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FOO CE SHENG NICHOLAS

Azure Cloud Engineer

Summary

Meticulous cloud engineer proffering extensive cloud monitoring, deployment and troubleshooting skills. Defined, built and maintained infrastructure using vendor-neutral and platform-specific tools. Enjoys collaborating with different teams to discover and implement technical solutions.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Azure Cloud Engineer

Standard Chartered PLC
04.2022 - Current
  • Provided technical expertise to develop and build our centralized monitoring infrastructure, bolstering our security team's observability platform.
  • Engaged with our extended teams to build and design our resilient and secure DNS and vWAN network architecture.
  • Identified infrastructure inefficiencies as part of our continuous improvement efforts, optimizing operations and reducing costs.
  • Contributed to the strategic redesign and migration of our CI/CD pipelines to Azure DevOps.
  • Significant Achievement: Effectively developed and deployed a resilient, secure platform utilizing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, aligning with Azure's Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) to ensure a robust, scalable infrastructure.

OPERATIONS MANAGER

Hattan International Pte Ltd/ Liquor Avenue Pte Ltd
04.2019 - 06.2021
  • Headed the end-to-end operations of a bonded warehouse; in charge of handling all necessary customs-related documents for export and import of dutiable goods and ground level operations to ensure workflow is in accordance with strict SOP
  • Devised processes to boost long-term business success and increase profit levels.
  • Spearheaded the launch of our company’s first e-commerce platform to boost the turnover for the company
  • Significant Achievement: Achieved a 5-figure monthly revenue within a few months from the inception of our online platforms and was awarded with the Lazada Level 7 (one of the best sellers) in Dec 2020

ESTATE MANAGER

Newman & Goh Property Consultants, Singapore
03.2017 - 03.2019
  • Directed common property operations, including procurement, inventory management, staff assignments, and customer service.
  • Drove improvement efforts to raise estate value and reduce maintenance cost.
  • Maintained operational facilities attractive to potential tenants by organizing regular maintenance, major repairs, and capital improvement projects.
  • Significant Achievement: Launched online booking application for estate to reduce paperwork and increase accessibility to facilities booking.

SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEER

Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services, Singapore
12.2015 - 07.2016
  • Delivered innovative air freight logistics solutions to balance client expectations, shipping costs and product quality by actively identifying global suppliers, and coordinating with local service providers to handle equipment defects
  • Managed logistics database to tabulate time, cost and billing data for all transactions; made effective use of VBA to automate tasks such as billing calculations and data inputs from third-party software to reduce inaccuracies
  • Significant Achievement: Drastically reduced audit processing time for logistics database by nearly 50% through elimination of erroneous inputs, highlighting outliers for review and verifying cost calculations through use of Excel VBA.

SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore
07.2011 - 12.2015
  • Led operations & maintenance for air-based navigation systems including highly sensitive precision output radars owned by RSAF Navigational Aids and Republic of Singapore Navy; primarily responsible for enforcing maintenance cadence, supervising logistics and ensuring safety standards were met
  • Managed contracts with external vendors and ensured that maintenance schedule for critical systems was strictly adhered to; scheduled maintenance works to avoid hindering flight operations, oversaw logistics procurement for maintenance works and drafted maintenance reports
  • Key member of internal audit team to standardize operations and equipment with latest regulations and industry requirements as outlined by government bodies
  • Significant Achievement: Successfully developed a MATLAB program to simulate our radar performance and showcase different scenarios during component malfunction.

Education

Bachelor of Science (Hons) - Electrical Engineering (Communication & Controls Specialization)

National University of Singapore
  • Dean's List, AY 09/10 Semester 2
  • Degree Awarded with 2nd Upper
  • Methode Electronics Gold Medal
  • IEEE Power Engineering Chapter Book Prize

International Summer Program in Logistics & Supply Chain Management -

Kühne Logistics University

Master of Science - Industrial and Systems Engineering (Operations & Research Specialization)

National University of Singapore

Certificate in Google Cloud Technology -

Skills Ignition SGAgilitics
04.2001 -

Skills

    Azure

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Personal Information

Nationality: Singaporean

Language spoken: English, Mandarin, Basic Bahasa Indonesian

Timeline

Azure Cloud Engineer - Standard Chartered PLC
04.2022 - Current
OPERATIONS MANAGER - Hattan International Pte Ltd/ Liquor Avenue Pte Ltd
04.2019 - 06.2021
ESTATE MANAGER - Newman & Goh Property Consultants, Singapore
03.2017 - 03.2019
SUPPLY CHAIN ENGINEER - Lufthansa Technik Logistik Services, Singapore
12.2015 - 07.2016
SYSTEMS ENGINEER - Defence Science & Technology Agency (DSTA), Singapore
07.2011 - 12.2015
Skills Ignition SGAgilitics - Certificate in Google Cloud Technology,
04.2001 -
National University of Singapore - Bachelor of Science (Hons), Electrical Engineering (Communication & Controls Specialization)
Kühne Logistics University - International Summer Program in Logistics & Supply Chain Management,
National University of Singapore - Master of Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering (Operations & Research Specialization)
FOO CE SHENG NICHOLASAzure Cloud Engineer