I'm Talha Khalid

I'm a Helsinki based Google and Azure Cloud Architect, currently working at Nordcloud - an IBM Company helping customers navigate their complex cloud environment.

In my free time, you can catch me jogging in Finnish Nature, socializing with Friends, or hiking in the Mountains.

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About me

I am a highly accomplished and certified IT professional with an extensive background in Automation and Cloud computing. I hold a Master's degree in Automation and Electrical Engineering, and am professionally certified by Google and Microsoft in Cloud Technology.

Location:Helsinki, FI
Interests:Hiking, Jogging, Socializing
Study:Aalto University
Employment:Nordcloud - an IBM Company.

Work

Senior Cloud Architect + Team Lead

Nordcloud - an IBM Company•December 2021 - Present

Managing a team of 10 Cloud professionals. Acting as the senior technical advisor and architect for enterprise clients, including a major Finnish oil & gas corporation and a pharmaceutical company.

Teaching Assistant

Aalto University•October 2021 - December 2021

Guided students through software engineering concepts and technical problem solving.

Mechanical Design Engineer

MigraineBan Oy•July 2021 - October 2021

Designed and delivered 4 working technical prototypes for a medical device project. Demonstrated strong systems design and rapid troubleshooting skills.

Education

M.Sc. Automation Engineering

Aalto University, Finland•2020 - 2025

Major: Control, Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Thesis: Compliance assessment of Google Cloud Kubernetes clusters using Kubernetes Compliance Evaluation Matrix

B.Eng. Automation Engineering

Häme University of Applied Sciences, Finland•2014 - 2019

B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering

VIA Univeristy College, Denmark•2017 - 2018

This was a double degree program organized by Häme University

Skills

Certifications9 items

Google Cloud - Professional Cloud ArchitectGoogle Cloud - Cloud Digital LeaderGoogle Cloud - Generative AI LeaderMicrosoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamental (AZ-900)Microsoft Certified Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)AWS Cloud PractitionerAWS - Migration Ambassador FoundationTerraform Associate 002

Spoken languages4 items

English

Native

Urdu

Native

Finnish

Intermediate

German

Basic

Tech Skills5 items

GCP (GKE, SCC), Azure (AKS, Azure Defender)Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Cloud Build, Azure DevOpsPowerShell, PythonIdentity & Access Management, Audit logging, Azure Policy, Cost control, Resource hygieneComfortable driving stakeholder discussions, mentoring engineers, preparing technical documentations

Some snippets from my Life

Finland Azure User Group talk

Speaking at Finland Azure User Group about Azure Infra Vending Machines

FAUG talk

Hiking

Norway

Trolltunga, Norway

Amalfi Coast, Italy

Google Cloud Next 2026 Las Vegas

KubeCon 2024 Paris

Awards

Public Speaking

FAUG

Speaker at Finland Azure User Group. Presented technical cloud concepts and automation strategies to a broad audience of cloud professionals.

Recognition award

Nordcloud - an IBM Company

Acknowledged by leadership for contributing automation pipelines that significantly improved internal delivery workflows.

Performance award

Nordcloud - an IBM Company

Received for consistently exceeding expectations and delivering high impact results in a client-facing role.

Very professional and quick response time in handling the setup and configuration of Google Cloud DNS API. The process was thoroughly documented and went over and beyond by offering security best practices.

-- Customer

Shining star of our team. Absolute fantastic contributor to all of the streams

-- Manager

Really good at scripting. Helped us reduced our cloud costs by 30,000 eur/month

-- Customer

Excellent work delivered in configuring Azure Defender for Cloud, and creating interactive dashboards

-- Customer

Very knowledgeable in Kubernetes related issues. Helped us configure auto scaling GKE Clusters with separate node pools

-- Customer

Get in touch

You can reach out to me via the following email

Email: talhak.ytk@gmail.com
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Github: taaalha