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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

• Managed user accounts for personnel and external entities, adhering to least privilege principles and IAM best practices.• Enabled CloudTrail for security monitoring, with SNS notifications for system changes.• Designed VPCs with public and private subnets, route tables, and NAT instance. Implemented AWS Site-to-Site VPN using OpenSwan Instance as customer gateway.• Created launch templates for ASGs to deploy EC2 instances with userdata scripts for Apache installation, CodeCommit integration, and CodeDeploy agent setup.• Enhanced security with internet-facing NLB for SSH connections to bastion hosts in private subnets.• Implemented login banner on Linux instances, mounted EFS for file sharing, and scheduled Lynis scans using SSM for internal audits.• Created "Break Glass" user for emergency access and automated instance updates.• Collected custom metrics using CloudWatch agent and Ansible playbooks.• Configured Lambda functions to manage ProCore Lab environments during work hours for cost reduction.• Installed Pritunl client for on-premise CheckMK server access and AWS account service limit monitoring.• Deployed Splunk Enterprise Server and Universal Forwarder Agent for centralized log management.• Developed CloudFormation template for improved website deployment across VPCs and accounts.• Collaborated on Terraform project for WordPress deployment with RDS MySQL.• Assisted with CRM app deployment, including LAMP stack initialization and Lambda function configuration for work-hour operation.• Deployed client websites using ECS containers, utilizing S3, EFS, and NGINX docker image.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

• Design, deploy, and manage AWS cloud infrastructure and services to support organizational applications and workloads.• Develop automation scripts and infrastructure as code (IaC) templates using AWS CloudFormation or Terraform to streamline provisioning and management processes.• Monitor AWS resources, configure alerts, and implement automated scaling for optimal performance and cost efficiency.• Design and implement security measures to protect AWS resources and data, including IAM, encryption, and network security controls.• Work with development teams to optimize application architectures for cloud environments and provide guidance on cloud-native best practices.• Troubleshoot issues with AWS infrastructure and services, including performance bottlenecks, connectivity problems, and resource utilization.• Develop and maintain documentation, diagrams, and runbooks for AWS environments, configurations, and procedures.• Stay up-to-date with AWS services, features, and best practices to recommend and implement improvements to existing cloud environments.• Collaborate with DevOps, security, and development teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and standards.

Aws For Jobs, Computer Engineering, 4.0

Database Mangement, 3.5