Summary

Amara Diallo is a highly skilled Cloud Services Developer with 6 years of experience specializing in architecting, developing, and deploying scalable and resilient applications on AWS and Azure platforms. Proven expertise in designing microservices, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and automating infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools. Adept at optimizing cloud resources for performance, cost-efficiency, and operational excellence, driving significant improvements in system reliability and development velocity.

Experience

Senior Cloud EngineerMicrosoft

Redmond, WAAug 2022Present

Led the migration of critical on-premise applications to Azure, reducing operational costs by 25% and improving scalability by 40% for over 500,000 daily users.
Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, accelerating deployment frequency by 30% and reducing manual errors by 80%.

Cloud Services DeveloperAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Seattle, WAJul 2018Jul 2022

Developed and maintained core microservices for a flagship AWS platform, handling over 1 million requests per day with 99.99% uptime.
Automated provisioning and configuration of AWS resources (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) using Python scripts and CloudFormation, decreasing setup time by 50%.

Projects

Serverless Photo Processing Pipeline

Jan 2023Apr 2023

Developed a fully serverless image processing pipeline using AWS Lambda, S3, and API Gateway, automatically resizing and watermarking uploaded images.

Multi-Cloud Cost Optimization Dashboard

Mar 2022Sep 2022

Created a dashboard to aggregate and visualize cloud spending across AWS and Azure using Python, Flask, and respective cloud APIs.
Identified potential savings of up to 15% on monthly cloud expenditure through detailed cost breakdown and resource utilization analysis.
Integrated with Slack for daily cost alerts, improving financial visibility and accountability for resource owners.

Terraform Module for Secure VPC/VNet Deployment

Jun 2021Oct 2021

Authored a reusable Terraform module to provision secure and compliant Virtual Private Clouds (VPC) on AWS and Virtual Networks (VNet) on Azure.
Enabled rapid deployment of network infrastructure, reducing setup time by 70% and ensuring adherence to security best practices.
Incorporated security group and network ACL configurations to minimize attack surfaces and isolate sensitive workloads effectively.

Education

University of WashingtonMaster of Science in Computer Science

Seattle, WASep 2018Jun 2020

Specialized in Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing, maintaining a GPA of 3.8/4.0.
Developed a serverless event-driven architecture project using AWS Lambda and S3 for real-time data processing.

Georgia Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science in Computer Science

Atlanta, GAAug 2014May 2018

Graduated with High Honors, focusing on Software Engineering and Algorithms.
Awarded Dean's List for 6 consecutive semesters for academic excellence.

Skills

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS)Microsoft AzureGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Serverless Architectures

Programming Languages

PythonGoJavaNode.jsBash

DevOps & CI/CD

TerraformAnsibleDockerKubernetesJenkinsGitHub ActionsAzure DevOps

Databases

PostgreSQLMySQLDynamoDBCosmos DBMongoDB

Tools & Concepts

MicroservicesInfrastructure as Code (IaC)GitREST APIsMonitoring (CloudWatch, Prometheus)Networking

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Cloud Services Developer salary by country

Country	25th percentile	Median	75th percentile
US	$120,519	$145,354	$159,739
UK	£56,452	£71,200	£75,600
Canada	C$104,853	C$127,174	C$144,636
Australia	A$116,000	A$140,000	A$148,152
Germany	€61,000	€70,000	€77,783
France	€43,077	€48,462	€56,818
Netherlands	€52,500	€59,000	€72,327
Italy	€25,000	€31,250	€38,750
Austria	€46,250	€58,750	€67,500
New Zealand	NZ$166,667	NZ$183,333	NZ$200,000
India	₹882,768	₹1,501,852	₹2,185,897
Poland	zł209,793	zł250,420	zł291,047

Annual salaries in local currency, aggregated from live job postings via Adzuna. Figures refresh continuously and reflect advertised pay, not negotiated offers.