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John Duncan

Education
Liberty University
Bachelor of Science in Finance
Lynchburg, VA
May 2022
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Amazon Web Services  ·  2026
AWS Cloud Practitioner Amazon Web Services  ·  2026
Experience
Lighthouse Holdings Group
Cloud Engineer
Arlington, VA
May 2025 – Present
  • Designed and deployed cloud-hosted applications using Amazon Web Services (AWS) services including S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, and EC2, improving understanding of scalable cloud infrastructure
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), reducing manual configuration time and improving deployment consistency.
  • Configured secure IAM policies and implemented cloud security best practices following least-privilege access principles.
  • Troubleshot DNS, CloudFront, and S3 static hosting issues while documenting architecture and deployment workflows in GitHub repositories.
Alfa Laval Inc.
Financial Analyst
Richmond, VA
May 2023 – May 2025
  • Processed daily cash postings and reconciled bank activity to ensure accurate recording of financial transactions and maintain up-to-date cash balances.
  • Managed corporate p-card reconciliations by reviewing employee transactions, verifying supporting documentation, and resolving discrepancies in compliance with company policies.
  • Prepared weekly cash flow reports and liquidity forecasts to support financial planning, treasury operations, and management decision-making.
  • Executed domestic and international bank transfers, including foreign currency exchanges, while coordinating with banking partners to ensure timely and accurate transaction processing.
Projects
Cloud Resume Challenge  jwduncan.com
2026
  • Deployed static HTML/CSS resume to Amazon S3 with CloudFront CDN and HTTPS via AWS Certificate Manager.
  • Built visitor-counter backend with API Gateway, Lambda (Python), and DynamoDB; frontend fetches live count via JavaScript fetch API.
  • Automated full deployment pipeline using GitHub Actions for CI/CD and Terraform for infrastructure management.
AWS Iceberg Analytics Platform
2026
  • Built and deployed a cloud-native analytics pipeline using Amazon S3 Tables and Apache Iceberg to manage scalable analytical datasets with improved query performance and data organization.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and data workflows using Terraform and AWS services, gaining hands-on experience with modern data lake architecture, cloud storage optimization, and analytics-focused cloud engineering practices.
Skills
Cloud / AWS
Lambda, S3, CloudFront, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateway, ECS, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, SQS, SNS
Languages
Bash, SQL
DevOps / IaC
Terraform, GitHub Actions
Other
Git, REST APIs