George Bennett

Solutions Architect

Designing secure, scalable cloud infrastructures with expertise in AWS services, Well-Architected principles, and driving customer success through innovative solutions

100+ Customer Engagements
5 Years Experience
8 Certifications
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About Me

Passionate about creating exceptional digital experiences

I'm an AWS Solutions Architect with a passion for designing secure, scalable cloud infrastructures that drive business success. My expertise spans cloud architecture, infrastructure automation, and technical troubleshooting across AWS services.

Currently at Amazon Web Services, I've delivered 50+ customer engagements, architecting solutions that improve performance, reduce costs, and accelerate business outcomes. I serve as a Next Generation Developer Experience ambassador and have created workshops published on the AWS platform to help customers adopt generative AI and cloud capabilities.

☁️ Cloud Architecture

Expert in designing robust AWS infrastructures optimized for security, availability, and cost-efficiency

🛠️ Technical Leadership

NGDE Technical Field Community ambassador delivering guidance on IaC, CI/CD, and serverless development

🎯 Customer Success

Proven track record of translating complex business requirements into scalable cloud solutions

Core Expertise

AWS Services

EC2 S3 VPC Lambda CloudFormation

Infrastructure & Development

Infrastructure as Code CI/CD Serverless AWS CLI

Systems & Architecture

Cloud Architecture Linux Systems Networking Security

Experience

Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services, Austin, TX • September 2024 - Present

Delivered 100+ successful customer engagements, architecting secure and scalable AWS solutions that improved performance, reduced costs, and accelerated business outcomes. Serve as Next Generation Developer Experience (NGDE) Technical Field Community ambassador, delivering expert guidance on Infrastructure as Code frameworks (CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform), CI/CD integration, and serverless application development. Design and implement cloud infrastructures optimized for high availability, security, cost efficiency, and scalability, leveraging the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Created and led the "Q Activation Day" workshop published on AWS Workshops platform.

Cloud Support Engineer

Amazon Web Services, Portland, OR • January 2022 - September 2024

Delivered technical support across phone, chat, and email, successfully resolving 800+ customer cases spanning networking, compute, and security services. Provided advanced troubleshooting for CloudFormation, resolving 40+ support operations cases and contributing to improvements in infrastructure automation reliability. Replicated customer environments using AWS CLI, SDKs, and proof-of-concept builds to validate fixes and accelerate issue resolution. Partnered with internal service teams as the voice of the customer, influencing product enhancements and driving measurable improvements in service performance.

Network Operations Associate

Spectrum, Austin, TX • September 2021 - December 2021

Delivered frontline technical support by diagnosing and resolving customer network connectivity issues. Monitored call queues and applied workload management strategies to minimize customer wait times and maintain SLAs.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Network Operations

Western Governor's University, Salt Lake City, UT • August 2021

Comprehensive program focused on network infrastructure, cloud technologies, and IT operations management.

Associate of Science in Computer Science

San Jacinto Community College, Houston, TX • May 2016

Foundation in computer science principles, programming, and systems administration.

Projects

Q Activation Day Workshop

Created and published workshop on AWS Workshops platform enabling customers to accelerate adoption of generative AI and cloud capabilities. Led multiple customer sessions driving AI transformation initiatives.

CloudFormation Troubleshooting

Advanced troubleshooting and resolution of 48+ CloudFormation support cases, contributing to infrastructure automation reliability improvements and customer success.

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Certifications & Credentials

☁️ Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services

Valid: 2023 - 2026

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AWS Developer - Associate

Amazon Web Services

Valid: 2023 - 2026

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AWS SysOps Administrator - Associate

Amazon Web Services

Valid: 2023 - 2026

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🛡️ CompTIA

CompTIA Security+

CompTIA

Valid: 2022 - 2025

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CompTIA A+

CompTIA

Valid: 2021 - 2024

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CompTIA Network+

CompTIA

Valid: 2021 - 2024

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CompTIA Linux+

CompTIA

Valid: 2021 - 2024

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CompTIA Project+

CompTIA

Valid: 2022 - 2025

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CompTIA A+

CompTIA

Valid: 2022 - 2025

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CompTIA Linux+

CompTIA

Valid: 2022 - 2025

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CompTIA Project+

CompTIA

Valid: 2022 - 2025

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🐧 Linux Professional Institute (LPI)

LPIC-1: Linux Administrator

Linux Professional Institute

Valid: 2022 - 2027

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Contact

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/george-bennett-937