Grant Gipson

Grant Gipson has a diverse work experience in the field of cloud engineering and software development. Grant started their career as a student worker at Mount Vernon Nazarene University, where they developed problem-solving and communication skills while providing support for faculty and staff. Grant then joined Moreover Technologies as a software engineer, where they developed web services using Java for social media and news data aggregation.

Afterward, Grant worked as a software engineering contractor at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and as a software engineer at TEKsystems and Seen Digital Media, Inc. In these roles, they gained experience in software development and engineering.

Grant's career took a shift towards cloud technology when they joined Cloudreach as a cloud consultant. Here, they worked with large enterprise customers, assessing their current estate and designing solutions for their migration to the cloud. Grant also helped create high-level designs, governance strategies, and models for effective cloud adoption.

Continuing their journey in cloud engineering, Grant worked as a cloud infrastructure engineer at Revel Systems. In this role, they designed an AWS landing zone, led the migration of on-premises servers to the cloud, and introduced the use of Terraform for managing AWS infrastructure as code. Grant also automated manual operations tasks using Python.

Grant then joined Collibra as a cloud operations engineer, where they were responsible for cloud operations and infrastructure management.

Currently, Grant is working at Hypori as a cloud engineer, leveraging their expertise in cloud technology and infrastructure.

Throughout their career, Grant has demonstrated skills in cloud engineering, software development, project management, and troubleshooting. Grant has experience in technologies like AWS, Terraform, Python, Java, and MySQL.

Grant Gipson completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science at Mount Vernon Nazarene University from 2007 to 2011. In addition, they obtained several certifications such as the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Level, Red Hat Certified System Administrator, AWS Certified Developer - Associate Level, and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate Level. These certifications were obtained from Amazon Web Services and Red Hat between the years of 2016 and 2017.