Solutions Architect @ Amazon Web Services

Hi, I'm Connor. I architect

Four years building reliable, secure systems at scale — from SRE on a platform serving 800,000+ global clients to designing GenAI solutions for enterprises and startups at AWS.

12×
AWS certifications — Golden Jacket
$25M
Launched revenue as SA
800k+
Client platform supported as SRE
3×
Degrees in computer science
Interactive

Route the request

Your mission: get GET /resume from the client to the data and back. Click the next hop — wrong turns get a 4xx. Or let the agent drive.

GET/resumehop 0/4
Client Web · Mobile API Gateway Auth · Throttling Lambda Orchestration Bedrock Agent GenAI reasoning Knowledge Base RAG · OpenSearch DynamoDB Session state CloudWatch Observability
Request Response Telemetry
Experience

Where I've been

From keeping massive systems alive to architecting what comes next.

Amazon Web Services
Associate Solutions Architect
Nov 2024 — Present · San Francisco, CA
  • Earned the AWS Golden Jacket (12 certifications) during the Solutions Architect TechU program.
  • Generated $25M in annualized launched revenue across 129 opportunities — among the highest volume in the Residency SA cohort.
  • Recognized AI/ML and Security expert; represented AWS at re:Inforce 2025 Office Hours, consulting for enterprise customers.
  • Delivering GenAI and Agentic AI solutions for three enterprise clients, expanding AI capabilities across their analytics platforms.
  • Dedicated SA for the AWS Startup segment — architectural guidance, custom POCs, and proactive account management.
  • Mentor to two Solutions Architects; active leader in the GenAI and Security Technical Field Communities.
GenAIAgentic AISecuritySolution ArchitectureStartups
ADP
System Reliability Engineer
Jul 2022 — Jul 2024 · Alpharetta, GA
  • Led SRE operations across 5 products on a platform serving 800,000+ global clients, cutting incident response time 30% via Dynatrace/Opsgenie integration.
  • Spearheaded the ICP → OCP migration, automating processes that saved 60+ engineering hours while maintaining reliability.
  • Implemented Real User Monitoring and security compliance tracking across the product suite.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, SonarQube, and Event-Driven Ansible.
SREKubernetesDynatraceJenkinsAnsible
Certifications

Proof of work

Validated depth across cloud, containers, and infrastructure as code.

AWS Golden Jacket — 12× Certified

Every AWS certification, from foundational through all professional and specialty exams. One of a small group worldwide to hold the Golden Jacket.

Issued 2024 · Valid through 2027 · Verify on Credly →
12×AWS Certified

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

The Linux Foundation — hands-on cluster administration, networking, and troubleshooting.

Jul 2024 — Jul 2026

HashiCorp Terraform Associate

Infrastructure as code — provisioning, state management, and modules at scale.

Aug 2024 — Aug 2026

Security & AI/ML Specialist

Recognized expert in the AWS GenAI and Security Technical Field Communities.

AWS Technical Field Community
Education

Always studying

Two degrees down, a third in progress.

In Progress

Georgia Institute of Technology

M.S. in Computer Science, Specialization in Computing Systems

Aug 2024 — Jul 2026
Completed

The University of Texas at Austin

Postgraduate Degree in Cloud Computing

Jun 2024 — Dec 2024
Completed

Mississippi State University

B.S. in Computer Science

Aug 2017 — Jul 2022

Let's build something worth shipping.

Whether it's GenAI architecture, a cloud migration, or just a good conversation about systems — my inbox is open.