Daniel RomãoFinOps Baseline
A clear picture of where your Azure spend goes today.
- Inventory of subscriptions and resources
- Main cost drivers identified
- Prioritised list of quick wins
- Executive report
Daniel Romão · Based in Lisbon
Azure Solution Architect Cloud Architecture & FinOps
I design Microsoft Azure solutions with FinOps built in, so cloud spend stays visible and owned.
About
I design and deliver Microsoft Azure solutions across infrastructure, DevOps, Data & AI, and security. FinOps Certified Practitioner, focused on keeping cloud spend visible and owned.
I have more than 10 years in IT. I started in systems and networks, moved into private cloud, and have focused on Microsoft Azure since 2018.
Since April 2022 I've been a Solution Architect at Microsoft, working across pre-sales and delivery. Before that, at Nordcloud, I led technical teams on Azure platform and landing zone projects, designed Entra ID identity integration and RBAC models, and contributed target architecture to Azure migrations.
I'm based in Lisbon and work remotely.
Experience
Apr 2022 – Present
Solution Architect · Microsoft (Poland)
Pre-sales and delivery across Azure infrastructure, DevOps, Data & AI, and security.
Feb 2018 – Apr 2022
Nordcloud
Senior Cloud Architect, Mar 2020 – Apr 2022
Cloud Architect, Feb 2018 – Mar 2020Led technical teams on Azure platform and landing zone projects. Designed Azure AD / Entra ID identity integration and RBAC models. Contributed target architecture and design for Azure migrations. Worked with AKS, ARM templates and Azure DevOps CI/CD.
May 2017 – Dec 2017
DevOps Engineer · Nmbrs B.V., Amsterdam
Operated and improved the continuous delivery pipeline with TeamCity and Octopus Deploy. Scrum Master for the team.
2013 – 2017
University of Amsterdam
SNE Research Group; Science Faculty Research IT Support.
2011 – 2012
Researcher & Software Developer · Caixa Mágica Software, Lisbon
Services
Fixed scopes, clear outputs. Any savings are measured against your own baseline, not promised upfront.
Savings Sprint
I implement the actions you approve and measure the effect.
- Agreed actions, implemented
- Before/after cost measured
- Changes documented for your team
FinOps Ops
Ongoing cost reviews and follow-up so spend doesn't drift.
- Regular cost and usage review
- Anomalies and new drivers flagged
- Recommendations tracked to owners
Landing zone + cost guardrails
An Azure foundation where cost ownership is built in from the start.
- Tagging standard
- Budgets and alerts
- Azure Policy
- Cost dashboards
FinOps Workshop
Enablement for engineering, finance and leadership to work from the same numbers.
- FinOps concepts applied to Azure
- Roles and responsibilities
- Hands-on with your own data
Credentials
Certifications
- FinOps Certified Practitioner (FOCP)FinOps Foundation
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
- Data Engineering with Google Cloud Specialization
Education
- MSc System and Network EngineeringUniversity of Amsterdam · 2013 – 2015
- BSc Electronics, Telecommunications and Computer EngineeringISEL – Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa · 2006 – 2012
Get in touch
If you'd like to talk about Azure architecture or getting a handle on cloud costs, send me a message.