Ivan Belchev
Azure Platform Architect & DevOps Consultant
I specialize in cloud platform design, DevOps transformation, and automation on Microsoft Azure. With a strong background in .NET software engineering, I bridge application development and cloud infrastructure to build scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient platforms. I have extensive experience leading cloud modernization initiatives, defining platform standards, and acting as a trusted technical advisor to engineering teams and stakeholders.
DevOps Consultant · Endava
Varna, Bulgaria · May 2025 – Present
- Design and deliver enterprise Azure cloud platforms aligned with the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
- Define and standardized Infrastructure-as-Code and automation frameworks to improve reliability and deployment consistency.
- Lead cloud modernization initiatives, achieving up to 70% cost reduction through architecture optimization and automation.
- Implement secure, highly available Azure environments and CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Lead DevOps engineering teams and act as a trusted advisor on cloud strategy, DevOps practices, and operational excellence.
Enterprise Azure Platform & DevOps Transformation
Azure Container Apps · Front Door · API Management · Terraform · Azure DevOps
Migrated a multi-service AKS workload to Azure Container Apps, consolidating shared platform components and templating CI/CD to reduce cost and operational complexity.
- ~65% cost reduction through consolidation and right-sizing.
- Standardised pipelines and Terraform modules across environments.
- Safer rollouts with revision-based deployments and observability built-in.
Core technical skills
Azure Architecture
- Cloud foundation design
- Multi-tenant platform topology
- Enterprise network & identity
- Governance and compliance models
Platform automation
- Infrastructure as Code
- Enterprise CI/CD platforms
- Source-controlled workflows
- Release and rollout strategies
Cloud-native platforms
- Managed compute platforms
- Container orchestration
- API management layers
- Distributed service patterns
Observability & SRE
- Telemetry and monitoring
- Service reliability objectives
- Operational runbooks
- Resilience engineering
Identity & governance
- Centralized identity systems
- Secrets management
- Policy and compliance
- Zero-trust architecture
.NET & APIs
- Backend service design
- API integration layers
- Developer productivity
- Domain boundaries