Anthony Watherston
Lead Cloud Solution Architect - Cloud And AI Platforms
Greater Melbourne Area Australia
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Top SchoolAnthony Watherston is a seasoned cloud and infrastructure architect with 11+ years delivering large-scale Microsoft enterprise solutions across engineering and customer-facing roles, now leading Cloud and AI Platforms at Microsoft in Greater Melbourne. He blends deep System Center, identity and Azure infrastructure expertise—backed by multiple Microsoft certifications and an Azure Infrastructure Solutions credential—with hands-on automation work (notably contributing PowerShell-based Policy-as-Code tooling for enterprise Azure governance). Known for migrating and modernizing complex estates (SCOM, SCCM, FIM) at global scale, he pairs technical rigor with service-oriented delivery and ITIL discipline. Anthony’s practical knack for reengineering legacy automation under pressure and aligning CAF policy syncs to evolving platforms highlights a pragmatic approach to marrying governance, DevOps and cloud-native operations.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Advanced Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering, Advanced Diploma of Computer Systems Engineering, Computer Systems Engineering at Chisholm Institue of TafeCentenary Heights State High School
English
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (12)
azure-devops-server10
powershell10
infrastructure-as-code10
azure10
microsoft-azure10
devops10
azure-devops10
azure-policy10
cloud-infrastructure9
json9
automation6
azure-virtual-machine6
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/enterprise-azure-policy-as-code
Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Enterprise-ready Azure Policy-as-Code (PaC) solution (includes Az DevOps pipeline)
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure EngineerContributions:99 releases, 55 reviews, 21 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Anthony primarily contributed to automating and managing Azure Policy-as-Code (PaC) solutions. Their work included the development and modification of PowerShell scripts for syncing Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) policies, initiatives, and assignments. They also updated scripts for deployment and added features for exporting policy definitions and assignments. Furthermore, the user adjusted CAF sync scripts and parameters to align with new versions.
policypipelinepacdevopspolicy-as-code
anwather/azure-docs
Dec 2016 - Apr 2024
Contributions:13 pushes in 7 years 5 months
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