Rob Cecchini — Resume

Technical Experience

AWS GovCloud Infrastructure Delivery
Federal Compliance & ATO Support
On-Premises to Cloud Migrations
AWS Organization & Control Tower Design
Multi-Account Governance
EKS Cluster Deployments & Management
Service Catalog Governance & Provisioning
Lambda Automation
Terraform Module Development
STIG-Hardened RHEL Administration
DynamoDB & RDS Database Development
Python and Bash Scripting
Application Platform Infrastructure

Technology Tools

Cloud: AWS, AWS GovCloud, Azure, GCP

Containers: Kubernetes, EKS, Fargate, Helm, Docker

IaC: Terraform, CloudFormation, Service Catalog

Config Mgmt.: Ansible, AWS Systems Manager

Source Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab

CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions

DB: MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS RDS, DynamoDB

Monitoring: Dynatrace, Splunk, CloudTrail, CloudWatch

Projects

AWS Organization Migration — Federal GovCloud

AWS GovCloud · AWS Organizations · Control Tower · VPC · Transit Gateway · Account Factory

Migrated an entire subsidiary company out of a shared AWS Organization into its own standalone Org in federal GovCloud, reducing a projected 12-week effort to three 1-hour execution windows with zero downtime.
Restructured all networking due to deep interconnectivity with the original Control Tower environment, re-establishing VPC peering, routing, and security boundaries.

On-Premises to Cloud — Fargate & Service Catalog

AWS GovCloud · ECR · Fargate · CloudFormation · Service Catalog · CI/CD · RDS

Re-architected a federal application from server-hosted to containerized ECR/Fargate, provisioning the entire AWS GovCloud account via CloudFormation and Service Catalog — all resources required Service Catalog approval before deployment.
Designed CI/CD pipelines and built new database infrastructure to replace on-premises data stores.
Navigated ATO authorization, penetration testing, and multiple security reviews from Dev through Production.

On-Premises to Cloud — Terraform Migrations (×2)

AWS GovCloud · Terraform · GitLab CI/CD · EKS · EC2 · 3rd-Party Vendor Integration

Led two separate federal migrations deploying third-party vendor applications into AWS GovCloud via Terraform and GitLab pipelines — one into an EKS cluster, one onto EC2 instances.
Navigated federal compliance requirements, ATO authorization, and penetration testing through each environment stage from Dev to Production.

RHEL 7 → 8 Migration — Federal GovCloud

AWS GovCloud · RHEL 8 · EKS · Oracle DB · Nessus · CrowdStrike · GitLab

Led company-wide migration across four federal GovCloud tenants; transitioned EKS worker nodes to RHEL 8 STIG images 4 weeks ahead of schedule.
Devised a root volume swap strategy to preserve private IPs, avoiding 120+ hours of data transfer.

Terraform & Pipeline Overhaul — Federal GovCloud

AWS GovCloud · Terraform · GitLab CI/CD · AWS CodeCommit · IaC

Inherited a deeply nested module-on-module Terraform architecture for a federal GovCloud environment where one change could silently cascade and break unrelated production resources; restructured the module hierarchy to isolate blast radius and make changes auditable.
Rebuilt CI/CD pipelines to surface Terraform plan output and require explicit engineer approval before apply — eliminating the risk of typo-driven production outages.
Migrated all source control from AWS CodeCommit into GitLab, establishing proper branching strategies, MR workflows, and pipeline governance.

GitLab → GitHub Enterprise Migration

GitHub Enterprise · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI/CD · Federal Environment

Migrated a federal source control footprint from GitLab to GitHub Enterprise, preserving repository history and team access controls.
Refactored all GitLab CI/CD pipeline definitions to equivalent GitHub Actions workflows while maintaining federal compliance and audit trail requirements.

Additional Highlights

Built and deployed numerous secure EKS clusters using custom RHEL STIG AMIs for federal compliance across GovCloud environments.
Deployed centralized monitoring by integrating agents with GitLab CI/CD pipelines across all federal tenant environments.
Leveraged AWS Lambda for operational task automation, streamlining cloud infrastructure management across regulated environments.

Experience

AWS Engineer · RavenTek

3 Years, 6 Months

Managed secure AWS GovCloud infrastructure supporting federal workloads under strict compliance and data security requirements.
Built and supported AWS and Azure solutions for regulated environments, aligning infrastructure decisions with security review and operational needs.
Troubleshot complex networking, cloud infrastructure, and application deployment issues to preserve availability and deployment momentum.
Administered and optimized RHEL systems for DBA operations, including secure OS maintenance and reliability improvements.
Partnered with engineers, AWS support, and executive stakeholders on architecture decisions, operational risks, and cloud best practices.

Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer · Contract Engagements

4+ Years · Contract Engagements

Employers and clients available upon request

Delivered enterprise AWS GovCloud infrastructure with Terraform, automating compute, network, storage, and account provisioning across secure multi-account environments.
Designed federal cloud networking with VPC, Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, complex routing, and IAM governance for controlled multi-tenant access.
Deployed EKS, ECS, and Fargate workloads with GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions pipelines for repeatable, auditable releases.
Implemented AWS Organizations and Control Tower governance to standardize account vending, budget controls, and security guardrails.
Refactored brittle Terraform and CI/CD workflows into reviewable plans with explicit approval gates, reducing production-change risk.
Provided technical leadership across cloud architecture, security practices, team mentoring, and audit-ready documentation.

Cloud Engineer · JR3S Corporation

13 Years · Clients available upon request

Designed secure client AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Ansible, translating data protection requirements into repeatable deployments.
Built development environments and deployed CI/CD pipelines using AWS Dev Tools, GCP, GitLab, and Docker.
Managed compute capacity, VPC networks, storage, and databases across client environments.
Conducted cloud training classes and workshops; active member of the AWS Partner Network.

Security Contractor · Patriot Group International

13 Years

Provided security for US Government personnel in high-threat environments across the Middle East and Asia.
Advised stakeholders on security planning and implementation; conducted on-the-job training and evaluation of new hires.
Developed application to manage and track personnel movements.
Monitored Anti-UAV interdiction and CCTV systems; cataloged anomalous video data.

Marine Corps Rifleman · US Marine Corps

4 Years

Honorably Discharged · Rank: E-5 · MOS: 0311