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Elias Baez

AWS Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer with 10+ years of experience architecting scalable AWS cloud infrastructures, deploying CI/CD pipelines, and supporting high-traffic web applications. Proven track record in improving application performance, reducing server costs, and standing up private, on-prem LLM infrastructure for internal use. Skilled in ECS Fargate, CloudFormation, Docker, Node.js, CodePipeline, AI/LLM tooling, and security best practices.

AWS Certified AWS ECS Fargate CloudFormation Docker Node.js Express CI/CD CodePipeline RDS Aurora MySQL Cognito IAM Secrets Manager Private LLM / LiteLLM PHP
Current roleThe Potter’s House of Dallas
TitleAWS Cloud Engineer
LocationArlington, TX
Experience10+ years
CertifiedAWS SA Associate

Skills

AWS
ECS, EC2, S3, CloudFront, RDS, Lambda, Cognito, IAM, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, WAF, Route 53, VPC, EventBridge
DevOps and Tools
Docker, Git, CI CD (CodePipeline, CodeBuild), Linux (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux 2023)
Programming
Node.js (Express), PHP (WordPress, Laravel), ColdFusion, JavaScript, HTML, CSS
Databases
MySQL (Aurora), Microsoft SQL, MongoDB
Security
IAM Policies, Key Rotation, PCI Compliance, HIPAA Compliance
AI / LLM
On-prem / private LLM hosting, LiteLLM (model routing), and LibreChat
AI-Augmented Engineering
Full ownership of the stack: zero third-party npm dependencies to minimize attack surface, and hands-on AWS deployments.

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate badge
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
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Education

University of Texas at Arlington
2011 to 2014
Computer Science coursework, with a focus on programming languages, object-oriented design, algorithms, and data structures.

Personal Project

Coinbase Futures Trading Bot
Self-directed · Node.js · Python/MLX · React Native
An algorithmic trading bot for Coinbase US futures with a custom signal engine and a real-time dashboard. Machine learning runs natively on Apple Silicon MLX for probability prediction, regime detection, and clustering. Backed by a zero-dependency Node.js backend and walk-forward validation.

Experience

Cloud Systems Engineer
The Potter’s House of Dallas
Feb 2021 to Present
  • Led the company-wide AI initiative, standing up private, on-prem LLM infrastructure with LiteLLM for model routing and LibreChat as the employee-facing interface, and leading the team that vetted and rolled out AI across the organization.
  • Architected and deployed the AWS infrastructure for a community membership platform under a 6 week deadline, launching to 30,000+ users with 100% uptime.
  • Migrated applications onto containerized ECS Fargate clusters with Docker, automating build and deploy on every Git push through CI/CD CodePipelines.
  • Designed secure, scalable AWS networking with VPC, Route 53, and AWS WAF, backed by CloudWatch monitoring and EventBridge-driven automation.
  • Hardened applications with strict IAM policies, Secrets Manager key rotation, and Cognito passwordless authentication, maintaining PCI compliance for payments and member data.
  • Ran production data on RDS Aurora MySQL and built supporting services across ECS, Lambda, S3, and CloudFront.
Full Stack Web Developer
Great Dental Websites, Denver CO
Feb 2018 to Apr 2019
  • Worked with Lucee CFML to maintain and develop features for a proprietary CMS used by 800+ dentistry offices.
  • Built Node.js scripts to pull from REST and SOAP APIs, process data, and insert into MySQL.
  • Migrated legacy infrastructure to a globally distributed AWS stack (S3, EC2, RDS, CloudFront), improving PageSpeed from 60 to 95 and reducing server response times by 35%.
  • Updated architecture toward Docker containers in ECS with CI CD CodePipeline.
  • Maintained HIPAA compliance across applications handling patient data for 800+ dental practices.
Full Stack Web Developer
Management and Engineering Services, Longmont CO
Sept 2016 to Sept 2017
  • Maintained and developed features in ColdFusion 10 and 2016 for a proprietary auditing system used by Johns Manville and National Park Service concessioners.
  • Built a front end mobile interface using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for field use.
Freelance WordPress Developer
Remote
Jun 2014 to Aug 2016
  • Proposed and developed custom WordPress plugins with accurate time estimates.
Web Dev Student
Administrative Information Management, UTA, Arlington TX
May 2012 to Apr 2014
  • Used PHP to maintain in house ticketing and CMS web applications.
  • Used Bootstrap and JavaScript to implement AJAX requests without page refresh.