About Me
Thank you for viewing my portfolio! Below, you will find my resume and diagrams of AWS projects I’ve worked on. In my free time, I enjoy reading, gaming, hiking, astronomy, gardening, and traveling. The best book I've read (or listened to on audible rather) recently was Leviathan Falls by James S. A. Corey and my goty was Baldur's Gate 3.
Work
Pratt and Whitney
Senior Cloud Analyst • September 2023 - Current
Optimize AWS and Azure cloud environments ensuring they operate at peak efficiency and align with industry best practices while controlling costs. Assess governance, risk, and compliance ensuring all cloud operations are compliant with relevant government regulations and corporate policies. Additional responsibilities include assisting with the administration of a self-hosted GitHub platform and facilitating efficient and secure code management.
ClassLink
Cloud Engineer• March 2022 - September 2023
Automate processes with lambda functions using the Python boto3 library. Reduce AWS costs by automating the start and stop times of resources. Modernize infrastructure with containerization, Fargate, and Terraform. Respond quickly to DDoS attacks and mitigate with Athena and WAF. Deploy pipelines, elastic beanstalk environments, and other resources with Cloudformation. Attend software releases and assist with percentage-based rollouts. Create and revise IAM roles and policies with principle of least privilege. Create users and grant permissions on MySQL databases.
Overwatch Data Services
IT Technician • August 2021 - March 2022
Provided remote and onsite support for several different business environments. Resolved customer tickets promptly while providing pleasant customer service. Configured and deployed new hardware onsite. Assisted with network design and deployment. Monitored customer infrastructure with Barracuda and provided routine system maintenance. Managed Windows Server and Active Directory for several different clients.
Quality Dental Equipment
Operations Manager • April 2017 - March 2020
Developed and supported the company’s e-commerce website. Created online revenue stream with website and other e-commerce channels. Procured and maintained all software and hardware. Other responsibilities included processing payroll, AR/AP, HR functions, scheduling, and sales.
Skills
Certifications
Education
Wayne State University
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Information Technology Management
Automated DDoS Response
When a traffic metric is breached, an SNS topic invokes a Lambda function that queries Athena for suspicious ips, waits for the query to complete, and then posts a pre-signed S3 URL containing the results to a Microsoft teams channel. GitHub Link
Automated Emails Containing RDS Data
This Lambda function is invoked routinely by a cron expression with EventBridge. It queries an RDS database, generates a CSV file, and sends it as an email attachment. GitHub Link
Internal Endpoint that Creates an EC2
When a user fills out a form, the results pass through an API gateway to a Lambda function and are recorded in DynamoDB. It then triggers a Cloudformation stack creation (which creates the Ec2) and an email is sent to the user.
This Website
This website resides in an S3 bucket located behind a CloudFront distribution, with another pair serving as a redirect. The contact form (in beta) uses an API Gateway, Lambda function, DynamoDB, and Simple Email Service to record an email any responses. This also is configured with a github that automatically deploys any changes to the s3 bucket and invalidates the CloudFront distribution when a push to main occurs. GitHub Link