Suhel Khan

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Solutions Architect with 15+ years designing and delivering cloud-native enterprise architectures on .NET Core/.NET 8 and Azure, across healthcare, sports, payments, and government domains. Specializes in microservices and event-driven architecture (Kafka, Azure Service Bus), secure API design (OAuth2, JWT, OWASP), and end-to-end solution design from requirements through deployment.

Microsoft Certified Azure Developer (AZ-204). Experienced in leading technical RFP responses and solution proposals, translating client requirements into architecture blueprints, effort estimates, and technology recommendations. Track record of leading cross-functional Agile teams through cloud modernization initiatives and driving measurable improvements in deployment speed and system reliability.

Solution & Enterprise Architecture RFP/RFI Technical Response Microservices & Event-Driven Design Cloud Migration & Modernization API & Security Architecture Technical Pre-Sales Agile Delivery Leadership Engineering Mentorship

// Professional Experience — service history, most recent first

Senior Tech Lead· Fulcrum Digital JAN 2025 – PRESENT

Own end-to-end solution architecture for enterprise cloud-native applications, from requirements gathering through design, build, and deployment on .NET 8, ASP.NET Core, and Azure.
Lead technical responses to client RFPs and RFIs, authoring architecture blueprints, technology recommendations, and effort/cost estimates that shape win strategy.
Architect scalable microservices and event-driven systems using Azure Service Bus, Kafka, and AKS for high-throughput, high-availability workloads.
Drive technical strategy and modernization for distributed systems, strengthening system resilience and reducing production incidents.
Design secure APIs with OAuth2, JWT, HTTPS enforcement, and OWASP-compliant practices across the platform's service portfolio.
Lead CI/CD automation via Azure DevOps, streamlining release cycles and improving deployment reliability.
Mentor engineering teams on clean architecture, performance optimization, async programming, and cloud best practices.
Partner with cross-functional stakeholders and pre-sales teams to shape solution proposals and deliver resilient enterprise architectures in Agile sprints.

Tech Specialist· CitiusTech OCT 2021 – DEC 2024

Designed cross-platform solution architectures using .NET Core and Azure, delivering fault-tolerant, modular services with strong production uptime.
Contributed technical inputs to client proposals and solution estimation, defining architecture options and technology trade-offs for multiple engagements.
Built secure, high-performance ASP.NET Core REST APIs following OWASP standards with OAuth2/JWT authentication.
Spearheaded a microservices architecture using Azure Functions and Service Bus, improving overall system throughput and scalability.
Automated CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps, meaningfully reducing deployment time.
Mentored team members on async/await patterns and advanced C# (dependency injection, generics).
Provided technical leadership on task prioritization, resource allocation, and Agile delivery across the engineering team.

Senior Software Engineer· Deltatre JUN 2020 – SEP 2021

Engineered backend systems using .NET Core and Azure Service Bus, improving latency and overall throughput.
Designed secure APIs with advanced authentication and TLS encryption, aligned with industry security standards.
Improved database performance through query optimization and indexing on SQL Server, cutting query response times.
Mentored junior developers, strengthening team delivery velocity and code quality.

Team Lead· Worldline FEB 2018 – JUN 2020

Led modernization of legacy systems to .NET Core, reducing technical debt and improving maintainability.
Directed API development for complex integrations using RESTful architecture and secure coding practices.
Established CI/CD pipelines enabling zero-downtime production rollouts.
Introduced MongoDB for NoSQL use cases, improving handling of semi-structured data.

Associate Manager· Sportz Interactive JAN 2014 – FEB 2018

Revamped CMS systems using ASP.NET MVC and Razor Pages, improving system reliability.
Designed serverless architectures with Azure Functions, improving cost-efficiency of infrastructure.
Implemented JWT-based secure APIs and optimized data handling with CosmosDB, cutting query response time.
Led a cross-functional Agile team, consistently delivering projects on schedule.

Software Developer· Accenture (PMR Consulting) JUL 2012 – JAN 2014

Developed enterprise applications in C#, optimizing workflows via asynchronous programming and task parallelism.
Designed high-performance SQL Server databases, including complex stored procedures and triggers.
Authored technical documentation supporting system maintenance and knowledge transfer.

Software Developer· National Informatics Centre (NIC) DEC 2011 – JUL 2012

Developed and maintained web-based government applications using ASP.NET and C#, ensuring compliance with governmental standards.
Designed efficient SQL Server databases supporting large-scale, state-level administrative data processing.
Enhanced usability of e-Governance platforms with AJAX-based dynamic features.

Junior Developer· RTSPL SEP 2010 – AUG 2011

Built business-critical applications using ASP.NET and C#, streamlining internal operations.

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Cloud & DevOps

Databases

Messaging & Distributed Systems

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