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About Me

AWS Cloud Engineer with a passion for DevOps. I help organizations deliver software faster and more reliably by creating CI/CD pipelines, deploying scalable applications on ECS, and building serverless solutions with AWS. With Terraform, I simplify infrastructure management so teams can achieve consistent, automated, and cost-effective results.

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A short, silly quiz. Four questions, one verdict.

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🛠 Build Your Own Architecture

Drag services onto the canvas, then click one node and another to connect them. Connections follow real AWS integration patterns - not everything can talk to everything.

AWS

EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, Route 53, RDS.

Terraform

Infrastructure as Code, reusable modules, state management, CI/CD integration.

Linux

System administration, Bash scripting, process management, permissions, troubleshooting.

CI/CD & GitHub

GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, automated builds, testing and deployments.

Containers & Config

Docker, Ansible, orchestration on AWS ECS and Fargate.

Soft Skills

Problem-solving, adaptability, time management, attention to detail, continuous learning.

WordPress Deployed On ECS

WordPress on ECS Fargate
Terraform automates VPC, ECR, EFS, RDS
CI/CD with GitHub Actions
Secure networking with VPC & IAM

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Serverless Movies App

Frontend on S3 + CloudFront CDN
Backend with Lambda & API Gateway
Movie data in DynamoDB
Notifications via SNS

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Automated Website Deployment

Website hosted on S3
CodePipeline triggers on push
Lambda invalidates CloudFront
SSL via Certificate Manager

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September 2026 — Present

AWS Cloud Engineer

BCA UK

Developing AWS CDK and TypeScript skills by building a small project from scratch, authoring every file and adding snapshot tests.
Developed a new table view for an internal Tech Radar webpage using frontend skills and GitHub Copilot.
Act as the team's point of contact with the ServiceNow team, coordinating the creation of forms tailored to the team's needs.

May 2025 — August 2026

AWS Support Engineer

Rebura LTD

Resolved 50+ AWS client support tickets monthly.
Improved Terraform configurations, reducing deployment errors.
Built a Terraform drift detection tool (under 10 min identification).
Created 10+ technical documentation guides.
Optimized CloudWatch alarms and patched EC2 instances.

Feb 2024 — May 2025

Junior DevOps Engineer

Digital Cloud Advisor

Monitored and debugged backend components.
Automated DynamoDB backups with Lambda and Step Functions.
Built a Lambda to audit all DynamoDB tables.
Improved CI/CD pipelines.

Jan 2023 — Feb 2024

Mentor & Student

AWS Academy

Completed AWS Academy Solution Architect 12-week program.
Hands-on with EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda.
Mentored 50+ individuals through hands-on labs.
Guest speaker in evening classes.

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About Me

🚀 Deploy Me

🧪 Which AWS Service Are You?

⌥ Live GitHub Activity

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Architecture

🛠 Build Your Own Architecture

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Linux

CI/CD & GitHub

Containers & Config

Soft Skills

Projects

WordPress Deployed On ECS

Serverless Movies App

Automated Website Deployment

Experience

Milestones

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