// AWS Cloud Engineer · Terraform IaC · ECS · Secure-by-Design

Erik J.
McCauley

AWS · Terraform · ECS Fargate · IAM · KMS · CloudWatch · GitHub Actions

I design and deploy AWS business infrastructure using cloud architecture, Terraform IaC, and AI-assisted engineering workflows. Built for reliability, cost control, and operational simplicity — at $74/month. This is not a demo environment. It is live.

18+
Terraform Modules
$74
Per Month · Live Stack
9+
Years Enterprise IT
13K
Endpoints · HIPAA Env
AI
Operator Workflow

Stack & Background

AWS Terraform ECS Fargate IAM KMS (CMK) CloudWatch CloudTrail ALB VPC GitHub Actions · OIDC Docker / ECR AWS Backup SNS DynamoDB PowerShell Stanford ML SANS ICS310 Fordham University

Built from the ground up.
Deployed. Running. Proven.

Long before generative AI became mainstream, I was planning a path into machine learning. I ended up in enterprise IT and healthcare security instead — and each stop made me a better infrastructure thinker than any shortcut would have.

Former Wall Street recruiter. I know how companies hire and what they actually need behind a job description. That perspective shapes how I build — for operational reality, not demos.

I built my AWS stack AI-first. Claude Code read the codebase, wrote modules, ran validations, and helped reason through architecture decisions. That is not replacing engineering judgment. That is multiplying it.

My belief: traditional roles will not be replaced by AI. They will be replaced by people who know how to operate AI. I am building that workflow now — in production.

// Career Arc

  • Mason Frank International — Wall Street, NYC. Technical recruiter. Learned how organizations hire and what they actually need behind a job description.
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield Assoc. — Enterprise IT in a compliance-heavy, regulated environment. Foundation in operational discipline.
  • McLeod Health (2024–Present) — Security Remediation Analyst. 13,000-endpoint HIPAA-regulated healthcare environment. Vulnerability management, identity controls, PowerShell automation.
  • AWS Small Business Secure Stack — Fully deployed, production-safe AWS foundation. Terraform IaC. 18+ modules. Live in us-east-1. April 2026.

Three domains. All production-grade.

AWS Infrastructure Engineering

Designed and deployed a full-stack AWS environment using Terraform IaC. Multi-AZ VPC, private subnets, ECS Fargate compute, ALB at the edge, VPC endpoints instead of NAT. No long-lived IAM keys anywhere.

Terraform ECS Fargate VPC ALB ECR

Secure-by-Design Architecture

Customer-managed KMS encryption across every service. CloudTrail with tamper detection. Least-privilege IAM throughout. Tag-based automated backup. Five CloudWatch alarms. GitHub Actions CI/CD with OIDC — no stored credentials.

IAM KMS (CMK) CloudTrail AWS Backup OIDC

AI Operator Workflow

Built this stack using Claude Code as an AI operator — planning before changes, validation after every edit, documented tradeoffs for every architectural decision. Faster delivery, higher quality, reproducible results.

Claude Code GitHub Actions Terraform CI/CD PowerShell

Real infrastructure. Deployed and live.

// GitHub · Terraform · AWS · Live in us-east-1

AWS Small Business Secure Stack

A fully deployed, production-safe AWS foundation built in Terraform. Designed to give small businesses an enterprise-grade cloud environment at a fraction of the cost.

  • Multi-AZ VPC · ECS Fargate in private subnets · ALB at edge
  • Customer-managed KMS · CloudTrail tamper detection · 5 CloudWatch alarms
  • No NAT gateway — VPC endpoints for better security and comparable cost
  • GitHub Actions CI/CD with OIDC · no long-lived IAM keys
  • $74–86/month total · budget alerts at 50/80/100%

// Enterprise · PowerShell · 100+ Scripts

Enterprise IT & Security Automation

Production-tested PowerShell automation covering the full enterprise IT stack — identity, endpoint hardening, and network infrastructure — built for a 13,000-endpoint HIPAA environment.

  • User provisioning, AD object management, group assignment automation
  • Endpoint remediation workflows: cache cleanup, remote restart, maintenance
  • DHCP and DNS tooling for IP resolution and scope troubleshooting
  • Led PKI Risk Remediation Initiative — hardened enrollment controls, closed privilege escalation risk

Target roles & requirements

Roles

  • AWS Cloud Engineer
  • Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
  • Cloud Solutions Architect
  • AI Solutions Engineer
  • Cloud Operations Engineer

Industries

  • Technology / SaaS
  • Healthcare
  • Finance / Fintech
  • Federal / Government
  • Defense / Contractors

Requirements

  • Remote-first or fully remote
  • $120,000+ base salary
  • Available immediately
  • Fast responder

// For Small Business Owners

Need AWS infrastructure without the enterprise price tag?

I build secure, cost-optimized AWS foundations that do not require a $300/hour consultant or a 6-month runway. Let's talk about what you actually need.

// For Recruiters & Hiring Managers

Sourcing cloud engineering talent?

Remote AWS Cloud Engineer. $120K+. Fast responder. Available immediately. Proven infrastructure — not a project on a slide deck.