Introduction

Welcome to my web resume! I built this web app on AWS as part of the Cloud Resume Challenge.

The Cloud Resume Challenge is a hands-on project designed by Forrest Brazeal to help newbies bridge the gap from cloud certification to cloud job. It incorporates many of the skills that real cloud and DevOps engineers use in their daily work. You can read more about it here!

Check out the Cloud Resume Web App project on my resume tab!

About Me

I am a computer science student, a DevOps enthusiast, and an aspiring software engineer. I am currently diving into everything Kubernetes,mainframe; z/OS & COBOL, Spring Boot, and cloud infrastructure while building skills to excel in cloud and software development.

My Certifications

Badges are also available on Credly

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

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AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

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LPI Linux Essentials

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Coming soon :)

IBM Z Xplore - Allstar


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IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Profressional

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Coming soon :)

Tools & Technologies

Linux
AWS
z/OS
Jenkins
Github
Maven
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Ansible
Prometheus
Grafana
Helm
Git
Wordpress
Tomcat
Python
HTML5

Programming & Scripting Languages

My Skills

AWS Leadership Principles Driven ✔
DevOps & Solutions Architect Mindset ✔
Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation & Terraform) ✔
Communication ✔

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Education

Western Governors University
Anticipated Graduation: May, 2025

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Certifications in LPI Linux Essentials, ITIL® 4 Foundations, IBM z/OS Mainframe Practitioner Profressional. Achieved IBM Z Xplore All-star badge.

University of Minnesota
Graduation: May, 2019

Bachelor of Science in Business & Marketing

Minor in Leadership

Technical Projects

MainframeOps Project

  • Developed mainframeops.com (resource hub for mainframes & cloud operations to document my learning journey) using Next.js and TypeScript, deployed with AWS S3, CloudFront, and Route 53 for scalable hosting and optimized performance.

  • Implemented a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions, automating integration and deployment, and used Netlify for testing before production.

  • Maintained code quality with TypeScript-ESLint for linting and error detection.

  • Set up a contribution system, enabling others to easily add resources, guides, and content to the platform.

    • Visit the Project GitHub

    Cloud Resume CI/CD Challenge

  • Designed a decoupled resume web app (this site) that utilizes AWS serverless framework, AWS S3, and AWS Route53 to host a static site built with HTML, CSS, & Javascript.

  • Built a CI/CD pipeline to automate the integration and deployment of front and back-end code with GitHub Actions and Terraform IAC (Infrastructure as Code)

  • Implemented a system to track site visits using Python Boto3 SDK, AWS DynamoDB, Lambda, and API Gateway

  • Enforced AWS security best practices through HTTPS connection with CORS policies and ensured availability by accelerating content delivery using AWS CloudFront

    • Visit the Frontend Project GitHub

    Visit the Backend Project GitHub

    Java Registration Application CI/CD

  • Built a CI/CD pipeline using Github, Jenkins, Maven, Ansible, Docker, Apache Tomcat and Kubernetes on AWS

  • Automated the configuration and deployment of Java Application by utilizing Jenkins to build the application on all Github repository changes and copy the artifacts using ansible

  • Created Ansible playbook to create a container image, push the image to dockerhub, and deploy the artifact on Kubernetes cluster

    • Visit the Project GitHub

    Discord Bot Projects
    usersnipe

  • Created a Discord bot to monitor specific usernames on a gaming site, notifying users via DM and channel when they come online.

  • Used Puppeteer for scraping, MongoDB for storage, and Discord.js for interactions, hosted locally.

    • Visit the Project GitHub

    combat calc

  • Developed a Discord bot for calculating hero stats, stamina, and other game metrics, with results sent via DM or channel.

  • Enabled bot interaction in both channels and DMs, hosting locally.

    • Visit the Project GitHub

    AWS Three-tier ESports Web Application

  • Deployed and hosted a highly-available Esports WordPress application with scalable and resilient architecture using AWS EC2, RDS, Route 53, ASG and VPC

  • Created a CloudFormation Launch template to provide automatic provisioning to accelerate build time to 2 minutes

  • Ensured elasticity via Auto Scaling Group and Application Load Balancer based on user and request load

    • AWS & on-Premise (Simulated) Hybrid Directory

  • Integrated & Migrated multiple on-premise active directory domains using AWS VPC, AWS Internet Gateway (IGW), AWS Workspaces, and AWS FSx

  • Incorporated two-way forest trust compliance and used AWS services with on-premise identities

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    Thanks for stopping by—I hope my profile and projects were at least 51% more exciting than a cat video. If not, I'll work on my meow-factor!

  • Connect with me on Linkedin, via email, or on Github!

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