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Yogesh Vats
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Yogesh Vats

Toronto,ON

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Junior DevOps EngineerJunior cloud engineer

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Full TimeConsulting

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Location: Toronto, ON
Open to relocation: Yes

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Summary

Specialized in cloud security management and infrastructure optimization, successfully mitigating risks within AWS environments. Utilized Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes, achieving notable reductions in attack exposure and permissions while enhancing audit logging and compliance.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Cloud FinOps Engineer

Project
Toronto, Ontario
06.2026 - Current
  • Developed serverless cost monitoring solution utilizing Lambda, EventBridge, SQS, SNS, CloudWatch, and S3.
  • Implemented SQS dead-letter queue and CloudWatch alerts for fault-tolerant failure management.
  • Automated weekly cost and compliance reporting using EventBridge and timestamped JSON logs in S3.
  • Employed AI-assisted development and validation while enforcing least-privilege IAM and KMS encryption.

AWS Web Application Developer

Connect Mandarin
Toronto, Ontario
11.2025 - 07.2026
  • Developed and deployed web application on AWS to enhance business operations.
  • Configured EC2, S3, IAM, and networking for secure hosting of applications.
  • Utilized AI development tools to expedite coding, debugging, and application enhancements.
  • Troubleshot deployment and application issues to boost reliability and performance.

Cloud Security Analyst

8Twelve Mortgage -Academic project
Toronto, Ontario
05.2025 - 09.2025
  • Secured infini8 AWS VPC by eliminating unrestricted SSH and wildcard rules across four security groups, achieving 100% reduction in external attack vectors.
  • Conducted AI-assisted analysis to review IAM policies, enforcing least-privilege access for over eight users and roles in S3 and RDS.
  • Enhanced CloudTrail audit logging through AI-assisted validation, implementing S3 versioning and immutability to improve accuracy and compliance.

Education

Post-Graduate Certificate - Cloud Security

Sheridan College
Brampton, Ontario
08-2025

Post-Graduate Certificate - Project Management

Sheridan College
Mississauga, Ontario
08-2024

Bachelor of Science - Animation And Gaming

Graphic Era University
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
05-2022

Skills

  • AWS cloud and infrastructure
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Container orchestration
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Cloud security management
  • Cloud security
  • Linux systems and database management
  • Python and shell scripting
  • Networking and monitoring tools
  • Project management

Timeline

Cloud FinOps Engineer

Project
06.2026 - Current

AWS Web Application Developer

Connect Mandarin
11.2025 - 07.2026

Cloud Security Analyst

8Twelve Mortgage -Academic project
05.2025 - 09.2025

Post-Graduate Certificate - Cloud Security

Sheridan College

Post-Graduate Certificate - Project Management

Sheridan College

Bachelor of Science - Animation And Gaming

Graphic Era University
Yogesh Vats