John Brown
Senior Cloud Solution Architect, US SLED at Microsoft
Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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Top SchoolJohn Brown is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect with two decades of experience designing cloud-first, scalable solutions for education, government, and enterprise customers, now focused on U.S. SLED at Microsoft. He combines deep Azure, DevOps, and AI/ML expertise with a software craftsmanship mindset, guiding cross-functional teams from ideation through secure production deployment. A proven mentor, technical author and former Pluralsight instructor, he translates complex architectures into practical patterns and measurable outcomes. His background includes founding and growing a consulting practice and long-term technical leadership in federal finance and defense-adjacent environments, which informs his emphasis on compliance and reliability. Based in Annapolis, he pairs advanced academic credentials (MS Computer Science, Johns Hopkins) with a pragmatic, code-first approach that favors clean design and continuous learning.
10 years of coding experience
28 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate Software Engineering, Certificate Software Engineering at University of Maryland Global CampusJohns Hopkins UniversityBS Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, BS Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue University
English, French
Stackoverflow
238reputation
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Github Skills (43)
architecture9
web-application9
microsoft-azure9
fileshare9
azure-storage-explorer9
azure9
documentation8
azure-architecture8
agility8
ghost8
nodejs8
azure-storage8
sas7
microsoft7
cors7
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
softcraftsman/softcraftsman.github.io
Jun 2016 - Apr 2021
Contributions:8 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 11 months
microsoft/storage-as-a-service
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:56 reviews, 60 commits, 31 PRs in 9 months
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