Microsoft Azure MVP MCT

Nicholas Chang

Senior Platform Engineer @ Kainos

Building cloud platforms, sharing knowledge, and connecting the Azure community.

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What I'm Doing

Where to find me

Microsoft Azure Community User Group

Running and contributing to Azure user groups — connecting cloud engineers, sharing best practices, and building community across the UK.

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Azure Cloud Native

Meetups focused on cloud-native patterns on Azure — Kubernetes, containers, platform engineering, and real-world case studies.

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Microsoft Community Insights Podcast

Talking Azure, DevOps, and platform engineering on community podcasts — covering real-world cloud topics, career journeys, and emerging tech.

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Blog

Writing about Azure, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, and Agentic DevOps — practical posts aimed at engineers building real-world cloud platforms.

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Newsletter

Curating Azure news, DevOps tips, and community highlights for engineers who want to stay ahead of the cloud curve without the noise.

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GitHub

Open-source projects, IaC modules, Agentic DevOps experiments, and the Cloud Resume Challenge — all on GitHub.

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Speaking · 2026 / 27

Talks & events

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Nicholas Chang speaking at MCP Conference London + ContainerDays London

Completed

Global Azure London

Azure platform engineering, DevOps, and agentic AI - London, UK.

Global Azure Greece

Cloud platform engineering and Azure community insights - Greece.

GitHub Copilot Dev Days — London

AI-assisted development and agentic DevOps workflows - London, UK.

GitHub Copilot Developer Day

AI-assisted coding and modern platform engineering practices.

AgentCamp Sofia

AI agents, agentic DevOps, and autonomous cloud automation - Sofia, Bulgaria.

Microsoft Build Local Host — Manchester

Microsoft Build community watch party and developer sessions - Manchester, UK.

Microsoft Build Local Host — London

Microsoft Build community watch party and developer sessions - London, UK.

ExpertsLive Austria

Azure platform engineering and cloud operations insights - Austria.

MCP Conference London + ContainerDays London

Agentic engineering and modern platform workflows - London, UK.

Upcoming & confirmed

Microsoft Learn Expert Room

Azure SRE Agent session - Microsoft Learn Expert Room, July 2026.

AgentCon London

Global AI community Event - London, UK.

Azure Sweden User Group

GitHub SpecKit session - Azure Sweden User Group.

GitHub Copilot Community Day

Planning and organising a GitHub Copilot Community Day - bringing together engineers to learn, share, and experiment with AI-assisted development.

Projects

Things I've built

Cloud Resume Challenge

Azure static website with serverless visitor counter, Cosmos DB backend, GitHub Actions CI/CD, and Terraform IaC — a full cloud project from DNS to deployment.

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CI/CD pipeline migration

Migrated delivery pipelines from GitLab to GitHub Actions for a government client, improving integration, deployment speed, and developer experience.

Healthcare Azure platform

Delivered Terraform migrations, monitoring improvements, and CI/CD optimisations for a national healthcare Azure platform.

Open Source

Contributing to and maintaining open source projects — more details coming soon.

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Experience

Career timeline

  1. Kainos
    Senior Platform Engineer
  2. Kainos
    Platform Engineer
  3. Kainos Academy
    Platform Engineer
  4. CGI
    Service Desk Technical Analyst
  5. Transputec
    2nd Line Support Engineer
  6. SSP Group PLC
    Desktop Support Engineer
  7. Mobile Fun Limited
    IT Support Technician

Contact

Let's connect.

Speaking invitations, Azure collaboration, or just a chat about cloud platforms — get in touch.