Cloud Solution Architect · Miami, FL

Roberto Armenta

From aerospace manufacturing floors to Fortune 500 cloud architecture — 13+ years designing enterprise data, application, and AI solutions at Microsoft and Gulfstream Aerospace.

13+
Years in software & data engineering
20+
Process-automation solutions delivered
100+
Students taught in cloud & AI labs
100%
FY25 attainment award, Microsoft

Experience

FLIGHT PATH · MEXICALI → SAVANNAH → MIAMI
Apr 2022 — Present

Cloud Solution Architect

Microsoft · United States
  • Partner with Fortune 500 customers to design and deliver enterprise cloud and AI solutions — from technical discovery and proof of concept to production.
  • Advise on scalable architecture, governance, security, and operating models for business-critical applications and AI initiatives.
  • Design data and application architectures spanning Azure, Microsoft Fabric, and Power Platform, integrated with ERP, CRM, and data warehouses.
  • Lead customer-facing workshops and architecture sessions, translating business requirements into deployable solution strategies.
  • Technical instructor for hands-on cloud & AI labs — Skillable Instructor Recognition, 100+ students (2023–2025).
  • Earned Microsoft's 100% Attainment award (FY25) across the account portfolio.
May 2012 — Apr 2022

Gulfstream Aerospace — 10 Years

Student Apprentice (Mexicali, MX) → Software Engineer (Savannah, GA)

Business Application Development Technical Specialist (Software Engineer)

Apr 2021 — Apr 2022 · Savannah, GA
  • Full-stack development of in-house business applications for engineering, manufacturing, and operations (C#, T-SQL, Python, VB.NET, JavaScript, SQL Server).
  • Built a BOM-notes validation tool (refactored VB.NET → C#) enabling engineers to verify PLM bill-of-material notes against a standard SQL catalog per FAA requirements.

Supply Chain Engineer II → III (Software Developer)

Mar 2017 — Apr 2021 · Savannah, GA
  • SQL Server administrator, architect & developer integrating quality, production, delivery, and finance data across SAP, CAS, Cognos, and SmarTeam.
  • Engineered a supplier-delivery analytics pipeline ingesting 500,000+ PO records in under 2 minutes (C#, T-SQL bulk load).
  • Replaced a 15-minute manual MES query workflow with a desktop app powered by indexed stored procedures — results in seconds.

Industrial Engineer — Wing Manufacturing (Software Developer)

Nov 2014 — Mar 2017 · Savannah, GA
  • Created the Gulfstream Production Tracking System (GPTS), the site's first daily production-tracking platform — cut report delivery from 8 hours to 1.2 seconds across 3 aircraft models and 12 build stations.
  • Designed indirect tooling in CATIA V5 for additive manufacturing and CNC machining on the G650 and AAP wing programs.

Early Career — Manufacturing Engineer · Industrial Engineer · Student Apprentice

May 2012 — Nov 2014 · Mexicali, MX
  • Co-created a site-wide procurement system (VBA/Access) with role-based approvals; trained 300+ users — earning the Gulfstream Mach 3 Award (2013).
  • Built an MES computing business-unit OEE from daily output, labor hours, CNC spindle times, and defects.

Skills

TOOLING & PLATFORMS

Cloud & AI

AzureMicrosoft FabricCopilot StudioMicrosoft FoundryPower PlatformPower AutomatePower PagesMCP

Data Engineering

SQL Server (Admin · Architect · Dev)T-SQLPL/SQLETLPower BIData Integration

Application Development

C#.NETPythonVB.NETJavaScriptjQueryASP.NETFull-Stack

Engineering & Delivery

Solution ArchitectureAzure DevOpsGitProject ManagementLean / Six SigmaRCCACATIA V5

Credentials

CERTIFICATIONS · AWARDS · EDUCATION

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

  • 2026Microsoft Applied Skills: Create Agents in Copilot Studio
  • 2026Microsoft Applied Skills: Automated Processes with Power Automate
  • 2026Model Context Protocol (MCP) for Beginners — Microsoft
  • 2022Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • 2022Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
  • 2013CATIA V5 VBA Automation — Rand Worldwide

AWARDS & EDUCATION

  • FY25 100% Attainment — Microsoft
  • 2025 Skillable Instructor Recognition, 100+ students
  • 2015 BEYA STEM Modern-Day Technology Leader
  • 2013 Gulfstream Mach 3 Award
  • 2012B.Eng. Mechatronics, Robotics & Automation — CETYS Universidad
  • 2014Project Management Diploma — CETYS Universidad