Cloud & DevOps
Engineer.

I translate manual, disconnected business workflows into secure, repeatable AWS systems—combining operator context with Terraform, serverless APIs, containers, and automated delivery.

AWS Solutions Architect AWS Developer Associate HashiCorp Terraform
AWS x2Certified
TerraformAssociate
DeployedSystems
200+Projects Delivered
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Aiden Rhaa
Based in
Atlanta Metro, GA
AWS Cloud
Terraform IaC
AWS x2Certified
TerraformAssociate
DeployedSystems
200+Projects Delivered
00 // Why Hiring Managers Should Care

Operator context makes the cloud work sharper.

I do not start with services; I start with the workflow. Then I map manual steps, failure points, and handoffs into secure, cost-aware cloud systems with documentation, observability, teardown discipline, and clear ownership.

Workflow Translation

Translates business workflows into AWS systems.

Lead operations, GovCon capture, bid qualification, inventory, OCR, transcription, and CloudOps workflows become concrete architecture instead of abstract demos.

Operational Discipline

Builds with reviewability and operations in mind.

Terraform, auth, audit trails, CloudWatch, cost controls, approval gates, private data paths, and teardown plans are treated as part of the product.

Inspectable Proof

Documents enough for another engineer to inspect, run, and trust.

Repos, live demos, architecture notes, tests, runbooks, and evidence labels make the systems easier to evaluate quickly.

01 // Story

Real operations shaped how I build.

aiden@cloud ~ whoami
➜ cat professional_summary.txt
AWS Cloud Engineer with AWS Solutions Architect Associate,
AWS Developer Associate, and Terraform Associate credentials -
backed by operator experience across real estate, multimedia,
business operations, automation, and deployed AWS systems.
➜ cat portfolio_signal.json | jq '.proof'
"proof": {
  "business_validated_systems": "GovCon, electrical bids, inventory, lead operations",
  "cloud_depth": "Terraform, ECS Fargate, EKS/GitOps, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Bedrock",
  "operating_standard": "auth, audit logs, observability, cost controls, runbooks, teardown discipline"
}
➜

My approach to cloud engineering was shaped through real estate, multimedia, and business operations. Those environments exposed me to practical systems problems: repetitive work, disconnected tools, duplicated data entry, missed handoffs, and information that became less reliable as it moved between people.

That experience taught me to begin with the operator and the workflow: what needs to happen, where time is being lost, where mistakes occur, and what the business needs to make more reliable.

I translate those requirements into APIs, queues, databases, containers, serverless functions, and deployment pipelines. The architecture should serve the workflow, not the other way around.

AWS provides the building blocks, Terraform makes systems repeatable and reviewable, and AI accelerates prototyping and learning. The engineering judgment stays grounded: What problem does this solve? Why this approach? Where can it fail? How will someone operate it?

Operating principles
  • Start with the workflow and the person responsible for it.
  • Reduce manual work, re-entry, and avoidable failure points.
  • Make systems observable, repeatable, and easier to hand off.
  • Use AI to accelerate the work without outsourcing judgment.
Location
Atlanta Metropolitan Area, GA
Email
aidenrhaacloud@gmail.com
Credentials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Education
Berklee College of Music — Songwriting
Saint Louis University — Engineering Physics
Languages
English & Korean
02 // Credentials

Certified foundation. Systems-first proof.

The credentials establish the baseline. The public systems show how that baseline becomes architecture, automation, operating discipline, and business value.

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Architecture, reliability, security, cost controls, and service selection across practical AWS systems.

Amazon Web Services

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Serverless APIs, application integration, observability, deployment workflows, and AWS service implementation.

HashiCorp

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Infrastructure as code, Terraform workflow discipline, plan review, modules, and repeatable cloud delivery.

03 // Stack

Systems Toolkit

The toolkit behind the systems: AWS services, infrastructure delivery, container platforms, application code, security operations, and real workflow domains.

AWS Services

Core AWS services used across public demos, validation runs, and cost-aware serverless/container backends.

Core
VPC IAM ECS Fargate EKS Lambda API Gateway Step Functions S3 S3 Vectors DynamoDB RDS PostgreSQL RDS Proxy Bedrock Textract Transcribe Cognito CloudFront WAF ALB ECR SQS EventBridge CloudWatch CloudTrail Secrets Manager SSM Cost Explorer
Infrastructure & CI/CD

Reviewable delivery practices for repeatable infrastructure, policy checks, automation, and handoff discipline.

Core
Terraform Terraform plan review Modular IaC GitHub Actions OIDC role assumption Docker Docker Compose Checkov TFLint CI/CD pipelines Runbooks ADRs
Containers & Platform

Validated platform paths for containerized services, GitOps, ingress, secrets, and observability.

Core
Kubernetes Amazon EKS ECS Fargate Helm ArgoCD IRSA External Secrets Prometheus Grafana GitOps ALB ingress
Programming & Data

Backend APIs, frontend apps, database workflows, public-source ingestion, vector search, and data handoff systems.

Core
Python TypeScript JavaScript React Next.js Swift SwiftUI Node.js Express FastAPI Zod Java PostgreSQL SQL JSONB pgvector Bash REST APIs Data pipelines
Security & Operations

Controls that make systems reviewable: least privilege, network boundaries, auth, auditing, telemetry, cost management, and approval gates.

Core
Least-privilege IAM Private subnets Security groups Cognito/JWT auth OPA/Rego Presigned S3 URLs WAF/rate limiting Secrets management Audit logging OpenTelemetry Approval gates CloudWatch alarms Cost controls
Workflow Systems

Business domains used to validate that the cloud systems are built around real operator pressure.

Core
macOS apps Storage auditing Market intelligence Vehicle inspection Condition reports GovCon capture Electrical bid qualification Inventory optimization Lead-intelligence APIs OCR workflows Transcription APIs CloudOps governance Infrastructure change review
04 // Systems

Built & Shipped

Start with the three systems below. They show the clearest hiring signal: business workflow mapping, AWS architecture, security controls, automation, observability, and reviewable handoff.

Best fit AWS Cloud Engineer, DevOps, platform automation, and CloudOps governance roles.
Strongest proof Working demos, repos, AWS diagrams, Terraform, runbooks, observability, and teardown discipline.
Differentiator Operator background translated into systems that reduce manual work and decision drift.
Review order PursuitDesk first, then TerraGate, then InspectIQ. Everything else is supporting evidence.
Start here if you only have five minutes. 3-project proof path
01 / SaaS workflow PursuitDesk GovCon capture, proposal drafting, async jobs, RDS, Bedrock, and Terraform-backed AWS architecture. 02 / CloudOps trust TerraGate Terraform PR risk review with plan parsing, redaction, policy checks, persistence, and GitHub gates. 03 / AI governance InspectIQ Vehicle inspection workflow with advisory AI, human review, audit trail, report readiness, and AWS backend path.
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Featured Business-Validated AWS SaaS System
PursuitDesk - GovCon Capture & Proposal Platform
Repo Live demo
Outcome Turns scattered GovCon capture work into a traceable AWS-backed workflow from opportunity intake to proposal draft.
Business problem GovCon consultants need a repeatable way to intake clients, score readiness, triage opportunities, make go/no-go decisions, and draft proposals without scattered spreadsheets and one-off handoffs.
Cloud system built Serverless AWS backend with FastAPI Lambda, API Gateway, RDS PostgreSQL/pgvector, DynamoDB async jobs, Bedrock workflows, EventBridge, Terraform, CloudWatch, and Cloudflare Pages.
Confidence signals Live demo, repo, public data ingestion, async jobs, proposal exports, Terraform infrastructure, and documented architecture paths.
Live demo Repo Public ingestion Async jobs Exports Terraform CloudWatch
PursuitDesk AWS architecture View diagram
AWS Lambda API Gateway RDS PostgreSQL pgvector DynamoDB Bedrock EventBridge Secrets Manager CloudWatch Terraform FastAPI Cloudflare Pages

Platform & CloudOps Proof

Terraform review, AI governance, containers, GitOps
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Repo Live demo
TerraGate - Terraform PR Risk Gate
Outcome Makes infrastructure changes reviewable before merge by converting Terraform plans into risk, policy, and audit signals.
Business problem Infrastructure PRs are hard to trust when cost, security, reliability, sensitive values, and blast radius are buried inside raw Terraform plans.
Cloud system built Deterministic-first Terraform review platform that parses plan JSON, redacts secrets, runs policy checks, persists findings, and gates GitHub checks/comments.
Confidence signals Live demo, repo, Terraform plan parsing, approval gates, audit persistence, redaction, and repeatable CI workflows.
Live demo Repo Terraform GitHub checks Audit persistence
TerraGate AWS architecture View diagram
FastAPI Next.js PostgreSQL LangGraph Terraform GitHub Actions Docker Alembic
IQ
Repo access Live demo
InspectIQ - AI-Assisted Vehicle Inspection Workbench
Outcome Turns photo-heavy vehicle inspections into evidence-backed review workflows where AI advises and humans approve.
Business problem Wholesale and offsite inspection teams need consistent photo evidence, clear damage facts, CR/VDP readiness, buyer trust, seller disclosure, and accountable review without letting AI silently become the source of truth.
Cloud system built Inspection workflow with React/TypeScript, Node Lambda/API Gateway, shared Zod schemas, Neon Postgres, private S3 image storage, SQS/Lambda image analysis, Bedrock, Cognito, CloudWatch, Terraform, and a Java grading boundary.
Confidence signals Live walkthrough, repo access on request, browser E2E coverage, strict AI output validation, human-in-the-loop review, audit trail, operational docs, CloudWatch alarms, and runbooks.
Live demo Repo access AWS diagram Human review Audit trail Bedrock Terraform
InspectIQ AWS architecture View diagram
React TypeScript Node.js API Gateway Lambda S3 SQS Bedrock Neon Postgres Cognito CloudWatch Terraform
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Repo Live demo
AegisDesk - Self-Hosted CloudOps AI Control Plane
Business problem CloudOps work gets fragmented across tickets, incidents, cost reviews, access requests, policies, and tribal knowledge.
Cloud system built Governed AI control plane for incident triage, access requests, cost review, policy enforcement, redaction, audit replay, and trusted-source answers.
Confidence signals Live demo, repo, Cognito/JWKS auth, OPA/Rego policy checks, Bedrock workflows, audit replay, OpenTelemetry, and Terraform.
Live demo Repo OPA/Rego Audit replay Terraform
AegisDesk AWS architecture View diagram
Next.js FastAPI Cognito OPA/Rego Bedrock DynamoDB Cost Explorer OpenTelemetry Terraform
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Repo
Clearpath - AWS Fargate Lead Intelligence API
Business problem Acquisition workflows need dependable lead intake, source quality scoring, county resolution, CRM events, and structured handoff instead of scattered manual research.
Cloud system built ECS Fargate API with FastAPI, private RDS PostgreSQL, RDS Proxy, ALB, CloudFront/WAF, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, Terraform, and Checkov.
Confidence signals Repo, real workflow mapping, Terraform, Checkov validation, CloudWatch alarms, private database path, and teardown discipline.
Repo Terraform Checkov CloudWatch Runbook
Clearpath AWS architecture View diagram
FastAPI ECS Fargate Docker ALB CloudFront WAF RDS PostgreSQL RDS Proxy Secrets Manager CloudWatch Terraform Checkov
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Repo Live demo
Pulpit V2 - Validated EKS/GitOps Platform
Business problem A working serverless Bedrock RAG product needs a credible platform migration path without losing observability, secrets discipline, tenant boundaries, or cost control.
Cloud system built Validated EKS/GitOps path with Terraform-managed EKS/ECR, Helm workloads, ArgoCD app-of-apps, External Secrets from SSM, Prometheus/Grafana, tenant ALB ingress, CI validation, and teardown discipline.
Confidence signals Repo, live demo, EKS validation, ArgoCD, Prometheus/Grafana, Terraform, External Secrets, and explicit teardown discipline.
Live demo Repo Terraform ArgoCD Runbook
Pulpit V2 AWS architecture View diagram
EKS Kubernetes Terraform Helm ArgoCD External Secrets SSM Prometheus Grafana Cloudflare Pages

Business-Validated Cloud Systems

Bids, inventory, grid intelligence
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Repo Live demo
ElecBidSpec AI - Electrical Bid Intelligence Platform
Business problem Electrical infrastructure teams need a faster way to evaluate public opportunities, parse RFP/spec language, score fit, and produce proposal-ready artifacts.
Cloud system built Bid intelligence platform with public-source ingestion, RFP/spec upload, scope extraction, fit scoring, compliance matrix, alerts, optional Bedrock enhancement, AWS Lambda Function URL, S3, PostgreSQL, and Terraform.
Confidence signals Live demo, repo, 49 backend tests, proposal artifacts, saved searches, watched opportunities, Terraform, and Cloudflare Pages deployment.
Live demo Repo Tests Terraform Artifacts
Next.js FastAPI PostgreSQL SQLAlchemy Alembic AWS Lambda Function URL S3 Bedrock Terraform Cloudflare Pages
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Repo Live demo
StockSense AI - Expiration-Aware Inventory Optimization
Business problem Food and CPG teams need to reduce expiration waste, avoid stockouts, and make reorder decisions from messy product, lot, order, customer, and inbound shipment exports.
Cloud system built Inventory optimization MVP that turns CSV/XLSX exports into FEFO priorities, waste-risk alerts, forecasts, reorder recommendations, ROI metrics, and safe natural-language planning answers.
Confidence signals Live demo, repo, low-idle AWS backend, import workflows, executive metrics, EventBridge, DynamoDB, S3, SSM, and Terraform.
Live demo Repo MVP Imports Terraform
Next.js FastAPI PostgreSQL Pandas CSV/XLSX imports Lambda Function URL S3 DynamoDB EventBridge SSM Terraform
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Repo Live demo
QueueWatch - Serverless Grid-Capacity Intelligence
Business problem Energy and infrastructure research workflows need source-backed signals from changing ISO/RTO interconnection queues without manually checking official documents.
Cloud system built AWS serverless data product that monitors official sources, detects changed documents, captures S3 evidence, normalizes project rows, stores DynamoDB signals, and uses Bedrock/Textract fallback paths.
Confidence signals Live demo, repo, official-source monitoring, S3 evidence capture, EventBridge scheduling, DynamoDB signals, CloudWatch, Terraform, and SQS DLQ.
Live demo Repo S3 evidence CloudWatch Terraform
AWS Lambda EventBridge S3 DynamoDB Bedrock Textract SQS DLQ CloudWatch Terraform Cloudflare Pages

macOS & Operator Tools

Desktop utilities and market workflows
MS
Repo Live demo
Market Scout - Web + macOS Real Estate Market Intelligence
Business problem Real estate operators need quick local-market comparisons across cities, ZIPs, and counties from both browser and desktop workflows without manually checking raw market trackers or rebuilding shortlists by hand.
Product built Web and macOS market intelligence app that turns Redfin market-tracker data into sortable comparisons, seller/buyer market labels, shortlist workflows, external research links, and downloadable results.
Confidence signals Live web demo, repo, macOS app surface, screenshot evidence, Python data build pipeline, static deployment path, bulk shortlist workflow, and operator-first market metrics.
Live demo Repo macOS app Screenshot Market data CSV export
Market Scout screenshot View screenshot
Python macOS HTML CSS JavaScript Redfin data CSV export Cloudflare Pages
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Repo Live demo
Nomo Space - Local Mac Storage Auditor
Business problem Mac users run out of disk space because System Data, app caches, developer artifacts, and cleanup risk are hard to inspect before deleting files.
Product built Local-first Swift macOS app that audits storage, labels cleanup risk, explains findings, supports evaluation mode, and keeps cleanup decisions on the user's machine.
Confidence signals Repo, landing page, screenshot evidence, local-only scan posture, risk-labeled findings, access-code cleanup flow, and report-oriented UX.
macOS app Swift Local-first Screenshot Risk labels
Nomo Space macOS screenshot View screenshot
Swift SwiftUI macOS Local storage audit Risk labels Cloudflare Pages

Supporting AWS Patterns

More proof systems
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Repo Live demo
PhotoScribe AI - Governed Serverless Media Search
Serverless media search platform with S3, Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, Bedrock Nova/Titan, S3 Vectors, DynamoDB policy/audit tables, SQS/DLQ, CloudWatch, Terraform, and Cloudflare Pages.
Live demo Repo Terraform Audit tables
Lambda API Gateway Cognito Bedrock S3 Vectors DynamoDB
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Repo Live demo
DocuFlow OCR - Step Functions + Textract Workflow
Invoice OCR workflow with S3 presigned uploads, API Gateway, Step Functions, Textract, Python Lambda parsing/scoring, DynamoDB jobs/audit, review queue, SQS DLQ, CloudWatch alarms, and Terraform.
Live demo Repo Step Functions Terraform
S3 API Gateway Step Functions Textract Lambda DynamoDB
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Repo Live demo
Super Transcriber API - API-First Serverless Transcription Backend
Developer-facing transcription API with API-key auth, SQS workers, Amazon Transcribe, EventBridge completion handling, DynamoDB usage limits, webhooks, OpenAPI contract, TypeScript SDK, Terraform, and Cloudflare Pages docs.
Live demo Repo OpenAPI SDK
SQS Transcribe EventBridge DynamoDB OpenAPI Terraform
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Repo Live demo
Pulpit V1 - Serverless Bedrock RAG Application
Korean-English sermon search app with API Gateway, Lambda, Cognito, DynamoDB, S3 index, Bedrock, audit records, Guardrails, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Cloudflare Pages.
Live demo Repo Terraform Audit records
Bedrock API Gateway Lambda Cognito DynamoDB Terraform
05 // Origin

Where the operator lens came from.

Business ownership and client delivery experience became the foundation for building practical cloud infrastructure, automation, and operational workflows.

Business ownership background with hands-on technical responsibility across automation, web infrastructure, CRM/API workflows, and operational systems.
Founder / Automation & Systems Lead
Dec 2016 – Present
Clearpath Property Group / Boston Probate Solutions · Atlanta Metropolitan Area
  • Owned real-world acquisition and operations workflows across lead intake, public-record research, market data, CRM integration, seller communication, and automation
  • Built Python ingestion and scraping workflows that normalized county/public-record data into structured research outputs
  • Designed CRM/API automation and AI-assisted handoff workflows for lead qualification, voice AI guardrails, transcript summaries, and structured data routing
  • Translated real workflow requirements into AWS portfolio systems including Clearpath Fargate API and related lead-intelligence architecture
Creative Director / Operations
Oct 2010 – Present
Aiden Rhaa Photography / Visual Impact Studios · Atlanta Metropolitan Area
  • Delivered 200+ client projects across a 15-year service business, balancing technical execution, vendor coordination, customer communication, and budget constraints
  • Managed client-facing web properties, DNS records, SSL/TLS certificates, Cloudflare configuration, hosting, GitHub-based deployments, Supabase/Netlify workflows, cPanel, SFTP/SSH access, and WordPress administration
  • Directed cross-functional creative, technical, and contractor workflows for deadline-driven client projects with high service expectations
  • Built, rebuilt, or maintained static and CMS websites with focus on performance, SEO, image optimization, mobile responsiveness, and low operating cost
  • Translated client and business requirements into working web infrastructure, publishing workflows, and operational processes
Multimedia Producer / Technical Workflow Lead
May 2009 – Dec 2016
ProMedia Productions · Boston, MA
  • Managed full project lifecycle for audio and video productions across small business, corporate, and education sectors
  • Built a macOS Automator workflow to bulk sort and rename thousands of media files by structured naming conventions, reducing manual file-management work
  • Designed custom recording studio configurations including acoustic treatment planning, noise reduction analysis, and equipment layout
  • Sourced and coordinated per-project freelance crews across diverse production scopes
06 // Connect

Cloud systems with operator context.

I build AWS infrastructure, automation, and platform workflows for teams that care about reliability, cost awareness, security, and ownership.

AWS Systems Platform Automation DevOps Reliability CloudOps Governance
The through-line: connect operator workflows to AWS architecture, automation, reliability, runbooks, and working deployments.
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