Edward Fong

Conceived, architected, and launched a production AWS serverless media platform from initial concept through hardened deployment architecture.

Platform Architecture & Infrastructure

• Led end-to-end migration of a live AWS serverless platform into Terraform with zero downtime, enabling full infrastructure reproducibility and reducing rebuild time from hours to minutes.
• Focused on reducing operational risk through infrastructure immutability, deployment safety mechanisms, and observability-driven system design.
• Designed service boundaries and unified REST API architecture (14 endpoints) replacing 12 distributed APIs.
• Modeled DynamoDB tables based on access patterns and scalability requirements (28+ production tables).
• Migrated live infrastructure into Terraform without downtime; implemented remote state (S3) + DynamoDB locking for safe concurrent operations.
• Codified 18 Lambda functions, 3 Lambda layers, API Gateway, CloudFront (OAC), S3, IAM roles, Route53, ACM, and monitoring into reusable Terraform modules.
• Reduced infrastructure rebuild time from 2–3 hours to ~15–20 minutes via fully automated provisioning and DR-oriented configuration.

Deployment & Release Engineering

• Designed and implemented CI/CD release pipelines with automated testing gates and controlled deployment strategies, enabling safe, repeatable production releases.
• Enforced quality gates to block faulty releases; detected and remediated defects pre-production.
• Implemented Lambda versioning with alias-based blue/green deployments enabling zero-downtime releases and sub-second rollback.
• Designed staged environment strategy (staging + prod) for controlled rollout and validation.
• Consolidated APIs and standardized tagging/modularization for reproducible deployments.

Reliability & Operational Maturity

• Imported and managed 18 Lambda log groups; configured retention policies based on service criticality.
• Deployed 27 CloudWatch alarms (Lambda errors, throttles, API 5XX) integrated with SNS alerting.
• Validated alarm functionality through post-deployment testing; authored operational runbooks for incident response.
• Built secure S3 + CloudFront edge delivery with OAC, TLS, and custom domain configuration.

Impact Metrics

• 95% infrastructure managed via Terraform
• 85% faster disaster recovery
• 83% faster deployments
• 92% API consolidation
• Instant rollback capability (
• Monitoring coverage across 100% of critical services

• Automated administrative and maintenance workflows using PowerShell and Ansible, reducing repetitive workload by ~50% while improving configuration consistency.
• Maintained Windows Server 2022 and VMware vSphere infrastructure supporting 100+ users; applied disciplined patching and reliability practices within DoD-regulated systems.
• Enhanced monitoring in SolarWinds for proactive detection of availability and performance issues.
• Strengthened disaster recovery posture by refining Commvault backup validation procedures and operational runbooks.
• Reduced downtime by proactively identifying and resolving potential issues through thorough system monitoring.

• Built responsive web applications and client portals using Angular + ASP.NET Core with REST APIs.
• Developed reusable UI components and API patterns to improve delivery speed and reduce rework.
• Improved performance and UX through pragmatic refactoring and front-end optimization.

• Resolved 500+ Tier 1–3 incidents; improved troubleshooting workflows and documentation quality.
• Trained 200+ users, reducing repeat issues through structured knowledge transfer.
• Served as Unit Software License Manager; identified compliance gaps and reduced annual software costs by ~$18K.