Troy Ault
Principal Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTroy Ault is a Principal Cloud Solution Architect with a decade of experience designing enterprise cloud architectures, data platforms, and platform engineering across finance and large enterprise customers. He combines hands-on infrastructure-as-code expertise—contributing to high-profile projects like Azure Landing Zones Bicep modules—with deep SQL Server automation work in the widely used dsccommunity/SqlServerDsc repository. Troy has led cloud and data strategy at Microsoft, Bank of America, Teradata and others, delivering measurable cost and efficiency gains while negotiating key product integrations such as an Azure Data Factory native connector. He’s known for turning complex migration and resiliency challenges into repeatable, automated platforms that cut deployment time and human effort dramatically. Based in Columbus, Ohio, he pairs an MBA in IT management with a computer science background to bridge technical delivery and business outcomes. A practical collaborator and technical liaison, he often serves as the escalation point between engineering teams, vendors, and executive stakeholders.
10 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA IT Management, Master of Business Administration - MBA IT Management at Western Governors UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at The Ohio State University
Github Skills (17)
bicep10
microsoft-azure10
dsc10
networking10
sql-server10
automation10
powershell10
azure10
automations10
devops9
windows-server8
terraform4
terraformer4
kubernetes-pods3
docker3
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
Azure/ALZ-Bicep
Sep 2021 - Jan 2022
This repository contains the Azure Landing Zones (ALZ) Bicep modules that help deliver and deploy the Azure Landing Zone conceptual architecture in a modular approach. https://aka.ms/alz/docs
Role in this project:
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure Engineer
Cloud Engineer / Infrastructure EngineerContributions:10 commits in 4 months
Contributions summary:Troy's primary contribution involves developing and modifying Bicep modules for Azure Landing Zones (ALZ), focusing on hub network components, spoke networking, and supporting reusable modules. They implemented features like DNS proxy, DDOS protection, and Azure Firewall configurations within the hub network module. They also made changes to supporting modules like virtual network peering. The user's work is focused on infrastructure-as-code practices, specifically leveraging Bicep for deploying and managing Azure networking resources.
zoneazure-landing-zonesalzapproachlanding-zone
dsccommunity/SqlServerDsc
Dec 2015 - Aug 2016
This module contains DSC resources for deployment and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server.
Role in this project:Back-end & DevOps Engineer
Back-end & DevOps EngineerContributions:39 commits, 20 PRs, 75 comments in 7 months
Contributions summary:Troy made significant contributions to the `dsccommunity/sqlserverdsc` repository, which involves the deployment and configuration of Microsoft SQL Server. Their work included adding new modules, updating existing ones (xSQLServerSetup and xSQLServerFailoverClusterSetup), and introducing new resources (xSQLServerLogin, xSQLServerDatabaseRole, etc.). These additions indicate a focus on expanding the functionality and capabilities of the DSC resources for managing SQL Server environments, as well as incorporating support for newer versions.
sql-servermdtmicrosoft-sql-serverdeploymentdsc
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