Cloud systems / infrastructure / operations

Jacob Oberst

Cloud Systems Administrator building reliable infrastructure, reducing operational friction, and turning complex environments into systems teams can trust.

Based in MichiganAWS focusedOpen to thoughtful opportunities

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Work, in context.

A career that moved from hands-on support and systems engineering into cloud architecture and administration. Open an entry for the details behind the title.

Aug 2025 - PresentEmployment

AWS Systems Administrator

Stout

Supporting standardized infrastructure, containerized workloads, image pipelines, and cost-aware cloud operations.

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Assisting adoption of Terraform for standardized infrastructure provisioning.
Managing ECS clusters backed by EC2 instances and designing EC2 Image Builder pipelines.
Re-architecting Azure Backup configurations and right-sizing Azure virtual machines.

Jun 2022 - Aug 2025Employment

Cloud Systems Administrator

Dollar Bank

Spearheaded cloud adoption and built resilient AWS infrastructure across compute, networking, storage, identity, and backup.

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Architected EC2, ALB, EFS, Route 53, CloudFront, S3, VPC, and Transit Gateway solutions.
Automated EC2 and S3 builds with CloudFormation and used Systems Manager for fleet management and maintenance.
Reduced test server costs by approximately 60% with Systems Manager scheduling.
Built cross-account AWS Backup, strengthened IAM controls, and remediated Trusted Advisor findings.
Administered Linux and Windows servers and automated AMI creation with EC2 Image Builder.

Jun 2021 - May 2022Employment

Systems Engineer I

AM Data Service

Built and maintained Windows infrastructure, supported customers, and helped move clients into stable private-cloud environments.

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Built and replaced Active Directory environments and managed firewalls.
Built and managed Windows servers in a private cloud environment.
Deployed customer onboarding tooling and Office 365 solutions while troubleshooting a broad range of technical issues.

Mar 2021 - Jun 2021Employment

IT Specialist

Parker & Lynch

Sole onsite IT specialist supporting daily operations, procurement, VoIP, and business systems.

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Partnered with the contracted MSP to resolve day-to-day technology issues.
Managed IT equipment purchasing, business VoIP configuration, and Access databases.

Nov 2018 - Mar 2021Employment

IT Technician

EHS Tech Ops, Central Michigan University

Provided technical support for staff and faculty while keeping classroom, lab, Windows, and Mac environments ready for learning.

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Managed classroom technology, computer labs, lab software packages, and Office 365 tools.
Used SCCM for Windows software deployment and Munki for MacOS software management.

Aug 2017 - May 2021Education

Bachelor of Science, Information Technology

Central Michigan University

GPA: 3.2

Tools with a purpose.

The technologies are useful because of the problems they solve: repeatable delivery, resilient systems, clear access, and less operational waste.

Cloud & infrastructure

AWS, EC2, ALB, EFS, S3, Route 53, CloudFront, VPC, Transit Gateway

Automation & delivery

CloudFormation, Terraform, Systems Manager, EC2 Image Builder, infrastructure automation

Systems administration

Linux, Windows Server, Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, Active Directory, Office 365

Security, storage & networking

IAM, security groups, AWS Backup, EBS, DNS management, load balancing, firewalls

Credentials.

Certifications and formal education supporting the practical work above.

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

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AWS Certified Developer - Associate

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Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - AZ-900

Good infrastructure should feel calm.

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