Professional Summary
Senior AWS Cloud Engineer with over 19+ years of IT experience, specializing in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), AWS architecture implementation, and cost optimization following the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Proven ability to translate High-Level and Low-Level Designs into secure, scalable AWS environments across 100+ accounts. Adept in Terraform builds, permissions management, automated provisioning, and knowledge transfer to InfraOps teams. Strong collaborator with architects, application teams, and stakeholders to deliver high-performing cloud solutions.
Professional Experience
Senior AWS Cloud Engineer
- Built an AWS Infrastructure Billing Report using Python and Boto3 to automate monthly reporting across 100+ AWS accounts, reducing report preparation time by 95%
- Created Move-to-Run automation (Python and Boto3) generating detailed resource compliance reports across EC2, RDS, S3 by tag. Cut validation time from 8-10 days to under 10 minutes, a 98% reduction
- Designed and automated AWS infrastructure from HLD/LLD using Terraform Modules with remote state management. Reduced deployment time by 65% and configuration drift by 90%
- Delivered infrastructure across a broad AWS service footprint including EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, VPC, KMS, and Secrets Manager for mission-critical enterprise workloads
- Applied AWS Well-Architected Framework across multiple projects, improving reliability, security, performance, and cost efficiency
- Delivered cost optimization strategies saving $220K annually (38% reduction) via EC2 rightsizing, S3 lifecycle policies, scheduled non-prod shutdowns, and AWS Compute Optimizer
- Implemented automated provisioning, patching, and onboarding via Ansible and AWS SSM. Reduced onboarding time by 75% and patching cycles by 40%
- Established observability baselines with CloudWatch metrics and alerts, centralized logging, and CloudTrail auditing for compliance and traceability
- Mentored 15+ engineers in Terraform and AWS best practices. Achieved 100% AWS Associate certification across the team within 8 months
Delivery Lead
- Led infrastructure delivery and transition for multiple enterprise accounts, ensuring smooth onboarding and operational stability
- Configured IAM roles, provisioned EC2 instances, and managed S3 storage in cloud environments
- Automated daily reporting processes, saving 60+ manual hours monthly ($18K annual savings)
- Reduced incident resolution time by 30% through problem management frameworks and root cause analysis
- Led major account transitions including Bristol-Myers Squibb and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
- Received Outstanding Leadership Skill Award for Deutsche Bank account stabilization
Systems Engineer
- Administered enterprise systems and managed backup and disaster recovery operations ensuring RTO/RPO compliance
- Diagnosed and resolved complex backup, recovery, and system performance issues, reducing downtime incidents
- Automated routine system administration tasks via shell scripting, increasing operational efficiency by 30%