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Daniel Shone

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

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About

Let me introduce myself.

I am an AWS certified architect and instructor, with a software engineering background. My experience is primarily focused around the AWS Well-Architected Framework and delivering customer-centric solutions adhering to this framework. I particularly enjoy the challenges and problems that work can throw at you, and the sense of accomplishment when a project is successfully delivered. Outside of my current role I am an active member of the AWS Academy program and have my own AWS Control Tower environment running both production and dev systems (static/dynamic websites, email and code repository).

Profile

Skills

  • 90%
    AWS Architecture
  • 75%
    SQL/T-SQL
  • 75%
    ASP .NET/C#
  • 65%
    Domain Driven Design
  • 50%
    Agile
Experience

Professional Experience

AWS Authorized Instructor

January 2023 - Present

AWS Academy Programme

  • Taking students with a non IT background and giving them the skills to succeed in AWS
  • Training the next generation of cloud talent
  • Supporting upcoming AWS instructors
  • AWS Solutions Architect

    February 2022 - Present

    Rebura Ltd

  • Conducting AWS Well Architected reviews, and creating customised remediation plans
  • Leading customer workshops to ascertain their business and architectural requirements
  • Designing high level architectural proposals based upon customer requirements
  • Creating detailed specifications based upon High Level designs
  • Leading on AWS migration projects
  • AWS Solutions Architect

    October 2021 - February 2022

    CirrusHQ Ltd

  • Performing AWS Well Architected review remediation (CloudFormation, Azure DevOps, AWS Code pipeline)
  • Working with various non-profit organisations assist in their migration to AWS
  • Cloud software development (Terraform, Python, DynamoDB)
  • Senior Software Engineer

    June 2010 - October 2021

    Intelligent Distributed Controls Ltd

  • Design and development of bespoke customer systems (Using Microsoft Technologies and Android)
  • Design/develop and support the in-house Warehouse Management System
  • Design, implement and manage the multi account AWS cloud platform
  • Developing bespoke interfaces to existing legacy systems, third party data processing services, financial systems, and barcode printing/labelling systems
  • Management of the company’s internal network working and IT systems
  • Provision of first line customer support services, including remote technical support
  • Product Development Engineer

    June 2004 - June 2010

    Intelligent Distributed Controls Ltd

  • Embedded firmware development for in-house low power wireless product line (C/C++)
  • Developing an automotive Kanban system utilising low power wireless systems
  • Professional Training

    AWS Architect

    January 2021 - Present

    AWS Solution Architect Training with the Optima-IT AWS Academy

    Skills Summary
  • Highly available architectures using AWS VPC, EC2, RDS, Autoscaling, Load Balancers & CloudWatch
  • Serverless web applications using AWS Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, DynamoDB
  • Cloud Security using AWS Organizations, IAM, KMS, AWS Shield and WAF
  • Infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, AWS SAM and CDK
  • Disaster recovery using Route 53, S3 Cross region replication
  • Application deployment using AWS CodePipeline, ECS and Elastic Beanstalk
  • Static website hosting using AWS S3, CloudFront
  • Personal Projects
  • AWS S3, CloudFront – Static website hosting (www.myaws.co.uk)
  • AWS CodeCommit – Code repository for personal software projects
  • AWS Workmail – Personal email account
  • AWS Lambda, API Gateway, S3, CloudFront and Python - to create a dynamic website (www.theraincloud.co.uk)
  • Experience
  • 500+ hours live AWS platform hands on experience
  • 250+ hours AWS Champion Instructor led architecting training
  • 500+ hours self-study (including hands on personal projects)
  • 100+ hours Mentoring upcoming architects on AWS best practices and aiding them in their daily AWS Academy training
  • Real world architecture design/review projects
  • certifications and Education

    Professional Certifications

    Amazon Web
    Services

    AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

    March 2024

    AWS Certified Database – Specialty

    October 2023

    AWS Authorized Instructor

    January 2023

    AWS Certified Security – Specialty

    February 2022

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

    September 2021

    AWS Certified Developer – Associate

    May 2021

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

    April 2021

    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

    March 2021

    Education

    Bachelors Degree

    September 2000 - June 2004

    The Nottingham Trent University

    Degree in Electronics and Computing - 2:1 BEng (Hons)

    Contact

    I'd Love To Hear From You.

    Email Me At

    dan@theraincloud.co.uk