Lloyd Valeriano

[San Antonio, TX] | lloyd.valeriano@proton.me | 571-552-9532

Professional Experience

Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services

Jan 2024 to Present

San Antonio, TX

  • Serve as primary technical advisor partnering with 4 Cloud Sales Representatives across ~600 Greenfield enterprise accounts to drive cloud strategy and modernization initiatives.
  • Influenced 144 cloud opportunities, launching 37 production workloads (15% above annual target) generating $1.47M in ARR.
  • Lead enterprise migration engagements for on-prem estates averaging ~200 servers, developing phased roadmaps and modernization strategies.
  • Developed executive migration business cases and TCO analyses resulting in up to 30% on-prem cost reduction; secured funding programs to accelerate adoption.
  • Delivered 89 architecture engagements (147% of target) and led 28 technical workshops to drive production readiness.
  • Led Generative and Agentic AI workshops and built POCs leveraging AWS AI services, reduced manual task time by 90% and influenced $50K+ in AI-related ARR.

Data Center Operations Technical Lead, Amazon Web Services

Oct 2022 to Jan 2024

Ashburn, VA

  • Identified and remediated a global infrastructure issue impacting 1,400+ servers, restoring service availability at scale.
  • Led a 3-month storage infrastructure upgrade processing 1,000-1,500 drives weekly with 100% compliance and zero security incidents.
  • Served as regional SME for high-value GPU clusters (~$400K per host), training 20+ engineers and reducing ticket backlog by 73%.
  • Optimized operational workflows, reducing backlog to ~20 weekly tickets and improving infrastructure availability.

Data Center Operations Technician, Amazon Web Services

Feb 2021 to Oct 2022

Sterling, VA

  • Resolved 40+ complex infrastructure tickets weekly with a 4% reopen rate.
  • Developed Python-based automation tools to improve troubleshooting efficiency.
  • Mentored 4 technicians who progressed to Technical Lead roles.

Education

De la Salle University, Bachelor of Science in Legal Management

May 2013 to Oct 2016

Technical Skills

Cloud Architecture | TCO Modeling | Enterprise Migration | Generative & Agentic AI | VMware | Python | Linux | Windows

Certifications

AWS: Solutions Architect – Professional, Security – Specialty, Data Engineering, Machine Learning Engineering, Solutions Architect – Associate, Developer – Associate, SysOps Administrator – Associate, Cloud Practitioner, AI Practitioner

CompTIA: CySA+, Security+, Network+, A+, Project+

ISC2: SSCP, Certified in Cybersecurity (CC)

Projects

Cloud Resume Challenge

Built a serverless resume website using S3, CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, Terraform, and GitHub Actions CI/CD. Read my blog post about it.