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Jelani Anderson

@jelanianderson

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Senior DevOps engineer specializing in AWS cloud operations, automation, and security.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to support scalable, secure AWS environments end-to-end—using Terraform, CI/CD, and zero-trust security—to optimize reliability, performance, and cost while partnering closely with DevOps/SRE teams.

I’m an AWS Cloud Operations/DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience supporting scalable, secure, and highly available cloud environments across multi-account AWS ecosystems. I focus on cloud sustainment, performance optimization, and cost reduction while keeping enterprise reliability high.

I build and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and automate delivery with CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment consistency and scalability. I’ve led governance and operational automation with Bash scripting, enforcing tagging compliance and improving efficiency.

Security is central to how I work: I architect least-privilege IAM policies, and support zero-trust and defense-in-depth using SAML/OAuth2.0 with secure secret management. I strengthen cloud security posture with Splunk, GuardDuty, and Security Hub, while also supporting migrations, networking components, and technical documentation that reduced ticket resolution time by 50%.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Engineer

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T. Rowe Price Group Inc

Apr 2021 - Present (5 years 2 months)

Designed and supported scalable multi-account AWS cloud environments, improving availability, reliability, and performance for enterprise applications. Implemented Terraform-based provisioning and CI/CD pipelines, enforced IAM least-privilege and zero-trust controls, and led cost optimization that reduced infrastructure spend by ~20%, while improving onboarding efficiency by reducing ticket resolu

AWS S3 EC2 RDS Lambda Cloudfront Terraform CI CD Pipelines IAM (Least Privilege)Bash Scripting Security Hub GuardDuty Splunk DHCP Load Balancing

Security Solutions Consultant

Datawatch Systems

Jan 2017 - Jul 2018 (1 year 6 months)

Advised property managers and building owners on physical security risk assessments and recommended access control solutions, including biometric authentication, key fob systems, and surveillance technologies. Coordinated end-to-end security solution deployments for network-connected devices, from initial risk assessment through post-deployment follow-up.

Biometrics Surveillance Systems Stakeholder Management