Aaron Kenny Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, Ut, Us

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

- Migrated AWS architecture to Terraform Cloud and set up workspaces for secure access management.- Consolidated monolith codebases and deployments into flexible micro services architecture.- Guided DevOps Engineers and Developers on best practices, scalability, and security.- Setup RabbitMQ Message Broker instance with multiple virtual hosts.- Helped create client data analytics feature using Redshift, DMS, and Looker.- Set up comprehensive logging solutions using DataDog.- Utilized AWS EventBridge for detailed event based notifications.- Orchestrated Aurora MySQL 5.7 to MySQL 8.0 migration utilizing blue/green deployments.- Set up IAM database authentication for user access to database workloads.- Audited cloud infrastructure and optimized to save the company more than $18,000/year.- Brought up a multi-account, Commercial & GovCloud organization to AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR), and Center of Internet Security (CIS) standards.- Migrated self-managed MongoDB to AWS DocumentDB.- Migrated legacy Redis servers to highly available AWS ElastiCache.- Managed AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM, AWS Identity Center, AWS Organizations).- Performed Linux administration on workloads (resource management, process management).- Set up Commercial & GovCloud organizations and custom SAML 2.0 applications with AWS IAM Identity Center.- Operated within an Agile software development life cycle.

- Built new functionality and features within the website (React.js, SPA, Single Page Application)- Worked with GTM (Google Tag Manager) and React to push custom events and tracking.- Developed new feature sets between React and a custom PHP API.- Developed coupon code system with logic for percent, fixed, and exclusive types.- Deployed stateless WordPress site on Kubernetes with custom ingress and endpoints.Key Achievements:- Implemented password hashing and brought code base up to best practices.- Performed full GTM (Google Tag Manager) and analytics audit ensuring accurate data collection.

- Set up a comprehensive local development environment (Docker, Kubernetes, local HTTPS).- Built a GitOps style CI/CD pipeline (Git, Google Cloud Build, Docker Containers).- Developed the public marketing website (HTML, Sass, Bootstrap, JavaScript, PHP, Laravel).- Created core API SaaS (Software as a Service) product to automate financial trading strategies (Laravel, PHP).- Conducted local API testing (Postman).- Integrated Stripe payments API.- Created user interface (UI) for authenticated users.- Configured Nginx behind Google Cloud Load Balancer.- Created Kubernetes deployments, services, and ingress rules.- Utilized email marketing platform APIs for signups and email alerts.- Created email automations and campaigns (ActiveCampaign, SendGrid).- Created online advertising campaigns (Google Ads, Microsoft Ads, Facebook Ads).

Covina, Ca, Us

- Migrated company DNS records to Google Cloud Platform (GCP) Cloud DNS.- Migrated assets to Google Cloud Storage.- Managed Rackspace Cloud Server (Windows Server 2008).- Managed Amazon Simple Storage Service (AWS S3) and modified bucket policies.- Administered Sitefinity CMS by creating users, access permissions, and policies.- Created marketing landing pages.

Covina, Ca, Us

- Created self-hosted WordPress sites (Microsoft IIS server).- Developed WordPress custom post types, and templates.- Coded a word document converter for internal use (PHP, JavaScript, regular expressions (Regex)).- Created custom surveys and forms (form validation, CSS animations, PHP, jQuery, CSV, JSON).- Built and deployed custom HTML email templates (Responsive email, Hybrid email).- Created automated and conditional email campaigns (MailChimp).Key Achievements:- Saved 10-20 man-hours per week by creating automation tools that removed the necessity for manual work.- Created hybrid emails that display correctly on virtually every email client including Outlook desktop versions.

Anywhere On The Web, Ca, Us

- Reported to and collaborated directly with company owner.- Setup local Linux development environment (Linux administration).- Troubleshot bugs and errors with the website (eDirectory CMS).- Coded and implemented new features from scratch (PHP, JavaScript, Sass, MySQL).- Modified the existing eDirectory platform PHP classes to add functionality.- Created a front-end streaming build system to speed up style changes (Gulp, Sass).- Added Bootstrap grid utilities and customized grid layouts for various types of web content.- Built a custom search feature that enhanced user experience (PHP, MySQL, phpMyAdmin, Sass, JavaScript).- Added mobile-responsive CSS to ensure layout integrity across all screen widths.Key Achievements:- Independently created a "featured deal" system that attracted new customers and increased sales.- Developed a comprehensive search feature which allowed for a better user experience (UX) and smoother website navigation.