Senior Cloud Engineer
Senior DevOps Engineer with 10+ years building and operating secure, compliant cloud platforms at enterprise
scale.
Deep expertise in AWS, Terraform, CI/CD, and multi-tenant architectures, with a proven record of reducing
infrastructure cost ($40K+/month) while improving reliability and security posture.
Focused on senior IC roles in cloud platforms, DevOps, and infrastructure modernization.
Career Experience
Hyland Software
Cloud Engineer 4
August 2021 to current
Aug 2021 to current
Architected secure, multi-tenant solutions across a distributed multi-cloud platform supporting flagship
products.
- Drove architectural alignment across engineering teams, resolving cross-team dependencies and unblocking
delivery of cloud initiatives.
- Reduced cloud costs by 80% in test environments through deployment pipeline optimization and environment
right-sizing.
- Established reusable infrastructure standards and patterns, improving security posture, consistency, and
long-term maintainability.
- Cut $40K/month in production costs by redesigning CI/CD pipelines with Packer and Terraform Cloud and
optimizing SQL licensing across 35 environments.
- Led a team of eight developers, driving architectural decisions and delivery execution across cloud and
platform initiatives.
Cerner Corporation
Lead Systems Engineer
December 2019 - August 2021
Dec 2019 - Aug 2021
Automated management of hosted customer environments within a global cloud platform, improving security,
integration, and operational efficiency for 17,000+ clients while maintaining compliance across Active
Directory–based infrastructures.
- Mentored and reviewed automation and platform changes for a team of six engineers, improving deployment
accuracy and reducing operational errors through hands-on code and design reviews.
- Recognized with an organization-wide performance award within six months for driving improvements in
system reliability and customer experience across a global enterprise environment.
- Led security awareness initiatives as a Security Awareness Ambassador, raising organizational security
maturity and contributing to zero password-related security incidents during the year.
- Acted as escalation and decision point for complex platform and identity issues, resolving high-impact
incidents and preventing recurring failures across hosted client environments.
Selex ES Inc.
Systems Administrator
July 2015 - September 2019
Jul 2015 - Sep 2019
Owned security and operational integrity for cloud infrastructure and business applications, supporting
200+ systems with high availability and performance under PCI and HIPAA compliance constraints.
- Implemented and optimized server, network, and endpoint solutions, reducing system downtime by 50% and
significantly improving incident response across all environments.
- Led stakeholder workshops to perform root cause analysis of recurring technical issues, creating best
practices that cut incident recurrence by 50% within six months.
- Delivered annual savings of $27K by automating network monitoring and security processes ($11K) and
migrating critical workloads to Azure ($16K), boosting system reliability and security while reducing
manual effort.
Perceptive
Software
Platform Operations Engineer
November 2010 - July 2015
Nov 2010 - Jul 2015
Sole administration resource for support of cloud engineering, network infrastructure and SaaS
applications. Expertise in resolving issues for hosted client solutions to ensure uninterrupted service
delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Executed database administration, maintenance, and process automation to optimize database performance
and streamline operations. Subject matter expert (SME) for all customer data backup and recovery.
- Acted as lead site reliability resource for global support teams located in Cebu, The Philippines, and
Budapest, Hungary.
- Supervised daily engagement with international stakeholders on urgent platform performance challenges;
facilitated discussions focused on identifying solutions that achieved quick and effective problem
resolutions within established SLAs.
Education
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 2025
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 2023
Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 2022
Certified Analyst, Recorded Future, 2022
