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Software Architect with strong enterprise and cloud focus, combining 16+ years of engineering experience with architectural design, solution definition, and modernization of large-scale systems. TOGAF® 9.2 Certified, experienced in designing scalable architectures, improving system maintainability, and driving technical direction across distributed teams.Experienced in leading technical discovery workshops, evaluating existing systems and APIs, and defining target architectures aligned with business constraints and strategic goals. Experienced in designing cloud-integrated architectures using core AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, RDS, Aurora, ElastiCache) and applying architectural best practices for scalability, decoupling, performance optimization, and IaC-based automation. Skilled in communicating with business stakeholders, supporting decision-making, and ensuring architectural alignment.

Languages

Bulgarian
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent
German
Basic

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Remote only

Primarily works remotely

Acorel
Cloud and Commerce Cloud Consultant
December 2025 - December 2025
Sofia, Bulgaria
Cloud & SAP Commerce Consultant, led a new shop rollout and AWS edge security assessment and improvement
Performed security and traffic analysis at the AWS edge layer, focusing on CloudFront and AWS WAF for an internet facing production system
Designed and implemented CloudFront and WAF protection measures to improve security posture, resilience, and backend load characteristics
Led the technical rollout of a new digital shop/brand
Amazon Web Services IT-Security Solution Architecture AWS CloudFront AWS WAF
Syskoplan Reply
Solution Architect / Operations Lead
February 2023 - May 2025 (2 years and 3 months)
Operations Lead/Architect for SAP Commerce Cloud platform, ensuring stability and performance for BMW Used Vehicles Remarketing.
Held end-to-end architectural ownership of a global production platform, leading technical discovery with stakeholders to assess system limitations and define architectural improvements for scalability, resilience, and long-term sustainability.
Designed cloud-integrated architecture patterns (AWS) to offload compute-heavy synchronous processes, introducing decoupled and event-driven flows that improved system scalability and operational stability under peak load.
Defined and governed solution and low-level designs, guiding implementation teams and ensuring extensibility, maintainability, feasibility, and architectural consistency.
Oversaw production releases and platform reliability, using observability and performance monitoring to address systemic bottlenecks and maintain service quality.
Partnered with business and end-customer teams to translate functional needs and production issues into architectural and technical improvements.

Tech stack:SAP Commerce Cloud 2211, CCv2, Dynatrace, AWS (VPC, EC2, Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, Aurora, ElastiCache, IAM/KMS, CloudWatch), IAC (Terraform)
IT Architecture Amazon Web Services DevOps SAP Commerce Cloud Solution Architecture
Acorel
Solution Architect / SAP Commerce Cloud Technical Lead
October 2021 - December 2022 (1 year and 2 months)
Architect and Technical Lead for a greenfield SAP Commerce Cloud B2B implementation for a global cloud and IaaS provider (Leaseweb)
Designed the target architecture for a greenfield enterprise B2B platform for a global cloud and IaaS provider, defining system landscape, integration approach, and platform structure from inception.
Led technical discovery and requirement analysis with stakeholders to shape a scalable and maintainable solution aligned with business and operational needs.
Established architectural foundations including development process, CI/CD model, environment structure, and coding standards to ensure long-term platform sustainability.
Defined solution and low-level designs (HLD/LLD), guiding architectural decisions across commerce, integration, and frontend layers.
Designed and governed integration architecture with multiple enterprise systems (CPI, ECC, CPQ, CPS), evaluating APIs and defining interaction patterns.
Led a distributed development team, supporting implementation decisions and ensuring adherence to architectural principles.
IT Architecture Solution Architecture Integration Architecture Java SAP Commerce Cloud

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Master of Science
University of Plovdiv
2010
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