Summary
As a Cloud Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience, I have helped organizations achieve their business goals by delivering innovative, cost-optimized IT solutions that drive real, measurable business value. I specialize in designing scalable hybrid cloud solutions and leading agile DevOps transformations to empower teams and accelerate performance. Over the past three years, I have achieved 99.5% InfoSec compliance across 8,000 servers, spanning both on-premises and cloud environments.
Professional Experience
Skills
Public (AWS): Designed and deployed scalable solutions using AWS services such as S3, EC2, VPC, IAM, Lambda, and DynamoDB.
Private: Integrated Chef with Morpheus and Embotics. Successfully deployed and managed OpenStack in a home lab environment.
Technical Expertise: Proficient in Chef, Jenkins, Python, Bitbucket, and CI/CD automation.
Security & Compliance: Implemented CIS security benchmarks and ensured adherence to HIPAA compliance standards.
System Administration: Proficient in Linux, MySQL, and MSSQL, with strong troubleshooting and performance optimization skills.
Leadership: Proven ability to drive cost optimization, cross-functional collaboration, problem-solving, and project management.
Work Experience
GO CLOUD CAREERS
- Achieved up to 80% reduction in manual effort by transforming the Native Yoga web portal through automation and digital enhancements. Tech: AWS, Azure.
- Architected a multi-cloud strategy to migrate a data center to the cloud, improving high availability and accelerating application deployment by 50%. Tech: AWS, Azure.
- Home Lab Infrastructure Setup:
- Designed and implemented a home lab infrastructure using an Intel NUC running VMware ESXi, integrating a router and a switch for network segmentation.
- Configured VLANs for isolated environments, enabling secure testing of hybrid cloud deployments, OpenStack, and Kubernetes.
- Integrated Active Directory federation service with AWS, reducing complexity in managing users by 75%. Tech: VMware, OpenStack, AWS.
- Developed a web-based application using AWS AI to identify an image and label it within a few seconds. Tech: AWS Rekognition, Lambda, API Gateway, Python.
INFORMATICA
- Saved $1 million by leading a team of developers in migrating from commercial Chef to open-source Chef, ensuring a seamless transition across critical infrastructure. Tech: Chef, Linux, Windows.
- Cloud Governance and Auditing: Cut manual effort by 98%, reducing IAM user data collection from 2 days to just 30 minutes across 75 AWS accounts. Tech: Python, MSSQL, Active Directory, Jenkins.
- Saving millions of dollars in unauthorized usage fees, I led a team in a CEO-driven initiative to replace Java, migrating over 4,000 installations to Azul/OpenJDK. Tools used: Chef, Jenkins.
- Identified 40% of Log4j vulnerabilities across 8,000 servers, by implementing an enhanced tool. Tech: Chef, Bash.
- Achieved a 99.5% compliance success rate in gold and silver-tier servers by integrating ServiceNow CMDB with Chef DB, enforcing enterprise-grade security policies. Tech: Chef, Bash, Batch.
- Reduced support team workload by 75%, developing a self-service solution that enabled seamless Linux/Windows server registration in hybrid cloud environments. Tech: Apache, PHP, Jenkins, Bash, Batch, PowerShell, Curl.
- Minimized server downtime by up to 95% through proactive development of an automated tool to detect MKS errors in VMware environments covering US, EMEA and AP regions, and notifying VMware administrators for corrective measure, ensuring high availability. Tech: Bash.
- Strengthened security compliance in Morpheus - a private cloud by designing and deploying InfoSec workflows for VMs ensuring regulatory adherence. Tech: Bash, PowerShell, Chef.
- Implemented CIS security hardening policies across on-premises, AWS, and Azure infrastructures, reinforcing security compliance and resilience. Tech: Chef, CIS, InSpec, Jenkins.
- Reduced deployment time by 83%, cutting manual efforts from 3 hours to 30 minutes by replacing inefficient scripts with a fully automated Chef cookbook for REV application deployment in AWS. Tech: Chef, AMI, EC2, RDS, F5.
- Enhanced security of CIS-hardened RHEL AMIs in a HIPAA-compliant environment, ensuring regulatory adherence and enterprise security. Tech: S3, Perl.
During my tenure at Tesco, HP, and Novell (1997–2012), I held various IT roles and led the successful migration of ETL applications from AIX to Linux VM, collaborating with IT and business teams. This initiative achieved a 90% cost reduction, lowering expenses from $1 million to $100K. I was onsite, working directly with international clients at various time periods in the US, UK, Germany, and New Zealand addressing escalated issues and ensuring smooth operations. My hands-on involvement helped resolve critical business challenges and played a key role in retaining high-value clients.