About Me
• Experienced Cloud Architect with a focus on AWS bringing 11+ years of expertise in designing, deploying, and optimizing scalable, fault-tolerant AWS solutions and operating systems such as Red Hat Linux and Windows across sectors, including healthcare, education, and telecommunications.
• Skilled in leveraging AWS services to enhance scalability, security, and efficiency, with a proven track record of implementing high-availability architectures and cost-optimized solutions for large organizations.
• Expertise in collaborating with cross-functional teams, architecting distributed systems, and leading technical discussions to ensure high-performance, secure, and cost-efficient infrastructure. Adept at leveraging ITIL frameworks, Remedy, and ServiceNow to enhance IT service delivery.
Professional Experience
Oct 2023 — Oct 2024
Cloud Architect @ University of California, Santa Cruz
• Designed and implemented a multi-region AWS architecture supporting over 5,000 faculty and students, ensuring 99.99% uptime.
• Deployed serverless microservices using Lambda and API Gateway, reducing operational costs by 30% for administrative applications.
• Orchestrated multi-cloud disaster recovery strategy, achieving RTO of 4 hours and RPO of 15 minutes.
June 2022 — June 2023
Cloud Architect @ Centene Corporation
• Spearheaded migration of 50+ critical healthcare applications to AWS, cutting infrastructure costs by 35% and improving scalability.
• Built a HIPAA-compliant architecture leveraging AWS Shield and WAF, enhancing security posture and ensuring 100% audit pass.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, reducing deployment times from 4 hours to 15 minutes.
Dec 2018 — May 2022
Cloud Architect @ Verizon
• Developed and deployed a scalable CRM solution using Pega on Apache Tomcat with Nginx as a proxy, leveraging open-source technologies to reduce costs.
• Implemented serverless solutions on AWS Lambda to handle on-demand, scalable tasks, including Python and Bash scripts for various application workflows
• Architected and optimized high-volume, mission-critical applications using Apache Kafka, processing over 2M events per minute, ensuring 99.99% message delivery reliability.
• Designed and implemented automation strategies, including custom rehydration solutions, to improve operational efficiency, significantly reduce manual effort, and enhance service delivery across multiple projects.
• Served as a technical mentor and subject matter expert, conducting peer reviews and fostering a culture of knowledge sharing within the organization to drive continuous improvement and innovation in project delivery.
May 2018 — Dec 2018
DevOps Engineer @ UHG
• Automated build and deployment processes for 15+ applications using Jenkins and Docker, reducing deployment times by 50%.
• Implemented Blue/Green deployment strategies across 4 production environments, achieving zero downtimeduring updates.
• Designed CI/CD pipelines integrating AWS CodeDeploy and CloudFormation, cutting manual deployment effort by 40%.
• Optimized server utilization through container orchestration (Kubernetes), reducing cloud infrastructure costs by 20%.
• Enhanced application monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, reducing incident response times by 35%.
Aug 2015 — Apr 2018
Linux Administrator & DevOps Engineer @ Viacom
• Managed 500+ Linux servers, improving system performance by 20% through optimization and patch management.
• Automated server provisioning using Ansible and Puppet, reducing manual configuration time by 70%.
• Migrated legacy applications to Docker containers, improving deployment consistency and reducing environment issues by 40%.
Oct 2012 — Jul 2014
Linux Administrator @ Apollo Microsystems Limited
• Managed and optimized 50+ Linux servers, improving overall system performance by 20% through routine patching and optimization.
• Automated daily administrative tasks using Bash scripts, reducing manual effort by 35% and improving operational efficiency.
• Enhanced security across Linux environments by implementing firewalls and SELinux policies, reducing security incidents by 40%.
Certifications
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect
• Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
• Databricks Fundamentals