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(+31) 6 1515 2249
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ajones@cdso.tech
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Vlietweg
38, Leiden, 2323LC, Netherlands
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linkedin.com/andrewmjones
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KEY
SKILLS
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AWS Services, Security, Networking and
Infrastructure
Coaching and mentoring
Team building and management
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INTERESTS
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Deep Sea Angling (ZA
colours 1998) Safaris and wildlife videography
Gym, cycling, snow skiing
and scuba diving
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CERTIFICATIONS
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AWS Solution Architect Associate
Advanced SCO Unix Engineer
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EDUCATION
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National N Diploma:
Electrical Engineering (Light Current)
DipBusMan Damelin College Business Management
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Andy Jones
AWS Cloud Engineer and Solution Architect
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CloudDevSecOps
cdso.tech
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Professional Summary
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Highly skilled AWS Solution Architect and
DevSecOps engineer with extensive experience designing and implementing
scalable and cost-effective solutions. Possess a strong understanding of
AWS Security, AWS Infrastructure and many AWS services. Proficient in
developing cloud architecture and migration strategies, optimizing system
performance, and managing security and compliance requirements. Excellent
communication and leadership skills with the ability to work effectively in
a team environment
Technical Skills
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AWS Security: AWS IAM, AWS Organisations, AWS Service Control
Policies, AWS Security Hub/Guard Duty/Config
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AWS Infrastructure: Networking, AWS Transit Hub, VPC’s, Subnets,
Peering, Security Groups
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AWS Services: Many
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DevSecOps: Infra as Code, CloudFormation/Terraform/CDK, AWS
CodeCommit/CodeDeploy, AZDo, Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Jira, Confluence etc
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Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Windows, MacOS, VMWare, Docker
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SAFe framework, Scrum and Kanban
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Programming Languages: Shell script and Python (limited).
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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December 2022 – present
AWS Lead Cloud Engineer
Aegon Netherlands – Core Team
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Technical Lead
– responsible for general AWS Account security, IAM Roles and Policies, AWS
Security Services, Secure Software Development in code (SSDLC)
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Subject
Matter Expert - provide support and mentoring to the teams on AWS Infrastructure,
Networking and Security and general usage of many AWS Services
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Collaborate
with regional and global IT support teams to resolve technical difficulties
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Member of
“Druids Council” who are responsible for maintaining overall control of AWS
Account and Services usage, CI/CD platform implementation, create and
appraise Solution Designs
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
September 2019 – November 2022
AWS Lead Cloud Engineer
Aegon Netherlands – DevSecOps teams
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Technical Lead – responsible for
general AWS Account security, IAM Roles and Policies, AWS Security Services
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Subject Matter Expert - provide support
and mentoring to the teams on AWS Infrastructure, Networking, Security, and
general usage of many AWS Services
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Create and appraise Solution Designs
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Collaborate with regional and global IT
support teams to resolve technical difficulties
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Member of the team that designed the
Docker solution for migrating from EC2 Instances to containers
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Scrum Master (2021/2)
September 2018 – August 2019
AWS Lead EcoSystem Engineer
Aegon Global – Freelance Consultant for Aegon Global
Technologies/TransAmerica
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Member of the team responsible for
building and supporting fit for purpose EcoSystem solutions for use in Data
Science using ML and AI. All based on AWS technology
July 2015 – August 2018
AWS Lead Cloud Engineer
Aegon Global – Freelance Consultant for Aegon Global
Technologies/TransAmerica
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Member of the team responsible for building
a green fields AWS environment.
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Migrating Aegon Netherlands Datacentre
to the AWS Cloud using a hybrid approach
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Implement replication technologies to
build the central DataLake. Key technologies used were StreamSets and Qlik
(formerly Attunity)
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Building Data Science Ecosystems for
the NL Business Units
April 2011 – June 2015
WebSphere Team Lead
Aegon Netherlands – Freelance Consultant
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Member of the team responsible for migrating
the WebSphere environment from an outsourced solution to inhouse
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Team Lead for the team responsible for
building and maintaining the WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Process
Server environments
January 1999 – December 2010
International Freelance Consultant
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Freelance Consultant specialising in
Lotus Notes, Domino, Sametime and later WebSphere Application Server
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Completed 24 projects at enterprise
companies located in Asia, UK, and Europe (travelled to 27 countries)