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COLIN POWEL FOMANKA

FORT MYERS,FLORIDA

Summary

Results-driven AWS Cloud Engineer with 6 years of experience in designing, deploying, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure. Proficient in AWS services, automation with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), and implementing secure, cost-optimized solutions. Experienced in leveraging AWS tools to enhance performance, availability, and reliability of applications. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust cloud architectures tailored to business needs.

Overview

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Work History

Cloud Administrator

Xxxx
  • AWS Infrastructure Management: Managed and maintained AWS cloud environments, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, RDS databases, and VPC configurations to support business-critical applications.
  • System Monitoring & Optimization: Utilized AWS CloudWatch and CloudTrail for proactive monitoring, logging, and performance tuning, ensuring high availability and reliability across services.
  • Backup & Disaster Recovery: Designed and implemented backup and disaster recovery strategies using AWS services such as S3, Glacier, and Route 53, reducing recovery time objectives (RTO) by 30%.
  • Access Management: Enforced IAM best practices by creating custom roles, policies, and multi-factor authentication (MFA) to maintain strict security controls.
  • Patch Management: Automated OS and application patching across EC2 instances using Systems Manager, ensuring up-to-date security compliance.
  • Cost Optimization: Conducted regular audits of AWS accounts, implemented tagging policies, and rightsized resources, resulting in a 25% reduction in monthly cloud costs.

IT Systems Administrator (AWS Focus)

XXXXX
  • Cloud Resource Provisioning: Deployed and maintained scalable cloud resources, including EC2 Auto Scaling groups, ELBs, and S3 storage solutions, ensuring 99.9% application uptime.
  • Migration Projects: Assisted in migrating on-premises applications to AWS, including re-hosting and re-platforming projects, reducing operational costs by 40%.
  • Configuration Management: Managed infrastructure state using AWS CloudFormation and Terraform, ensuring consistent and repeatable deployments across environments.
  • Logging & Alerts: Configured AWS CloudWatch alarms and SNS notifications to monitor key metrics and trigger alerts for critical system events.

Cloud Engineer

Xxxx
  • Cloud Architecture & Deployment: Designed and implemented scalable, fault-tolerant AWS architectures using EC2, S3, RDS, and CloudFront to meet business requirements.
  • Infrastructure Automation: Automated provisioning and management of cloud resources using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, reducing deployment times by 60%.
  • Application Scaling: Configured and managed Auto Scaling groups with Elastic Load Balancers, ensuring seamless performance during traffic spikes.
  • Networking: Designed secure VPC architectures with subnets, NAT Gateways, and VPN connections, enabling efficient and secure communication between cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Monitoring & Alerts: Set up AWS CloudWatch dashboards, alarms, and logs to proactively monitor system performance and trigger alerts for critical events.
  • Cost Optimization: Implemented tagging strategies and resource utilization monitoring with AWS Cost Explorer, achieving a 20% reduction in monthly cloud costs.
  • Security Best Practices: Enforced IAM best practices, including role-based access, MFA, and automated key rotation policies using AWS Lambda.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - BUSINESS INSURANCE

NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC
BAMENDA
12-2019

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA
CAMEROON
12-2015

Skills


  • AWS Services: EC2, S3, RDS, CloudFront, VPC, IAM, Lambda, Route 53, CloudFormation, CloudWatch
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
  • DevOps Tools: AWS CodePipeline, GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  • Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash
  • Networking: VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, NACLs, Direct Connect, VPN
  • Monitoring & Logging: AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Prometheus, Grafana
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
  • Operating Systems: Linux (Amazon Linux, Ubuntu), WindowsAWS security management

Accomplishments

  • Reduced infrastructure costs by 25% through automated scaling and resource optimization.
  • Led the migration of a critical application to AWS, improving system uptime by 90%.
  • Improved team productivity by implementing standardized Terraform workflows and reusable modules.

Certification

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

Timeline

Cloud Administrator

Xxxx

IT Systems Administrator (AWS Focus)

XXXXX

Cloud Engineer

Xxxx

Bachelor of Arts - BUSINESS INSURANCE

NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

UNIVERSITY OF BAMENDA

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