ISAAC DUSE-ANTHONY
AWS CLOUD & DEVOPS ENGINEER
Newark, NJ +1-651-***-**** ****************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/isaac-duse- anthony-65350032a
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
AWS Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of hands-on experience building, automating, and supporting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure in enterprise environments. Strong background in AWS architecture, CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, and production support. Experienced in standardizing infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code, improving deployment reliability, and supporting high-availability systems. Proven ability to work closely with engineering and operations teams to reduce manual effort, improve monitoring, and maintain stable production systems.
SKILLS
CORE CLOUD & PLATFORM SKILLS
Amazon Web Services (AWS): EC2, VPC, S3, EBS, ELB/ALB, Auto Scaling
AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM)
AWS RDS (MySQL, Multi-AZ), Route 53
AWS CloudFormation (Infrastructure as Code)
AWS CloudWatch, SNS (Monitoring & Alerts)
DEVOPS & DELIVERY
CI/CD Pipeline Engineering (Jenkins, Git)
Release Management & Deployment Automation
Configuration Management (Ansible, Puppet, Chef)
Docker (containerized application packaging)
Linux System Administration
Environment Management (Dev / QA / Prod)
AUTOMATION & SCRIPTING
Bash / Shell Scripting
Python (automation & operational scripting)
Server Provisioning & Build Automation
Task Automation & Operational Tooling
SECURITY & RELIABILITY
IAM Least Privilege Access
Secure VPC Design (Public/Private Subnets, Security Groups)
Backup & Recovery Strategies (EBS Snapshots, S3 Versioning)
Incident Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis
High Availability & Fault-Tolerant Architectures
MONITORING & OPERATIONS
AWS CloudWatch Metrics & Alarms
Dynatrace Monitoring
Production Support & Incident Response
Performance Monitoring & Capacity Planning
COLLABORATION & DELIVERY
Agile / DevOps Methodologies
Cross-functional Team Collaboration
Operational Documentation & Runbooks
Mentoring Junior Engineers
Stakeholder & Engineering Support
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Juniper Networks – AWS Cloud & DevOps Engineer Mar 2025 – Present
Design, deploy, and support AWS infrastructure including EC2, VPC, S3, ELB, Auto Scaling, and Route 53 to support production and non-production environments.
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git, enabling consistent application builds, deployments, and controlled releases.
Automate server provisioning and configuration using Ansible and Puppet, reducing manual setup work and configuration drift across environments.
Implement Infrastructure as Code using AWS CloudFormation to standardize resource provisioning and reduce deployment errors.
Monitor system health using CloudWatch alarms and SNS notifications, supporting faster detection and resolution of infrastructure issues.
Manage IAM users, roles, and policies following least-privilege principles to ensure secure access control.
Designed, deployed, and administered enterprise VMware vSphere clusters, managing ESXi hosts and vCenter for centralized operations.
Troubleshoot production issues related to compute, networking, deployments, and access, supporting incident resolution and root-cause analysis.
Collaborate with engineering and operations teams to improve deployment reliability, documentation, and operational processes.
Configured NSX for micro-segmentation, Zero Trust networking, and secure multi-tenant environments.
Dell Technologies – Cloud Solution Architect Aug 2023 – Mar 2025
Supported enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, and Git, improving build consistency and deployment reliability.
Automated infrastructure and configuration tasks using Ansible, Puppet, and Chef, reducing manual intervention during deployments.
Managed Chef client nodes and cookbooks to ensure consistent configuration across environments.
Utilized vRealize Operations and Automation to monitor, optimize, and automate VMware environments.
Designed and supported version-control workflows using Git and legacy SCM tools to improve collaboration and release control.
Assisted application teams with containerized deployments using Docker.
Troubleshot pipeline failures, environment issues, and deployment errors, improving pipeline stability.
Documented deployment procedures and operational runbooks to support production readiness and knowledge transfer.
Worked with cross-functional teams to align cloud delivery solutions with operational and business requirements.
Conducted proactive capacity planning, performance tuning, and resource optimization in VMware clusters.
Implemented and optimized vSAN storage clusters to support high-availability workloads and scalable storage solutions.
ConcertAI – AWS Solution Architect Feb 2016 – May 2023
Architected and maintained AWS infrastructure using EC2, VPC, ELB, S3, EBS, RDS, and Route 53 to support scalable applications.
Implemented backup and recovery strategies using EBS snapshots and S3 versioning, improving data durability and recovery readiness.
Administered IAM users, groups, roles, and policies to maintain secure access governance.
Created CloudWatch alarms and SNS notifications to monitor infrastructure health and application performance.
Migrated SQL workloads to Amazon RDS with Multi-AZ configurations to improve availability.
Developed CloudFormation templates to automate provisioning of VPCs, subnets, EC2 instances, and security groups.
Configured and supported Apache, Tomcat, and MySQL services, maintaining high system availability.
Designed VPN connectivity between on-premises systems and AWS VPCs for secure integration.
Noblis – AWS Solution Engineer May 2014 – May 2015
Designed AWS VPC architectures with public and private subnets to support secure cloud deployments.
Managed S3 storage and archival strategies using S3 and Glacier to optimize storage costs.
Implemented automated server provisioning using Puppet for consistent system builds.
Configured CloudWatch monitoring and alerts to track system performance and availability.
Created Ansible playbooks to standardize configuration management across AWS instances.
Supported Azure virtual machine deployments and basic networking configuration.
Assisted with IAM role management and access control across AWS accounts.
Supported operational documentation and process improvements.
EDUCATION
Computer Science (In Progress) – Western Governors University (WGU)
CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate