WILL A. SOTO

AWS Cloud Engineer | US Navy Veteran

Providence, RI | sotowilmeralberto@gmail.com | 857-544-6474 | linkedin.com/in/iamwillsoto | github.com/iamwillsoto

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

AWS Cloud Engineer specializing in enterprise AWS platforms, Terraform-driven infrastructure, and production-grade CI/CD automation. Experienced in designing and supporting secure, highly available cloud environments with a focus on scalable networking, infrastructure as code, governance, and operational reliability. Hands-on experience integrating Amazon Bedrock into cloud-native automation workflows.

SKILLS

AWS Infrastructure: VPC, Transit Gateway, Route 53, ALB, Auto Scaling, EC2, RDS, S3, Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB

Infrastructure as Code & Automation: Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Python, Boto3, Bash, PowerShell, Linux

Security & Operations: IAM, RBAC, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, AWS Config, CloudWatch, EventBridge, VPC Flow Logs

Containers: Docker, Docker Swarm, ECS, Kubernetes

AI Services: Amazon Bedrock, Rekognition, Transcribe, Translate, Polly

EXPERIENCE

HD SUPPLY | Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Contract)

Jun 2024 – Present

• Architected segmented multi-VPC AWS environment with Transit Gateway centralized routing, enforcing deterministic east-west traffic control and isolating production workloads to reduce cross-environment risk.
• Automated compliance evidence generation using AWS Lambda and PowerShell, converting Security Hub and Inspector findings into structured audit artifacts and reducing manual evidence collection by 60%.
• Standardized Route 53 DNS governance with public/private hosted zone separation and routing policies, improving service resolution reliability and eliminating ad-hoc DNS sprawl across environments.
• Implemented enterprise security baselines using KMS encryption, scoped IAM role hierarchies, and RBAC boundary controls to minimize standing privilege and reduce infrastructure blast radius.
• Established Terraform-driven infrastructure convergence with AWS Config rule validation to detect and remediate configuration drift across beta and production environments.

LEVELUPINTECH | Cloud Engineer

Feb 2024 – Oct 2024

• Architected multi-tier AWS infrastructure using Terraform Cloud across ALB, Auto Scaling, and RDS with private subnet isolation and high-availability deployment across multiple Availability Zones.
• Developed reusable VPC Terraform modules implementing segmented subnets, controlled route propagation, and standardized NAT gateway egress patterns to enforce predictable network traffic flows.
• Strengthened platform security posture by integrating GuardDuty threat detection, AWS Config compliance validation, and KMS encryption standards across compute and storage layers.
• Provisioned Amazon Bedrock AI pipelines with DynamoDB-backed persistence and throttling-aware fallback logic to support reliable AI service integration across isolated environments.

VERIZON | Cloud Support Engineer

Jan 2021 – Mar 2024

• Operated enterprise AWS production environments sustaining 99.9%+ SLA adherence through CloudWatch alarm strategy, scaling policy optimization, and proactive degradation detection.
• Diagnosed complex routing, DNS resolution, and load balancer health failures using VPC Flow Logs and CloudWatch Insights to restore service integrity.

LIFE TIME FITNESS | IT Service Desk Technician

Sep 2014 – Aug 2020 | Burlington, MA

• Escalation point for enterprise identity and access management across 1K+ users and 6 locations, administering Active Directory lifecycle, VPN/SSO authentication, and structured incident and change workflows in ServiceNow.
• Resolved LAN/WAN connectivity issues including VPN, DNS, DHCP, and endpoint configuration across enterprise infrastructure.

UNITED STATES NAVY | Boatswain's Mate

Jan 2010 – Mar 2014 | USS Lake Champlain (CG-57), San Diego, CA

• Served aboard the guided missile cruiser USS Lake Champlain supporting maritime operations requiring rapid decision-making, operational discipline, and mission execution in high-pressure environments.

PROJECTS

AI Resume Platform — Serverless AI Delivery Pipeline

Amazon Bedrock · CloudFormation · GitHub Actions · Lambda · API Gateway · DynamoDB · S3

Live Demo: [Resume Platform](https://ai-resume-iamwillsoto.s3.amazonaws.com/prod/index.html) | GitHub: [Repo](https://github.com/iamwillsoto/ai-resume-platform)

• Built a serverless AI-powered resume scoring platform using Amazon Bedrock and Lambda, processing resume submissions through API Gateway and returning structured ATS evaluations.
• Provisioned all infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation, enabling repeatable, version-controlled deployments across isolated beta and production environments.
• Automated delivery through GitHub Actions CI/CD with review-first promotion from beta to production.

CERTIFICATIONS & RECOGNITION

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate | Dec 2025

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate | Jul 2025

AWS Certified AI Practitioner | Jan 2026

CompTIA Security+ | Apr 2025

CompTIA Network+ | Feb 2026

AWS Community Builder | 2026 – Present

EDUCATION

Western Governors University | Bachelor of Science, Cloud & Network Engineering