AWS Cloud Operations and Cyber Security Specialist

Samuel Alcala Jr.

Houston, TX 713-***-**** ***********@*****.***

Summary

Talented and accomplished IT professional with extensive experience in cloud systems architectures, DevOps, and cyber-security. Exceptional problem-solving, analytical, technical, and business skills.

Education

Arizona State University BS in Information Technology (In-Progress)

Texas A&M University BS in Electrical Engineering Technology

Experience

Conns Inc Houston, TX, Ecommerce Systems Director 2019 - 2020

Led a team of developers and system administrators in maintaining an Ecommerce Website that generated over $50 Million in revenue for the company through online sales and indirectly through the creation of credit lines for customers to use instore or online.

Responsible for DevOps and security for the company’s Ecommerce applications and underlying hybrid infrastructure comprised of assets on the Amazon Cloud Services (AWS) cloud and on-premises.

Ensured the infrastructure met PCI requirements as well as online security best practices.

Implemented Akamai’s Firewall and CDN services to enhance security and performance of the website.

Stage Stores Inc Houston, TX, Ecommerce Systems Architect 2010 – 2018

Coordinated the implementation of the company’s Ecommerce website using Magento hosted on AWS.

Provided DevOps support for the Ecommerce systems working closely with the call center, developers, and vendors as necessary to diagnose and resolve issues.

Supported the Ecommerce application penetration tests, security scans, and security audits, addressing any potential issues identified, ensuring that the systems and data were never compromised.

Certifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Security Specialist, Solutions Architect

CompTIA Security+, PenTest+

EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker

Skills

Cyber-Security Operations Services: Akamai Kona Site Defender, AWS TLS Certificate Management, Splunk Log Management, Kibana/Logstash Log Management,

Ecommece Technologies: Magento Enterprise, Adobe Dynamic Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Adobe Site Catalyst Analytics, Akamai Content Delivery Network (CDN), Sabrix Tax Calculations, Foresee Surveys, Rich Relevance Recommendations, BazaarVoice Product Reviews, CyberSource, Accertify

Infrastructure Hosting: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Rackspace Hosting

Systems Technologies: MySQL, Oracle, SQLServer, Linux, Windows, Python, PHP, Java, HTML, JavaScript, Bash Scripts, SQL, PL/SQL, AWS CI/CD Pipelines, Jenkins, Git, JIRA, ServiceNow

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