Tariq Y.

Tariq Younas is a seasoned technology specialist with over 14 years of comprehensive experience in Microsoft technologies such as Azure, DevOps, Automation, SharePoint, Office 365, and cloud infrastructure.

Tariq has been recognized with the Microsoft MVP Award for Azure and boasts a diverse professional background having worked in various countries like USA, UK, Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, UAE, Qatar, Oman, and Saudi Arabia.

His expertise spans across automation of service provisioning, SharePoint/O365 portals implementation and support, infrastructure support and monitoring, automation of middleware configuration, and proficiency in DevOps platform tooling.

Additionally, Tariq is well-versed in cloud-agnostic tools, infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform and Packer, and various middleware services within the Azure ecosystem.

He holds a range of professional certifications including Azure Public Cloud, Azure Stack, Office 365, AWS Associate Architect, ITIL Service Management, TOGAF Enterprise Architecture, and MCTS in SharePoint portal implementation.

Tariq's professional journey includes roles such as Cloud Platform Architect and DevOps Engineer at Auckland Transport, Senior SharePoint Technology Consultant at KAUST, SharePoint Architect at Afkar Information Technology Ltd., and SharePoint Consultant at SABIC.

His experience extends to working on digital transformation projects, application modernization, DevOps implementation, cloud migration, and establishing robust integration layers for diverse delivery channels.

Tariq's educational background includes studying Computer Science at the University of Management and Technology (UMT), and he is well-versed in emerging technologies like AI, Blockchain, IoT, and practices Agile methodologies in his work.