Allen Karimazondo
McKinney,TX
Summary
Highly motivated and results driven certified AWS Solutions Architect with over 8 years of professional experience implementing and maintaining IT infrastructure, database management and integrating it into Amazon web Services Cloud solutions in large and medium sized enterprise environment Detail-oriented Computer Systems Engineer committed to improving system design and operations for reliable workflow management. Researches and implements budget-conscious security and encryption solutions to protect user privacy and increase overall network health. Creates easy-to-follow guidelines and troubleshooting documentation for non-technical staff.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Solution Architect (Data)
Willamette Valley Bank
08.2017 - Current
- Advised and guided clients on AWS design, governance, and performance, specializing in Financial Services, Mortgage, and Retail/E-commerce industries
- Collaborated with clients, developers, and architecture teams to understand requirements and create data solutions
- Created high-level and detailed Data Architecture design documentation
- Ensured compliance with data protection strategies for global delivery enablement
- Optimized performance, reliability, and security of payment processing, loan origination, and e-commerce systems through automation, monitoring, and disaster recovery solutions
- Provisioned cloud networking architectures in DEV/QA/PROD environments using Virtual Networks, VPN, Express Route/Direct Connect, Network Security Groups, and Load Balancers
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code using Jenkins, Terraform, and Cloud Formation in collaboration with the development team
- Configured and provisioned microservices, REST API, Web API, and instances on Azure and AWS using Azure Container Instance and AWS ECS
- Maintained deep understanding of data flows, data taxonomy, data lineage, and business domain data for metrics and analytical data designs.
AWS Solution Architect
Caliber Home Loans Mortgage
05.2015 - 07.2017
- Automated the onboarding process, improving user experience and eliminating manual processes for 100K+ users globally
- Enhanced operational visibility by monitoring, aggregating, and analyzing critical data points across enterprise infrastructure, applications, and platforms
- Utilized Terraform for managing the infrastructure through terminal sessions and executed scripts in creating alarms and notifications for EC2 instances using AWS CloudWatch
- Designed and architected cloud security solutions to meet requirements
- Utilized AWS CLI for application server scalability, DNS system administration using Route53, and IAM for user and group management
- Developed Single-Page Applications using modern JavaScript frameworks (e.g., React, Angular, Vue.js)
- Developed information architecture and data models
- Evaluated data retention and governance using cloud technologies.
Data Quality Analyst
Genpact
06.2013 - 04.2015
- Defined data quality rules and data definitions for key organizational data elements
- Worked with application and business process owners to identify and remediate data quality issues and root causes related to uniqueness, accessibility, accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, and consistency
- Developed process flow diagrams capturing current state business processes and projecting future state business processes to bridge the gap, resulting in an enterprise conceptual informational model.
- Utilized SQL to pull technical metadata in support of data governance artifact analysis, development, and approval
- Detected and resolved data quality issues and discrepancies for integrity and quality control
- Worked with data privacy subject matter experts to identify applicable regulatory requirements from laws, rules, and regulations (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) in support of data privacy initiatives, resulting in an increase in the organization's reputation
- Transformed data and built quality reports/dashboards in Excel, Power BI, and Tableau
- Established processes, operating models, and standards for Data Governance
- Educated stakeholders on the importance of Data Governance.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration
Solusi University
Bulawayo Zimbabwe01.2013
Skills
- HTML
- PL/SQL
- AGILE
- RAD
- RUP
- SDLC
- Waterfall
- SAFe
- Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, Power Point, Teams, Professional)
- JIRA
- AWS
- AZURE
- Quality Center
- MS SQL Server
- MS Access
- MongoDB
- Oracle DB
- Dynamo DB
- S3
- MS Office Suite
- React Native
- Share Point
- Zoom
- Slack
- Sketch
- MS Teams
Certification
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Solusi University, 2009
- SAFe Scrum Master (5.0)
- Expert Negotiator (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
Timeline
Cloud Solution Architect (Data)
Willamette Valley Bank
08.2017 - Current
AWS Solution Architect
Caliber Home Loans Mortgage
05.2015 - 07.2017
Data Quality Analyst
Genpact
06.2013 - 04.2015
Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Administration
Solusi University
- Bachelor of Business Administration, Solusi University, 2009
- SAFe Scrum Master (5.0)
- Expert Negotiator (Gordon Institute of Business Science)
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