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Etonia Suraki

Manchester,Greater Manchester

Summary

Solutions Architect with 5+ years of AWS expertise, specializing in enterprise-scale cloud transformations across EMEA. Leverages 9 AWS certifications and military leadership background to deliver mission-critical solutions. Proven track record of architecting secure, cost-effective, highly available, scalable cloud environments serving 1M+ users, with particular expertise in End User Computing, Web Solutions, Storage and Generative AI implementations.

Overview

17
years of professional experience
1
Certificate

Work history

AWS
Manchester

Solutions Architect
03.2021 - 05.2025

Job overview

  • Designed cloud infrastructures for 30+ EMEA startups and small to medium organisations spanning UK, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa
  • Designed multi-account landing zones for universities with focus on security and compliance, facilitating effective foundation implementation.
  • Architected migrations of websites for universities across UK from on-premises systems and alternative cloud platforms to AWS, achieving high availability, fault tolerance, resilience, and security.
  • Architected Generative AI solutions using Amazon Bedrock and or Amazon SageMaker for research and or IT applications
  • Worked with AWS partner in designing AWS End-User Computing solutions for 10,000+ users in a university migration resulting in university being able to scale with students numbers and with reduced capital expenditure
  • Facilitated different technical workshops for over 500 professionals, achieving 95% satisfaction in educating customers on various AWS technologies including Computing, Networking, Storage, Databases, Generative AI, and Machine Learning services.

Centrica Hive
London, Greater London

SRE Engineer
12.2018 - 02.2021

Job overview

  • Managed IoT platform (100,000+ devices) and working with developers in achieving 98% uptime and 30% performance gain
  • Managed 120+ AWS accounts implementing:
  • Automated provisioning via Control Tower and Organizations
  • Infrastructure as Code reducing deployment time by 60%
  • DynamoDB and EC2 optimisation saving $65K annually
  • Managed 15-node Cassandra cluster (1M+ daily transactions)
  • Enhanced British Gas platform (2M+ users) reducing deployment time by 67%

Centrica Hive
London, England

Trainee SRE
06.2018 - 12.2018

Job overview

  • Implemented Status Page system reducing incident response by 40%
  • Developed AWS automation tools using Python/Boto3

Royal Marines
Exeter, Devon

Commando
11.2008 - 07.2017

Job overview

  • Led 8-person team in global operations and £61M fleet management program
  • Achieved 98% operational readiness across 200+ vehicles
  • Trained 200+ personnel with zero safety incidents
  • Received commendation for Jordan deployment leadership

Education

Ministry of Education
Lautoka

BTEC Level 3 Diploma from Primary School Teaching
11.2001

Skills

  • AWS Cloud Services
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Security Implementation
  • Python and Bash Scripting
  • Incident Management
  • Database Administration
  • Project Management
  • Team Leadership

Certification

  • AWS Solutions Architect Professional
  • AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
  • AWS Security Specialty
  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  • AWS Developer Associate
  • AWS SysOps Administrator Associate
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS AI Practitioner
  • AWS Machine Learning Engineer Associate
  • IBM QRADAR SIEM Foundation and Advanced Topics
  • Cerco IT Certificate in Computer Systems and Network Support
  • FOA Certified Fibre Optics Technician
  • FOA Certified Specialist in Design

Accomplishments

  • Transformed digital infrastructure for 30+ EMEA organizations impacting 100,000+ users
  • Designed high-availability solutions processing 10TB+ of research data with 35% cost reduction for a university in the UK
  • Spearheaded GenAI implementations enabling applications that are helping students in universities in the UK
  • Achieved 98% uptime for IoT platform serving 500,000+ connected devices
  • Successfully migrated universities websites and workloads into AWS cloud helping them save on on-prem costs
  • Reduced infrastructure costs by $65K+ through strategic cloud optimization
  • Led technical transformation programs across UK, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa
  • Managed £61M military fleet program achieving 98% operational readiness
  • Delivered technical training to 700+ professionals with 95% satisfaction rate
  • Implemented digital projects for customers with security in mind
  • Designed secure multi-account strategies for 120+ AWS accounts
  • Received commendation for military security operations leadership

Timeline

Solutions Architect

AWS
03.2021 - 05.2025

SRE Engineer

Centrica Hive
12.2018 - 02.2021

Trainee SRE

Centrica Hive
06.2018 - 12.2018

Commando

Royal Marines
11.2008 - 07.2017

Ministry of Education

BTEC Level 3 Diploma from Primary School Teaching

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