Parris Brantley

Constructed and deployed a microservices architecture on AWS ECS Fargate using Terraform, supporting 14 services and reducing deployment failures by 35%. Automated ECS deployments via GitHub Actions and event-driven Lambda function, reducing deployment time by 50% and eliminating manual steps. Implemented Docker containers for application workloads, enabling portability on 100+ servers and eliminating software incompatibility. Led the transition away from Jenkins to GitHub Actions; absence of plugin errors and credential failures reduced manual debugging efforts by more than 50%. Implemented CloudWatch logs and Grafana dashboards across ECS workloads, along with Amazon SNS alerts, proactively identifying performance bottlenecks and reducing production errors by 45%. Optimized efficiency by reducing AWS monthly spend by 10% through Cost Explorer tool Designed a Jenkins CI/CD pipeline to automate the production of a Node.js app; pipeline was configured to automate manual tasks and deploy updated code to EKS workloads; reduced project completion time by 30%. Architected multi-Availability Zone VPC designs, leading to failover strategy implementation. Solidified failover strategy by deploying workloads across multiple AZs; Configured Helm chart with Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) for Kubernetes workloads to handle traffic spikes automatically, maintaining uptime above 98%.

Migrated 10 legacy applications to AWS using over 40+ EC2s as web servers, tech stacks like LAMP, S3 for backups/web-hosting and DynamoDB for data storage; increased reliability and reduced downtime for mission-critical apps. Implemented load balancer–based traffic distribution and health checks to eliminate overloaded instances, reducing request latency by 20–25% during peak usage. Prepared Ansible playbooks to configure 20+ web servers and apply updates consistently across environments; Hardened databases and refined IAM policies to stay aligned with compliance requirements & RBAC. Automated Terraform quality and security validation by embedding DevSecOps controls and running OpenSCAP vulnerability scans via Ansible in CI pipelines, preventing noncompliant infrastructure changes from reaching production. Standardized server configuration, patching, and recovery workflows with Ansible and runbooks, reducing deployment issues and incident recurrence by 25%. Led SSH and firewall incident response during security hardening, implementing staged access validation and rollback controls that reduced access-related incidents by 30%. Designed reusable Terraform modules to create custom VPCs, NAT gateways, Security Groups, EC2s, & Route tables, automatically, cutting provisioning time from hours to minutes, a 35% reduction. Updated internal documentation and runbooks in Confluence, reducing onboarding and troubleshooting time for support staff by 20%

Supported enterprise systems for 100+ users, resolving recurring incidents and decreasing ticket volume approximately 15% over time. Resolved high-priority infrastructure and application incidents by performing structured troubleshooting and escalation, resulting in a ~20% improvement in mean time to resolution (MTTR). Monitored Enterprise infrastructure to maintain compliance across 15 mortgage and loan platforms, reducing audit exceptions by 10%. Enforced operational discipline through detailed incident documentation and knowledge base updates, improving onboarding efficiency and reducing dependency on senior engineers during outages. Documented recurring issues and implemented process improvements; achieved 15% reduction of repeat incident occurrence in 2nd year of role.