Solutions Architect Account Manager

Kel Dennis *****.*.******@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/kel-dennis Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Cloud Solutions Architect and Account Manager

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Strategic and hands-on Cloud Solutions Architect with 18+ years of IT experience and a proven track record of designing and implementing secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud architectures. Expert at translating complex business needs into cloud-native solutions across diverse industries. Trusted advisor to technical teams and executive stakeholders, with deep expertise in cloud services, best practices, and enterprise modernization. Committed to delivering long-term business value through cloud strategy, migration, automation, and continuous optimization. CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Solutions Architect - Professional AWS Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified Security – Specialty PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cloudticity - Healthcare

Cloud Solution Architect and Technical Account Manager August 2021 – Present

Lead architectural engagements as the primary technical advisor, directly building AWS reference architectures using Control Tower, Organizations, SCPs, and Service Catalog to deploy secure multi-account landing zones across AWS.

Translate business requirements into executable cloud architectures; author and deploy Infrastructure as Code using AWS CDK or CloudFormation StackSets for repeatable, scalable provisioning.

Modernize monoliths by containerizing applications via Amazon ECS with Fargate, EKS, and ECR integrations, implement event-driven serverless patterns with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, and EventBridge.

Design and deploy production-ready cloud-native environments with IAM roles/policies, VPC architectures, PrivateLink, NAT Gateways, Transit Gateway, Route 53, and WAF configurations.

Integrate centralized logging, observability, and alerting using CloudWatch Metrics/Logs, CloudWatch Alarms, CloudTrail, and AWS Config with conformance packs for compliance and drift detection.

Maintain detailed infrastructure roadmaps leveraging CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and S3 artifacts, integrating repository triggers for multi-stage CI/CD pipelines and GitOps deployments.

Conduct AWS Well-Architected Reviews and architecture audits across multi-account, multi-region environments to identify performance bottlenecks, cost inefficiencies, and misaligned security configurations using Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, and Trusted Advisor.

Evaluate and prototype with emerging AWS services such as Amazon Bedrock, OpenSearch, Amazon Kendra, EC2, and Cloud WAN, aligning recommendations with scalability, resilience, and compliance requirements (HIPAA, SOC2, NIST 800-53).

Lead implementation phases by provisioning services via AWS Console, CLI, and SDKs, configuring identity federation using IAM Identity Center, Cognito, SAML, and resolving real-time issues across VPC endpoints, DNS, and service quotas.

Deliver data architecture strategies using RDS, Aurora Serverless, DynamoDB, Glue, Kinesis Data Streams, S3 data lakes, and Athena for query layer access.

Guide DevOps and engineering teams with live deep-dives into architecture decisions, hands-on walkthroughs of IaC deployments, CloudWatch dashboarding, and performance profiling in X-Ray and CloudWatch Logs Insights.

Collaborate on long-term cloud transformation planning, ensuring alignment with technical roadmaps, capacity forecasts, evolving AWS service capabilities, and regulatory landscapes. Achievements

Reduced cloud costs by 30% monthly for a newly acquired client, enabling business continuity and workforce retention during a critical transition.

Designed a 200% infrastructure scale-up using serverless solutions, resulting in reduced costs and improved elasticity.

Led architectural convergence, enabling scalable growth and reducing monthly costs by 20% for a large customer by replacing EC2-based database servers with a fully serverless solution. TRC Companies - Environmental Services

AWS Cloud Architect and Engineer June 2018 – August 2021

Architected and deployed end-to-end AWS environments for large-scale GIS, gas, and pipeline clients, supporting IaaS and cloud-native deployments from design through production and operational handoff.

Designed scalable, secure AWS solutions leveraging EC2, Lambda, IAM, S3, DMS, and SFTP, tailored to support high-throughput, geospatial data platforms and business-critical applications.

Automated infrastructure provisioning and resource management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and AWS CloudFormation Stacks, enabling rapid, repeatable, and compliant deployments.

Implemented robust monitoring and alerting frameworks using SNS, CloudWatch, and AWS-native tools, ensuring proactive system health management, real-time incident detection, and improved uptime.

Executed complex migrations of high-volume GIS databases into AWS, enabling cloud-native data access, analytics, and disaster recovery solutions.

Collaborated with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to optimize SQL database performance, architect network connectivity, and ensure platform reliability.

Developed and enforced cost strategies, aligning with FinOps best practices to control spend, usage, and drive cost efficiency. Achievements

Designed and deployed a Managed AWS IaaS GIS environment, enabling large-scale adoption and driving a 150% revenue increase TRC’s oil and gas organization.

Reduced monthly costs by over $40K through Virtual Desktop Infrastructure migrations and AWS cost optimizations. Cerner Corporation - Healthcare

Integration Architect / Senior Analyst / Senior Engineer May 2009 – June 2018

Served as team lead for the HL7 interface team, overseeing development, healthcare system integrations, and compliance efforts; supervised specialists, troubleshooted system issues, and maintained comprehensive documentation to support interoperability and regulatory standards.

Developed automation tools and scripting solutions to streamline operational processes, improve system performance, and enhance deployment efficiency for cloud and on-premise infrastructures.

Provided training and mentorship on AWS storage, cloud migration strategies, and system architecture, equipping internal teams and clients with the necessary skills to effectively leverage cloud technologies and optimize IT environments

Migrated and Integrated EHR and EMR systems for enterprise customers, enhancing interoperability and improving patient data management.

Deployed SaaS solutions across on-site, hybrid, and cloud-native healthcare environments, ensuring scalable and compliant system integration.

Achievements

Designed secure EHR integration for multi-tenant SaaS, ensuring compliance and 99.99% uptime.

Developed and delivered HL7 training, boosting associate and customer proficiency by 40%.

Led and executed seamless migrations and implementations of enterprise healthcare networks into production, ensuring stability and performance for mission-critical systems serving millions of patients. LANGUAGES

PYTHON YAML JSON Azure GCP AWS CLI HL7 CDA SQL MQL BASH POWERSHELL HTML CSS XML TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

AWS Azure Enterprise Architecture Data Engineering Hybrid Cloud DevOps Cloud Operations Cloud Migrations Cloud Infrastructure Automation Application Modernization HIPAA FinOps IaC IaaS SaaS PaaS EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science, Information and Computer Sciences Park University, Parkville, MO

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