Sai Poongodi Krishanamurthy

Worked as part of Platform Engineering team, providing centralized Azure platform, CI/CD, and infrastructure support to multiple application squads.

Key Contributions:

• Designed and built Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines using YAML and Bicep to deploy Azure services including Function Apps, App Services, Redis Cache, supporting multiple application squads across non-prod and prod environments.
• Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) pipelines to provision and manage Azure resources across multiple subscriptions and environments, improving deployment consistency and reducing manual configuration effort.
• Built automated Azure Policy deployment pipelines using Bicep and YAML, enabling policy deployment across all tenants and environments, and refactoring legacy Classic/PowerShell approaches into standardised CI/CD pipelines for AXA UK and Insurance platforms.
• Supported the ASEv2 → ASEv3 migration programme, assisting with migration of multiple application workloads, validation, and post-migration stabilisation.
• Conducted tenant-wide TLS compliance assessments covering all Azure services across the tenant, remediating TLS 1.0/1.1 to TLS 1.2, and identifying unused databases and Azure resources, resulting in ~£300k annual cost savings through decommissioning.
• Built and maintained database refresh pipelines, supporting regular Production → Non-Production refreshes and reducing manual effort and risk during refresh activities.
• Upgraded the NuGet package manager across the platform using PowerShell automation, standardising package management across multiple build pipelines.
• Authored and supported PowerShell scripts to extract role assignments across repositories in multiple Azure DevOps organisations, improving access visibility and enabling periodic access reviews.
• Developed PowerShell automation to extract Service Tags from Azure Storage Accounts, improving business tagging accuracy across multiple storage resources and strengthening governance and compliance reporting.
• Designed and implemented Azure Front Door for the Mojo application, delivering global load balancing, secure traffic routing, and improved application availability for end users.
• Provided BAU and operational support via ServiceNow, resolving pipeline failures, deployment issues, and Azure configuration incidents, while supporting planned releases and platform stability.
• Implemented approved network and firewall configuration changes across Azure environments to support secure application connectivity.
• Supported a wide range of Azure services, including Azure AD, Service Principals (SPNs), App Services, Function Apps, Azure Front Door, and networking components.

Played a lead engineering role in large-scale data centre to Azure cloud migration, supporting architecture, migration execution, and post-migration stability.

Key Contributions:

• Worked on ASDA–Walmart demerger programme, supporting migration and separation of enterprise data workloads into ASDA’s Azure environment.
• Designed and implemented Azure-based data solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL, enabling secure migration of data from multiple source systems.
• Built and maintained ADF pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and loading of data, supporting repeatable and auditable data migration processes.
• Supported data validation and reconciliation activities, ensuring migrated datasets met business, security, and compliance requirements.
• Developed PowerShell automation to enable encryption and compression for Azure Blob Storage, improving data security and optimising storage usage.

Cloud Data Engineer – Azure Migration

ASDA | Tata Consultancy Services

12/2021 – 06/2022 | Leeds

Worked on a large-scale data migration programme as part of ASDA’s demerger from Walmart, supporting the separation and migration of enterprise data workloads to Azure.

Key Contributions:

• Played a key role in the ASDA–Walmart demerger programme, supporting the migration of data workloads from Walmart-owned environments into ASDA Azure platforms.
• Designed and implemented Azure-based data solutions using Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, and Azure SQL, enabling secure and controlled data movement.
• Built and maintained ADF pipelines for data ingestion, transformation, and loading from multiple source systems into Azure data stores.
• Supported data separation and validation activities, ensuring migrated datasets met business, security, and compliance requirements.
• Developed PowerShell automation to enable encryption and compression for Azure Blob Storage, improving data security and storage efficiency.
• Collaborated closely with data engineers, application teams, and stakeholders to deliver migration milestones within tight programme timelines.