Summary
AWS Cloud Solutions Architect with 6+ years of experience designing development frameworks and guidelines to expedite and enhance application engineering. Versed in numerous software categories for business and private users. Adept at constructing resilient cloud architecture suited to rapid deployment across multiple projects to reduce development times and costs.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AWS Solutions Architect/Security Specialist
Cvs Health
Chantilly, VA
05.2018 - Current
- Customized in-development software to clients' current hardware environments, designing applications to span multiple systems.
- Assisted with and designed security oversight of next-generation firewalls, intrusion prevention systems, DDoS solutions, SSL-terminating load balancers, WAF, security groups and NACL.
- Communicated software architecture strategies to senior leadership and third-party business leaders.
- Encrypted extremely sensitive data such as personally identifiable information (PII) using customer-controlled keys.
- Has in-depth understanding of IAM related processes, internal controls, external factors, risk management, and industry standards.
- Worked with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements for developmental programs.
- Proven experience in systems and cloud network design and development.
- Performed security monitoring, security event triage, and incident response; coordinated with other team members and management to document and report incidents.
- Deployed and managed applications to monitor cloud infrastructure security and intrusions.
- Designed ,Implemented and maintained deployment automation solution to enable CI/CD for hybrid cloud architecture (on-prem and public cloud), following best security practices.
- Cut disaster recovery time by 70% in tests
- Reduced average development environment build time from 3 months to only minutes
- Stayed abreast of broad technical knowledge of existing and emerging technologies, including public cloud offerings from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
- Supervised 5-person team, discussed project roadblocks to drive issue resolution and promoted use of best practices
Consultant: Solutions Architect/AWS Cloud Engineer
Ensono Consulting
City, STATE
05.2015 - 03.2017
- Configured multi-account architecture, identity and access management, governance, data security, network design, and logging within provisioned AWS Landing Zones.
- Designed and implemented scalable solutions in cloud environment leveraging cloud enterprise technology and services in AWS such as AWS VPC, Auto Scaling, ELB, AWS Global Infrastructure (Regions and Availability Zones).
- Designed architectural frameworks solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) that best suits clients web application hosting demands in AWS cloud Platform, leveraging AWS services such as EC2, elastic beanstalk, S3 web hosting.
- Developed strategies for modernization of existing systems and migration into cloud environment using AWS Migration Hub, AWS Server Migration Service, and AWS Database Migration Service.
- Designed and secured hybrid network connection between provisioned private network in AWS Cloud space (VPC) and customer corporate network leveraging AWS VPC Peering, VPN connection, AWS transit Gateway.
- Experience in deploying and monitoring applications on various platforms using Elastic Beanstalk, setting up life cycle policies to back data from AWS S3 to AWS Glacier.
- Architecting/operating solutions built on AWS Platform; Deployed Palo Alto, F5, Aviatrix Transit Gateway boxes and configured boxes with customer's requirements.
- Recommended and managed transmission protection requirements for all environments (systems, applications, containers, etc.) such as VPC peering best practices, SSL certificate management, key pairs, etc.
- Ran code seamlessly using AWS Lambda to build and run various application.
- Utilized AWS snowball to quickly and securely migrate large-scale data transfers.
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR
Northwestern Medicine
City, STATE
05.2013 - 05.2015
- Set up administrator accounts, maintained system documentation, tuning system performance, installing system wide software and allocating mass storage space.
- Monitored computer networks and systems to identify how performance can be improved.
- Established network specifications by conferring with users; analyzing workflow, access, information, and security requirements; designing router administration, including interface configuration and routing protocols.
- Met financial requirements by submitting information for budgets; monitoring expenses.
- Spearheaded inventory control measures to replenish and maintain IT equipment, supplies, tools and replacement parts.
- Automated nightly batch using Active Batch scheduler and created nightly jobs for database backups.
- Performed system administration tasks including adding/deleting users from specific applications, maintaining SQL database tables, deploying non-routine client software installation on future workstations, troubleshooting, maintaining security and generating reports.
- Kept software licenses current for all computers and mobile devices.
- Performed network security design and integration duties.
- Maintained and managed connection to WAN, working closely with Territorial WAN Administrator, operating system and anti-virus on servers.
- Maintained 96% satisfaction rate while administering systems in MOB sites across 50 states
Help Desk/Geek Squad
Best Buy Co Inc.
City, STATE
01.2011 - 06.2013
- Broke down and evaluated user problems, using test scripts, personal expertise and probing questions.
- Patched software and installed new versions to eliminate security problems and protect data.
- Activated accounts for clients interested in new services.
- Managed customers' expectations of support and technology functionality in order to provide positive user experience.
- Responded to support requests from end users and patiently walked individuals through basic troubleshooting tasks.
- Provided Tier 1 IT support to non-technical internal users through desk side support services.
- Collaborated with vendors to locate replacement components and resolve advanced problems.
- Evaluated and responded to incoming sales leads and requests for technical support assistance.
- Built and provided basic end-user troubleshooting and desktop support on Windows, Linux and Mac systems.
Education
Master of Science - Cyber Security And Information Assurance
12.2022
Bachelor of Science - Finance
05.2014
Skills
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving skills
- Excellent awareness of cloud security issues
- Strong Interpersonal skills
- Windows,Linux
- Languages-Python,bash
- Cloud Budgeting
- Hub, Server Migration
- Architecture improvements
- Solutions deployment
- Change Planning Management
- Operational analysis
- Project requirements analysis
- Solution prototypes
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Certified
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate – Certified
- AWS Developer Associate – Certified
- AWS security speciality-Certified
- Scrum Master-Certified
Timeline
AWS Solutions Architect/Security Specialist - Cvs Health
05.2018 - Current
Consultant: Solutions Architect/AWS Cloud Engineer - Ensono Consulting
05.2015 - 03.2017
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR - Northwestern Medicine
05.2013 - 05.2015
Help Desk/Geek Squad - Best Buy Co Inc.
01.2011 - 06.2013
Western Governors University - Master of Science, Cyber Security And Information Assurance
University Of Illinois At Chicago - Bachelor of Science, Finance