Senior Platform Engineer Native Cloud / Product Owner AWS at Corning Inc. (2020-01 – Present)
- Wrote Terraform code for security groups, subnets, network ACLs, Load Balancers, Outposts, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPCs, Lambda, DataSync agents, Auto Scaling, EC2, and SNS notifications.
- Created and maintained guardrails using AWS Organizations, IAM roles, policies, and SCPs.
- Developed a well-informed approach to maintaining operations for various AWS accounts with diverse needs.
- Served on a team that built out new AWS accounts and performed all AWS operations requiring Architect-level permissions, including networking infrastructure.
- Created new AWS accounts and infrastructure for teams ranging from internal IT to data science teams
- Advised and supported maid teams on AWS best practices and created architecture diagrams for cloud migrations and new infrastructure buildouts.
- Performed network migrations from Transit VPC to Transit Gateway
- Took manual infrastructure work and automated it into CI/CD
- Conducted assessments of infrastructure and advised on security best practices.
Principal Cloud Architect at Eqis Tech (2019-01 – 2020-12)
- Formulated AWS and DevOps roadmaps and plans for cost savings.
- Designed CloudFormation templates, VPCs, security groups, subnets, network ACLs, SNS notifications, endpoints, and gateways.
- Leveraged technical skills to automate daily maintenance, deployments, alerts, logging, builds, and deploys using Python, PowerShell, and Jenkins.
- Developed a well-informed approach to maintaining operations for Dev, QA, and Production environments.
- Executed monitoring using CloudWatch, custom metrics, and canaries.
- Responded to technical issues in a professional and timely manner by troubleshooting production issues and ensuring seamless operations.
- Implemented and enhanced current infrastructure, such as migrating AWS from EC2 Classic to VPC.
- Reviewed AWS security and delivered top solutions for improving security in line with company needs.
Senior Engineer at Cornerstone On Demand (2016-01 – 2019-12)
- Devised a robust strategy for a migration project from on-premises infrastructure to AWS.
- Utilized AWS CloudFormation to automate deployments and environment creation.
- Created initialization and Bash deployment scripts, automated reports, build automation, and security scans using Python and AWS Lambda.
- Formulated Bash scripts and base AMI images for Windows and Linux servers.
- Automated Consul, builds, databases, and deployments using PowerShell and Windows batch scripts.
- Wrote AWS Lambda functions and set up monitoring using CloudWatch
- Set up CI/CD for Docker, Teamcity, Jenkins, TFS, Amazon ECR and Bitbucket.
- Created tools and wrote APIs for build and deployment and automation in C# and Python.
- Developed self-service tools and advised on automation of manual processes.
Senior DevOps Engineer | Technical Lead | Contractor at Deluxe Media (2016-01 – 2016-12)
- Automated several time-consuming manual processes on Windows 2012 / 2008, CentOS, and Ubuntu OS (Linux) using tools such as bash and C# and setup tools such as Jenkins.
Release Manager | Senior DevOps Engineer at Spark Networks (2014-01 – 2016-12)
- Designed, implemented, and maintained CI/CD solutions for cross-platform and cloud applications in Jenkins and Teamcity.
- Migrated repositories, and release to CI/CD systems and greatly improved speed of delivery.
Senior Software Engineer at Johnson Controls (2012-01 – 2014-12)
Lead Consultant/Technical Instructor at Guru Software Consulting (2007-01 – 2012-12)
Provided professional and technical instruction services to companies ranging from startups to fortune 10 companies. Served as technical lead on large migration projects. Created proof on concept, demos and estimates for sales. Clients include Flexera Software, Tesla, Hitachi Consulting, Raytheon, IBM, and McKesson.
