I am Muhammad Naveed Zahid, a Solution Architect with 15+ years of experience across software engineering, technical leadership, cloud architecture and enterprise delivery. My focus is building scalable Microsoft and Azure solutions while keeping architecture practical, maintainable and close to implementation.
My career has progressed from hands-on software and database engineering into senior engineering, technical leadership, project management, staff engineering and solution architecture. That journey gives me a practical perspective on architecture: design decisions need to work not only on diagrams, but also in code, deployment pipelines, data platforms and production operations.
Today my work spans cloud-native .NET systems, microservices, event-driven architectures, APIs, Azure integration services, infrastructure automation, CI/CD, data engineering and engineering-team leadership.
Solution Architect · Microsoft Azure · .NET
A career built through progressively broader responsibility across applications, platforms, teams and enterprise architecture.
Built my foundation in system administration, CRM maintenance and development of internal utilities supporting contact-center operations.
Expanded into web and desktop application engineering with a strong focus on C#, ASP.NET and SQL Server-backed business systems.
Led engineering for SaaS Print MIS and Web2Print platforms, combining product development, database architecture, client requirements and cloud deployments.
Worked across service architecture and project delivery, combining hands-on engineering with planning, code review, stakeholder communication and team coordination.
Designed and delivered Azure Data Hub and integration solutions using serverless, messaging, API and data-platform services with Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD.
Own solution-level design for cloud-native enterprise platforms, bridging technical strategy with implementation across modern .NET, microservices, events, containers, data and delivery automation.
Azure Functions, Logic Apps, WebJobs, Service Bus, API Management, App Services, Bicep and cloud integration patterns.
.NET, C#, microservices, Clean Architecture, CQRS, MediatR, REST APIs and event-driven distributed systems.
SQL Server, MySQL, Cosmos DB, Azure Data Factory, ETL, indexing, partitioning, migration and performance tuning.
GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, YAML, Infrastructure as Code, Docker and Kubernetes.
Architecture alignment, mentoring, code quality, sprint planning, stakeholder communication and cross-functional delivery.
Experience across parking, healthcare and insurance analytics, print MIS/Web2Print, billing, education, logistics and operational systems.
Functions · Logic Apps · WebJobs · Service Bus · API Management · Cosmos DB · Data Factory · Azure DevOps · Bicep
.NET · C# · ASP.NET Core · MVC · Web API · Microservices · CQRS · MediatR · Clean Architecture
Kubernetes · Docker · RabbitMQ · GitHub Actions · Octopus Deploy · YAML · IaC
SQL Server · MySQL · Cosmos DB · ETL · Power BI · Database Design · Performance Tuning
Choose patterns that solve the actual problem without unnecessary complexity.
Design boundaries, contracts and data movement clearly before scaling implementation.
Architecture should support testing, deployment, observability and operational ownership.
Prefer modular designs that can change as business requirements and platforms evolve.