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Rowena (Roderick) Day (they/them)

Get to Know Me

I am a dynamic Cloud Platform and DevOps Engineer with 19 years of experience, specializing in cloud-native environments and achieving compliance across security frameworks like SOC 2, PCI DSS, and HIPAA. I have a proven track record at designing innovative technical controls, leading incident response, and ensuring business continuity in regulated sectors. I am currently working as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Ginkgo Bioworks, where I create IaC code for a HIPAA compliant AWS environment and architect and implement corporate security solutions.

Professional Experience

Here is a selection of my professional experiences over the last 10 years. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me if you are interested in learning more about what I've accomplished over the course of my career.

1

Ginkgo Bioworks

  • Engineered cloud infrastructure for Ginkgo Biosecurity’s cross-account integrations into Ginkgo Bioworks Laboratory teams, providing a 42% increase in throughput for data flows between the two entities.

  • Implemented a robust corporate wide AWS SSO system, facilitating secure and efficient access management across cloud environments and reducing login-related tickets by 18%.

  • Played a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory compliance (SOX and HIPAA) for multiple environments, safeguarding company data and client trust and improving the cost of related actions down to $0.

2

ValueDynamx

  • Orchestrated and streamlined the annual PCI audit process, reinforcing compliance standards for application infrastructure and maintaining adherence to PCI 3.x standards across all components leading to a decrease in findings by 87%.

  • Authored and optimized Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to improve platform robustness and deployment efficiency resulting in a 50% reduction in deployment times.

  • Ensured 100% uptime for Smartlink application infrastructure, demonstrating singular responsibility for system health and support.

3

RR Donnelley & Sons, Inc.

  • Currently designing and implementing AWS cloud infrastructure for 10+ greenfield Dev/QA/Prod environments, employing services like ECS, EC2, ELB, S3, RDS, VPC, AWS Batch, AWS EventBridge, Transit Gateway, and CloudFront while utilizing Terraform for Infrastructure as Code and so far resulting in a 100% increase in customer acquisitions per application.

  • Migrated 50+ on-prem/VMWare applications to AWS, optimizing their network, security, backups, and application scaling architectures, leading to a 46% reduction in operating costs per application.

  • Enhanced network and security infrastructure for development teams by advising them on AWS best practices, leading to a 27% increase in application performance and a 73% increase in application reliability.

Day Family Consulting, LLC

I offer expert consulting services for Cloud Platform Engineering and DevOps Engineering in AWS. I am dedicated to providing you with the highest quality of service and expertise in the industry. With over 15 years years of experience, I am confident my ability to help you achieve your goals and optimize your AWS cloud infrastructure. Contact me today to learn more about how I can help your business succeed.

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