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Summary

Engineering leader with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure × GitHub Enterprise, driving the entire life-cycle of enterprise-grade DevOps / DevSecOps platforms—from vision and design to successful, sustainable operations.

  • Progressed Backend Developer → Development Lead / Architect → Solution Architect → Delivery Lead, specializing in cloud-native DevOps platform solutions.
  • Formulated modernization strategies for Azure PaaS × DevOps platforms (GitHub / Azure DevOps) across multiple industries, delivering seamless support from PoC to standardization and scalable operations.
  • Recently focused on AI-assisted SDLC & DevOps, designing assets such as GitHub Copilot metrics dashboards and continuous monitoring for GitHub Audit Logs to strengthen observability in the generative-AI era.
  • As a DevOps Engineering Manager, regularly runs in-house workshops on DevOps best practices and container technologies (Azure Container Apps, AKS), fostering DevOps engineers’ growth. Outside the company, actively contributes to the community through conference talks, book writing, and technical blogging to advance DevOps adoption and share practical knowledge.

Key Skill Set

  • Microsoft Azure
    • Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
    • Azure Container Apps / Azure Container Registry
    • Azure Functions / Durable Functions
    • Azure App Service / Static Web Apps
    • Azure Monitor / Application Insights / Log Analytics
    • Azure Key Vault / Microsoft Entra ID
    • Azure Logic Apps / Data Factory
  • DevOps Platforms
    • GitHub Enterprise Cloud / GitHub Copilot / GitHub Advanced Security
    • Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards)
  • Practices / Languages
    • DevOps / DevSecOps governance & rollout, IaC (Bicep / Terraform)
    • C# / .NET Core-8, VB.NET, Java, T-SQL, Bicep
    • Agile / Scrum, CI/CD, SRE, Observability

Work Experience

Avanade Japan Co., Ltd. — Feb 2018 – Present

Manager, DevOps Engineering — May 2024 – Present

Roles: DevOps Engineer | Delivery Lead | Solution Architect

  • GitHub Enterprise Cloud Operations Guidelines (Manufacturing, 2024)
    • Standardized billing, audit, and security policies; achieved consensus across all stakeholders via workshops.
  • “AuditWatch” with Azure Monitor × Container Apps
    • Built a continuous monitoring & feedback platform for GitHub Enterprise audit logs using Azure Monitor and Azure Container Apps.
  • “Copilot Insight” with GitHub Actions × Static Web Apps
    • Collected Copilot usage metrics through the GitHub API and visualized them with Blazor WebAssembly; published to the internal solution catalog.

Core Tech Stack: Azure Monitor, Azure Container Apps, Azure Data Explorer, GitHub API, Static Web Apps, .NET 8, Bicep

Senior Consultant, DevOps Engineering — Dec 2021 – May 2024

Roles: Team Unit Lead | Solution Architect

  • Enterprise Development Standard Platform (2024)
    • Led a 10-person Scrum centered on Azure DevOps & Dynamics 365 Project Operations.
    • Built trust with the PO & stakeholders, gaining continued assignments by name and generating follow-on opportunities.
    • Headed the DevOps Engineer unit; integrated Redmine / JIRA with D365 PO via Azure Functions for unified task management.
  • Telecom Web Platform with Sitecore × Salesforce (2023)
    • Backend engineering lead for API development & progress management.
    • Designed GitFlow-derived branching strategy, automated PR builds & merge approvals with Azure Pipelines.
    • Introduced Azure Boards and agile practices, boosting team velocity and smoothing collaboration with a 20-member offshore team.
  • Manufacturing Production-Control System Renewal (2022)
    • Switched from AKS to Azure Container Apps, reducing cost & operational overhead.

Core Tech Stack: Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, D365 Project Operations, Sitecore, Salesforce API, Azure Container Apps, Key Vault, Application Insights, Bicep

Consultant — Feb 2018 – Nov 2021

Cloud-Native Exploration Phase – Laid DevOps foundations leveraging Azure

  • COVID-19 Statistics Platform (Public Sector, 2020)
    • Built a data-ingestion pipeline with Azure Durable Functions & Cosmos DB, cutting running costs vs. legacy ETL.
  • Manufacturing IoT PoC (2019)
    • Implemented Edge ↔ Azure integration with .NET Core, enabling real-time visualization of factory IoT data and influencing cloud adoption decisions.
  • Global Electronics CMS Migration & Performance Testing (2018-2019)
    • Automated load scenarios with JMeter and led bottleneck analysis using Azure App Service + Application Insights.

Systems Planning Co., Ltd. — Apr 2006 – Jan 2018

Architect Focused on On-Premises (Jan 2015 – Jan 2018)

Database / Application Engineer (Team Sub-Lead → Lead)
  • Proposed on-premises to Azure migrations; SQL Server / PostgreSQL DBA; led CakePHP development.
  • Led physical DB design for manufacturing (200+ tables).

Early Career Phase (2006 – 2014)

VB.NET / PL SQL / VBA — Web & LOB App Development (Member → Sub-Lead)
  • Disaster Monitoring System (Gov’t, 2012-2013)
    • Built real-time monitoring web app with VB.NET + SQL Server; 3× throughput via parallel-processing tuning.
    • Sub-lead for an 8-person team covering requirements through deployment across multiple regions in Japan.
  • Inventory Management System Renewal (Food Factory, 2009-2010)
    • Responsible for ~400 screens using PL/SQL + VB.NET.
    • Designed inbound allocation features and implemented bulk data-migration logic (5 million rows).
  • Sales Management Web Modernization (Department Store, 2008)
    • Improved UX using Spread components, reducing report creation time.

Certifications

  • GitHub Certified: GitHub Copilot
  • GitHub Certified: GitHub Advanced Security
  • GitHub Certified: GitHub Actions
  • GitHub Certified: GitHub Administration
  • GitHub Certified: GitHub Foundations
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
  • MCSD: App Builder
  • MCSA: Web Application
  • METI (Japan) — Systems Architect (SA)
  • METI (Japan) — Applied Information Technologist (AP)
  • METI (Japan) — Fundamental Information Technologist (FE)

Education

  • Bachelor of Human Studies, Department of Buddhist Studies, Taisho University (Mar 2006)

Community & External Activities (Highlights)

Presentations

Date Event Title Slides
2025-04-15 DevOpsDays Tokyo 2025 Empowering Enterprise Security and Building a Data Analytics Platform Using GitHub Audit Logs Link
2025-03-25 JPM365DEV Behind the SharePoint Connector for Logic Apps / Power Automate: Direct Operations via the Graph API Link
2025-02-25 GitHub Dockyard Enhancing Enterprise Security with GitHub Audit Logs and Cloud Analytics Link
2024-12-14 TFSUG Practical CI/CD and Database Deployment with Azure Pipelines Link
2024-11-30 Visual Studio Users Community Japan Azure DevOps REST API Best Practices for Security — Benefits of Workload Identity Federation Link
2024-07-16 Japan Azure Users Group Implementing a CI/CD Baseline Architecture with Azure Pipelines Link
2024-01-27 TFSUG Practical Multi-Tenant Deployments Between Azure DevOps and Azure Using Service Connections Link

Writing

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