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Experienced IQ Expert
- Twenty years of experience building secure micro-services and web apps.
- Fantastic early adoption consultant
- AWS Amplify expert, GitHub code contributor
My IQ clients have hired me to build serverless apps with AppSync, CI/CD pipelines, Amplify app projects, IoT projects, Machine Learning StepFunction workflow, and IVS video conference integration. I can build across the full stack. I don't fear chaos.
I specialize in starting projects quickly. Ask me anything about security. I handle developer operations too. I love Cloud9, it's my most favorite IDE. On Cloud9, I have hundreds of CloudFormation templates lying around to leverage in delivery.
Active participant in community and conferences. References available upon request.
Docker Based Solutions:
Build secure vpc’s with load balancers, private link endpoints, and peering connections.
Wrote Java and Kotlin apps that load and store data with AWS RDS, AWS S3, AWS DynamoDB, and MongoDb.
Securely published apis with AWS API Gateway, AWS Route 53, and AWS Certificates. The APIs are safe from DoS attacks, X-Site Scripting, and api key spoofing.
Lambda Based Solutions:
Deployed lambdas for online marketing solutions.
Published several multi-modal Alexa skills, on AWS Lambda with NodeJS.
My website https://SpicyKey.com has a brief case study for the Brookfield Smart Home powered by Amazon Alexa.
Alexa skill stack: AWS Cloud9, AWS CodeStar, AWS CodeDeploy, and AWS CodePipelines.
My CloudFormation templates are in the Serverless Application Model (SAM).
Security Solutions:
Write secure IAM policies
S3 bucket policies and policies for services such as AWS ECS.
Secure container based apps with AWS KMS, AWS Parameter Store, and AWS ECS.
Hardening EC2 servers with shell scripts.
Prototypes and Beta Solutions:
Built experimental prototypes for customers with streaming services. Prototyped a serverless IoT event collector with AWS Firehose, AWS Kinesis, and AWS Elastic Search.
Built experimental react web apps with AWS AppSync, AWS S3, and AWS CloudFront.
Built custom micro service monitoring solutions with AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, and Grafana.
Participated in betas such as AWS Glue with Machine Learning transforms. Demonstrated AWS Sagemaker to potential clients.
Integrated Textract and Comprehend with S3 and Kendra.
Published YouTube video "Alexa and Sphero" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQKDmZCYI5M - demonstrating a secure voice controlled toy. The prototype Alexa skill gave a user control over a toy robot. The server based solution is architected with AWS Lambda, AWS EC2, and AWS ELB, and demonstrates end-to-end encryption. On my voice YouTube channel.
Spoke at meetups on app testing with off cloud, tools. Slides available upon request. I like writing.
Stack:
- Kotlin
- Java
- Go
- React
- NodeJS
- Spring Boot
- MongoDB
- Postgres
- MySQL
- Docker
- Cloudformation
Alex @ SpicyKey LLC Reviews
Alex is agile and very good in communication. He understands what I need very fast and provides a good soloution. I'll contact him again.
Alex was very quick and has a comprehensive view of AWS services.
Alex is very knowledgeable, he asked the right questions.
Excellent presenter and very informative
Alex has great experience with AWS and mobile applications, he explained in great detail the use cases of Amplify, Cognito and Appsync and how to deploy it in my proyect. I greatly recommend him and sure work with him again in the future.
Alex is very knowledgable with AWS and is a very good communicator. He takes the time necessary to ensure that you understand everything he teaches. I will definitely be reaching out to Alex when I have my next issue. Thanks again
Great Job! Understood my project from begging to end and the support has been incredible
Alex is amazing! I needed help understanding Kinesis Video Streams with WebRTC. He developed detailed teaching material, diagrams, and code that enabled me to quickly begin working with the service. He's a kind and patient teacher as well as a skilled developer. I have great appreciation for his work on my behalf and look forward to working with him in the future.
Alex developed a multi-user authentication layer for a Hugo static website using AWS Cognito, Lamda@edge and Cloudfront. It was great having expert assistance as I was unable to find any online resources detailing this setup with Hugo. I rate Alex highly for innovative solutions and client service.
Alex is a pleasure to work with. He is great at giving me progress updates and explaining the architecture of the devices and the solution he is designing.
Alex quickly understands the technical dimensions of a product challenge, architects how to interconnect the most effective AWS services together to solve it, and then rapidly implements and delivers the solution, integrating it in your environment. All the while, Alex explains what he's doing and why, and leaves full documentation with the solution.