Professional Experience
Cloud Engineer - Public Cloud Core
Early 2023 - Present- Received the highest possible rating in annual review and moved into cross-functional team working on internal AWS cloud management platform
- Developed automation to provision and manage infrastructure programmatically across VPC-peered accounts using serverless offerings
- Mentored contractors and new joiners, running training courses to simplify complex technology concepts and help team members develop their skills
- Released software to production with automated build pipelines and red/green deployment strategies using Jenkins and Spinnaker
- Investigated production incidents using metrics, logs, and alerts leading to placement on out-of-hours support rota
Cloud Engineer - Public Cloud Databases
Mid 2022 - Early 2023- Worked on a database product responsible for the control plane used to provision and securely maintain a cloud-native database product on AWS
- Gained experience in FinOps and project management, conducting cost analysis and managing stakeholder communication for infrastructure optimisation projects
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and test production-ready solutions for database automation
Cloud Engineer - Private Cloud Databases
Sep 2021 - Mid 2022- Started AWS journey learning from Solutions Architect Professional certified engineers, gaining hands-on experience with serverless architectures, IAM, and infrastructure as code
- Delivered first automation project collaborating with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and test production-ready solutions
- Worked on a database product responsible for the control plane used to provision and securely maintain a cloud-native database product on private cloud
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