Cloud Infrastructure Solutions

Innovative and customer-focused Cloud Solutions AI Architect with 25 years’ experience providing cloud architecture and cloud engineering support with Linux, Amazon Web Services cloud; possess AWS certification. Over 10 years leadership experience managing and mentoring a team of cloud engineers and strong communications and collaboration skills to collaborate effectively with cross functional teams. Oversee the design, implementation, management of the cloud infrastructure, ensuring security; governance.

Over 7 years’ experience delivering innovative AI, ML, and data modernization solutions for Public Sector clients, including federal agencies. Expert in AWS AI/ML stack (SageMaker, Bedrock, Q, EMR) and strategic integration, proof of concept with leading AI/data partners such as Databricks, Snowflake. Trusted advisor with a proven history in leading large-scale implementations, influencing AI and Cloud modernization strategy, and driving mission success through secure, scalable, explainable artificial intelligence systems.

Citizenship: US Citizen

Federal, State, Local Government Experience

Banking, Medical, Ecommerce Experience

Veteran Preference: No

Highest GS Grade: 14

Security Clearance: Public Trust and is clearable to a Top-Secret Clearance

Desired Location: US-remote

CORE COMPETENCIES

AWS Cloud & AI (SageMaker, Bedrock, Q, EMR)

Architecting scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure using best practice

Monitors cloud usage, identifies cost savings opportunities and implements strategies to optimize cloud spend.

Experience with migration tools and services, such as AWS Migration Hub, AWS Server Migration Service (SMS), and AWS Database Migration Service (DMS).

Generative AI & LLM Integration

AI Strategy & Roadmap Development

Data Modernization & Platform Architecture

Partner & Stakeholder Engagement (AWS, Snowflake)

MLOps & Responsible AI Practices

Government IT Project Management

AI/ML Governance & Security (FedRAMP)

Security Automation; Zero Trust Principles

Whitepapers, Playbooks, & Technical Documentation

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION (FCC), WASHINGTON DC - CLOUD SOLUTIONS ENGINEER 05/08/2023 – present.

Lead AI architecture strategy for a federal data modernization initiative integrating AWS SageMaker, Bedrock, and Snowflake to accelerate insight generation across classified datasets.

Built and maintained technical relationships with AWS and key partners, resulting in co-developed solutions for high-value intelligence programs.

Spearheaded development of a GenAI-enabled data analysis tool improves decision cycles 45%.

Designed reusable MLOps patterns and CI/CD pipelines tailored to government compliance and security standards.

Led migration of legacy on-prem to AWS cloud, achieving 70% reduction in infrastructure costs.

Designed and implemented ETL pipelines for ingesting multimodal intelligence data using Apache Spark and AWS Glue.

Advised executive stakeholders on AI use case viability, risk mitigation, and deployment strategies in mission-critical environments.

STATE OF TEXAS - EDWARDS AQUIFER AUTHORITY, SAN ANTONIO, TX - SENIOR CLOUD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT, 08/2019 – 05/2023

Automated Groundwater Water Well data collection to improve efficiency and accuracy of data.

Analyzed current enterprise technical environment, found gaps, and solutions for improvement.

Provided in-depth technical demonstrations in support of AWS VPC modifications.

Directed cross-functional AI/ML delivery teams on multiple AWS-centric implementations across DHS, VA, and DOJ, including scalable machine learning and NLP solutions.

Designed a secure, hybrid data lake using AWS EMR and Hadoop for real-time analytics in a national law enforcement initiative.

Collaborated with Databricks and Hortonworks to deploy predictive modeling pipelines for fraud detection and public safety risk analysis.

Authored AI strategy roadmaps aligning mission needs with emerging technologies including generative AI, federated learning, and zero-trust data sharing.

CITY OF BEE CAVE, AUSTIN, TX - NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR

01/2019 – 06/2019

Consulted with City Council, Mayor, and City Manager on implementing best security practices with Azure Cloud Computing, Active Directory, Office 365, and SharePoint

Served as the City’s primary IT solutions architect expert and strategist.

Automated the library checkout system with “The Library Corporation” (TLC) Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) online Library System

Functioned as the DevOps lead for multiple federal projects, focusing on build and release automation and cloud environment provisioning.

Contributed to early adoption of containerization, transitioning monolithic applications to microservices-based architectures using Docker and Kubernetes.

GREEN HOST IT, INC, AUSTIN, TX - CLOUD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

03/2009 – 11/2018

Led and managed all aspects of the technical sales processes, provided better goal alignment of customers processes by implementing ITIL framework and Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF)

Strategized with the Solutions Engineering Team by presenting key recommendations that aligned with the business goals as well as supporting the IT roadmap and offered architectural guidance to the project team.

Managed design, migration, and delivery of fifty plus applications to AWS hosting, saving the business $750,000 in annual infrastructure costs.

Reduced IT infrastructure-related spending by 33% by moving away from the purchase of physical infrastructure on-premises to Azure Cloud

Technical writer – authored 100+ IT training articles, driving 500,000 unique website visits.

EDUCATION

HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

Bachelor of Arts: Computer Information Systems and Business Management (double-major) from an accredited University in the United States.

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

SISR for Federal Government System Administrators

Amazon Web Services - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Architecting On AWS

Scale Computing HC3 – Server Virtualization Professional

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