Martin's Cloud

After several years as a nurse, I made a deliberate transition into cloud engineering — bringing a sharp eye for detail, ownership, and the ability to stay calm under pressure.

I design and deploy cloud infrastructure on AWS, with hands-on experience in EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, and CloudFormation. I built and deployed a full-stack application in a production-like AWS environment, implementing auto scaling, load balancing, and infrastructure as code from scratch.

My focus is on cloud infrastructure, automation, and building systems that are scalable and reliable. I work with Python and am expanding my skills in Terraform, CI/CD, and containerization.

What makes me different is a background that taught me to manage complexity, take responsibility, and think critically — skills that translate directly into building robust cloud solutions.

Martin with a green hat coming out of a boulder.

Outside of tech, I recharge by being in nature and trekking, practicing yoga, and pursuing my dream of creating a permaculture farm. These passions keep me grounded and inspire balance in how I work and live.

Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect Associate certificate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational

Issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification

Skills

Cloud & DevOps

: EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS/EKS, ALB/ELB, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Elastic Beanstalk, Route 53, SNS, SQS, EFS
Docker (basics)
In Progress:
Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD

Programming

Python (OOP, REST APIs, Flask)
JavaScript
HTML & CSS

Databases & Tools

SQL, PostgreSQL
Git & GitHub
Linux