AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

IT Support Analyst | Cloud Engineering | AWS | Azure | Terraform | Python

About Me

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate with over 20 years of experience as an IT Support Analyst, combined with hands-on cloud engineering experience using AWS, Azure, Terraform, GitHub, Python, Windows, and Linux. Currently expanding my cloud engineering expertise through real-world projects, including the Cloud Resume Challenge.

Outside of IT, I'm a photographer, Tolkien enthusiast, walker, historical miniature wargamer, and tabletop RPG player. The "LotRTechie" name comes from my lifelong love of Middle-earth. I'm also the founder of Weathered Bench Photography and a supporter of both the Chicago Bears and Worcester Warriors. These hobbies balance creativity, strategy, and problem-solving, qualities that I've carried throughout my career in IT.

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

Designed, built and deployed this website using AWS cloud services, Infrastructure as Code and serverless technologies. The project demonstrates hands-on experience with cloud architecture, automation, version control and modern deployment practices.

  • AWS S3 for static website hosting
  • Amazon CloudFront for global content delivery
  • AWS Lambda for serverless compute
  • Amazon API Gateway for API integration
  • Amazon DynamoDB for visitor statistics
  • Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  • GitHub for source control and project management

This project remains an active learning platform where I continue to expand my cloud engineering skills while applying industry best practices for security, automation and infrastructure management.

Links

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