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Independent Cloud Architect at merritt.cloud
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 16 work roles 1 school
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Cris Merritt is listed as Independent Cloud Architect at merritt.cloud, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. AeroLeads shows a matched LinkedIn profile for Cris Merritt.

Cris Merritt previously worked as Instructor at Developintelligence, A Pluralsight Company and Cloud Architect at The Data Guild. Cris Merritt holds Bsc. 1986, Applied Mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University.

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About Cris Merritt

As an independent cloud architect I'll drive your cloud project from design to deployment, and optimize your existing infrastructure for better performance, higher security and lower cost. Architecture, security, development, continuity, devops, tuning, cost management and more. Hands-on with AWS, Kubernetes, ECS, CDK, CloudFormation, Terraform, IAM, EC2, VPC, autoscaling, load balancing, RDS, DynamoDB, Docker, Lambda, Ansible, Python, Javascript, Typescript, Java, Linux and much more. See http://www.merritt.cloud. Recruiters: I am happy to hear from you but please note that I work as a freelance/independent cloud architect, which means that I work primarily in my own office and serve multiple clients. Permanent and on-site roles aren't my thing. Thanks.Recent projects:- Kubernetes infrastructure for a connected laboratory platform. - Security review for a government contractor.- Serverless integration a major energy provider.- Serverless architecture with Lambda, DynamoDB and API Gateway for an IOT startup.- AWS autoscaling infrastructure and devops processes for a hotel management platform.- Technical architecture for managing clinical trials data for an international pharma company.- AWS cost analysis and 50% cost reduction for an energy trading platform.

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Merritt.Cloud
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16 roles · 41 years

Cris Merritt work experience

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Independent Cloud Architect

Current

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Us

As an independent AWS-certified cloud architect I can drive your AWS project from design to deployment, or optimize your existing infrastructure for better performance and lower cost. Architecture, security, development, continuity, devops, tuning, cost management and more. Hands-on with EC2, VPC, IAM, Kubernetes, ECS, Docker, autoscaling, load balancing, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, CloudFormation, Terraform, Python, Javascript, Ansible, Java, Linux and much more. See https://merritt.cloud. Recent projects:- Kubernetes infrastructure for laboratory instrument management.- Serverless integration with PG&E, a major energy provider.- AWS autoscaling infrastructure and devops processes for a hotel management platform.- Technical architecture for managing clinical trials data for an international pharma company.- AWS cost analysis and 50% cost reduction for an energy trading platform.

Sep 2017 - Present

Cloud Architect

San Francisco, California, Us

Cloud architecture, security, infrastructure, technical operations

Sep 2017 - Mar 2019

Cloud Architect

San Antonio, Texas, Us

Developed and managed Kespry's AWS infrastructure for distributed image processing.Tech: Docker, ECS, Python, Ansible, CloudFormation, EC2, autoscaling

Mar 2017 - Sep 2017

Ceo

Bay31

I founded Swiss start-up Bay31, where we developed cloud-based security analytics. I was co-architect of the product, led service delivery and managed the business side. We sold Bay31 to Courion Corporation in 2015. Tech: Java, Linux, AWS, NOSQL

2011 - 2016 ~5 yrs

Information Security Specialist

Roma, Lazio, It

Technical, product management and customer-facing responsibilities.

2009 - 2011 ~2 yrs

Security Consultant

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Migrated a business critical data center for securities trading from IBM to Sun. Technologies: Unix, AIX, Solaris, Perl.

2008 - 2009 ~1 yr

Cto

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

Chief architect of a digital media distribution platform. Technologies: Java, Linux, MySQL, Hibernate, JUnit. Managed a team of developers.

2005 - 2008 ~3 yrs

Software Engineer

Dmdsecure

Developed cryptographic components of a mobile DRM platform. Technologies: Java, Bouncy Castle, Spring, continuous integration with Maven and Cruise Control.

2004 - 2005 ~1 yr

Cto

Oud Gastel, Noord-Brabant, Nl

Architected a platform for managing wifi hotspots and led a team of 5 engineers to develop it. Tech: Java, Unix, Tomcat, Cisco, RADIUS.

2002 - 2004 ~2 yrs

Unix Architect

Amsterdam Zuidoost, Nl

Managed a large Unix server farm for securities trading applications.

1998 - 2002 ~4 yrs

Unix Engineer

Ubs

Zurich, Ch

Worked on the team that developed UBS's global standard Unix distribution.

1995 - 1998 ~3 yrs

Software Engineer

Vibro-Meter

Managed a team of 5 engineers to develop an industrial vibration analysis system.

1994 - 1995 ~1 yr

Software Engineer

Munich, De

Worked on an application for graphical specification and design of software. Technologies: C/C++.

1991 - 1992 ~1 yr

Software Engineer

Megatest

Developed a compiler for a VLSI test language in C/C++.

1986 - 1991 ~5 yrs
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Cris Merritt education

  • The Johns Hopkins University
    The Johns Hopkins University
    Applied Mathematics
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Cris Merritt works for merritt.cloud.

What is Cris Merritt's role at merritt.cloud?

Cris Merritt is listed as Independent Cloud Architect at merritt.cloud.

Where is Cris Merritt based?

Cris Merritt is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States while working with merritt.cloud.

What companies has Cris Merritt worked for?

Cris Merritt has worked for Merritt.Cloud, Developintelligence, A Pluralsight Company, The Data Guild, Kespry, and Bay31.

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Cris Merritt holds Bsc. 1986, Applied Mathematics from The Johns Hopkins University.

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