FinOps Practitioner
08/08/2025-08/08/2027
About Me
Experienced financial services professional transitioning into Cloud and DevOps engineering. Currently pursuing an A.A.S. in Cloud Engineering at Dunwoody College of Technology and enrolled in Cloud Engineer Academy, with a strong foundation in AWS, Infrastructure as Code, and CI/CD automation.
Knowledge & Experience
AWS|Lambda|EC2| Monolithic & Microservices & Serverless Architecture|DynamoDB|Route53|S3|CloudFront|IAM|CDK|Python
Employment History
TruStone Financial
Consumer Lending Servicing | October 2024 - PRESENT
- Provide support to staff, members, vendors, and third parties for loan-related inquiries.
- Operate and maintain Senso.ai Agent Fetch for internal document retrieval; test updates, log and advise on bugs, manage document uploads/replacements, and respond to queries, knowledge gap reports, and support questions.
- Collaborate with product owners and management to improve processes and procedures.
- Assist with testing, data verification, and quality control to ensure accuracy and compliance.
- Audit underwriters, processors and loan officer loans to ensure compliance and accuracy.
- Identify, correct, and report late payments and discrepancies on consumer credit reports.
Cloud Engineer Academy
Cloud Engineer Trainee | January 2025 - June 2025
- Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation and Terraform
- Built a disaster recovery solution using EC2, Route 53, Global Accelerator, Lambda, and SSM for automated failover
- Developed an AWS migration architecture with VPCs, EC2, RDS, Secrects Manager to modernize legacy systems
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS Lambda for continuous deployment
- Applied cloud security best practices with IAM roles, policies, and network segmentation
- Collaborated with peers and provided guidance on troubleshooting Terraform and AWS services
- Explored AI/ML integrations to enhance automation and system monitoring
Collateral Protection | June 2020 - October 2024
- Perfect accurate recording of mortgages and perfected liens, ensuring it's in compliance with credit union regulation.
- Managed filing of liens, titles & mortgage notes for documentation processes.
- Follow up on property tax reports and effectively manage collateral protection insurance (CPI).
Phone Banker 1 | April 2015 - June 2020
- Provide service to members, assisting with various banking needs such as transfer, deposits, and bank inquiries.
- Demonstrated strong sales skills, consistently meeting and exceeding quarterly sales goal.
- Proactively open checking and savings accounts for new customers.
Certifications
AWS Cloud Practitioner
In Progress
AWS AI Practitioner
In Progress
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