Software Engineer Azure Cloud

Stephen Thomas Wheeler

Tampa, FL US 954-***-**** ********@**********.*** LinkedIn GitHub

Professional Summary

Software Engineer and Azure Cloud Architect with 19+ years of experience designing, developing, and modernizing enterprise-scale applications across financial services and cloud platforms. Proven go-to expertise in .NET (Core & Framework), Azure Cloud architecture, microservices, and DevOps automation. Skilled in leading cloud migrations, implementing scalable APIs, and modernizing legacy systems for performance, security, and reliability. Focused on applying Innovative and creative technical solutions to business processes. .

Career Goal:

I am looking for an excellent and challenging opportunity as a Senior, Principal, Staff software engineer or enterprise / solutions architect. I am a “hands-on” technical leader and am comfortable in a technical leadership role as well as a hands-on role. This duality gives me a unique perspective across all aspects of technical solutions delivery. I am comfortable working in globally diverse teams.

Core Competencies

Cloud Computing: Microsoft Azure (App Services, Functions, Key Vault, API Management, Event Grid, API gateway)

Languages & Frameworks: C#, C++, NET Core/Framework, MVC, Web API, WCF, J-Query, React

AI/ML: Microsoft Cognitive services, NLP

DevOps & CI/CD: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines, IaC (ARM/Bicep)

Architecture & Patterns: Microservices, Restful APIs, OAuth2, Identity & Access Management

Data & Messaging: SQL Server, Azure Storage, MSMQ, Azure Data Factory, Apache Solr, relational and non-relational databases, Azure Service Bus

Security: Azure Entra-Id (formally AAD), Token authentication, MFA, SSO, OAuth2, OKTA, ADFS, Role base security, and Identify Principal

Methodologies: Agile/Scrum, SDLC, OOD, TDD, SOLID Principles, Design Thinking

Professional Experience

Hirer Tools – Remote

Senior Software Engineer / Azure Cloud Architect

Oct 2024 – Present

Implemented secure microservice architecture with RESTful APIs SaaS and custom identity providers.

Designed cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure Event Grid, App Services, and Entity Framework and Service Bus.

Mentor junior engineers, created proof of concept, led code reviews, and established enterprise coding standards.

GEICO – Remote

Senior Software Engineer / Azure Cloud Architect

June 2023 – Oct 2024

Implemented secure RESTful APIs with OAuth2, Azure AD, and custom identity providers.

Designed cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure Event Grid, App Services, and Entity Framework and Service Bus.

Mentored engineers, created proof of concepts, led code reviews, and established enterprise coding standards.

Gold Bullion International (GBI) – Remote

Senior Software Engineer / Azure Cloud Architect

Aug 2021 – Mar 2023

Led migration of monolithic .NET Framework services to .NET Core microservices architecture Azure using Azure API Management and DevOps pipelines.

Implemented secure RESTful APIs with OAuth2, Azure AD, and custom identity providers.

Architected and developed white-label SOA services, introducing API gateway and B2B and B2C integrations.

Designed cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure Event Grid, App Services, and Entity Framework and Service Bus.

Mentored engineers, created proof of concepts, led code reviews, and established enterprise coding standards.

Fisher Investments – Remote

Senior Software Engineer / Azure Cloud Architect

Jun 2020 – Aug 2021

Spearheaded Azure Cloud migration projects, provisioning and securing services (Key Vault, Storage, API Management).

Built Azure Data Factory pipelines for hybrid data movement and transformation.

Developed serverless apps (Functions, Web Jobs) and real-time/batch microservices with CI/CD.

Integrated on-premise data with cloud resources for global financial operations.

American Express – Remote

Senior Software Engineer / Software Architect

Sep 2016 – Mar 2020

Designed and led development for enterprise-grade search and aggregation platforms using .NET Core, C#, Angular, and Java.

Built secure, scalable backend APIs using OAuth2 and Azure AI for intelligent search.

Architected social collaboration platforms with integration across OKTA, ADFS, SharePoint, and Graph API.

Developed client-side task-tray apps, and services optimized for low-latency performance.

Earlier Experience

Serve / American Express (2015–2016): Built high-throughput message processing systems using REST APIs, SQL, MSMQ, Service Broker.

Green Dot Corp (2014–2015): Developed real-time transaction services in C#.

Progress Energy (2011–2014): Tech Leader for Smart Grid roll out, AMI/ODS system development, batch jobs, and .NET Web Services.

Bank of America / Merrill Lynch (2007–2011): Developed real-time trading systems in C NET.

US Military Veteran

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with focus on Distributed Computing Systems

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (in progress / optional)

Tools & Platforms

Azure DevOps • GitHub • Salesforce • Mulesoft • Visual Studio • Postman • SQL Server Management Studio • JIRA • Confluence • Docker

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