My Journey

My transition from the classroom to the cloud, built by completing the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge. This site showcases my cloud engineering journey through real projects, decisions, and continuous improvement.

My Resume

My career is built on a foundation of discipline and a drive for lifelong learning. Here, you'll find a breakdown of my military background, certifications, and the technical expertise I've honed along the way.

Featured Projects

Turning architectural concepts into live cloud solutions. Explore my portfolio of AWS projects, featuring my Cloud Resume Challenge build, security integrations, and hands-on technical demos.

My Journey to the Cloud

My journey through the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge

My Journey to the Cloud Image Frontend Website Code: https://github.com/jlayman09/Layman_CloudResumeWebsite
Backend Serverless Code (Lambda + DynamoDB): https://github.com/jlayman09/cloud-resume-backend
Serverless Contact Form API (Terraform + Lambda): https://github.com/jlayman09/cloud-resume-contact-api

This site isn't just a resume, it's a working cloud project built in the open. As part of the AWS Cloud Resume Challenge, I turned my resume into a fully deployed serverless application running on AWS. Every major component—from the globally distributed website to the visitor counter powered by Lambda and DynamoDB—was built step by step while documenting the process and architecture along the way.

What began as a simple goal to host a resume online quickly grew into a deeper dive into real-world cloud engineering. Along the journey I built CI/CD automation with GitHub, implemented serverless APIs, focused on security and cost management, and am now rebuilding the entire environment using Terraform to manage everything as code. This project serves as both a portfolio and a technical journal, capturing the challenges, design decisions, and lessons learned while building a production-style cloud environment from scratch.

Follow the journey below to see how each piece of the architecture came together.