Emmanuel Nanji
Richmond
Summary
Solutions-focused Cloud & Data Platform Engineer with 8+ years designing, deploying, and securing enterprise cloud environments across AWS, AWS GovCloud, and Azure. Skilled in High-Level Designs, hybrid-cloud architectures, multi-governance deployments (GCC, GovCloud, Commercial), and developer-centric automation using Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps. Proven track record delivering scalable data platforms, secure CI/CD pipelines, POC/vendor onboarding, and minimal-downtime migrations for mission-critical workloads. Strong stakeholder communication, risk/compliance awareness, and ability to navigate ambiguity in fast-paced environments. AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certified; CompTIA Security+.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Data Platform Administrator
USSOCOM
Tampa
04.2023 - Current
- Architect and deploy secure cloud infrastructure using Terraform across AWS GovCloud environments supporting enterprise data platforms; reduced manual deployment effort by 60%+ through automation.
- Design and implement IAM security models, SSO integration, RBAC, and least-privilege access across multi-account environments; enable secure cross-account access and private connectivity.
- Build CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) to automate deployments across development, staging, and production, accelerating release cycles.
- Implement comprehensive monitoring and logging with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Prometheus, Grafana to improve observability and incident response.
- Deploy serverless architectures (Lambda, API Gateway) and secure networking patterns (VPC, PrivateLink) to support scalable data services.
- Collaborated with application, security, and data teams to implement DevOps pipelines and infrastructure compliance controls, ensuring alignment with risk and regulatory requirements.
- Drove multi-governance deployments and executed large-scale data platform migrations, utilizing delta syncing to minimize downtime.
- Led onboarding of POC vendors and conducted risk and compliance assessments, crafting remediation plans to ensure vendor viability.
- Cloud Data Platform Administrator | AWS GovCloud | Terraform | USSOCOM — Tampa, FL
Cloud/Data Engineer
Clarity Innovations
Tampa
09.2020 - 03.2023
- Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure for enterprise analytics and data processing workloads; designed scalable, secure cloud architectures for global accessibility.
- Developed CI/CD pipelines in GitLab for continuous deployment of cloud-based applications and data services; integrated security scanning and containerization workflows.
- Built Terraform modules for networking, IAM roles, storage, and compute resources; enforced reusable, auditable IaC standards.
- Implemented secure container platforms (Kubernetes, Docker) for enterprise apps; ensured compliance with federal security and cloud governance policies.
- Implemented monitoring with Cloud Monitoring, Prometheus, and Grafana; created dashboards to enhance visibility into system health and performance.
- Orchestrated data engineering workflows (ETL/ELT) and optimized SQL queries; utilized Triggers in Azure Data Factory to automate pipeline scheduling.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design enterprise-scale cloud architectures and aligned with regulatory needs.
Cloud Database Administrator
Bridge ICT Consulting
Tampa
05.2017 - 09.2020
- Managed enterprise SQL Server databases on AWS EC2 and RDS; implemented automated backups and disaster recovery strategies to enhance data protection.
- Migrated on-premises workloads to cloud infrastructure for analytics platforms, increasing data accessibility and resilience.
- Built monitoring dashboards to track database performance and resource utilization; tuned SQL statements for optimal performance.
- Configured security settings, provisioned users, and controlled permissions to ensure compliance and protect sensitive data.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science/Engineering
Westcliff University
Irvine, CA10-2026
Skills
- Hybrid-Cloud Architecture
- High-Level Design
- Enterprise Cloud Migrations
- POC/Vendor Onboarding
- Risk assessments
- Compliance alignment
- Remediation planning
- Solution evaluation
- Industry tooling recommendations
- Architecture assessments
- Infrastructure as Code
- IaC pipelines
- Automation
- IaC governance
- IAM
- SSO
- RBAC
- Least privilege
- SCIM provisioning
- Cross-account access
- CI/CD
- DevOps
- Monitoring
- Logging
- Observability
- Data Platforms
- Analytics
- ETL/ELT
- SQL
- Data pipelines
- Power BI integration
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Stakeholder engagement
- Executive-level reporting
- Cloud Platforms
- Governance
- Compliance
- Architecture
- Design
- IaC
- Automation
- Identity
- Security
- Networking
- VPC
- Private connections
- VPN/PrivateLink
- Development
- Python
- Bash
- YAML
- JSON
- Tools
- Jira
- Confluence
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- CompTIA Security+ CE
- GCP Certification (or specify actual GCP cert)
- AWS GovCloud specific training (if applicable)
- Cyber Awareness 2026
Projects Achievements
- Led a complex multi-cloud (AWS GovCloud and Azure) migration design for a government-adjacent data platform, delivering a design blueprint (HLD) and reusable IaC modules that reduced onboarding time by 40%.
- Implemented a serverless data ingestion pipeline with Delta syncing for near-zero downtime during migration of multi-terabyte datasets.
- Onboarded X POC vendors, completing risk assessments and remediation plans enabling project authorization and budget approval.
- Built end-to-end secure DevOps pipelines across environments with IaC and code-scanning integrations, reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR) and improving security posture.
Timeline
Cloud Data Platform Administrator
USSOCOM
04.2023 - Current
Cloud/Data Engineer
Clarity Innovations
09.2020 - 03.2023
Cloud Database Administrator
Bridge ICT Consulting
05.2017 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science/Engineering
Westcliff University