Skills - Luke Gumbleton | Azure Portfolio

Manage and optimise a cloud estate of 34 App Services, multiple SQL servers and instances, virtual machines, and storage accounts in Azure.
Designed and deployed Azure Front Door to securely route global traffic, improving application availability and user experience.
Oversaw DNS and domain configurations, including Cloudflare, ensuring secure and resilient routing.
Configured and extended Entra ID for seamless domain integration and user access management.
Provisioned and maintained App and Enterprise Registrations to support secure authentication for internal and external services.

Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and Bitbucket, accelerating release cycles and reducing deployment effort by hours per sprint.
Implemented deployment slots and YAML pipelines to deliver zero-downtime releases.
Applied version control best practices with Git and tailored branching strategies, enabling effective collaboration across multiple teams.

Standardised and automated deployments with Bicep and ARM templates, cutting setup time for new environments by over 50%.
Created reusable PowerShell and Azure CLI scripts to eliminate repetitive manual tasks and improve consistency.
Automated backup and recovery processes to ensure data resilience and business continuity.

Containerised applications with Docker, ensuring consistency across environments and simplifying deployments.
Daily use of Visual Studio Code for development, debugging, and infrastructure scripting.

Set up Azure Monitor and Log Analytics to provide real-time visibility into system health and performance.
Integrated Application Insights to track performance metrics and user behaviour, helping identify optimisation opportunities.
Implemented Microsoft Defender for Cloud to strengthen security posture and safeguard workloads.

Collaborated in cross-functional Scrum teams using Jira and Azure Boards, improving delivery predictability.
Actively contributed to sprint planning, retrospectives, and task tracking, driving continuous improvement and team alignment.