business needs, driving structuring development, and implementing best practices
- Strong communication, analytical & negotiation skills
- Leadership & Delivery Management - project, people, customer success management
- Presale (RFIs/RFPs processing)
- Business Domains - Commerce, Life Sciences, Real Estate, Financial Services, Intellectual Property, ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), Gambling business domains
Skills
- C# (.NET & .net core)
- Certified Azure Architect, AWS
- CI/CD: DevOps Server, Jenkins, TeamCity
- Infrastructure as Code: bicep, terraform, custom implementation
- OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker
- PowerShell, Terraform, Bicep, Groovy
- JavaScript (JQuery, React, Angular)
- SOA, Microservices, Serverless
- API: REST, SOAP, Swagger
- SSO (Keycloak, Auth0)
- Databases: Elasticsearch, MongoDB, SQL, Cosmo DB
- Git, TFS, Artifactory
- SonarQube, JsLint
- Splunk, Logstash, Kibana
- Google Firebase
- Braze (relationship management)
- Kount (fraud detection)
Certificates

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AZ-305: Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions

AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies