Summary
Solution Architect with 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and modernizing scalable enterprise systems across global and public-sector environments. Specialized in microservices architecture, API-first design, enterprise integrations, DevOps automation, and Kubernetes-based cloud-native deployments.
Experienced in translating business requirements into resilient technical solutions, ensuring high availability, security compliance, and operational excellence across multi-environment production systems.
Technical Skills & Architecture Expertise
- Enterprise Architecture: Target-State Architecture Design, Current-State Assessment, Gap Analysis, Architecture Governance aligned with TOGAF ADM, Microservices Architecture, API-First Design, Event-Driven Systems (Kafka), High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Legacy Modernization, Cloud Migration
- Cloud & DevOps: Kubernetes (Production Workloads), Docker, CI/CD (Azure DevOps, Jenkins), Infrastructure as Code, Monitoring & Observability
- Backend Development: Java (Spring Boot), C# (.NET Core / ASP.NET Core), RESTful APIs, Secure Authentication (LDAP, SSO), Performance Optimization
- Databases & Search: MSSQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Elasticsearch
- Mobile & Edge Systems: Android (Java, Kotlin), Secure API Integration, Real-time Data Synchronization
- Additional: System Integration, Payment Gateway Integration, Multi-Environment Deployment, Technical Leadership
Experience
Providing architecture consulting and technical implementation support for international clients.
- Designed microservices-based backend architectures for international clients
- Implemented containerized CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments
- Conducted architectural reviews and performance optimization initiatives
Directed municipal digital transformation with DevOps, applications, and KPI-driven governance.
- Implemented CI/CD, IaC and Kubernetes microservices via Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by 40% and improving release reliability to 99%+.
- Delivered .NET Core APIs with MSSQL/LDAP integrations adopted by 10+ internal systems, improving authentication and workflow automation.
- Developed 15+ Power BI KPI dashboards, reducing manual reporting effort by 60% and enabling real-time operational insights.
- Managed 5+ vendor contracts and service agreements, reducing external delivery delays by 25%.
Led development of large-scale SaaS and digital platforms including WeFocus, Petal Maps, and e.huawei.com, serving tens of millions of users globally, improving platform scalability and performance.
- Led 4 cross-functional engineering teams (backend, frontend, DevOps, QA) delivering large-scale SaaS and digital platforms across multiple regions.
- Owned end-to-end solution architecture for multilingual distributed systems with focus on scalability, resilience, and performance optimization.
- Designed and evolved microservices-based architecture using API-first principles and event-driven patterns (Kafka).
- Led enterprise API strategy including versioning, gateway management, authentication, and high-throughput optimization.
- Architected high-availability multi-region deployments, improving web and mobile uptime from 97% to 99.7%.
- Drove DevOps transformation across 4 product teams, increasing deployment frequency by 3x and reducing production incidents by 30%.
- Applied application security best practices including secure authentication, RBAC, and production hardening.
- Enhanced digital customer experience through architectural modernization and system reliability improvements.
- Stack: Huawei Cloud, Spring Boot, Kafka, Kubernetes, Elasticsearch, Jenkins.
Led DevOps operations for applications serving 2M+ customers, reducing delivery cycle time by 20%.
- Led enterprise chatbot and RPA-based automation project in banking domain, coordinating client stakeholders and internal engineering teams.
- Designed chatbot-to-RPA workflow integrations enabling secure automation across internal banking systems.
- Transitioned to centralized DevOps team supporting all enterprise applications.
- Built and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and provided L3 application support across multiple projects.
- Diagnosed and resolved build failures, dependency issues, and pipeline misconfigurations in collaboration with development teams.
- Managed large-scale artifact repositories (Artifactory with 9M+ objects) and ensured build stability and version integrity.
- Supported dynamic RedHat-based VM provisioning environments optimized for build workloads.
- Stack: Jenkins, Artifactory, RedHat, Java, Jira, RPA (UI Path), CI/CD.
Led 40+ engineers on high-traffic e-commerce, mobile, and CMS platforms processing 10M+ monthly visits.
- Migrated enterprise platforms to Azure DevOps and implemented 40+ CI/CD pipelines across multi-environment deployments.
- Architected high-traffic e-commerce platforms handling 10M+ monthly visits with scalable and resilient backend design.
- Designed secure payment gateway integrations and marketplace connectivity solutions for large-scale commerce systems.
- Implemented API-driven integrations with ERP, CRM, and third-party enterprise services.
- Delivered scalable digital B2B and B2C commerce architectures with performance-focused system design.
- Improved application performance and checkout reliability under peak traffic conditions.
- Stack: Azure DevOps, Kentico, MSSQL, Java, ASP.NET MVC, CMS.
Developed Android apps for enterprise clients; event-based and gamified experiences.
- Shipped 10+ native apps with Java/Kotlin, integrating APIs and analytics.
- Collaborated on design, development, and releases for production.
Built full automation for textile manufacturing plus Android terminal and server.
- Designed Android + backend for real-time tracking and digitization for 500+ device across production lines.
- Contributed to CepCard, a secure mobile payment/wallet system.
Education
Isik University — Associate of Arts and Sciences (A.A.S.), Management Information Systems (2008-2013)
Languages
- English — Upper Intermediate
- German — Basic
- Turkish — Native
Certificates
- Atlassian Agile Project Management Professional Certificate — Atlassian, 2024
- AI for Managers — Microsoft & LinkedIn, 2024
- Become an AI-Powered Manager — LinkedIn, 2024
- Scrum: The Basics — LinkedIn, 2024
- Kentico Certified Developer (Kentico 12) — Kentico, 2019
Awards
Huawei Sparkling Star Award — Dec 2023
Projects
- WeFocus SaaS — Enterprise engagement platform used by 20K+ employees; architected with Java microservices, Kubernetes and VueJS.
- KoçAilem Loyalty — 200K+ users; C#, Kentico, SSO, DevOps pipelines.
- Fenerium / Avis / Budget — High-traffic e-commerce platforms with payment integrations and personalized recommendation systems.
- More projects: kadirergun.com/projects.html