Steven McGown

Hi! I'm Steven, a

Cloud Engineer ☁️

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me

I'm a Cloud Engineer with a passion for music and web design, and a dedicated instructor. Originally from South Carolina, I earned a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from the University of South Carolina. I've since pursued further education at MIT, focusing on data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.

I currently work full time at Duke Energy with a wonderful team.

As I worked at Duke as a new hire, I was also pursuing a data science certificate at MIT. That course was helping me better serve Duke's product teams who used AWS AI tools. I had hoped to grow in that company to help develop those tools upon completing the course.

As I worked at Duke as a new hire, I was also pursuing a data science certificate at MIT. That course was helping me better serve Duke's product teams who used AWS AI tools. I had hoped to grow in that company to help develop those tools upon completing the course.

I was contracted at Duke Energy through Brooksource after passing my AWS Cloud Practitioner cert. In the span of 9 months, I learned how to automate IaC with Terraform and support over 100 teams using Amazon Web Services.

During this time, I also achieved the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification.

Upon graduating college, I accepted a DevOps internship while I worked two other jobs as a chef and martial arts instructor.

This internship gave me the opportunity to learn how modern tech start-ups utilize DevOps practices like CI/CD piplines, containerization, agile methodology and cloud computing.

Dominion Energy was my introduction into the IT workforce. At Dominion Energy, I learned how South Carolina's energy is created, monitored and delivered.

Placed on the enterprise server team, I learned how to manage business application servers using hypervisors, maintain IT infrastructure, and deploy/retire virtual machines with scripting.

Applied data science has a broad scope of data science which includes researching new applications of data science and creating new methods or functions for faster retrieval of data and analysis.

This course helped me explore the realms of Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Neural Networks, and how they can be applied to areas such as Computer Vision. I also developed strong foundations in Python, mathematics, and statistics for data science.

CIS students learn the programming skills necessary to become effective software developers. However, the CIS major differs from other computing majors in that a minor in Business Information Management is built into the degree.

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam validates technical expertise in designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.

The focus of this certification is on the design of cost and performance optimized solutions, demonstrating a strong understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

This credential helps organizations identify and develop talent with critical knowledge related to implementing cloud initiatives. Earning AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner validates cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge.

TestOut PC Pro certification is to verify necessary skills to work as an IT support professional. In an IT support job, you’ll be asked to install, repair, configure, secure, and manage computer hardware, operating systems, and software in home or corporate environments.

These are the most basic and foundational skills required of all IT professionals. Additionally, communication, listening and analysis skills are essentials for interacting with customers.

Chris HartDevOps Consultant

"Steven is a great addition to any team. Easy to work with and excellent at delivering, he's a self starter who will get it done and smart enough to figure it out if he doesn't already know how. You c...

Davis EdwardsWeb Developer

"Steven is a driven, motivated person who excels at creative problem solving and who perserveres in the face of challenge. He is constantly learning, relearning and teaching himself and anyone else wh...

Ryan RichardCloud Engineer

"Steven has been an amazing mentor and someone who embodies selflessness. He has been helping me learn new topics, helping accelerate my growth and given me guidance as I work towards Cloud / DevOps r...

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