Summary
Cloud Engineer with hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating production AWS infrastructure for institutional web platforms. Owns end-to-end cloud architecture including EC2, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM, and serverless services, with a strong focus on security, cost optimization, and reliability. Experienced in AWS-hosted WordPress, cloud migrations, automation, and supporting real users in production environments.
Experience
- Architect, deploy, and maintain cloud environments using EC2, RDS (MySQL/MariaDB), S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, VPC, Lambda, API Gateway, Secrets Manager, and ACM.
- Led migration of legacy and third-party hosted sites to AWS, improving performance, security, scalability, and cost efficiency.
- Design and maintain WordPress and custom web architectures, including EC2 application servers with separate RDS database instances.
- Implement and manage CloudFront CDN strategies, optimizing cache behavior and integrating with WordPress caching layers.
- Configure and maintain DNS, SSL/TLS certificates, security headers, cookie policies, and HTTPS enforcement across production environments.
- Build serverless automations using AWS Lambda and API Gateway for file handling, webhooks, and internal integrations.
- Drive ongoing cloud cost optimization initiatives while maintaining security and uptime for a nonprofit organization.
- Collaborate with leadership, marketing, and creative teams to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
- Serve as sole technical owner for web and cloud infrastructure, responsible for architecture decisions, uptime, and long-term maintainability.
- Instituted streamlined deployment pipelines leveraging CI/CD tools, version control integration, and automated testing to bolster reliability and accelerate application delivery timelines.
- Provided executive leadership for a campus-wide creative ministry initiative involving 100+ students across 15+ teams.
- Designed and implemented organizational structure, leadership pipelines, and communication systems to support sustainable growth.
- Led strategic planning, delegated responsibilities, and resolved high-level operational challenges.
- Mentored and developed student leaders with a focus on multiplying leadership and long-term discipleship.
- Oversaw execution of large-scale creative events, including showcases and outreach experiences.
- Fostered a culture of ownership, collaboration, and excellence across all teams.
- Spearheaded fundraising initiatives and partnerships with local organizations, advancing resource development and broadening community engagement.
- Supported live theatrical productions through sound, lighting, and technical operations.
- Managed box office operations, ticketing systems, and front-of-house patron experience.
- Troubleshot and repaired AV equipment, computers, and technical systems used in production environments.
- Assisted with archival digitization and documentation of performing arts materials.
- Coordinated logistics and scheduling for ensemble rehearsals, technical setups, and artist residencies to ensure seamless execution of performances and events.
