About Me
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner with 10+ years of IT infrastructure experience, specializing in building, automating, and securing cloud-native and hybrid environments. Proven expertise in serverless architectures, infrastructure as code with Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and network security.
CERTIFICATIONS
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (May 2025)
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Apr 2025)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, Route 53)
- IaC & Automation: Terraform, AWS SAM, Ansible, Python, Bash scripting
- Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Docker Compose, Traefik (Cloudflare DNS & SSL integration)
- CI/CD & DevOps: Git, GitHub Actions, VS Code
- Monitoring & Observability: CloudWatch, API Gateway logs, metrics, alarms
- OS & Virtualization: Linux (Ubuntu, Debian), Windows Server, Proxmox
- Networking & Security: DNS, VPN, HTTP/S, TCP/IP, SSH, DHCP, IAM policies
- Databases & Tools: DynamoDB, MySQL
EXPERIENCE
Systems Engineer
Unisys | New York, NY / Orlando, FL
Mar 2015 – Apr 2025
- Diagnosed and resolved enterprise Windows Server and desktop issues, covering OS, application, and network layers.
- Performed on-site hardware repairs and upgrades, including system board, storage, memory, and network interface replacements.
- Coordinated client communication via email, phone, and messaging to schedule maintenance, minimize downtime, and confirm resolution.
- Managed parts inventory, tracked usage trends, and streamlined logistics for rapid service turnaround.
- Documented procedures and created runbooks for recurring tasks, enabling faster handoffs and remote troubleshooting.
- Collaborated with distributed technical teams to escalate complex issues, align on resolutions, and maintain SLAs.
IT Support
Marsh & McLennan | New York, NY
Aug 2011 – Sep 2012
- Provisioned and managed user accounts in Active Directory, applying security group policies and access controls.
- Deployed and imaged Windows workstations with domain configurations, security hardening, and enterprise software packages.
- Delivered Tier 1–2 support for hardware, OS, and application issues, resolving tickets within established response times.
- Created documentation for recurring technical issues, improving team knowledge sharing and resolution consistency.
EDUCATION
- New York City College of Technology | Brooklyn, NY
Completed coursework toward B.S. in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (1 year)
- Year Up | New York, NY
IT Support & Professional Skills Training
PERSONAL PROJECTS
- Designed and deployed a serverless web application for the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge: static resume on Amazon S3, backend logic in Python (AWS Lambda) updating DynamoDB via Amazon API Gateway, and real-time visitor count rendering with JavaScript.
- Provisioned Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure using Terraform modules for S3, IAM, API Gateway, Lambda, and DynamoDB, ensuring reproducible, automated deployments.
- Managed version control with Git and GitHub, implementing CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions to automatically build and deploy updates to the Amazon S3-hosted website upon code commits.
- Implemented centralized logging, metrics, and alarms with Amazon CloudWatch; secured workloads with IAM policies and role-based access control.
- Built a homelab using Proxmox to host Linux and Windows VMs, deploying containerized workloads with Docker and Portainer.
- Deployed applications on Proxmox and Synology NAS using Traefik with Cloudflare DNS for automated TLS certificate management.
- Automated infrastructure setup and system configuration with Ansible and Bash, reducing manual deployment time.
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