Consulting foundations -> SRE leadership -> AI platform delivery

Arpit Trivedi

Platform Development Lead · AI & Cloud Architect

From Microsoft-partner consulting and enablement, to staff-level SRE leadership, to Azure AI platform delivery at OpenBet. 13+ years across OpenBet, Datto, Woolworths, Telstra Purple, and LAB3. Proven outcomes include 50% cost reduction, 35% business growth, and the SRE Legend Award.

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Career Arc

From consulting foundations to AI platform leadership

I built my career in three connected stages: consulting and partner enablement, enterprise reliability leadership, and AI platform delivery in production.

That arc now translates into a rare mix of strengths for hiring teams: cloud architecture, SRE and DevOps depth, governance and cost discipline, and the ability to lead Azure AI platforms without losing delivery realism.

I have led teams of up to 38, delivered 300+ webinars, and produced measurable outcomes including 50% cost reduction, 35% partner business growth, and the SRE Legend Award. I am targeting lead roles in platform engineering, cloud architecture, AI delivery, and reliability leadership.

SRE Legend Award Datto (Kaseya)
Employee of the Year 2 Consecutive Years
50% Cost Reduction Synnex B2B Migration
Led Teams of 38+ Cross-functional Leadership
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Value Proposition

What I Bring to Your Team

A clear hiring case: progression, delivery credibility, and leadership scope in one page

AI Platform Leadership

Azure AI Foundry, LLMs, Copilot, governance, and delivery. I can lead the platform layer that turns AI ambition into a production roadmap.

Reliability & Delivery Leadership

Staff-level SRE progression at Datto, zero-downtime migrations, observability, incident leadership, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation.

Consulting-to-Execution Range

I span early-stage consulting, executive stakeholder alignment, and hands-on platform delivery. That range is what makes the career trajectory coherent and useful.

Expertise

Technical Proficiency

AI-first, then cloud—Azure AI Foundry, SRE, DevOps

Artificial Intelligence

Azure AI Foundry, OpenAI GPT & DALL-E, ML workspace, Copilot. Implemented AI Mapping Tool in production.

Azure AI Foundry LLMs Copilot NLP

Site Reliability Engineering

DevOps, observability, toil management, CI/CD, IaC. SLIs, SLOs, error budgets.

Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Terraform Azure Pipelines

Cloud Security & SIEM

Microsoft Defender, Entra ID, Azure Sentinel, DDoS Protection, RBAC, Azure Policy

Azure Sentinel Defender Entra ID Key Vault

Containerisation & Serverless

Azure Kubernetes Service, Docker, Service Fabric, Function Apps, Container Instances

AKS Docker Functions Service Fabric

Observability & Analytics

Azure Log Analytics, Azure Monitoring, Elastic Search, Performance Diagnostics

Log Analytics Azure Monitor Elastic Alerts

Programming & Automation

Azure CLI, YAML, Python, Bicep, PowerShell, Logic Apps, Azure Automation

Python PowerShell Bicep YAML
Career Journey

Professional Experience

Selected recent impact first, with earlier consulting foundations condensed below.

OpenBet

Nov 2024 - Mar 2026

Platform Development Lead

Led the Azure platform foundation for the AI Mapping Tool, bringing together AI platform architecture, infrastructure automation, governance, and cost oversight.

Key Impact

  • Architected and implemented the Azure AI platform with Azure AI Foundry, platform metrics, and governance controls.
  • Established Terraform and Azure DevOps deployment patterns to standardise IaC and speed delivery.
  • Defined security controls, mentored the DevOps team, and partnered with finance on quarterly cost reviews and vendor optimisation.
Featured project: AI Mapping Tool →

Furo

Contract Concurrent
Apr 2023 - May 2025

Training Consultant - GitHub Actions

Concurrent enablement engagement

Ran GitHub Actions training and developer enablement alongside delivery roles, helping teams adopt automation and AI-assisted workflows in practice.

Scope

  • Developed GitHub Actions tutorials, workshops, and hands-on labs for engineering teams.
  • Delivered live sessions and webinars tailored to team workflows and adoption goals.
  • Created self-paced videos, guides, and FAQs, including Copilot and Cursor in the curriculum.

Woolworths Group

Contract
Apr 2023 - Nov 2023

Lead Site Reliability Engineer

Owned reliability engineering for the WOW cloud environment, combining observability, incident response leadership, and team coaching in a contract role.

Key Impact

  • Designed and maintained monitoring, alerting, and logging for the Woolworths cloud platform.
  • Led incident response and post-mortems while building tooling for diagnostics and performance analysis.
  • Mentored the SRE team and embedded reliability thinking into the delivery lifecycle.

Datto (Kaseya)

SRE Legend Award
Aug 2020 - Feb 2023

Staff Site Reliability Engineer

Promoted twice: SRE → Senior SRE → Staff SRE

Grew into a staff-level SRE leadership role while helping mature reliability, disaster recovery, and customer onboarding across the commerce platform.

Key Impact

  • Migrated the Commerce Platform to Azure in the first month with zero downtime.
  • Worked with the CTO to define SLIs, SLOs, and error budget practices.
  • Implemented disaster recovery and CI/CD improvements, and automated customer onboarding at scale.
Featured project: SRE Strategy Implementation →

Telstra Purple

Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

Microsoft Principal Cloud Consultant

Balanced delivery leadership, account strategy, and technical advisory across enterprise cloud and API engagements.

Key Impact

  • Led implementations and technical teams while keeping delivery aligned to roadmap and scope.
  • Partnered with sales on account strategy and built trusted client relationships.
  • Developed practice collateral and advised consultants on cloud and API solutions.

LAB3 Solutions

Jan 2019 - Jul 2019

Principal Solutions Engineer

Designed Azure migration and optimisation strategies for major enterprise workloads, combining architecture, delivery artefacts, and implementation guidance.

Key Impact

  • Designed cloud migration strategies and technical documentation for Azure delivery engagements.
  • Created design specifications, templates, and reference architectures aligned to scalability, reliability, security, and performance requirements.
  • Re-architected an Azure solution for cost optimisation, migrated workloads to CSP with almost zero downtime, and supported ongoing optimisation.
Featured project: Azure Cost Optimization →

Synnex Australia

35% Business Growth
Aug 2016 - Dec 2018

Pre-Sales Technical Consultant - Microsoft Cloud

Helped partners adopt Azure through solution strategy, migration guidance, and hands-on enablement programs that directly supported business growth.

Key Impact

  • Migrated the B2B Portal to Azure and reduced hosting costs by 50%.
  • Delivered Cloud Roadshows and hands-on labs that contributed to 35% partner business growth.
  • Received recognition from Microsoft Australia for partner enablement and technical leadership.
Featured project: B2B Portal Migration →
Earlier Career

Technofocus foundations

Consulting, partner enablement, and team leadership from 2013 to 2016.

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Technofocus Solutions

Senior Consultant - Cloud and Communications

Contract Feb 2016 - Nov 2016

Provided client consulting across Microsoft cloud technologies and Skype for Business Server 2015.

Technofocus Solutions

Team Lead - Cloud and Mobility

Employee of Year x2 Apr 2013 - Feb 2016

Led a 38-person consulting and training team, delivered 300+ webinars, and supported Microsoft partner enablement programs.

Portfolio

Featured Projects

Key projects from my experience—linked from the timeline above

Datto (Kaseya) Staff Site Reliability Engineer · 2020–2023

SRE Strategy Implementation

Defined SLIs/SLOs, implemented error budgets, performed blameless post-mortems, and implemented Azure Sentinel for cloud security.

SRE Azure Sentinel Observability
National Australia Bank Principal Consultant · 2019

Cloud Uplift Program

Designed Azure foundational pieces within bank compliance. Implemented IaC deployment with policies and automation capabilities.

Azure IaC Security Compliance
Synnex Australia Pre-Sales Technical Consultant · 2016–2018

B2B Portal Migration

Architected and strategized migration to Azure with CEO. Achieved 50% cost reduction through architecture optimization.

Migration Cost Optimization Azure
LAB3 Principal Solutions Engineer · 2019

Azure Cost Optimization

Re-architected existing solution for one of Australia's biggest customers with near-zero downtime workload migration.

CSP Migration Optimization
Enterprise Cloud Consultant

SAP on Azure Deployment

Designed architecture for hosting SAP workload on Azure. Provided ongoing support and optimization with new Azure services.

SAP Azure Architecture
Credentials

Certifications

GitHub Actions Certified

GitHub

Azure AI Fundamentals

Microsoft Azure

DevOps Engineer Expert

Microsoft Azure

Security Engineer Associate

Microsoft Azure

Administrator Associate

Microsoft Azure

Azure Infrastructure Solutions

Microsoft Specialist

Architecting Azure Solutions

Microsoft Specialist
Get in Touch

Open to platform, cloud, AI, and SRE leadership roles

Full-time or selective contract roles where senior technical leadership, delivery credibility, and enterprise communication all matter. Download the CV or email to discuss role scope, team shape, and the outcomes you need.

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Location Melbourne, Australia
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