Portrait of Daniel Barak Hill

ABOUT ME

I'm Daniel Barak Hill, a Cloud Engineer at Strider Technologies, where I own the architecture, creation, and management of the cloud infrastructure powering our global applications.

Education

University of Maryland - College Park

Bachelors in Computer Science Aug 2016 - Dec 2020

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

August 2023

Work

Strider Technologies

Cloud Engineer Nov 2024 - Now

  • Own the architecture, creation, and management of cloud infrastructure for global applications
  • Design and operate scalable, secure AWS environments
  • Drive infrastructure-as-code and automation practices across the org

KBR Contractor for NASA Project

Software Developer Sept 2023 - Nov 2024

Associate Software Developer Oct 2020 - Sept 2023

  • DevOps contractor for NASA cloud development contract
  • Working with AWS & Docker using DevOps best practices
  • Manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
  • SAFE Agile framework

KBR Internship at NASA Goddard

Software Engineer Intern May 2020 - August 2020

  • Anomaly detection using FPGA to simulate artificial neural networks
  • Research collaboration with NASA scientists
  • Working with AWS using Agile Methodologies
  • Data modeling using Python libraries (numpy, nengo, pynq)

Earth Networks

IT Intern June 2019 - May 2020

  • IT and technical support for global weather data company
  • Worked with general AWS services (EC2, Lambda)
  • Made automation scripts using Python and PowerShell