Sam Cogan
Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
Greater Norwich Area, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolSam Cogan is a Senior Cloud Solution Architect with 10+ years designing and delivering high-performance, secure Azure platforms for enterprise SaaS and AI workloads. Currently at Microsoft after leading platform engineering and architecture at WTW, he specializes in containerization, automation, deployment orchestration and standards that enable low-latency, high-volume applications. He combines hands-on technical delivery—from proofs of concept to production rollouts—with strategic governance to drive resilient, compliant cloud estates. Based in the Greater Norwich area, he pairs a first-class Software Engineering degree with a track record of building shared infrastructure and orchestration systems that reduced operational friction across large organisations. Notably, his career progressed from hands-on support and systems administration to shaping enterprise cloud strategy, giving him rare empathy for both operators and architects.
10 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
BSc (hons), Software Engineering, 1st Class Honours, BSc (hons), Software Engineering, 1st Class Honours at Sheffield Hallam UniversityA Levels, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, A Levels, Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science at Carre's Grammar School
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Github Skills (190)
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Programming languages (20)
Github contributions (5)
sam-cogan/Demos
May 2017 - Jun 2020
Contributions:62 commits, 49 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 1 month
sam-cogan/azure-docs
Jan 2018 - Oct 2022
Contributions:3 PRs, 14 pushes in 4 years 10 months
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