Cloud solutions architect with 5 years of experience, with a passion for designing and implementing secure, practical, and cost-effective cloud-based solutions for clients. Experience designing environments across a wide range of industries and requirements, including insurance, government, gaming, and finance. A desire to refine my skillset and a willingness to learn, paired with a coachable attitude.
- Education
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East Carolina University - Greenville, NC
Major: Computer Science
Minor: Business
- Skills
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Technical skills
Experience with: AWS, Azure, Terraform, Ansible, Python, SQL, Networking, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification
Azure Administrator Associate Certification
- Experience
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Zencos Consulting Cloud Solutions Architect - Cary, NC - 2019-Present
- Architected, deployed and maintained multiple SAS Viya 3.5 microservices-based environments utilizing Terraform and AWS CLI within the AWS cloud.
- Architected, deployed and maintained multiple SAS Viya 4 Kubernetes-based environments utilizing Terraform and Ansible within the AWS and Azure clouds. Utilized CLI tools such as AWS CLI, Azure CLI, and Kubectl.
- Lead and pioneered the company initiative of migrating the SaaS solution from a microservices based software to the new Kubernetes based software developed by SAS.
- Lead migration efforts for public and government agencies from on-prem to cloud.
- Developed internal Viya toolkit to increase efficiency pertaining to the deployment and configuration of the Viya software platform, cutting down on SaaS solution deployment time from 15 days to 1 day, utilizing AWS and Azure CLI, Shell scripting, Python, and GitLab.
- Designed and developed SaaS solution involving AWS and Azure environments, Single Sign-on, data encryption at rest and in motion, TLS, Secure LDAP, SQLServer and PostgreSQL database connections, utilizing and adhering to security standards for both commercial and government clouds.
- Provided general IT and customer support for AWS hosted components relating to day to day operations.
- Provided technical guidance to executive and sales teams for pricing and timelines of cloud hosted solutions or cloud migrations.
Credit SuisseProduction Support Analyst - Raleigh, NC - 2015-2019
- Provided daily Level 2 support for multiple back-office financial applications that reconcile with front- office transactions and adjustments.
- Maintained and supported backend batch processes that performed ETL to load application tables
- Investigated SQL and database issues.
- Work with application development staff for problem resolution and, if needed, determine whether a release change or immediate fix is required.