Cameron Bowen

Summary

Cloud Architect focused on cloud automation, architecture, governance, and networking. Experienced with a variety of technologies and able to pick up new methodologies/technologies as needed. Have helped several organizations analyze their resource needs and find areas to reduce cost or rightsize performance. Experience outside the IT industry with an emphasis on healthcare. Pursuit of IT skills and application of skills in volunteering as well as personal projects. Currently, going deep on Linux and AWS Networking as well as trying to develop a writing habit!

Experience

Cloud Architect

SelectQuote Insurance Services
Jan 2024 - Present (8 months)

Personally, reduced cloud usage by more than $960K annually by rightsizing our compute, removing unused virtual machines, removing unused volumes, and applying tiering policies to object storage
In addition, further reduced costs by more than $350K annually by collaborating with other groups and driving reduction of unused resources
Stabilized our DNS infrastructure by designing and implementing a solution leveraging Route53 Resolvers to reduce our dependence on AD servers as our primary DNS servers
Additionally, developed a Python script to monitor the status of the AD DNS servers and push those metrics to CloudWatch
Designed and implemented automation to gather our IPs in AWS and add them to Netbox which we use for IPAM
Improved Authentication/Authorization for legacy applications by leveraging AWS Cognito and API Gateway
Developed our AWS Multi-Account Strategy
Recommended and implemented Service Control Policies (SCPs) across our AWS Organization
Recommended and implemented tagging guidelines to increase cost visibility to the rest of the business
Collaborated with groups both technical and non-technical to increase understanding of how we use cloud both on-prem and public
Managed cross platform identity management via SCIM, OAuth, and custom provisioning integrations
Recommended and implemented solutions to reduce legacy VPN usage in favor of gating access based on identity
Wrote lots of Terraform as well as trained other teams on how to use Terraform

Site Reliability Engineer

Illuminate
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024 (1 year 4 months)

Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability.
Managed and supported multiple databases including: Postgres, MongoDB, MSSQL, and Solr
Redesigned deployment for RabbitMQ in Kubernetes based on the RabbitMQ Kubernetes Operator
Developed cohesive disaster recovery strategy for all environments
Developed and implemented backup processes for Solr, Postgres, and MSSQL
Managed monitoring using Zabbix, Prometheus, Netdata, and Grafana
Managed and deployed reverse proxies such as nginx
Lead an effort to reduce operational costs by right sizing our hardware costs compared to usage in cloud and on-prem
Lead an effort to improve deployment processes by leveraging images hosted centrally in cloud storage
Lead an effort to increase reliability and resilience in our primary database by implementing replicas in each environment
Redesigned our on-prem Kubernetes deployment leveraging K3s and Longhorn, reducing our dependencies on VMware and modernizing our Kubernetes deployments
Deployed and designed our AWS cloud infrastructure, specifically the organization and security architectures
Migrated password management from a local solution to 1Password to improve our security posture including the ability to separate secrets based on role
Redesigned deployment process for Solr based on the Solr Kubernetes Operator
Designed and implemented a solution to reduce the surface of our application to improve security and simplify our interface with clients
Deployed and maintained Netbox to improve documentation of our IP ranges and host inventory
Developed a migration process to reduce load on other departments when doing simple database migrations
Helped troubleshoot and manage datascience tooling including JupyterHub, MLflow, and Airflow
Helped troubleshoot, manage, and deploy HL7 interfaces using Mirth Connect

Network Engineer III

SelectQuote Insurance Services
Jul 2022 - Oct 2022 (4 months)

Lead project to re-architect our accounts in AWS and increase our security posture by moving towards least privilege and implementing SCPs as well as monitoring around key security controls (i.e. preventing root user access in accounts, alerting on public s3 buckets, etc.)
Worked troubleshooting network issues such as switching, routing, IPSec VPN tunnels, dynamic routing, wireless, etc.
Hardened network devices to decrease attack surfaces
Managed firmware updates on network equipment to maintain up to date systems
Managed Netbox as a single source of truth for network documentation
Configured Fortigate, Ubiquiti, and Cisco devices to meet business needs
Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability.
Developed process to automate domain join of dynamic workloads in AWS
Managed networking infrastructure in AWS
Developed Terraform configurations to simplify and codify AWS interactions
Used Git/Bitbucket to managed revisions of scripts and programs created/used
Managed multiple data centers and sites to ensure maximum uptime

Network Engineer II

SelectQuote Insurance Services
Jan 2022 - Jul 2022 (7 months)

Worked troubleshooting network issues such as switching, routing, IPSec VPN tunnels, dynamic routing, wireless, etc.
Hardened network devices to decrease attack surfaces
Managed firmware updates on network equipment to maintain up to date systems
Implemented Netbox as a single source of truth for network documentation
Configured Fortigate, Ubiquiti, and Cisco devices to meet business needs
Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability.
Managed networking infrastructure in AWS
Implemented centralized inspection in AWS
Developed Terraform configurations to simplify and codify AWS interactions
Used Git/Bitbucket to managed revisions of scripts and programs created/used
Managed multiple data centers and sites to ensure maximum uptime

Network Engineer

Oppor Co
Dec 2020 - Jan 2022 (1 year 2 months)

Managed network equipment for all clients from small businesses to multi-site enterprises
Worked troubleshooting network issues such as switching, routing, IPSec VPN tunnels, dynamic routing, wireless, etc.
Hardened network devices to decrease attack surfaces
Managed firmware updates on network equipment to maintain up to date systems
Implemented Netbox as a single source of truth for network documentation
Implemented Ansible to perform network automation against Netbox
Implemented, configured, and maintained device monitoring to ensure uptime of key resources
Configured Fortigate, Ubiquiti, and Cisco devices to meet client needs
Managed Linux systems including, configuring, troubleshooting, maintaining as well as developing some scripting to decrease build time and improve reliability.
Developed Terraform configurations to simplify and codify AWS interactions
Developed network automation with Python, tying into Netbox to retrieve desired configurations and push to the appropriate resource using Rest APIs
Used Git/Gitlab to managed revisions of network automation
Managed data center to ensure maximum uptime and future expansion/sustainability
Design and implement modern wireless networks for hospitals and surgery centers

Education

University of West Florida
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Clinical Laboratory Science
2013 - 2014

Licenses & Certifications

CCNA - Cisco
Issued Dec 2021 - Expires Dec 2024

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate - Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Issued May 2022 - Expires May 2025

Medical Laboratory Scientist (ASCP-MLS) - American Society for Clinical Pathology
(ASCP) Issued Aug 2023 - Expires Aug 2026
250005

Skills