Darrell Collins

Darrell Collins

IT Director

Solutions Architect

Technical Sales

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Professional Summary

Seasoned IT Director and Cloud Architecture Expert with 20+ years of experience in cloud architecture, specializing in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud solutions. Proven track record in leading cross-functional teams and driving digital transformation initiatives across organizations.

Key Achievements

Led the migration of on-premises infrastructure to AWS for a Fortune 500 company, resulting in a 30% reduction in IT costs and improved system reliability. Designed and implemented a hybrid cloud architecture that supported a 50% increase in application performance and reduced latency by 20%. Developed and executed a cloud security strategy that achieved compliance with industry standards and enhanced data protection.

Technical Expertise

Cloud Platforms:
AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, ECS, EKS, Fargate, ECR, Connect)

Google Cloud Platform (Compute Engine, BigQuery, Kubernetes Engine)

Microsoft Azure (Virtual Machines, Blob Storage, AKS)

Architecture Design: Microservices, Serverless, Containerization (Docker, Kubernetes)

Security& Compliance: Cloud Security, Compliance, Encryption, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR

DevOps: CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Tools & Technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Jenkins, CloudFormation

Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, Go

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Cosmos DB, BigQuery. Aurora

Technical Sales: Customer/Partner Engagement, Solution Design, Technical Presentations, RFP Responses

Certifications

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Google Cloud: Professional Cloud Architect