Svilen Nikolov
Principal Solutions Architect at McDonald's
London, England, United Kingdom
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SeniorSvilen Nikolov is a Principal Solutions Architect based in London with nine years of formal experience and a two-decade career trajectory rooted in Windows infrastructure, virtualization, containers and cloud technologies for QSR and retail. He has progressed through technical and leadership roles at McDonald’s since 2010, evolving from Technical Architect to Restaurant Foundation Lead and now owning principal-level architecture decisions across the estate. Svilen blends hands-on infrastructure design with operations-aware solutions, focusing on reliable, scalable platforms that support high-volume retail operations. His background includes public-sector and retail IT foundations, giving him a pragmatic approach to governance and resilience in production. Known for translating complex infrastructure needs into auditable, repeatable patterns, he brings both depth in Microsoft-centric stacks and a practical eye for containerisation and cloud migration. Colleagues rely on him for measurable improvements in availability and deployment consistency across large, geographically distributed environments.
9 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
English, BulgarianGithub contributions (5)
ldocky/ha-bridge
Dec 2018 - Nov 2020
Contributions:31 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years
ldocky/domoticz
Apr 2017 - Aug 2020
Contributions:34 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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