About me
Hello!
I'm Zayd, and welcome to my portfolio. This website was created to document my work and journey to becoming an AWS Cloud Architect.
I have spent 7 years working in the IT sector as a Sales executive, delivering Account Management and Business Development.
My experiences in the IT channel has enabled me to form strong working relationships with customers from different backgrounds and at all levels. I have specifically worked with clients in Managed Service Providers, IT resellers and System Integrators.
By working closely with stakeholders, I have gained an understanding of data, integrating & refactoring applications, API, and the importance of security within a customer's on-premise environment.
Why AWS?
I made the decision to pivot my career to AWS cloud technology and move more into a project based role where I can utilise my teamwork & collaboration skills. Working with customers will always be important, I now want to build on this by helping solve real world challenges, simplify operations and deploy resources using the easiest methods. I aim to leverage my experience in IT and knowledge with Cyber security & on-prem infrastructure, so I can transition into a role within Cloud.
Currently I am enrolled with Optima IT - a reputable AWS academy. I have successfully obtained AWS Cloud Practitioner and AWS Solutions Architect Associate, the latter of which covers many scenario based questions to solve customer challenges. Participating in study groups allowed me to share and gain knowledge efficiently whilst also helping other students. To help with automation and replication, I am preparing myself for the Terraform Associate certification. With 2 years of hand-on experience with AWS, my progress has been promising as I gain higher interest and curiosity. I have completed a number of lab exercises on AWS Skill builder and completed a few personal cloud projects, which enabled me to gain skills and hand-on experience with AWS technologies. See in the menu a list of real world projects I have completed with AWS.