Mike Harry
Michael Harry
Summary
Distinguished Architect/Engineer with 20+ years of experience designing and delivering developer platforms, tool ecosystems, and cloud-native infrastructure at enterprise scale.
I am currently focused on generative AI and agentic systems to accelerate developer productivity and increase quality. I am both a strategic leader, responsible for the generative AI roadmap for Walmart's Enterprise and Cloud Infrastructure team, and a hands-on builder of early-stage, emerging technology solutions, carrying them from proof of concept through production-grade, enterprise systems.
I combine deep cloud-native infrastructure experience with full-stack development, machine learning foundations, and a track record of building self-service systems that compress delivery by orders of magnitude and transform how engineering teams work.
Technical Skills
GenAI & Agents
WIBEY (Walmart AI Agentic Platform), Claude, Copilot, MCP Server Development, LLM Integration (MCP and A2A), AI-Augmented Development & Testing
Languages & Tools
Python (multi-threaded), FastMCP, FastAPI, Flask, pytest, Shell Scripting, Java/J2EE (multi-threaded), Spring, React, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Vaadin, REST, TypeScript, JavaScript, Node.js, SQL, HTML/CSS, C/C++
ML & Data Science
PyTorch, MLFlow, Optuna, scikit-learn, pandas, NumPy, Jupyter Notebooks, R
Cloud & Infra
GCP Services (Compute, Cloud Functions, BigQuery, IAM, Dataproc, GCS, Log Sinks), Azure, OpenStack, WCNP (Kubernetes), Docker, Rancher, Swarm
Enterprise Platforms
KITT CI/CD (Argo CD / GitHub Actions), Concord (Argo Workflows), OneOps (Terraform/Ansible), PingFederate (OAuth 2.0), Akeyless (HashiCorp Vault), SonarQube, Snyk, GitHub, Looper (Jenkins), DPaaS (Dataproc), AFaaS (Airflow), Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, MySQL, Kafka, JMS
Professional Experience
Walmart Global Technology Sunnyvale, CA (Remote)
Distinguished Architect/Engineer January 2025 – Present
- Own roadmap and technical strategy for developer productivity, tools, and processes for WIBEY, Walmart's agentic orchestration platform for developers
- Architect and hands-on lead for PoC-to-production delivery of MCP Servers, shared WIBEY workflow Skills, and generative AI management dashboards
- Design and build autonomous, self-healing end-to-end SDLC agent workflows that drive measurable gains in delivery velocity and code quality
- Mentor senior engineers and drive team-wide adoption of AI-augmented development practices across the organization
Principal Cloud & Data Architect/Engineer February 2022 – January 2025
- Led architecture for Walmart's multicloud capacity management and optimization platform across OpenStack, GCP, and Azure — unifying compute, storage, and network visibility across private and public cloud estates
- Designed ML forecasting models to predict client demand and infrastructure needs, enabling proactive capacity planning and rightsizing across regions and cloud providers
Cloud / Big Data Platform Architect September 2016 – January 2022
- Led team of 20 globally dispersed architects, engineers, and contractors through transformation from system administration to a DevOps model emphasizing automation and self-service
- Architect and lead engineer for migration of Walmart's on-prem big data platforms to public cloud; designed the Team Spaces, DPaaS and AFaaS infrastructure provisioning system enabling self-service ephemeral clusters, reducing delivery time from days to minutes
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices with automated maintenance, upgrades, and CI/CD pipelines using Python, Airflow, Jenkins, Git and JSON
- Developed cloud-native architectures enabling eCommerce teams to deploy mission-critical applications to private cloud platforms with full CI/CD, regression testing, and security inspection
Cisco Systems Research Triangle Park, NC
Cloud & Compute Domain Architect May 2010 – September 2016
- Owned the architecture blueprint and technology roadmap for Cisco IT's global data center compute, storage, and virtualization infrastructure, standardized across OpenStack, VMware, Docker, and Cisco UCS
- Designed and delivered Containers as a Service (CaaS) platform supporting multi-tenant microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and OpenShift, built iteratively using Agile sprints
- Consolidated disparate IaaS and PaaS provisioning into a unified self-service portal for compute, storage, network and application services, reducing provisioning times from weeks to minutes
- Converged compute resources into a general-purpose shared pool, eliminating application-specific infrastructure silos and achieving a 300% increase in resource efficiency
- Solution Architect for Metro Virtual Data Center (MVDC), a dual-datacenter resiliency system enabling failover for loss of an entire facility within a single metro region
Developer Productivity Architect January 2006 – May 2010
- Led the creation of the inaugural Cisco IT Development Frameworks and Tools (DFT) team to standardize enterprise-wide SDLC: tool selection, frameworks, testing (unit, functional and security), packaging, deployment, source control, and runtime monitoring
- Managed a team of architects, PMs, and engineers delivering SDLC tooling and establishing standards across all Cisco IT engineering departments
- Implemented Eclipse IDE plugins to automate setup and scaffolding of standardized frameworks, tools and processes
- Introduced Agile development practices across a 22-person, globally distributed team
Senior Architect February 2001 – January 2006
- Architected and led engineering of an integrated suite of web-based developer tools including bug tracking, project management, workflow management, and an information portal, used enterprise-wide by Cisco engineering teams
BuildNet Research Triangle Park, NC
Chief Architect / Director of IT Applications March 1997 – February 2001
- Owned the overall architecture and design of the BuildNet system, including subsystems for e-business, online catalog, member information, access control, and product data management
- Responsible for the successful deployment of 8 new corporate information systems including enterprise-wide sales, support, marketing, billing, financial, budgeting, HR and payroll systems
- Starting with 1 member, grew team to over 25 people, establishing an exceptional team for customizing, deploying, and supporting the BuildNet Enterprise IT Applications
- Responsible for staffing, budget planning and administration, strategic planning, and inter-department coordination for all aspects of enterprise information systems
Additional Experience
Questra Consulting, Software Engineer
1995 – 1997 Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (Syracuse University), Research Assistant
1993 – 1995 U.S. Naval Academy, Systems Programmer
1992 – 1993 Education
Postgraduate Coursework
Computer Science / Data Science · North Carolina State University 2005 – 2025
Neural Networks (2025) · Automated Learning & Data Analysis (2023)
M.S. Computer Science · Syracuse University
1995
B.S. Computer Science · Rochester Institute of Technology
1993
Certifications
- IBM Computer Vision & Deep Learning Specialization (6-Course Certificate)
- Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization (10-Course Certificate)
- Certified Scrum Master (Scrum.org PSM I)
