Michael Burbank

Professional Summary

Results-driven AWS Cloud/DevOps Engineer and Software Consultant with hands-on experience building and operating my Daily Learning Journal using AWS EC2, S3, CloudFront, ACM, and CI/CD pipelines. Skilled in automation and configuration management with Ansible and Python, secure deployments (TLS, HTTPS, DNS) and post-deploy verification.

U.S. Army Veteran pursuing a B.S. in Software Development (expected Feb 2027), currently building a CloudOps Status Page project after completing the Cloud Resume Challenge on AWS. Forever strenghening my cloud infrastructure and automation skills through continuous learning and hands-on projects, with a passion for sharing knowledge and empowering others in their cloud journey.

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Experience

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  • Designed and deployed a production client website (TattoosByEder.com) on Hostinger shared hosting with Cloudflare (DNS, CDN).
  • Integrated Google Analytics and Google Search Console, increasing organic reach by 45%.
  • Implemented Git feature branching and DotEnv-based environment configuration to support secure, maintainable releases.
  • Collaborated in Agile sprints, performing code reviews, QA testing, and documentation for deployment traceability.
  • Owned deployments end-to-end, including release verification, rollback procedures, and post-deploy validation checks.
  • Developed an interactive personal portfolio using JavaScript and CSS animations, increasing engagement by 30%.
  • Built real-time validated contact forms that improved client inquiry conversion by 25%.
  • Optimized website load times by 40%, improving Core Web Vitals through code and asset compression.
  • Ensured accessibility and responsive design across 95%+ of modern devices.
  • Led Agile sprint planning, code versioning, and CI/CD testing iterations to align deliverables with project timelines.

Project Highlights

  • Deployed resume site to S3 and served globally through CloudFront with HTTPS via ACM.
  • Configured DNS routing for resume.michael-burbank.com and validated secure delivery (TLS).
  • Built a serverless visitor counter using AWS SAM (SAM CLI), API Gateway, Lambda (Python), and DynamoDB, integrated with JavaScript and configured CORS for browser access.
  • Hardened origin access using OAC and restrictive bucket policies.
  • Published a technical article documenting my Cloud Resume Challenge build on AWS, including runtime + deployment architecture diagrams and implementation details to share knowledge with the community.
  • Developed a Daily Learning Journal across AWS, DevOps, and Full-Stack, hosted on an AWS EC2 (Amazon Linux 2023) Reserved Instance via Ansible.
  • Migrated from AWS Lightsail to EC2 to improve scalability/availability and optimize cost; standardized NGINX for static content delivery.
  • Provisioned an EC2 using Ansible/Infrastructure as Code (IaC); instance profiles (IAM), Security Groups with IP whitelisting, NGINX config, systemd service management, and idempotent deployments.
  • Configured CloudFront with EC2 (NGINX) origin, ACM-managed TLS, cache behaviors for static assets, and post-deploy invalidations for rapid content refresh.
  • Implemented CI for validation (Ansible Lint + syntax checks) and planned/iterated deployment stages to EC2; mirroring configured between GitLab and GitHub for workflow consistency.
  • Initialized .venv to isolate Ansible/CI tooling; standardized setup and reproducible installs using requirements.txt, preventing system package conflicts across local and pipeline environments.
  • Created health checks/deployment logs to verify content delivery after releases; iterative improvements based on daily updates.

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