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Cloud Engineer | 4x AWS Certified

Chun S. Lai

Devops/cloud engineer

Cloud engineering is a rewarding field that allows me to work with new technologies, make a positive impact, collaborate with diverse teams, work on various projects, and grow professionally. It’s a great choice for those interested in staying current and making a meaningful contribution.

Recent Projects

  • Clinical Software Company (2022) – Cloud Engineer:
    Building the customer’s account using Org-Formation, and using Terraform to create a landing zone that includes a VPC, IAM, SSO, EC2, RDS MSSQL, and Route53. Using CI/CD in conjunction with Github Actions to automate the workflow. Additionally, I extended the customer’s current Windows environment into the cloud using AWS Managed AD, and migrating their on-premise MSSQL to AWS RDS.

  • Event Management Platform (2022 – finished) – DevOps / Consultant:
    I created the customer’s AWS environment using Org-Formation, working closely with the Cloud Architect and customer to define the scope of work and prioritizing the various components. Their cloud engineers will be guided through the process. Using Terraform to build CI/CD with Github Actions to automate their workflow into the cloud. Containerization the customer’s application into AWS ECS to support a scalable and secure environment was the main goal.

  • Patient Monitoring Company (2022 – finished) – Cloud Engineer:
    I helped building and creating a simplified AWS organization using Org-Formation. A landing zone will be constructed using Terraform,
    including a VPC, IAM, SSO, EC2, RDS Aurora, and Route53. Using CI/CD and Github Actions, we automated many of the customer’s workflow. On-premises workloads are being migrated to AWS using the AWS Migration Service, and on-premises databases has been migrated using AWS DMS.

  • Crypto Bot Company (2022 – finished) – Cloud Engineer:
    We utilized AWS CDK (Cloud Development Kit) in Typescript to enable the customer to launch multiple AWS ECS Docker containers from a single
    file. CI/CD pipelines are created using Github and GitLab to provide the customer with a centralized location for managing the application. With the help of CI/CD, the application can be scaled as needed or required when the customer’s faces more traffic.

  • Wealth Management Company (2022 – finished) – Cloud Engineer:
    We enabled the scalability of the applications using AWS ECS. The application is containerized using Docker, and a Dockerfile has been built
    to utilize Traefik as a networking platform to manage traffic from the external environment to the containers.

Certifications

Archievement in my cloud journey

Working on...

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional covers more advanced skills for deploying and designing applications on AWS, as well as advanced topics ranging from databases and application servers to optimal system design.
AWS

HashiCorp Consul is a service networking solution that enables teams to manage secure network connectivity between services and across on-prem and multi-cloud environments and runtimes. Consul offers service discovery, service mesh, traffic management, and automated updates to network infrastructure device. You can use these features individually or together in a single Consul deployment.

Hashicorp
The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) program provides assurance that CKAs have the skills, knowledge, and competency to perform the responsibilities of Kubernetes administrators.
Kubernetes

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I am always down for a nice cup of coffee to chalk talk about new technologies