Aj Beck

AJ Beck has a diverse work experience in the field of technology and engineering. They started their career as a Computer Support Specialist at the University of Kentucky in 2007 and gained experience in providing technical support. Later, they worked at the University of Kentucky Healthcare as an Informatics Manager, where they were responsible for managing technology support for the Department of Pediatrics.

AJ Beck then transitioned into the corporate sector and worked as a Business Process Analyst and SharePoint Product Owner at Farm Credit Mid-America. They also worked as an Internal Auditor in Software Development Process at TEKsystems.

In 2015, AJ Beck joined HealthStream as a Senior Cloud Engineer, where they focused on cloud technologies and DevOps philosophies. They contributed to the growth of expertise in these areas and facilitated an automated CI/CD software delivery framework. They also served as an Advanced Software Engineer and Business Analyst during their tenure at HealthStream.

After that, AJ Beck worked at SwagUp as a Site Reliability Engineer and at Smart USA Co as a DevOps Engineer. They then became a Senior Consultant II at Neudesic, where they continued their work in consulting and engineering.

Most recently, AJ Beck joined Smart Pension as an Associate Principal Site Reliability Engineer, demonstrating their expertise and specialization in site reliability engineering and technology leadership.

AJ Beck completed their education at the University of Kentucky, where they obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from 2000 to 2012. Additionally, they have obtained several certifications in the field of technology and cloud computing. These certifications include:

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional from Amazon Web Services (AWS), obtained in August 2022.

- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002) from HashiCorp, obtained in August 2022.

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate from Microsoft, obtained in August 2022.

- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals from Microsoft, obtained in June 2022.

- AWS Solutions Architect - Associate from Amazon Web Services, obtained in November 2018.

- Amazon Web Services SysOps Administrator - Associate from Amazon Web Services (AWS), obtained in December 2019.