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About me
01 Identity & origin
How I got here
01·A
I came into cloud computing because someone gave me a chance in the field. Over the last five years I improved exponentially. AWS was my start — the platform I grew up on professionally — and now I'm working to fully envelop myself in knowledge of other cloud providers as well.
How I work
01·B
When a problem lands on my desk, I want to understand the whole shape of it before I start swinging at it. I look for what's actually broken versus what's a symptom, who's affected, and what the smallest honest fix looks like — even if a bigger fix follows.
I'd rather be the person who can take a problem from the first ticket to an architectural fix than someone who only touches one layer of the stack.
Where I am now
01·C
I recently stepped away from my role to take time to focus on what's next — pursuing more certifications, focusing on personal projects, and continuing to grow my experience.
This site is the first of those projects. More to come in the projects section as I build them.
Professional work
02 Things I've done in a professional setting
01
Virtual desktops
VDI & WorkSpaces with Auto Scaling
Built and maintained virtual desktop environments using AWS WorkSpaces and EC2-based VDI integrated with Auto Scaling Groups for distributed remote workloads.
WorkSpaces · EC2 · Auto Scaling · Active Directory
02
Operations
Patch & change management
Ran patch management and change management across multi-account fleets — keeping production environments current and the cutovers boring.
Patch Manager · Change windows · Multi-account
03
Automation
Governance automation
Built Lambda + EventBridge automations and AWS Config rules for scheduled fleet-wide operations and policy enforcement across enterprise accounts.
Lambda · EventBridge · AWS Config · SCPs
04
Storage
FSx implementation
Implemented Amazon FSx for managed file storage — including SMB share configuration and lifecycle policies for end-user storage scenarios.
FSx · SMB · Lifecycle policies
05
Data movement
Data migration with DataSync
Used AWS DataSync to migrate enterprise data between EBS, FSx, and S3 — handling the validation work that proves nothing was lost in the cutover.
DataSync · FSx · S3 · EBS
06
Fleet operations
Golden Image & EC2 rescue
Maintained Golden Image workflows across Auto Scaling Groups and performed EC2 rescue operations — including root-volume detachment and side-loading to recover unresponsive instances.
AMI · Auto Scaling · EC2 · Image hygiene
Personal projects
03 Things I've built on my own time
Planned
More projects coming soon
Additional personal AWS and Azure projects are in the works. Each one will get a write-up here as it's built — including what was used, why, and what I learned.
AWSAzure
Experience
04 Career
Primary role
2021 — 2026
Cloud & MSP Support Engineer · CloudHesive
2021 — 2026 · Remote
I was a primary engineer for a couple of managed-service accounts with a mix of end-user support and AWS services. I led incident response for high-severity outages, created documentation and explained it to other engineers, and worked on architectural improvements that aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework — while most importantly making sure the work served the customer's needs.
Day-to-day work included incident response, ticket triage, planning upcoming changes to production environments, and addressing customer needs. The day-to-day could range from a simple password reset all the way to pushing out a major change to a production environment.
Current
2026 — now
Independent study & project building
2026 — present
Stepped away from my previous role to focus on what's next. Using the time to pursue three certifications in parallel and build personal AWS and Azure projects to grow my experience.
Lab notebook
05 Build log
Coming soon
Notebook entries will appear here.
A short, dated log of things I've worked through in the lab — what I tried, what I figured out, what tripped me up. I'll add entries as I build.
Note to self: Replace this section with real entries. Each one should have a date, a short title, a couple of sentences about what was actually done, and the tools or services involved.
Notes
06 Thoughts on cloud & engineering
Coming soon
Short reflections will live here.
A place for opinions and observations about cloud, engineering, and the craft — written in my own words as I have them.
Note to self: Add notes here as you have them. They don't need to be polished essays — short observations are fine. Each card holds one idea.
Skills
07 Tools & services I've worked with
Cloud infrastructure
EC2 used
EBS used
S3 used
RDS used
VPC used
Auto Scaling used
AMI / Snapshot used
FSx used
WorkSpaces used
Networking & security
VPC design used
IAM used
MFA used
SCPs used
GuardDuty used
Security Hub used
AWS Organizations used
AWS Adv. Networking studying
CCNA topics studying
Infrastructure as code & automation
Lambda used
EventBridge used
PowerShell used
AWS CLI used
Terraform studying
Monitoring & observability
CloudWatch used
CloudTrail used
Log Insights used
Metric Alarms used
SNS Alerting used
Governance & compliance
AWS Config used
Cost Explorer used
Lifecycle policies used
Patch management used
Change management used
IT systems & support
Windows Server used
Active Directory used
Linux used
Virtualization used
Helpdesk triage used
Leadership & communication
Incident command used
Stakeholder briefings used
Mentorship used
Project ownership used
Curious about
08 What's pulling at me
Coming soon
Forward-looking topics will go here.
Areas I want to learn more about — not commitments, just things I'd open a tab for.
Note to self: Keep these short and honest. If you stop being curious about one of them, take it down.
Credentials
09 Earned & in progress
ID
Certification
Status
- 001 AWS Solutions Architect — Associate Earned
- 002 AWS Advanced Networking — Specialty In progress
- 003 AWS AI Practitioner Earned
- 004 Cisco CCNA In progress
- 005 AWS Cloud Practitioner Earned
- 006 HashiCorp Terraform Associate In progress
- 007 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Earned