Trond Jakob Sjøvang

Hello! I am Trond. Some times also known as "Trond Jakob" from people who insist on using both my first names for some unknown reason, or "TJ" from my more international friends or co-workers who struggle with Norwegian pronunciation.

I am a Microsoft MVP who currently work in Atea as the Global CCoE Lead and spend most of my working hours building cloud services and herding sheep cats wonderful people to move in the same direction and build cloud services.

Outside of work I like building things, whether it be Lego sets or changing patterns of light to do what I want, travel to exciting places, taking pictures, and relaxing with some gaming at a very low level of skill. You can find me on Bluesky or LinkedIn.

Recent work experience

Global CCoE Lead

Building cloud services. Brick by brick. Just like Lego!

Senior Cloud Architect, Global CCoE

The Global CCoE (Cloud Center of Excellence) provides expertise and guidance to Atea's internal organization and collaborates with teams in all countries to develop cloud strategy and services

Cloud Architect

  • Help clients utilize Azure better with Cloud Adoption Framework, Azure Landing Zones and Infrastructure as Code
  • Owner of the cloud computing track at Technocamp, Atea's internal conference for consultants, by consultants
  • Various public speaker engagements on Cloud Computing, DevOps and IaC

Education

  • UiO
  • 2014 - 2015

Single courses on Bachelor's level

Subjects in systems design, testing, and scientific programming

Informatics

Participated in project to develop a virtual museum guide using WiFi‐tracking and 3G‐enabled mobile phones

General Studies

Electives in Informatics, Mathematics and Physics

Awards

  • 2024 - 2025

Microsoft MVP - Azure Infrastructure as Code

The Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVP) program recognizes exceptional community leaders for their technical expertise, leadership, speaking experience, online influence, and commitment to solving real world problems.

Certifications

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate 2021 - 2026
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate 2021 - 2025
Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate 2021 - 2025
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate 2021 - 2026
Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert 2021 - 2026
Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty 2021 - 2026
Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert 2021 - 2026
Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate 2021 - 2025
Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate 2021 - 2025

If you would like a more detailed overview of my work experience, education, awards, and certifications that also looks nice if you feel like printing it and has all my contact info, you could have a look at my complete CV.