Cloud Solutions Architect Resume
Maryland, MD
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:
I am a solutions architect with experience leading the design, development and deployment of enterprise IT projects. I am able to provide innovative infrastructure architectural recommendations, implementation and operation of game changing applications. With a proven track record of designing and operating highly available, cost efficient, fault tolerant and scalable Amazon Web Services cloud solutions, I am able to lead the business through the challenges of cloud adoption. I possess a strong commitment to the teamwork, team dynamics and the success of the business.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Cloud Solutions Architect
Confidential, Maryland, MD
Responsibilities:
- Architected, configured, and deployed different secured highly available, fault tolerant and scalable architectures on AWS
- Analyze cloud infrastructure, recommend improvements for performance gains, and cost efficiencies.
- Provided consulting services on the design of AWS organizations for the purpose of simple multi - account management, sharing of resources between accounts, and delivering the benefits associated with aggregated billing.
- Balanced cost with RPO and RTO objectives when consulting on, designing, and implementing unique disaster recovery solutions on AWS
- Assist in design and deployment of Workday in the Public Cloud
- Assist in server and network administration in Amazon cloud
- Assist with migrating MySQL, PostgreSQL Databases to AWS Aurora
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging and cost management tools that integrate with AWS
- Create and implement automation for cloud platforms as well as monitoring and alerting purposes
- Provide support extending Implement TLS/SSL use and deployment AWS Amazon cloud
- Proficient in AWS services like VPC, EC2, ECS, S3, ELB, SNS, Auto Scaling Groups (ASG), EBS, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation, Route53, CloudWatch, Cognito, CloudFront, API Gateway, Lambda, CloudTrail, AWS Simple Queue (SQS), Relational Database, Redshift, Aurora, DynamoDB
- Provided significant contribution by collaborating and working closely with a variety of teams on implementing the hybrid cloud solution with AWS
IT Risk & Compliance
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Managed the service continuity program including the tracking of BCP testing by the business, DR testing by IT and annual BIA refresh
- Coordinated Technology General Controls (ITGC) and Business Application Controls self-assessment
- Validated management action plans for audit findings and provided results to internal audit
- Coordinated the periodic user access review on key applications supporting various lines of business
- Successfully identify types of malware (virus, Trojan Horses, worms and Rootkit)
- Identifies and seeks key stakeholders across the enterprise to support the identification, assessment, aggregation and the overall management of risks and controls.
- Presents findings and recommendations to various levels of leadership.
- Develops strategies, tools, and methodologies to measure, monitor, and report risks.
- Perform information security risk assessments of technology enabled projects; activities include vendor reviews, security requirement definition, and facilitation of security testing and management of residual risk
IT Audit
Confidential
Responsibilities:
- Work as part of the IT Audit Team that performs PCI DSS testing in regulated organizations.
- Participate in the preparation of risk assessments; to determine objectives and scope of audits, the preparation of annual audit plan from residual risks, test procedures and carrying out the audit process from planning, fieldwork (walkthroughs), reporting of findings and follow up where required.
- Reviewing change management procedures, attesting and verifying adequacy in the process and confirming that proper approval were in place
- Advise and guide project teams regarding compensating control alternatives where security requirements cannot be met
- Act as the primary point of contact between IT project teams and IT Security groups to help ensure that appropriate security resources are used scheduled, and that security-related project objectives and timelines are met
- Performs various other reviews of IT management policies and procedures such as change management, business continuity planning/ disaster recovery and information security to ensure that controls surrounding these processes are being adhere to.
- Assist with the maintenance of controls in the Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) tool
- Perform Vendor Security assessments activities include evaluation of vendor controls and practices, process enhancements, performing on site assessments, reviewing security test reports, and analyzing and developing security requirements
- Communicate and track remediation plans with vendors and IT teams and where applicable recommend mitigating/compensating controls