Hi, I’m

Tommy Hong

Senior DevOps & Platform Engineering Architect

Expert in AWS, Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform & Pulumi), Cloud Automation, Security, GitLab CI/CD, and Developer Productivity at Scale
Delivered and operated production platforms supporting 100k+ concurrent connections, EKS pod/node scaling to hundreds, and Aurora clusters at AWS peak capacity.

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About Me

I’m an enterprise Cloud & Senior DevOps Architect with 15+ years of experience leading large-scale, production cloud platforms and automation for global organizations, government, SaaS startups, and financial services.

Key strengths:

  • • AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, Aurora, Lambda, CloudFront, API Gateway, MSK Kafka, SageMaker
  • • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible)
  • • CI/CD: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Python, TypeScript, Bash, PowerShell, Go
  • • Multi-account AWS Org/Control Tower (30+ accounts), security automation, FedRAMP, SOC2, HIPAA
  • • Network automation: VPC, Transit Gateway, route tables, VPNs, cross-account access
  • • Large-scale incident response, developer enablement, and platform as product
  • • Security Clearance: US Dept. of Treasury (FedRAMP)
I’m passionate about building secure, scalable cloud platforms that empower teams and make a real impact.

  • Name Tommy Hong
  • Expertise Cloud, DevOps, IaC, Security, Coding
  • Experience 15+ Years
  • Security US Treasury Cleared
  • Location San Antonio, TX / Remote
  • e-mail tommyhong@gmail.com
  • Freelance Available
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Featured Project:

  • • No-code RDS self-service platform: Automated, blue/green DB deployments with admin user provisioning and secrets, all in under 5 minutes (Pulumi, Python, GitLab CI/CD, AWS Proxy)

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    • How I Can Help

    Cloud & Platform Engineering

    AWS, Kubernetes, EKS, RDS, MSK Kafka, Lambda, scaling to 100k+ users, VPC, TGW, multi-account automation.

    Automation & IaC

    Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation, Ansible. End-to-end automation, repeatable infra, CI/CD, developer velocity.

    Security & Compliance

    FedRAMP, SOC2, HIPAA. IAM, KMS, WAF, SCPs, audit, automation, and secure cloud architecture.

    Cloud Migrations

    Legacy-to-cloud, greenfield, or multi-cloud migration at scale with zero-downtime strategies.

    Full Stack Development

    Web, APIs, Node.js, React, Python, Go. From MVP to production-grade, including game and app dev.

    STEM eBooks & Mentorship

    Author of free STEM eBooks for kids. Mentoring, tech education, and public speaking.

    • Education & Certs

    • Full Stack Coding Bootcamp - Westcliff University

      HTML5, CSS3, Javascript ES6, Git, MongoDB, Express, React, NodeJS

    • Microsoft and Cisco Certifications - ICTP Technical Trade School

      AWS DevOps Professional, AWS Solutions Architect Associate, AWS Security, VMware VCP, Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions

    • BA in Political Science - UC Riverside

      Pre Law

    • Technical Expertise & Industry Experience

    • Cloud Platform Engineering & DevOps

      • Architected and operated enterprise AWS platforms, Kubernetes (EKS), and IaC automation supporting 100k+ production connections at peak
      • Scaled EKS pods/nodes to hundreds; auto-scaled Aurora clusters at AWS limits
      • Designed and implemented automated CI/CD (GitLab, ArgoCD), blue/green deploys, and observability with Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
      • Engineered self-service portals and reusable infra modules (Terraform, Pulumi, Python, Ansible)

    • Industry Domains

      • Financial Services / Banking
      • National & Global Media / Streaming
      • Healthcare & HealthTech
      • SaaS & Tech Startups
      • Government (FedRAMP, US Treasury access)
      • Enterprise IT, E-commerce, Data Center Migrations

    • Security & Multi-Account Ops

      • Security Clearance (US Dept. of Treasury), FedRAMP, SOC2, HIPAA, SOX, KMS, WAF, SCPs
      • Managed 30+ AWS accounts via Control Tower
      • Automated audit, monitoring, security policies, and compliance

    • Network, Data & AI/ML Engineering

      • Automated VPC/TGW networking, cross-account and shared services
      • Data streaming: MSK Kafka, Redshift, Athena, OpenSearch
      • ML & analytics: SageMaker, Lambda pipelines, event-driven workloads
      • VMware, Nutanix, SAN, VDI, hybrid cloud environments