Senior AWS Cloud & Migration Engineer Resume
Resume:
GIBSON MOSES
Senior AWS Cloud & Migration Engineer Frisco Texas, United States • +1-469-***-**** •
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Strategic Senior Cloud Engineer with 20+ years of experience architecting and securing global, mission-critical infrastructures. Recognized as the #1 AWS Global Networking Resolver and a designated VPC Subject Matter Expert (SME). Proven track record of bridging legacy constraints with modern, cloud-native scalability to drive massive cost savings and 99.99% reliability. Expert at leading high-severity incident recovery and mentoring cross-functional engineering teams.
TECHNICAL CORE COMPETENCIES
• Cloud Architecture: AWS VPC (Advanced Networking), EC2, S3, IAM, CloudFormation (IaC), Transit Gateway.
• Traffic & Security: Expert ELB (ALB/NLB/GLB), CloudFront, AWS Network Firewall, WAF, Shield, Route 53.
• Hybrid Connectivity: Direct Connect, VPN, Cisco ISE, Fortigate, Palo Alto, IPsec.
• Systems & Automation: Linux/Windows Admin, Python, Bash, Wireshark, Nagios, Infrastructure as Code. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
AMAZON WEB SERVICES (AWS) Dallas, TX / Cape Town, SA Cloud Support Engineer II – Networking March 2018 – January 2026
• Global Performance Leadership: Ranked #1 Global Networking Case Resolver (2019) out of thousands of engineers, maintaining peak technical accuracy and customer satisfaction scores.
• Strategic Incident Management: Ranked #3 Global High-Severity Resolver (2021); spearheaded the restoration of business-critical production environments for Fortune 500 clients during multi-region outages.
• Architectural Influence: Appointed as AWS VPC Subject Matter Expert (SME) in 2024, acting as the final escalation point for complex networking bugs and providing direct feedback to Service Architects for product improvement.
• Performance Optimization: Ranked #6 Global ELB Resolver (2023), identifying and resolving bottleneck issues in high-traffic global architectures to improve latency and cost-efficiency.
• Technical Mentorship: Onboarded and mentored 10+ new engineering hires, reducing their time-to-productivity by 30% through structured technical drills and case-shadowing.
UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN Cape Town, South Africa Technical Specialist March 2009 – February 2018
• Security Infrastructure Modernization: Designed and deployed the university’s first IPsec VPN utilizing CAT 6500 SPA, securing remote access for 3,000+ staff members.
• Enterprise Network Scaling: Orchestrated a robust wireless and wired network infrastructure supporting over 30,000 concurrent student users, ensuring zero downtime during peak academic periods.
• Advanced Traffic Engineering: Implemented Cisco ISE and Wireless LAN Controllers to automate device authentication, reducing manual IT overhead by 20%.
OMNIHOLDINGS Johannesburg, South Africa Linux Administrator October 2008 – February 2009
• Telephony Innovation: Directed the migration to Asterisk PBX via FreePBX, establishing it as the company-wide standard and reducing telecommunication costs by 40%.
• System Visibility: Engineered a comprehensive monitoring stack (Nagios, MRTG, pmacct) to provide real-time visibility into high- volume mail stacks and database health.
BEVERLEY BUILDING SOCIETY Harare, Zimbabwe Network Manager January 1996 – September 2007
• Legacy Modernization (CapEx Savings): Engineered a custom serial-to-IP gateway for a nationwide ATM fleet, saving $50K in hardware replacement costs while maintaining 99.9% uptime.
• Security Engineering: Replaced high-cost proprietary filters with a custom Squid/DansGuardian stack, achieving a 95%+ malicious site block rate with near-zero licensing fees.
• Team Leadership: Led a team of 17 (5 network engineers and 12 operational staff), improving incident response times by 25% through the implementation of standardized SOPs.
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS
• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical Engineering University of Zimbabwe
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (2024)
• AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (2023)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (2024)
• Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) & CCNA
• Professional Certifications: Fortinet (FCNSA/FCNSP), ITIL Foundation.
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