Quentin A. Grant | Projects

Cloud Engineering Portfolio

Engineering work built around AWS.

Hands-on projects demonstrating AWS infrastructure, automation, Infrastructure as Code, containerization, CI/CD, monitoring, networking, and cloud operations.

AWS Terraform & IaC Python & Bash Docker & CI/CD Monitoring & Operations

Featured Cloud Engineering Project

Cloud Operations Dashboard

End-to-end AWS cloud engineering capstone combining infrastructure, application development, automation, containerization, CI/CD, monitoring, and security.

AWS • Python • Flask • RDS MySQL • Terraform • Docker • GitHub Actions • CloudWatch

AWS Terraform / IaC Python / Boto3 Docker CI/CD CloudWatch

Built a cloud operations application that accepts and retrieves operational messages while integrating AWS infrastructure, a Python Flask application, a private MySQL database, Docker, Terraform, Python automation, GitHub Actions, and CloudWatch.

Designed AWS VPC networking with public application and private database subnets.
Built a Python Flask application backed by Amazon RDS for MySQL.
Containerized the application using Docker.
Defined infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
Developed Python and Boto3 automation for AWS operations.
Built GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD validation and Docker image delivery.
Applied CloudWatch monitoring, logging, troubleshooting, and operational validation.

Cloud Engineering Capstone • 55/55 sections completed

AWS Infrastructure

AWS Static Website Deployment & CDN Architecture

AWS-hosted static website architecture using S3, CloudFront, IAM, and Route 53.

Amazon S3 • CloudFront • IAM • Route 53

Amazon S3 CloudFront IAM Route 53

Designed and deployed a static website architecture using AWS storage, content delivery, DNS, and access-control services.

Configured Amazon S3 for static website content.
Applied IAM access controls to the architecture.
Enabled S3 versioning for content recovery.
Integrated CloudFront for distributed content delivery.

Networking & Infrastructure

AWS VPC & EC2 Network Architecture

Segmented AWS networking using VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, and network ACLs.

VPC • Subnets • EC2 • Route Tables • Security Groups • NACLs

VPC Subnets EC2 Security Groups NACLs

Designed and implemented segmented AWS networking to control traffic flow, isolate workloads, and support secure EC2 deployments.

Designed public and private subnet architecture.
Configured route tables and Internet Gateway connectivity.
Applied security group rules to control workload access.
Used network ACLs as an additional subnet-level traffic control layer.

Cloud Operations & Automation

AWS Systems Manager Operations & Automation

Centralized EC2 management and operational automation using AWS Systems Manager.

AWS Systems Manager • EC2 • Run Command • Patch Manager

Systems Manager EC2 Management Run Command Patch Automation

Used AWS Systems Manager to centralize instance administration, automate maintenance activities, and improve operational visibility.

Configured Systems Manager capabilities for EC2 administration.
Used Run Command for remote administrative operations.
Applied Patch Manager capabilities for maintenance workflows.
Used inventory and management features to improve operational visibility.

Security & Incident Response

SIEM Monitoring & Incident Response Analysis

Security monitoring workflow focused on log analysis, event investigation, and incident response.

SIEM • Log Analysis • Security Operations • Incident Investigation

SIEM Log Analysis Security Operations Incident Response

Developed a simulated security operations environment for analyzing security events, investigating alerts, and documenting repeatable incident-response workflows.

Collected and analyzed system and security logs.
Investigated alerts and suspicious event patterns.
Correlated available log sources during investigations.
Documented analysis and response procedures.