Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
I'm a Cloud Architect and Site Reliability Engineer with over a decade of experience specializing in AWS infrastructure. My expertise spans cloud-native architecture, infrastructure automation, and security compliance, with a proven track record of implementing robust solutions that drive business outcomes. Key areas of expertise: • Cloud Architecture: Extensive experience designing and implementing scalable AWS infrastructures, managing multi-account environments, and optimizing cloud resources for enterprise-scale operations • Infrastructure as Code: Proficient in Terraform and CloudFormation, with a history of successfully implementing IaC strategies for EKS, ArgoCD, and various AWS services • Security & Compliance: Strong background in AWS security best practices, including IAM security audits, PCI compliance, and implementing least privilege access strategies • Kubernetes & Containerization: Led zero-downtime migrations to Kubernetes, managed EKS clusters, and implemented container orchestration solutions using Docker and ECS • DevOps & Automation: Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and CircleCI, reducing deployment times and improving reliability • Incident Response & SRE: Experienced in implementing comprehensive monitoring solutions using Datadog, managing on-call rotations, and ensuring high availability for mission-critical systems I have a demonstrated history of success in high-growth environments, having supported systems serving millions of daily active users and optimizing infrastructure costs by 20% through strategic analysis and implementation of best practices. AWS Certified Solutions Architect with hands-on experience across the full AWS service stack, including EC2, Lambda, ECS, RDS, DynamoDB, CloudFront, and more.
- Managed 20+ active AWS accounts within the Zonda umbrella of companies, ensuring optimized resource utilization and unified cloud strategies. - Led a lift-and-shift migration for an acquired company, using AWS Migration Service to transition 40+ on-prem VMs to AWS within 2 months. - Executed the migration project independently, consolidating infrastructure and ensuring seamless integration under the Zonda umbrella. - Conducted security audits for every security group across all accounts and led remediation projects to strengthen network security. - Implemented AWS Workload Discovery across accounts and created detailed infrastructure diagrams to enhance visibility and collaboration. - Performed IAM security audits to ensure consistent application of best practices, reinforcing security and compliance. - Acted as an escalation point within the organization for AWS-related incidents and requests, resolving issues promptly. - Consulted with cross-functional teams to assist with AWS implementations, providing guidance and best practices to support their goals.
- Successfully shipped scalable, secure, and robust solutions, focusing on promptness and efficiency. - Collaborated with development teams to align solution design with implementation, adopting an agile approach for continuous improvement. - Participated in team planning, including task estimating and prioritizing, and identified key project milestones and risks. - Worked closely with Product Management and Engineering to provide design feedback on software enhancements. - Developed and maintained Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to automate deployments. - Managed the creation and maintenance of applications in a cloud computing environment using AWS and Docker.
- Orchestrated and executed successful migrations to Kubernetes with zero downtime, resulting in increased system reliability and availability - Spearheaded the implementation of an infrastructure-as-code strategy for EKS, ArgoCD, Helm, and Github Actions, resulting in more efficient and automated deployments - Represented DevOps in security and PCI audits, showcasing expertise in compliance and risk management - Planned and led upgrades to Terraform, enabling the team to leverage the latest features and enhancements - Designed and implemented a serverless framework for deploying Lambda functions, streamlining the CI/CD pipeline and reducing deployment time by 50% - Developed an internal Pagerduty-to-Slack integration using AWS Lambda, removing inter-team communication confusion and reducing toil for the entire engineering organization - Applied networking and security concepts such as VPN, VPC, firewall rules, and SSL/TLS to ensure secure and reliable infrastructure. - Administered a managed Kafka implementation with Confluent, collaborating with development teams to configure and deploy producers and consumers - Enhanced Datadog monitoring and alerting, resulting in improved visibility and proactive incident response