Project: Creating 3 Architectures with Excalidraw
Designing cloud architectures using Excalidraw diagrams.
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March 20255 min read490 views
hey, it's alan! đź‘‹
Cloud Engineer based in San Jose, CA
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner building and automating cloud infrastructure using CloudFormation, Terraform, and AWS CDK (Python / TypeScript)
Cloud Engineering Academy
Cloud Engineering Program
- •Building production-ready AWS infrastructure using CDK, CloudFormation, and Terraform
- •Hands-on projects: IAM security, VPC architecture, serverless applications, CI/CD pipelines
- •AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (May 2025-2028)
San Jose State University
B.S. in Finance
- •Foundation in financial analysis, forecasting, and business operations
- •Developed enterprise-level cost management & resource allocation expertise
- •Gained deep knowledge of risk assessment, compliance (Basel concepts), and audit trails
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