GKAbout Gabor
A highly accomplished and globally experienced Senior/Enterprise Architect with over 20 years of expertise in leading, designing and implementing business-critical IT infrastructure solutions across diverse technology stacks. Possessing a proven ability to forge strong stakeholder relationships and a deep understanding of global business requirements, I excel at translating strategic vision into actionable technical roadmaps. Fluent in English and Hungarian, with extensive international experience across four countries and travel to over 40, I thrive in complex, multinational environments with main focus on azure, network, security + sustainability & finops.
Motto:
If you can't measure it you don’t manage it, therefore you cannot improve it. (Lord Kelvin)
English
Native or bilingual
Hungarian
Native or bilingual
Dutch
Basic
Can work on-site
Almere Stad (up to 50km)
Experience
- NBC Universal,Senior Azure ArchitectDIGITAL AND ITApril 2025 - August 2025 (4 months)NetherlandsAs a Senior Azure (AI) Architect at NBCUniversal I am currently providing strategic technical leadership to design and implement secure, compliant, and scalable Azure cloud environments with a focus on governance, security, and AI integration. In this part-time senior advisory role, I am collaborating cross-functionally with IT, DevOps, governance, architecture, and cybersecurity teams to align cloud and AI initiatives with NBCU's evolving business needs and Microsoft ecosystem standards. Key Responsibilities & Current Focus areas:• Azure Governance & Security• Cloud Best Practices, principles & Optimization• AI Strategy & Integration• Microsoft Ecosystem Integration• Stakeholder Collaboration & Enablement By establishing secure governance foundations and integrating AI into core workflows, I am working to future-proof NBCU's cloud strategy and support data-driven innovation. Early efforts are focused on harmonizing Azure with the Microsoft ecosystem to create a unified, scalable infrastructure that empowers teams while maintaining compliance and operational excellence. This role prioritizes setting the stage for sustainable cloud growth and AI-enabled digital transformation.
- Ahold Delhaize,Global Cloud Platform ArchitectRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)November 2023 - Today (2 years and 7 months)NetherlandsDriving collaboration and delivering business value on Azure cloud adoption, maturity, and implementation within the entire globe where the business has footprint.Oversight of 600+ subscriptions and guiding solutions incoming to the platform with a yearly spend of over $60m with a user base of 500k+across USA, Europe and Asia.• Global Azure Operations Oversight: Driving collaboration and delivering business value through Azure cloud adoption, maturity, and implementation across all regions where the business operates. Oversight of 600+ subscriptions, managing a global user base of 500,000+ and a yearly spend exceeding $60M.• Global Strategy Development: Leading and contributing to the definition and evolution of Ahold Delhaize's global enterprise IT architecture and cloud strategy, ensuring alignment with business goals and future scalability.• Hybrid Platform Architecture: Designing robust, secure, and scalable hybrid (Azure/on-prem) cloud architectures. Promoting standardization and adoption of best practices to support high availability, performance, and operational excellence.• Cross-Regional Collaboration: Leading the global cloud architecture forum and collaborating with country IT leads and business stakeholders across Europe, USA, and Asia to unify the cloud platform vision and drive continuous improvement.• FinOps & Sustainability Leadership: Leading global initiatives focused on FinOps and GreenOps — optimizing cost, improving cloud financial management, and reducing environmental impact.• Security & Compliance: Collaborating with the compliancy and security teams to implement zero-trust principles, maintain security & compliance, and embed security and compliance into all aspects of cloud operations.• Operational Monitoring & Automation: Leading governance of GenAI, automation to enhance system performance monitoring, service reliability, and self-service capabilities.
- Deloitte,Senior Azure Platform ArchitectJuly 2022 - April 2024 (1 year and 9 months)NetherlandsFocus on Azure cloud adoption, maturity, and implementation within the European region of Deloitte (so called NSE Cloud), oversight of 800+ subscriptions and guiding solutions incoming to the platform with a monthly spend of over $1.3m a month with a user base of 50k+across 42 countries.• Regular knowledge sharing with the Platform Engineering and operation team and successful introduction and steering towards Agile/Scrum Way of Working and DevSecOps increasing maturity and overall integration with the rest of the organisation.• As Platform Architect also focused on introducing/refreshing the concepts and solutions of azure policies, network/security, and implementation of Microsoft's Well Architected Framework & ESLZ guidelines.• Integrating services and solutions with the rest of the organisation and enabling close relationships with USA counterparts with over 12000 subscriptions around the globe.• Complete re-design of subscription provisioning from using blueprints and ClickOps to use modern CI/CD approach and targeting DevSecOps via self-service using YAML, Bicep, Azure Policies.• Actively engaged for FinOps and cost reduction exercises, introducing and implementation over 60 KQL/MS Graph based workbooks to enable better visibility at scale, identify outliers and wasteful implementations.• Leading Private DNS zone & Private Link related migration and integration with API first approach.• Running Scoping, Cost Estimations and Architecture validation/overview sessions and onboarding customers• Driving innovation and automate first approach through event/API and policy driven approach.• Participating introduction and onboarding new Azure services, policies, and regulations
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Education
- TOGAF foundational and practitioner training & certificates2023TOGAF foundational and practitioner training & certificates
- AZ-500 and SC-1002022AZ-500 and SC-100