RFRiyadh FaathinCloud · AI · DeliveryLinkedIn

Experience & credentials

Built from the architecture
up.

A career across enterprise architecture, cloud consulting, product building, founder leadership, and services delivery.

2024 - present
Cloud and AI services company

Director of Services

Leads the consulting services organization: project delivery, resource planning, senior client engagement, service strategy, proposal support, delivery metrics, and team development.

2024 - present
Technology and business venture

Partner

Provides management oversight, strategic input, financial governance, and risk evaluation for company direction and business decisions.

2023 - 2024
Global cloud consultancy

Principal Software and Cloud Architect

Led engineers designing scalable cloud, DevOps, and security solutions for clients, with responsibility for technical direction and implementation quality.

2022 - 2023
Regional cloud consultancy

Lead Architect and Infrastructure - APAC

Led and nurtured experienced architects and engineers across APAC, guiding cloud-native implementations for BFSI, retail, telco, media, manufacturing, and technology startup customers.

2021 - 2022
Cloud consultancy

Senior / Lead Cloud Architect

Consulted on cloud services, application modernization, migration, CI/CD, multi-cloud and hybrid cloud, modern networking, disaster recovery, API management, cloud security, and distributed processing.

2019 - 2021
Financial-services enterprise

Enterprise Software Architect

Designed enterprise technology architecture and advised management on microservices, DevOps, API marketplace, mobile application development, progressive web apps, paperless office, cloud, data analytics, and machine learning.

2015 - 2021
Product studio and technology startup

Full Stack Engineer and Founder Track

Built software across government, retail, marketplace, IoT, and undisclosed projects while also founding a digital printing startup recognized through university funding and national technology programs.

Verified certifications

Cloud & Kubernetes
credentials.

Verified credentials across Google Cloud architecture, engineering, security, data, databases, cloud leadership, and platform-neutral Kubernetes application development.

Technology stack

Architecture is the
connecting layer.

Cloud platforms, data systems, cloud-native foundations, and delivery tooling used across architecture and modernization engagements.

  • Cloud foundations: Google Cloud, AWS, Azure, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Run
  • Cloud-native platforms: Kubernetes, Docker, Istio, Knative, Jenkins, Cloud Build
  • Data and intelligence: BigQuery, Looker, Dataflow, Kafka, Vertex AI, TensorFlow
  • Product delivery: Node.js, Python, PHP, PostgreSQL, Redis, Figma
Technology stack ecosystemAn animated systems map linking cloud, platform, data and delivery technologies.SYSTEMDELIVERYCLOUDGoogle Cloud · AWSAzure · Compute EngineCLOUD-NATIVEKubernetes · DockerIstio · KnativeDATABigQuery · LookerDataflow · KafkaPRODUCTNode.js · PythonPHP · PostgreSQL
Cloud, platform, data, and delivery are managed as one connected system.

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