My Cloud Journey: Building My Resume in the Cloud

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been diving into the world of cloud computing through the popular Cloud Resume Challenge. This project is my first hands-on attempt at building something real in the cloud—and even though it’s still a work in progress, I’ve learned a ton and I’m excited to share what I’ve done so far. Why I Started I'm currently making the leap into IT after spending several years in a different field (military aviation maintenance, to be specific). While I’ve been studying cloud computing through my bachelor’s degree and earning CompTIA certifications, I wanted to take it a step further and apply what I was learning in a practical, visible way. That’s where the Cloud Resume Challenge came in. The Goal The idea behind the project is simple on paper: build and deploy a personal resume website using cloud technologies. But when you dig into it, there’s a ton of depth—frontend, backend, databases, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. It’s been a great intro to many of the tools and concepts used in modern IT environments. What I’ve Accomplished So Far Here’s a breakdown of what I’ve done on my site: tyler-cloud-resume.com ✅ HTML/CSS Resume I started by writing the core of the site—a clean, responsive HTML/CSS resume. I kept it lightweight but professional, and I learned a lot about web design basics in the process. ✅ Hosting with AWS S3 and CloudFront I’ve deployed my static site to an S3 bucket and configured CloudFront to serve it securely via HTTPS. This part of the project really helped me understand AWS storage, permissions, and content delivery. ✅ Custom Domain and HTTPS I registered my domain and used Route 53 to manage DNS. Setting up an SSL certificate through AWS Certificate Manager and linking it to CloudFront was a bit tricky, but it was a great intro to web security and DNS configurations.

Apr 7, 2025 - 16:27

My Cloud Journey: Building My Resume in the Cloud

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been diving into the world of cloud computing through the popular Cloud Resume Challenge. This project is my first hands-on attempt at building something real in the cloud—and even though it’s still a work in progress, I’ve learned a ton and I’m excited to share what I’ve done so far.

Why I Started
I'm currently making the leap into IT after spending several years in a different field (military aviation maintenance, to be specific). While I’ve been studying cloud computing through my bachelor’s degree and earning CompTIA certifications, I wanted to take it a step further and apply what I was learning in a practical, visible way. That’s where the Cloud Resume Challenge came in.

The Goal
The idea behind the project is simple on paper: build and deploy a personal resume website using cloud technologies. But when you dig into it, there’s a ton of depth—frontend, backend, databases, CI/CD, and infrastructure as code. It’s been a great intro to many of the tools and concepts used in modern IT environments.

What I’ve Accomplished So Far
Here’s a breakdown of what I’ve done on my site: tyler-cloud-resume.com

✅ HTML/CSS Resume
I started by writing the core of the site—a clean, responsive HTML/CSS resume. I kept it lightweight but professional, and I learned a lot about web design basics in the process.

✅ Hosting with AWS S3 and CloudFront
I’ve deployed my static site to an S3 bucket and configured CloudFront to serve it securely via HTTPS. This part of the project really helped me understand AWS storage, permissions, and content delivery.

✅ Custom Domain and HTTPS
I registered my domain and used Route 53 to manage DNS. Setting up an SSL certificate through AWS Certificate Manager and linking it to CloudFront was a bit tricky, but it was a great intro to web security and DNS configurations.