Brightkey.cloud

Consulting and training for AWS and other technology topics

Principal Cloud Architect

Pearson

Develop live course content for AWS topics
Deliver live course content to 5000+ online attendees per year
Develop and record video courses on AWS topics
Maintain training content updates to keep the material current

Course Author and Technical Trainer

Near 

Lead cross-functional architecture team to translate business and technical requirements into AWS infrastructure and operations
Identify and implement cost-optimization measures - reduced AWS monthly bill by 25% in 6 months
Lead the technical implementation for SOC2 and GDPR compliance efforts
Lead the artifact-gathering process for AWS compliance efforts
Advise and train SRE staff on new and existing AWS services and features
Architect, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot all networking infrastructure
Define and implement security practices for confidentiality, integrity, and availability

Principal AWS Cloud Architect

UberMedia.com

Work with cross-functional architecture team to translate business and technical requirements into AWS infrastructure and operations
Optimize the reliability and performance of solutions deployed using AWS, including EC2, RDS, Redshift, and S3
Onboard and train new DevOps and SRE hires
Architect, deploy, manage, and troubleshoot all AWS global network infrastructure
Define and implement security practices for networking, operating systems, and permissions
Utilize Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Senior AWS Solutions Architect

Manage AWS and on-premises workloads, resource deployment, and application support
Deploy AWS solutions using EC2, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFront, IAM, EMR, RDS, Route 53, VPC, SNS, CloudFormation, Lambda, ECS, and others.
Deploy and administer Apache Web Server, Nginx, Mysql, MongoDB, Nagios, Ganglia, Rails, Jetty, and RabbitMQ
Design and implement highly available system architecture for multi-tier applications.
Utilize bash and python scripts for workflow automation
Manage and monitor all cloud-deployed infrastructure
Perform application deployments to production environments

Senior Linux System Administrator

Boston Scientific

Designed AWS architecture for an application which communicates with health technology
Contributed to AWS architecture for a data lake containing HIPAA-regulated data
Trained full-time staff on AWS infrastructure and operations

Senior AWS Architect

Pluralsight

Create video courses for cloud computing topics, focusing on Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Course Author

Global Knowledge Training

Amazon Authorized Instructor for architecture, operations, and security courses
Delivered on-site and virtual ILT courses

Technical Trainer

Simplilearn

Deliver virtual ILT for Amazon Web Services topics

BUMP Network, Inc

Design and deploy AWS system and network infrastructure
Manage all AWS resource operations
Recommend and implement cloud security measures including basic PCI compliance for credit card payment system

IT Consultant (Systems Engineer and Cloud Architect)

BrainCells, Inc.

Provide support and strategy for back office and scientific IT infrastructure
Install, configure and maintain infrastructure monitoring systems
Manage network, telecom and Internet infrastructure
Responsible for IT security and BCP strategy
Manage IT and telecommunications vendor relationships
Manage Oracle and SQL Server installations for finance and scientific pipeline
Perform capacity planning activities, including storage, compute servers and network

IT Manager

I am an AWS Cloud Architect and technical trainer, certified with Amazon Web Services since 2014.  I'm experienced with architecture, operations, and security for distributed cloud applications.

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