Professional Summary

Cloud Administrator with 2+ years managing AWS-hosted production workloads at scale using AWS Systems Manager
(Patch Manager/Run Command) and CloudWatch (metrics and logs). Ensures secure operations and fleet health;
automates routine tasks. Demonstrates system design and infrastructure as code (IaC) in an active GitHub portfolio
using CloudFormation and Terraform.

Technical Skills

  • AWS: VPC, EC2, ALB, ASG, WorkSpaces, EBS, EFS,
    S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, API Gateway,
    CloudFront, Route 53, EventBridge, IAM, KMS,
    Secrets Manager, WAF, SSM
  • Infrastructure as Code: CloudFormation, SAM, Terraform
  • Automation & Scripting: PowerShell, Bash, SQL
  • DevOps & CI/CD: Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy
  • Observability: CloudWatch (metrics, alarms, logs, dashboards), CloudTrail
  • Security & Compliance: Patch management, server
    hardening, vulnerability remediation, least privilege
    IAM, Active Directory
  • Networking: VPC design, security groups, network
    ACLs (NACLs), NAT gateway, IGW, VPN, TGW, BGP,
    VPC endpoints (Gateway, Interface/PrivateLink)
  • Operating Systems: Windows Server
    2019/2022/2025, Amazon Linux 2023, Ubuntu Linux
  • Architecture & Diagramming: Lucidchart
  • Azure: Entra ID (Azure AD), VMs, Storage

Professional Experience

Cloud Administrator | DataBank IMX (Kyocera Group) | Remote October 2023 – Present

  • Manage 20+ AWS-hosted client environments across test and production, covering patching, performance
    monitoring, and incident response.
  • Automate patching and vulnerability remediation with SSM (Patch Manager/Run Command) and PowerShell.
  • Maintain fleet health with CloudWatch metrics and logs; support capacity planning with AWS Cost Optimization
    Hub and Compute Optimizer; and triage third-party alerts to restore service promptly.
  • Partner with cloud architects to support greenfield builds and migrations; facilitate discovery sessions and align
    operations with company security policies for successful go-lives.

Upgrade Specialist | DataBank IMX (Kyocera Group) | Remote April 2021 – October 2023

  • Delivered 50+ enterprise application upgrades in environments as large as 20+ servers and 1,000+ users, including 
    new server deployments and configuration changes.
  • Coordinated 15+ concurrent projects and documented environments/runbooks to streamline support handoffs.

Sales Development Representative | DataBank IMX (Kyocera Group) | Remote August 2019 – April 2021

  • Sourced $6M+ pipeline and booked 200+ appointments using Salesforce, Outreach, and LinkedIn.

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer - Associate
  • AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
  • AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate
  • Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Applied Skills: Administer AD DS
  • CompTIA Security+
  • CompTIA Linux+
  • CompTIA Cloud+
  • CompTIA CloudNetX

Education

Western Governors University

  • Master of Business Administration (MBA)
  • Bachelor of Science in Information Technology