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Education
Certification
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BENJAMIN AIDOO

Cloud Administrator
Rockville,MD

Summary

CAREER OBJECTIVE

Certified AWS Solutions Architect with 3+ years of project experience in AWS cloud infrastructure configuration, deployment, and resilient architecture within the AWS cloud environment, seeking a position that offers professional challenge utilizing AWS services for provisioning and deploying cloud-based infrastructure. A tenacious self-driven person who possesses interpersonal skills with 25+ years of real-life work experience with considerable international exposure. A seasoned real estate and business management professional transitioning career into Cloud Solutions Architecture as Cloud Administrator.

Skills

CAREER SKILLS

Provisioned and deployed VPCs, subnets, security groups and ALBs and integrate them into resilient and highly available architecture

Provisioned and deployed EC2 compute services and integrated them into resilient and highly available architecture

Provisioning and management S3 storage services in the most cost-effective manner

AWS IAM for access control, on-boarding, security compliance and security best practices

Ability to use Terraform to develop templates to automate infrastructure deployment

Ability to use AWS CloudFormation to develop templates to automate infrastructure deployment

Ability to use Visual Studio Code to provision Terraform and CloudFormation templates to automate infrastructure deployment

Infrastructure planning

Python (beginners),

PERSONAL TRAITS

Tenacious, critical thinking and results driven

Demonstrable professional, management and inter-personal skills

Remarkable leader and reliable team member

Work History

Cloud Administrator

Central Star Ventures
Rockville, MD
11.2019 - Current
  • Infrastructure Provisioning and Management:
  • Provisioning, deploying and managing AWS cloud infrastructure resources such as Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3 and AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM).
  • On-boarding of interns and new staff using AWS IAM, granting least privilege access and permission boundary according to job function, emailing credentials with instructions to reset password.
  • Provide support to developers and production teams and participate in discussions of on-going technical and management efforts, including new services.

Office Manager

Strong Tower Realty Inc.
Lawrenceville, GA
06.2010 - 10.2019
  • Created, updated and implemented a comprehensive office procedure to promote employee well-being and positive customer relation
  • Project management, acquisitions, appraisals and contract management.
    Cost/benefit analysis and project evaluation
  • Identified plans and resources required to meet project goals and objectives
  • Negotiated pricing and terms with vendors to secure best value for company leading to cost reduction of up to 25%.

Operations Manager

Seco Investments Inc.
Lanham, MD
06.2002 - 05.2010
  • Property inspections, evaluation and acquisitions
  • Cost/benefit analysis and project evaluation
  • Demonstrated remarkable knowledge of process optimization in relation to profit and loss.
  • Supervision of contractors engaged on company projects to ensure timely completion and cost reduction.
  • Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.

Senior Assets Manager

Ghana Airways Ltd
Accra, Ghana
04.1992 - 05.2002
  • Head of a department with a staff of 24 with varied professional background and experiences, established framework for operations of tender Committee leading to significant reduction of up to 25% of project cost.
  • Responsible for the management, planning, valuation and acquisition of all company landed properties both local and abroad.
  • Coordination and supervision of work of external contractors and consultants engaged on company business.

Regional Valuer

Land Valuation Board
Accra, Ghana
08.1989 - 03.1992
  • Conduct comprehensive and granular inspection of properties, investigate quality of construction, overall condition, functional design, location and neighborhood characteristics of properties to establish the market value.
  • Valuation of properties acquired through eminent domain for compensation purposes
  • Valuation of assets for amalgamations, mergers and acquisitions

District Valuer and Project Manager

Land Valuation Board
Accra, Ghana
09.1985 - 07.1989
  • Project Manager of World Bank sponsored Accra District Re-habilitation Project under the auspices of the World bank
  • Head of the valuation team of 40 people responsible for the valuation of all immovable properties in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana under the auspices of the World Bank.
  • Head of the valuation team of 10 people responsible for the valuation of industrial plant and Machinery under the auspices of the World Bank
  • Coordinated with cross-functional teams and City executives to resolve project issues to meet project goals and objectives.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Education

Management And Planning

Ghana Airways Training School
Accra
03.2000 - 03.2001

Sustainable Development

Commonwealth Association of Surveyors And Land Eco
Accra-Ghana
02.1999 - 03.1999

Bachelor of Science - BSc Land Economy

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology
Kumai-Ghana
09.1980 - 06.1985

Certification

CERTIFICATIONS

BSc Land Economy

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Work Preference

Work Type

Full TimePart Time

Work Location

Remote

Important To Me

Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementPaid sick leaveHealthcare benefitsTeam Building / Company RetreatsWork from home option401k matchPaid time offPersonal development programs

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