Tanya
Babitskaya

Cloud Engineer
AWS SME

Clean code, strong CI/CD, and calm clarity in infrastructure.

Experience

2026 ← 2013
2025 — NOW
Infrastructure Lead
Flare Emergency Response

54% reduction in cloud costs · 99%+ uptime with sub-10-minute incident response.

Earlier · 2024 ← 2013
2024 — 2025
Cloud Engineer
Flare Emergency Response · promoted to Lead in 2025
2023 — 2025
MSc Information Technology
University of the People · WASC-accredited
2018 — 2024
Cloud Engineer · Cloud Architect
Ohmycloud OÜ — Tallinn, AWS Partner

8 long-term AWS engagements: emergency response, retail SaaS, real-estate analytics.

2015 — 2018
Project Manager
School of Robotics · platform adopted by ~100 centers
2013 — 2015
BSc Computer Science
BSUIR

Stack

Cloud Engineering
Cloud Platform
AWS (SAP · DOP · SME) · Google Cloud · Multi-account · Organizations · Control Tower · Well-Architected
Compute
EC2 · Lambda · Elastic Beanstalk · Compute Optimizer · ECS / ECR / Fargate · EKS · Docker · ARM (Graviton) · AMD (EPYC)
Security & Identity
IAM · IAM Identity Center · KMS · Secrets Manager · Certificate Manager · GuardDuty · WAF · Shield · Macie · Cognito · 1Password · Zitadel · Zero Trust · SPIFFE/SPIRE
Networking & Delivery
VPC · CloudFront · Route 53 · PrivateLink · ELB · VPN · Cloud Map · API Gateway
Compliance
HIPAA-adjacent · SCPs · CloudTrail · Config · Security Hub · GDPR
Analytics & Streaming
Kinesis · Athena · QuickSight · Glue · OpenSearch · DevOps Guru
Application Integration
SNS · SES · Pinpoint · Step Functions · EventBridge · SAM
Infrastructure as Code
CloudFormation · TypeScript CDK
OS & Environment
Ubuntu · Amazon Linux · MacOps
CI/CD & Hosting
CodeBuild · CodePipeline · GitHub Actions · Netlify · X-Ray · CodeConnections
Observability
CloudWatch · Systems Manager · DataDog · NewRelic · Grafana · OpenTelemetry · Sentry · Prometheus
FinOps
Cost Explorer · Savings Plans · Budgets · Cost and Usage Reports · Pricing Calculator
Data
Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL · DynamoDB · ElastiCache (Redis, Memcached) · S3 · EBS · EFS · Glacier · Backup · DMS · MongoDB
Languages
TypeScript · Node.js · JavaScript · Bash
AWS
Compute
EC2 · Lambda · ECS / ECR / Fargate · EKS · Elastic Beanstalk · Compute Optimizer · ARM (Graviton) · AMD (EPYC)
Storage
S3 · EBS · EFS · Glacier · Backup
Databases
Aurora PostgreSQL/MySQL · DynamoDB · ElastiCache (Redis/Memcached) · DMS
Networking
VPC · CloudFront · Route 53 · ELB · PrivateLink · VPN · Cloud Map · API Gateway
Security & Identity
IAM · IAM Identity Center · KMS · Secrets Manager · Certificate Manager · GuardDuty · WAF · Shield · Macie · Cognito · Security Hub · Inspector
Analytics & Streaming
Kinesis · Athena · QuickSight · Glue · OpenSearch
Application Integration
SNS · SES · Pinpoint · Step Functions · EventBridge · SQS
Developer Tools
CloudFormation · TypeScript CDK · CodeBuild · CodePipeline · SAM · X-Ray
Management
CloudWatch · CloudTrail · Config · Systems Manager · Organizations · Control Tower · Well-Architected
FinOps
Cost Explorer · Savings Plans · Budgets · Cost and Usage Reports · Pricing Calculator
DevSecOps
Languages & Scripting
JavaScript / Node.js · TypeScript · Bash
OS & Environment
Ubuntu · Amazon Linux · MacOps
Networking
VPC · DNS / Route 53 · HTTP / TLS · PrivateLink · ELB · VPN · Firewalls / WAF
Source Control
Git · GitHub
CI/CD
GitHub Actions · CodeBuild · CodePipeline · Netlify
Containers
Docker · ECS / ECR / Fargate · EKS · Kubernetes
Infrastructure as Code
CloudFormation · TypeScript CDK · Pulumi
Cloud Platforms
AWS · Google Cloud
Observability
CloudWatch · DataDog · NewRelic · Grafana · OpenTelemetry · Sentry · Prometheus
Security & Identity
IAM · IAM Identity Center · GuardDuty · WAF · Shield · Macie · KMS · Zero Trust · SPIFFE/SPIRE · Zitadel · Cognito
Secrets Management
Secrets Manager · KMS · 1Password
Compliance
HIPAA-adjacent · GDPR · CloudTrail · Config · Security Hub · SCPs
FinOps
Cost Explorer · Savings Plans · Budgets · Cost and Usage Reports
Backend
Languages
TypeScript · Node.js · JavaScript · Bash
Frameworks
Hono.js · Express · Astro.js
APIs
REST · API Gateway · SAM · GraphQL · gRPC
Databases
PostgreSQL · MySQL · DynamoDB · MongoDB · Redis · ElastiCache
Auth
IAM · Cognito · Zitadel · SPIFFE/SPIRE
Messaging
SNS · EventBridge · Step Functions · Kinesis · SQS · Kafka · Redpanda
AI
AI Agents & LLM
Claude API · Claude Code · MCP Server · Agentic workflows · Tool use · Parallel subagents · Ollama
Fine-tuning
LoRA / QLoRA · TrOCR
Claude Code Core
Claude Code CLI · CLAUDE.md · Session management · Slash commands · CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR isolation · settings.json
MCP (Model Context Protocol)
MCP Server · stdio transport · Tool definitions · Read / Write tools · Multi-server setup
Integration Patterns
Obsidian vault agent · Apple Reminders via osascript · Dashboard MCP layer · Automated weekly review
RAG & Knowledge
Structured markdown navigation
Personal
AI Agents & LLM
Claude Code · MCP Server · Claude API · TrOCR · LoRA fine-tuning · Ollama
Personal Infrastructure
Hono.js · React SPA · Astro.js · D3.js · osascript · iCloud sync
Knowledge & Workflow
Obsidian · PARA · GTD · Apple Reminders API · Apple Calendar API · Google Calendar API

Certifications

Professional · AWS Certification
Professional · AWS Certification

Volunteering

Subject Matter Expert
Amazon Web Services · 2024 — Now
Mentor
Women in Tech · 2024 — 2025

Writing

2026-06
2026-05
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