Paul Zgondea.
Principal Cloud & Data Architect
Paul Zgondea
Cloud & Data Consultant • SRE • DBA
Paul boasts a wealth of expertise spanning over 18 years in enterprise data architecture, complemented by an additional 8+ years dedicated to cloud architecture. Based in Brașov, Romania, he is open for fully remote engagements and can be reached directly via the channels below, through Toptal, or via his business practice at Keystone Cloud.
Work Experience.
18+ years architecting, deploying, and scaling mission-critical data and cloud environments.
Cloud and Data Architect
- Design and deployment of cloud infrastructure.
- Data architecture, management and continuous production support.
Cloud Architect
- Building and documenting modern applications using AI and Azure services.
- Data architecture scalability and performance testing automation.
- Infrastructure and data engineering as a DBA, DevOps, SysOps, and SRE.
Cloud and Data Architect
- Architecting and building resilient cloud infrastructure.
- Data and Disaster Recovery (DR) architecture and deployment.
- Consulting and training for on-premise engineering personnel.
Cloud Architect / SRE
- Building cloud application infrastructure from scratch.
- Data architecture inception and production deployment.
- Infrastructure and data engineering as a DBA, DevOps, SysOps, and SRE.
DBA and Cloud Consultant
- Cost optimization for enterprise cloud infrastructure.
- Data architecture innovation and query optimization.
- Infrastructure and data engineering as a DBA, DevOps, and SysOps.
DBA and Cloud Consultant
- Cloud architecture, automation and scalability.
- DBA expertise, management and performance optimization.
- Infrastructure DevOps and SysOps.
Senior DBA
- DBA expertise in enterprise database management and performance optimization.
Team Lead and Senior DBA
- Data architecture, expertise and production support.
- Infrastructure and data engineering as a DBA, developer and sysadmin.
- Leading a specialized team of 6 database engineers.
Credentials & Certifications.
Industry-standard credentials verified by Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, and Snowflake.
Microsoft® Certified Solutions Expert: Data Platform
Microsoft Corporation • Enterprise Data Platform
Microsoft® Certified Solutions Expert: Data Management & Analytics
Microsoft Corporation • Analytics Architecture
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Amazon Web Services • Cloud Architecture
SnowPro® Core Certification
Snowflake Inc. • Cloud Data Platform
SnowPro® Advanced Data Engineer
Snowflake Inc. • Advanced Data Engineering
Toptal Vetted Cloud & Data Architect
Toptal Global Network • Verified since 2020
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Paul boasts a wealth of expertise spanning over 18 years in data architecture complemented by 8+ years dedicated to cloud architecture. Based in Brașov, Romania, he is open for fully remote strategic consulting, architecture reviews, and high-impact contractor engagements.