Gil

About

Hi! I'm Gil Hope

I'm a DevOps / Cloud Developer with a focus on AWS.

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Highly motivated DevOps / Cloud Developer with a passion for using technology to solve complex problems. Strong work ethic, positive attitude, and eagerness to learn. Based in Savannah, Georgia and seeking opportunities to contribute to a team's success and make a meaningful impact. Self-starter with experience with remote and hybrid. Currently working within an internship with Arcadian Cloud by learning under and assisting Cloud career professionals with project development.

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, Amazon Route 53, AWS Lambda, AWS DynamoDB, AWS SAM / CloudFormation

Deploy an HTML resume as AWS S3 static website. Configure AWS CloudFront and OAI to make the S3 website URL to use HTTPS.

Configure AWS Route 53 for a custom domain name and point to the CloudFront distribution.

Developed a JavaScript snippet to call an AWS API Gateway and then using Lambda as the backend, to retrieve and update the visitor count in a DynamoDB database.

Infrastructure as Code - Define the API resources – DynamoDB table, API Gateway and, Lambda function in an AWS SAM template.

Setup CI/CD using GitHub actions for backend and front end.

VPC Stack

Terraform, ElastiCache, Amazon MQ, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFront, and VPC, public/private subnets, security groups, ELB, and Internet Gateway

Deployed a Dockerized version of the popular 2048 game on AWS Elastic Beanstalk.

Utilized Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, defining AWS Elastic Beanstalk application, environment, and IAM roles.

Created a Docker container with a Dockerfile, based on Ubuntu 22.04, and configured Nginx to serve the game.

Automated deployment workflows using GitHub Actions for continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).

Secured AWS credentials using AWS IAM and securely stored access keys.

Managed AWS Elastic Beanstalk environment with specific settings and tags.

Collaborated on GitHub for version control, hosting, and code management.

2048 Game

Terraform, Elastic Beanstalk, Docker, AWS IAM, Nginx

VPC with public and private subnets.

Internet Gateway for internet access.

Public subnet with Elastic Beanstalk and an ELB for web applications.

Private subnet with EC2 instances, MySQL databases, ElastiCache, and a bastion host.

RDS instance for managed relational databases.

Amazon MQ for managed message broker service.

Terraform state stored in an S3 bucket.

Experience

Internship - Arcadian Cloud

Managed pipeline development adhering to Agile methodologies.

Assisted in building automated pipelines for clients using GitHub Actions, integrating security measures and utilizing Playwright for E2E and Jest for unit testing.

Implementing AWS Cognito using Infrastructure-as-Code and integrated AWS Amplify React for site authentication for clients

Set up Discord Notifications on success or failure of workflow and tests with Discord webhooks and GitHub Actions.

Deployed to Vercel for development environments using GitHub Actions.

Proficient in Git/GitHub branch management and Agile collaboration methodologies.

Experience in diagnosing and resolving Linus system issues by utilizing filesystems and hardware diagnostics, as well as addressing boot-related problems and system recovery.

Basic familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, Linkerd, and Jenkins.

2023 - present

Owner / Operator - Broad Spectrum Advertising LLC

I founded Broad Spectrum LLC in 2017 while working on my degree with a couple of friends. We operated for approximately 5 years and during which time we worked with many local area businesses. From restaurants to healthcare, night clubs to auto parts dealers.

Developed brand strategy and ensured alignment with the client's overall vision and values. Conducted market research, competitor analysis, and customer insights to identify opportunities for brand growth.

Worked to create and maintain a consistent and compelling brand identity. Shaped and oversaw development of brand guidelines, logos, color schemes, and other visual elements to reflect clients' desired brand personality.

Collaborated with creatives, designers, social media managers, photographers, local radio/news, and etc. as necessary with campaigns.

As the principal owner, I was required to manage all aspects of the business. This includes the business planning, setting goals, financial management, tax compliance, and bookkeeping.

2017 - 2022

Education

Georgia Southern University - Statesboro, Ga

B.A. Interdisciplinary Studies

(2015-2017) (2021-2022)

Skills

AWS

Compute: EC2, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk
Storage: S3, Glacier, Storage Gateway
Database: RDS, DynamoDB
Networking & Content Delivery: VPC, CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway
Security, Identity, & Compliance: IAM, Cognito
Management & Governance: AWS Organizations, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, CloudTrail, AWS Config, AWS Systems Manager.
Infrastructure-as-Code: Cloudformation & AWS SAM

Containerization

Docker
Kubernetes

Programming Languages & Web

Python, JavaScript, Bash
HTML, CSS

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