Available for senior roles & remote contracts

Zahid
Khan

Senior .NET Engineer & Azure DevOps Specialist

30 Years delivering
3 Continents
3.5k+ Employee org
AU Melbourne based
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.NET Core 8
Azure
Azure DevOps
CI/CD Pipelines
Microservices
C#
React
SQL Server
PostgreSQL
Azure Service Bus
Docker
REST APIs
Cloud Migration
Solution Architecture
Microsoft Graph API
Azure Functions
AKS / Kubernetes
App Insights
Entra ID

What I build

01 Azure & Cloud

Azure Architecture & Cloud Migration

Designing and migrating enterprise systems to Azure. Infrastructure, identity, networking, storage — end to end ownership from architecture through to production cutover.

Azure Infrastructure Cloud Migration Azure SQL Service Bus App Service
02 DevOps

DevOps & CI/CD Transformation

Building pipelines from scratch in Azure DevOps. Multi-repo branching strategies, automated testing gates, environment promotion from dev through UAT to master.

Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines Git Branching Release Management
03 .NET

.NET Modernisation

Uplift of legacy .NET Framework applications to .NET 6/7/8. Architectural redesign, dependency injection, clean architecture patterns — preserving business logic through transformation.

.NET Core 8 C# Legacy Uplift Clean Architecture
04 Microservices

Microservices & System Design

Designing distributed systems across multiple bounded contexts. API gateways, service buses for async messaging, event-driven architecture with reliability and observability built in.

Microservices Azure Service Bus API Gateway Event-Driven
05 Full Stack

Full Stack Delivery

React front-ends through to data layers. Partner-facing portals, internal tools, API integrations with third-party systems. End-to-end ownership of user-facing products.

React REST APIs SQL Server PostgreSQL HTML/CSS
06 Leadership

Technical Leadership

Autonomous ownership of mission-critical projects. Stakeholder engagement, requirements scoping, weekly SLT reporting. Driving delivery without needing to be managed.

Architecture Stakeholder Mgmt Agile SDLC

30 years of delivery

2014 — Present Melbourne, Australia
Camp Australia
Senior Software Engineer & Solution Architect

Senior engineer and solution architect at Australia's leading before & after school care provider — 3,500+ employees, hundreds of sites nationally. Autonomous ownership of multiple enterprise systems from architecture through production. Delivered Azure cloud migration, microservices redesign, CI/CD pipeline build, and an in-house multi-channel communications platform.

Azure Azure DevOps .NET 6/7/8 React Microservices SQL Server PostgreSQL Service Bus
2007 — 2012 Dubai, UAE
Depa Ltd
Lead, Web & .NET Development

Lead developer and team manager for a multinational construction and interior fit-out firm operating across the UAE and GCC. Managed a team of developers across enterprise .NET projects, dealing directly with customers and business sponsors.

.NET C# SQL Server Team Leadership
2004 — 2007 Seattle, WA — USA
Ivey Imaging
Senior Software Engineer

Multi-tiered Digital Asset Management, online signage customisation and ecommerce applications for a US-based imaging company. Full ownership from UI through to database layer.

ASP.NET SQL Server Oracle JavaScript
2001 — 2004 Chicago, IL — USA
TPG
Programmer Analyst

Application architecture in early .NET framework (1.1, 2.0, 3.0). Led a team of developers building n-tier applications in close collaboration with business users.

ASP.NET SQL Server T-SQL Team Lead

Enterprise systems

Platform · Camp Australia

Partner Portal & Gateway API

React-based partner-facing portal backed by a .NET Core API gateway. Enables external partner organisations to manage their engagement with Camp Australia. Multi-repo architecture across PartnerPortalUI and PartnerPortalGatewayApi in Azure DevOps.

React .NET Core Azure API Gateway Azure DevOps PostgreSQL
Infrastructure · Camp Australia

Azure Cloud Migration & CI/CD

Led migration from on-premises infrastructure to Azure. Built and owned CI/CD pipelines across multiple repositories with dev/UAT/master branching strategies. Delivered modernisation of legacy .NET Framework apps to .NET 6–8.

Azure Azure DevOps CI/CD .NET 8 Docker
Integration · Camp Australia — Current

SharePoint to Azure Blob Storage Sync

Designing and building a sync service that mirrors SharePoint document libraries to Azure Blob Storage using Microsoft Graph API and Azure Functions. Handles authentication via Entra ID app registration, delta sync for change detection, and event-driven processing — replacing a legacy file-share approach with a fully cloud-native integration pipeline.

Microsoft Graph API Azure Functions Azure Blob Storage SharePoint Online Entra ID .NET 8

Open to the right opportunity

Based in Melbourne. Open to senior permanent roles in Australia and remote contract or consulting engagements in the US and UK. 30 years of Microsoft stack delivery. No fluff — just systems that work.

Currently available

I take on a small number of engagements each year. Open to senior permanent roles across Australia and remote contract or consulting work in the US and UK. If you're working on something interesting, let's talk.

AU Permanent Open to offers
AU Contract Open to offers
UK Remote Open to offers
US Remote Open to offers