Engineering that moves business forward.
Cloud Engineering student focused on building scalable infrastructure that drives business efficiency. I connect AWS, automation, security, networking and data decisions to outcomes teams care about: faster delivery, lower operational risk, resilient services and clearer insight.
Cloud Security Framework — CivicNexus
Hardened layered security for a Smart City Operations Platform
Took the CivicNexus Innovations smart-city platform from a non-compliant, publicly exposed deployment to a documented, defence-in-depth security framework. The work covered a full ISO 27005 risk assessment, a prioritised Asset-Threat-Vulnerability register, layered technical controls across network, instance, server and data tiers, and a governance layer of policies mapped to ISO/IEC 27001 Annex A.
For smart-city operators responsible for sensitive citizen, personnel and IoT data, this framework replaces public exposure and ad-hoc controls with an auditable security model. In the project assessment, two Critical risks scored 9 were reduced to Low, while a three-node database design improved planned service resilience.
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Security layers hardened
9 → Low
Critical risks treated
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ISO 27001 Annex A domains implemented
What I do
Design for business continuity
I translate availability, security and growth goals into networks, subnets, routing and failure domains before a resource is created — reducing costly redesign and avoidable downtime.
Automate reliable delivery
Terraform, Docker, Compose, ECR and CI/CD turn manual setup into repeatable delivery, helping teams deploy faster with fewer configuration errors.
Measure the outcome
Health checks, test results and live evidence connect each technical choice to reliability, risk reduction, resource efficiency or faster decision-making.
Specialisms
AWS Core
VPC · EC2 · ALB · ASG · S3 · RDS · DynamoDB
Containers
Docker · Compose · ECR · Kubernetes basics
IaC & Automation
Terraform · CloudFormation · Bash · CI/CD
Security & Identity
IAM · Simple AD · Security Groups · ISO 27001
Networking
Cisco · Routing · VPN · Subnetting
Data & ML
Python · Pandas · Scikit-Learn · Modelling
About me
Curiosity drives the architecture; Red Bull just keeps my lights on.
I have an obsessive curiosity problem — in the best way. When an itch for a problem needs scratching, I do not look for shortcuts. I go from the ground up, whatever it takes, until I genuinely understand the thing. That is how I taught myself Terraform, how I rebuilt a multi-AZ AWS migration, and how I ended up reading AWS release notes for fun.
Away from the screen I am just as hands-on: wrestling and grappling martial arts, following every Formula 1 race weekend, and genuinely enjoying meeting, speaking and socialising with people. I am high-energy and outgoing — but I back it up with a relentless technical drive. I will talk your ear off about cloud security, then spend the next six hours quietly fixing the IAM policy until it is bulletproof.
What I value most about cloud engineering is turning a business requirement into a dependable system. The measure of success is the outcome: less manual effort, lower risk, better continuity and an architecture a team can understand, operate and grow.
- Fuel
- Red Bull, far too much of it 🐂
- Favourite service
- VPC — everything interesting starts with the network
- Guilty pleasure
- Reading AWS release notes for fun
- Off the clock
- Wrestling, Formula 1, football, gaming and tinkering in my homelab
- Currently learning
- Kubernetes and deeper Terraform module design
- Goal
- Cloud/Platform engineer role for 2027
AI compatibility
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Objective breakdown against typical UK Cloud Engineering, DevOps and Platform Engineering graduate roles.
Cloud Engineering
VPC, EC2, IAM, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, ALB/ASG — utilised across multiple real multi-tier builds.
Bottom-line verdict
Strong, ready-now candidate for Cloud Engineering and Cloud Security-leaning graduate roles, with a clear trajectory toward DevOps and Platform Engineering.
Selected projects
13 totalAmazon Web Services
7 case studiesCloud infrastructure, security and serverless work built on AWS.
- 01 / 2026→
Cloud Security Framework — CivicNexus
Hardened layered security for a Smart City Operations Platform
AWSVPC DesignSecurity GroupsNACLsPrivate SubnetsBusiness valueFor smart-city operators responsible for sensitive citizen, personnel and IoT data, this framework replaces public exposure and ad-hoc controls with an auditable security model. In the project assessment, two Critical risks scored 9 were reduced to Low, while a three-node database design improved planned service resilience.
- 02 / 2026→
Machine Learning Predictive Modeling Pipeline
Stroke prediction and credit-card customer segmentation, end to end
PythonScikit-LearnPandasNumPyMatplotlibBusiness valueFor clinical screening and financial analytics teams, this pipeline turns imbalanced, unstructured datasets into decision-ready risk and customer insights. In benchmark testing, tuning lifted stroke recall from 0% in the misleading high-accuracy baseline to 80%, while segmentation produced four actionable customer groups.
- 03 / 2026→
Enterprise Network — TechBridge
Two-site enterprise network with HSRP redundancy, VLANs and IPSec site-to-site VPN
Cisco IOSPacket TracerTwo-Tier Collapsed CoreOSPFStatic RoutingBusiness valueFor a growing two-site business, this design removes single points of failure, fragmented addressing and insecure inter-site traffic. It provides capacity for 50% headcount growth without re-addressing, uses gateway redundancy to minimise downtime, and passed 18 end-to-end validation tests.
- 04 / 2026→
Sterling Digital Cloud Migration
Multi-tier AWS migration with AD, ALB, ASG and automated bootstrapping
AWS VPCEC2ALBASGRDSBusiness valueFor a regulated digital-services team, this architecture replaces manually managed, single-instance infrastructure with a secure and scalable AWS operating model. Multi-AZ services and a 2–4 instance Auto Scaling range improve continuity and resource utilisation, while central identity and reusable bootstrapping reduce repeat configuration effort and access risk.
- 05 / 2026→
Amazon QuickSight — S3 Data Visualisation
Turning a raw 8,807-row S3 dataset into an interactive BI dashboard
Amazon QuickSightAmazon S3SPICEmanifest.jsonBusiness IntelligenceBusiness valueFor content and commercial analysts, this dashboard removes the need to download raw files or write one-off queries before answering routine catalogue questions. It converted 8,807 records into six decision-ready visuals in roughly two hours, creating a faster and repeatable path from source data to insight.
- 06 / 2026→
Amazon Lex — Banking Chatbot with Custom Slots
A conversational banking bot: intents, custom slots and verified balance checks
Amazon LexNLUIntents & SlotsIAMConversation DesignBusiness valueFor retail banking service teams and customers, this prototype shifts repetitive greeting and balance enquiries toward secure self-service. It demonstrates automated handling across two core intents, captures account context, and introduces date-of-birth verification before sensitive information is returned.
- 07 / 2026→
AWS KMS — Encrypting a DynamoDB Database
Customer-managed keys, encryption at rest and proving unauthorised access fails
AWS KMSAmazon DynamoDBAWS IAMKey PoliciesEncryption at RestBusiness valueFor teams managing sensitive or regulated records, this control gives the organisation direct authority over who can decrypt its database rather than relying only on provider-owned keys. The test proved unauthorised reads were blocked and limited approved access to five explicit cryptographic actions, reducing data-exposure and audit risk.
Certifications
05 earned
Alteryx Designer Core
Alteryx / 2024
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