Enterprise Architect · Multi-Cloud Systems · MBA Candidate

Enterprise Systems Don't Fail in Development.
They Fail in Reality.

I design platforms that survive scale, integration sprawl, compliance pressure, and organizational politics.

15 years of progressive technical leadership, from building resilient backend systems to governing multi-cloud enterprise architectures. I design for the reality of scale because I’ve spent a career fixing what happens when systems fail.

Architecture is not diagrams. It's decisions.

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Sarfarajey Akram

Perspective

What I Believe

Most enterprise technology problems are not technical.

They are incentive problems, governance problems, integration problems, and time-horizon problems.

Technology simply exposes them.

Enterprise architecture is the discipline of designing systems, technical and organizational, that can endure growth, regulation, cross-cloud complexity, leadership turnover, and AI disruption.

If your system only works under perfect conditions, it is not production-ready.

Incentives

Teams optimize for what they're measured on. Architecture must account for this.

Governance

Control without autonomy creates bottlenecks. Architecture must balance both.

Integration

Every connection is a future maintenance burden. Design with intention.

Time Horizon

What solves today's problem often creates tomorrow's constraint.

Expertise

Where I Operate

Platform Architecture

Designing multi-cloud ecosystems that reduce long-term fragility.

  • Guardrails over gates
  • Replaceability over lock-in
  • Measured integration surface area
  • Identity-first security models
  • Observable production systems

Architecture should lower future cognitive load, not increase it.

AI in Production

Most AI initiatives stall at proof-of-concept. I focus on operational AI:

  • Governed LLM usage
  • Secure integration patterns
  • Data quality and lineage
  • Risk-aware automation
  • Clear ROI measurement

AI is not a feature. It is an operating model shift.

Organizational Architecture

Systems fail when incentives misalign.

  • Engineering
  • Product
  • Security
  • Compliance
  • Executive leadership

Cross-functional friction is where architecture is tested.

Principles

Architectural Principles

Start with Constraints, Not Features

Reality defines the system.

Design for Replaceability

Everything should be swappable.

Minimize Integration Surface Area

Every integration is a long-term liability.

Governance Is a Design Problem

Control must be built into architecture.

Optimize for the 5-Year Horizon

Short-term velocity should not create fragility.

Career

Selected Impact

2024 – Present

Enterprise Architect

Designed multi-cloud governance guardrails adopted across distributed teams, reducing integration drift and improving delivery predictability.

2018 – 2024

Executive Architect

Standardized cross-cloud integration patterns and reusable frameworks to reduce redundancy and increase operational clarity.

2013 – 2017

Senior Consultant

Delivered secure API and identity architectures for large-scale enterprise environments.

2010 – 2013

Software Engineer

Built maintainable backend systems with production resilience in mind.

Certifications

Credentials

Certifications validate exposure. Execution validates competence.

Architecture

  • Certified System Architect
  • Certified Application Architect
  • Security, Integration & Data Architect
  • 28+ total Salesforce certifications

Cloud & Agile

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • SAFe 6 Agilist
  • SAFe Scrum Master

Academic Foundations

  • BSc Physics
  • Master of Computer Applications
  • MBA (in progress)

Writing

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I write about enterprise architecture trade-offs, AI operating models, integration anti-patterns, platform governance, and technology strategy — because clarity scales better than slides.

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