Rafał Warzycha

Senior Solution & Enterprise Architect · AI & Industrial IoT

📍 Łódź, Poland · Remote (EU / US)
✉️ rafal.warzycha@gmail.com · 💼 linkedin.com/in/rafalwarzycha · 🐙 github.com/senssei · 🌐 warzycha.pl

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🌐 Language: English 🇬🇧 · Przełącz na wersję polską 🇵🇱

🎯 Profile

Enterprise and Solution Architect with 15+ years across industrial IoT, cloud, and data platforms. Lead architect for a global IoT platform serving 15+ enterprise clients; author of the organization’s AI usage and governance policy and AI-in-SDLC standards, setting risk, compliance, and evaluation criteria for AI/LLM tooling. Designs AI/ML-driven IIoT solutions — anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, energy optimization — for high-profile clients in Germany and the US, in collaboration with Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia.

🛠️ Core Competencies & Skills

AI & Architecture

AI Governance & AI-in-SDLC — Risk, compliance, and evaluation criteria for GenAI / LLM tooling
GenAI / LLM Tooling Evaluation — Model evaluation, local inference, Copilot & AI extensions
ML for IIoT — Anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, energy optimization
Enterprise & Data Architecture — Technology roadmapping, Lambda / Kappa architectures, distributed systems

Industrial IoT & Cloud

Industrial Protocols & Edge — OPC UA, PLC, SCADA, Digital Twins, Edge computing, Azure IoT Edge
Cloud Platforms & Data Services — Azure IoT (IoT Hub, DPS, Azure Data Explorer / ADX), AWS, GCP
Security & Compliance — Cybersecurity threat modeling, TPM 2.0, Enterprise PKI, OPC-UA security assessments
Presales & Advisory — Presales consulting, Solution workshops, Architecture tollgate reviews (G2–G7)

Cloud & Tech Partners

Microsoft · Google · Nvidia · Litmus

Languages

Polish — Native
English — Professional working proficiency

💼 Professional Experience

SoftServe

Enterprise Architect · Industrial IoT Solution Architect
Feb 2022 – Present · Remote

AI Policy & Governance: Authored the organization’s AI usage and governance policy and defined AI-in-SDLC standards — setting risk, compliance, and evaluation criteria for AI/LLM tooling adopted across the architecture practice.
Large-Scale IIoT & AI/ML Workloads: Built large-scale, high-ingress IIoT platforms running AI/ML workloads — anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and energy optimization — for high-profile enterprise clients in Germany and the US.
Global IoT Platform Leadership: Enterprise/Lead Architect for a global IoT platform (OneIoT), driving cloud and edge architecture across 15+ enterprise clients and multiple Business Units.
Architecture Governance & Tollgates: Architecture governance gatekeeper with sign-off authority; own SDLC tollgate reviews (G2–G7), author ADRs (Architecture Decision Records), and gap analyses that raised cross-team architectural consistency.
Cost & Data Platform Optimization: Architected a €3.15M BU transformation migrating PostgreSQL/TimescaleDB to SQL Server/Azure Data Explorer — cutting operational costs 30% across 15+ clients.
Enterprise Security Architecture: Designed enterprise security architectures (TPM 2.0, PKI, Azure IoT Edge), improving security posture 40%; led OPC-UA security assessments that shaped $10M+ strategic decisions.
Multi-Tenant Azure Standard: Standardized the multi-tenant IoT platform across BUs on Azure-native architectures (IoT Hub, DPS, Data Explorer) supporting millions of devices at 99.9% availability, cutting design cycle time 20%.
Partner Collaboration: Collaborated with Microsoft, Google, and Nvidia on industrial gateway technologies; led zero-downtime transformations for 3+ high-profile clients via parallel operation and production cutover.

ABB

Technology Evangelist · Senior Principal Software Engineer
Jul 2018 – Feb 2022 · Łódź, Poland

Enterprise IoT Architecture: Designed and implemented enterprise IoT architectures across multiple Business Units, standardizing technology stacks and architectural patterns.
Centers of Excellence: Established architecture centers of excellence covering multi-tenant platform design, microservices, industrial IoT security and PKI, Azure cloud-native solutions, and edge computing strategies.
White Papers & Reference Architectures: Authored solution white papers and reference architectures; built proof-of-concept implementations and conducted architectural design reviews for BU-specific IoT deployments.
Architectural Standards: Defined architectural standards, development methodologies, and technology evaluation frameworks; championed containerization, API-first design, and event-driven architectures.
Mentorship & Technical Leadership: Mentored internal architecture teams and provided hands-on guidance for client engagements — technology selection, performance optimization, effort estimation, and training.

Transition Technologies PSC

Expert Software Engineer · Tech Lead
Aug 2017 – Jun 2018 · Łódź, Poland

Strategic PoCs & Business Development: Solution Architect and Tech Lead for strategic client PoCs and PoV demonstrations, driving new business development across diverse technology stacks.
Technical Discovery & Workshops: Conducted technical discovery sessions, requirements analysis, and solution design workshops with enterprise clients to validate architectural approaches.
Competency Development: Delivered training programs on solution architecture and enterprise technology stacks; led competency development for architects and engineers.

Earlier Career Highlights

Fujitsu (2016 – 2017) — Senior Software Developer (Node.js, TypeScript, Electron)
GFT Technologies (2015 – 2016) — Frontend Developer (UK banking platforms)
ABB (2012 – 2015) — Architect, Senior Software Developer / Designer
SMT Software · Rossmann SDP · IISS · ABB · University of Łódź (2008 – 2012) — Developer & Designer roles

📜 Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty
Microsoft Certified Trainer (2022 – 2024)
AZ-301: Azure Architect Design · AZ-300: Azure Architect Technologies
Perform Foundational Data, ML, and AI Tasks in Google Cloud
AgilePM® Practitioner & Foundation

🎙️ Publications & Speaking

Just4Fun Podcast — Co-creator and host
“Mikroserwisy na frontendzie” — Speaker & Author
Conference speaker and technology evangelist on the industrial IoT, AI, and Cloud landscape

🎓 Education

University of Łódź (2005 – 2011) — Master’s Degree, Computer Science (Magister Informatyki)

Curriculum Vitae