Michael Atkins
About Michael Atkins
Michael Atkins serves as the Principal Cloud Architect at Legal & General, where he has worked since 2020. He specializes in optimizing cloud applications for reliability and efficiency, and has extensive experience in cloud architecture and automation.
Work at Legal & General
Michael Atkins has been employed at Legal & General since 2017, where he has held multiple roles, including Principal Cloud Architect and Head of Infrastructure Architecture. His responsibilities include ensuring the optimization of critical cloud applications and services for reliability, high availability, disaster recovery, and cost efficiency. He provides technical architecture and design leadership for the company's migration to Azure and acts as a Subject Matter Expert for Azure, automation, and end-to-end architecture across various cloud service models.
Previous Experience in IT Management
Prior to his tenure at Legal & General, Michael Atkins worked at Panbet Ltd as an IT Manager from 2009 to 2013. He later served as a Cloud Architect at Equiniti from 2014 to 2017. His experience in these roles has contributed to his expertise in cloud architecture and infrastructure management.
Education and Expertise
Michael Atkins studied at Blatchington Mill. His educational background supports his extensive experience in cloud architecture and infrastructure. He specializes in IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS solutions and has developed a fully automated workflow for managing complex cloud environments using infrastructure as code.
Technical Leadership and Collaboration
In his current role, Michael Atkins provides technical leadership and collaborates closely with other teams to promote cloud-native application architectures. His work includes the development of microservices, serverless applications, and containerization. He also reviews product work from team members, offering technical feedback and approval for deployment.