Charles Manning
Tomball,TX
Summary
GCP-certified cloud engineer with extensive experience in designing secure and scalable cloud infrastructure. Track record of streamlining deployment processes, resulting in a 40% reduction in deployment time. Proven expertise in improving system availability, achieving an impressive 99.99% uptime. Skilled in automating multi-cloud environments using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for efficient and reliable operations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Security Engineer
InTouch Consulting Services
01.2023 - Current
- Reduced cloud downtime by 30% by building an automated GCP/AWS disaster recovery pipeline using Terraform
- Integrated Jenkins, SonarQube, and Snyk into CI/CD workflows, cutting security vulnerabilities by 40%
- Configured Cloud Monitoring with custom alerting to accelerate incident response by 25%
- Co-led client architecture workshops, increasing successful solution delivery rate by 20%
- Mentored 3+ engineers on secure IaC patterns, reducing onboarding time by 50%
Cloud Infrastructure Lead
Bioreference Laboratories
09.2022 - 12.2023
- Boosted infrastructure throughput by 25% by optimizing backend pipeline scalability
- Maintained firewalls and NAT rules for secure server room operations, achieving 99.9% uptime
- Reduced incident escalations 30% through rapid resolution for major clients (NFL, NBA, CVS)
- Automated KPI data pipelines for exec dashboards, doubling analytics delivery speed
Cloud Operations Analyst
Bioreference Laboratories
07.2019 - 09.2022
- Cut GCP provisioning time 60% using Terraform for VPCs, routing, and compute infrastructure
- Developed internal tooling to improve KPI tracking and reduce routing delays by 20%
- Trained 20+ staff on gcloud CLI workflows, increasing internal productivity
- Designed and implemented operational improvement plans, recommending system enhancements that reduced processing delays by 25% and increased team efficiency across departments.
Healthcare IT Support Technician
Healthcare IT Support Technician
08.2017 - 03.2019
- Supported IT for hospitals/labs; achieved 95% first-time fix rate for system issues
- Maintained HIPAA-compliant sample delivery tracking
- Reduced mobile tech support issues by 30% with proactive device configuration
Education
Bachelor of Science - Audio Production
Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL05.2019
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), AWS, Azure
- Infrastructure & Automation: Terraform Enterprise/Cloud, Google Cloud Deployment Manager, Ansible
- Messaging & Event Systems: Google Cloud Pub/Sub, AWS SNS, AWS SQS
- Monitoring & SIEM: Wazuh, Google Cloud Monitoring, Elastic Stack, Google Cloud Logging
- Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, YAML
- Network & Security: VPCs, Route 53, IDS/IPS, Application security, Virtual private networks, Firewall configuration
- Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), MacOS, Windows
- CI/CD Platforms: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ADO
- Vulnerability Scanning Tools: Snyk, Trivy, SonarQube, Qualys, Jfrog Xray
- Containerization: Docker, AWS ECS, GCP GKE, Kubernetes
Certification
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, In Progress
- Terraform Associate, In Progress
- Google IT Automation with Python
- Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate
Timeline
Cloud Security Engineer
InTouch Consulting Services
01.2023 - Current
Cloud Infrastructure Lead
Bioreference Laboratories
09.2022 - 12.2023
Cloud Operations Analyst
Bioreference Laboratories
07.2019 - 09.2022
Healthcare IT Support Technician
Healthcare IT Support Technician
08.2017 - 03.2019
Bachelor of Science - Audio Production
Full Sail University
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