Summary
Paul Johnson is a Solutions Architect and seasoned security expert with 10+ years of hands-on experience designing and automating Microsoft Azure and Microsoft 365 solutions for enterprise clients. With a CISSP and multiple Microsoft certifications, he blends infrastructure security monitoring, intrusion detection, and process automation—often implemented via PowerShell—to improve efficiency and compliance. His background in localization and machine translation at Microsoft gives him a rare cross-disciplinary edge: he designs workflows that scale across languages, tooling (Trados, LogoPort), and large distributed teams. Paul excels at turning investigative research into prototype automation, mentoring engineers, and translating complex technical issues for non-technical stakeholders. Based in Redmond, he’s driven by enabling others’ success and by continuously learning practical ways to make systems more reliable and repeatable.
10 years of coding experience
36 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at Oregon State University
French, Russian, Japanese, English, German