Hi, I’m Michael
CLOUD ENGINEER & PROFESSIONAL NERD
Computer Science student, experienced system engineer, specialising in Cloud and DevOps.
Skills
I am always evolving and adapting my skillset to industry trends, these are some of the things I am highly skilled at.
Research Report
Artificial Intelligence, a Conceivable Threat
Read my research report that investigates the practical applications of Artificial Intelligence in use today and the potential for the future, as well as the benefits of smart machines that utilise Deep Learning to improve. The report also highlights the Dangers of Artificial Intelligence, to answer the question, is Artificial Intelligence a conceivable threat to humanity?
From the Blog
How to list all CloudFormation stacks across all regions using AWS CLI
If you're like me and work with AWS environments with numerous CloudFormation stacks running in many regions globally, then you're often going to want to audit what stacks you have running. I thought I would share my method of doing this, using the following bash snippet to run a couple [...]
How to generate random lists of unique strings using Python
This Python script generates lists of unique random (alphanumeric|alpha|numeric) strings from argument defined specifications. Purpose to be used as auxiliary unique random string generation, or stand-alone unique list generation for data population. Each value generated is unique within the outputted list.
Deploy a secure serverless website in S3 behind CloudFront with Terraform
A complete Terraform stack to deploy a serverless static website, hosted from AWS in a secured s3 bucket, only accessible via CloudFront (no direct bucket access). This stack should be used as a quickstart, and may require some additional tweaking to suit your needs (outside of hosting a simple single [...]
Professional History
DevOps Lead
Senior Cloud Engineer
APAC Region
Human Made, the makers of Altis DXP
Senior Cloud Operations Engineer
Cloud Engineering & Operations
FOXTEL
Senior Network Engineer
Broadband Infrastructure & Operations
FOXTEL
Network Engineer
Corporate Infrastructure & Operations
FOXTEL
Systems Engineer
Network Administrator
Systems Administrator
IT Administrator
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science
Deakin University, Jul 2018 – Present (In Progress)
STP050 Academic Integrity (Pass), SIT102 Introduction to Programming (Pass High Distinction), SIT112 Data Science Concepts (Pass High Distinction), SIT111 Algorithms and Computing Systems (Pass High Distinction), Cont…
Diploma of Information Technology
TAFE NSW, Dubbo, 2001
High School Certificate (HSC)
St Johns College, Dubbo, 1999
Certifications
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Splunk> Certified Knowledge Manager
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
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Courses Completed
AWS Advanced Networking Specialty (Aug 2020)
Palo Alto Network Firewall Configuration and Administration (Mar 2019)
Arista Configuration Essential (ACE) (Nov 2017)
Securing the Web with Cisco Web Security Appliance (WSA) (Jun 2016)
Microsoft Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Deployment, Administration and Troubleshooting (Jul 2015)
Amazon Architecting on AWS (Apr 2015)
Amazon Systems Operations on AWS (SysOps) (Feb 2015)
Amazon AWS Essentials (Oct 2014)
Programming Mobile Applications for Android Handheld Systems (Mar 2014)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services (6234A Implementing and Maintaining) (Aug 2012)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (6231B) (Nov 2009)