<p>Want to know something interesting about me? I was an early adopter of Google Maps API back in the day. My passion resulted in my name crawling into Forbes Magazine (Google Industrial Complex ... Yes my name and Eric Schmidt's name appears in the same paragraph - https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1016/108.html#40559b1d7c2c ). Read more at the bottom of this summary.</p><p>Back to Present Day - Seeking a role as DevOps/Cloud Consultant.</p><p><br></p><p><b>Professional Certifications</b></p><p>AWS DevOps Certified Engineer - Professional<br></p><p>AWS Security Certified - Speciality</p><p>AWS Solutions Architect Certified - Associate</p><p>AWS Developer Certified - Associate</p><p>-----</p><p>Azure Fundamentals</p><p>Azure Security Engineer</p><p>----</p><p>Docker Certified Associate</p><p>-------</p><p><b>AWS Projects:</b></p><p>Check out my site ​https://virender.guru​ (generates a random link to GE New Orleans employee’s LinkedIn Profile)</p><p>- Static Website hosted on​ S3</p><p>- API Gateway ​(End point which triggers a Lambda Function) - Lambda Function​ (calls dynamodb to retrieve GE Employee</p><p>LinkedIn url)</p><p>- DynamoDB​ which stores info (LinkedIn profile url) of impacted</p><p>employees from GE NOLA Hub</p><p>- Cloudfront​ which securely calls the static website hosted on S3 - AWS Certificate Manager​ for SSL Cert</p><p><br></p><p>------</p><p>SKILLS</p><p><br></p><p>CI/CD</p><p>Automation/DevOps</p><p>AWS/Azure/Docker</p><p>Kubernetes/Jenkins</p><p>Git/Linux</p><p>Customer Service and Support</p><p>LANGUAGES</p><p>English (spoken)</p><p>Java, Swift, Objective C, Python, Bash Scripting</p><p><br></p><p>--------</p><p>Interesting Projects/Hobbies</p><p><br></p><p>Was an early adopter of Google Maps API. In 2005 created a webpage which showed the after effects of Hurricane Katrina on Google Maps. Utilizing the Google Maps APi along with MySQl database was able to show where the businesses were opening up in the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina was gone. This led to numerous other Google Maps Mashup Projects which earned me Media Publicity as can be seen in following links:</p><p>Quoted in Forbes magazine article “The Google Industrial Complex” on the use of Google Maps. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/1016/108.html#40559b1d7c2c</p><p>Quoted in The Huffington Post article – “Protests In Libya, Bahrain Visualized Using Twitter, Google Maps” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/middle-east-north-africa-protests_n_826 101</p><p>Map Making Mania:</p><p>https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/map-making-mania/article1063427/</p>