Remote Associate System Administrator Candidate Dylan Stroud

Dylan T. Stroud

New York, NY 501-***-**** ************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/dylan-stroud-stl Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering, Aug 2022 - May 2026 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR GPA 4.0

• Concentration: Cybersecurity Minor: Mathematics Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Associates Expected: April 2026 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Issued: December 2025 CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701) Issued: July 2025

Google Cybersecurity Professional Certificate Issued: June 2025 Building RAG Apps Using MongoDB Issued: June 2025

Work Experience

Onyx Coffee Lab, Fayetteville, AR August 2025 –Present Solutions Architect – Contract

• Projected $60K+ in new annual revenue by architecting a subscription-based batch pour fulfillment system, end-to-end, as the sole technical lead, design through deployment.

• Cut operational latency and costs by 60% by migrating the workflow to AWS (CodePipeline, ECS & RDS) and implementing automated CI/CD security pipelines with GitHub Actions.

• Delivered production full-stack integration connecting React/Node.js front end to NinjaPass hardware via REST APIs, ensuring zero-downtime.

• Tech: React, Node.js, AWS, NinjaPass, REST APIs, Full-Stack Development, Hardware Integration, GitHub Actions

Projects

Scheduled Security Honeypot

• Built an automated security honeypot using Terraform and AWS EventBridge that launches decoy environments on a schedule to catch hackers, reducing cloud costs by only running the setup when needed.

• Tech: AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, Lambda, API Gateway, IAM, DevOps NLP Voice Journal Graph Platform (Client Project)

• Built a custom NLP pipeline for a commissioned project that converts voice journals into structured graph data, extracting themes and sentiment from transcripts and storing relationships in Neo4j for long-term pattern analysis.

• Developed a lightweight browser-based visualization that maps entries into an interactive node graph, enabling discovery of emotional and topical trends over time.

• Tech: Python, NLP, Neo4j

Personal TouchDesigner Website

• Built a cloud-based platform to host and serve interactive TouchDesigner visual projects, from blob tracking to point cloud simulations.

• Designed a containerized AWS pipeline (CodePipeline, Docker, ECS) with S3-backed CDN delivery, improving response time by 2 and enabling scalable distribution.

• Tech: AWS (ECS, CodePipeline, S3), Docker, Node.js, CDN PixiJS Open-Source Contributor — 1 PR Widely-used 2D WebGL rendering library Skills Summary

• Programming languages: Python, Go, Scala, C, C++, Java, TypeScript

• Technical: AWS, GCP, SQL, Docker, Linux, MapReduce, SOC Analysis, Troubleshooting, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, CI/CD

• Soft Skills: Time Management, Creativity, Communication

• Technical Hobbies: TouchDesigner, Linux Administration, NAS Server, Open-Source Contributor Professional Organizations Honors Scholarships Association for Computing Machinery University of Arkansas Department of Computer Engineering Chancellor’s List & Dean’s List Taft, O’Neal, & Geels + Charles D. Brock Endowed Scholarships

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