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Emmanuel Fornah

Cloud Engineer | Hybrid Cloud on Azure and AWS | Healthcare and Regulated Operations

Dallas–Fort Worth, TX

I build cloud platforms for regulated healthcare and enterprise teams: right-sized costs, tested recovery, and data that stays where regulators require.

  • Disaster recovery
  • HIPAA-aligned
  • CLIA/CAP compliance
  • Automation
  • Landing zones
  • Hybrid cloud (Azure + AWS)
  • Kubernetes
  • Zero stored keys
  • Observability
  • AI-assisted operations
  • Solutions architecture
  • Cloud development
  • Infrastructure as code
  • CI/CD
  • Cost optimization

Now building

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Hybrid to Cloud

When a Texas winter storm takes a hospital site offline, lab quality control keeps running in the cloud.

  • Disaster recovery
  • HIPAA-aligned
  • Automation
  • Landing zone
  • Hybrid

1 of 7 stages done · Next: Z1 Azure landing zone

1 of 7
  • Proxmox cluster built as code; every playbook re-run reports zero changes.
  • Secrets encrypted with SOPS and age; gitleaks blocks leaks before a commit lands.
  • A Terraform smoke test caught a real defect in the golden image.

Shipped to production

HealthLab Portal

Serverless patient onboardingIntake to order, one workflow

Problem
Manual identity checks, paper intake, and insurance verification slow lab test orders and create billing rework.
Solution and result
One serverless workflow verifies identity, reads documents, and checks eligibility before the order, with a STRIDE threat model and HIPAA safeguards mapping.
  • Lambda
  • Step Functions
  • Rekognition
  • Textract
  • Cognito

Live site Repository

Enterprise DevOps Portfolio

Nine hands-on builds for hybrid and on-prem teams9 repos · Jenkins to EKS

Problem
Many healthcare and enterprise IT shops run Jenkins, Nexus, and self-managed Kubernetes, not only managed cloud services.
Solution and result
Nine working builds for teams that run their own tools: Jenkins CI/CD to Amazon EKS, Terraform-built EKS, a Helm chart from scratch, Kubernetes security, Ansible with CI linting, Nexus, hardened Docker and Linux, and Prometheus monitoring with alerting.
  • Jenkins
  • Terraform
  • EKS
  • Helm
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • Nexus
  • Docker
  • GitLab CI
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana

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Deployment Evolution

Right-sizing a live platform~70% lower cost

Problem
A scheduling app on Kubernetes (EKS) cost $180–220 a month, far more than its workload needed.
Solution and result
Moved it to Terraform-built Graviton EC2 across two Availability Zones for $50–70 a month, about 70% less, with zero-downtime blue/green releases.
  • Terraform
  • EC2 Graviton
  • EKS → EC2
  • Blue/Green

Live site

PedalWorks

Refactoring a monolith to serverlessNo stored credentials

Problem
A Django and RDS e-commerce monolith ran on always-on servers, so every release risked the whole store, scaling meant scaling everything, and stored cloud keys were a breach risk.
Solution and result
Refactored into serverless microservices that scale and deploy independently, cost only per request, run with least-privilege access per service, and ship through CI/CD with no stored credentials.
  • Lambda
  • API Gateway
  • DynamoDB
  • SAM
  • GitHub Actions OIDC

Live site

Building cloud for a hospital, lab, or regulated team?

I'd like to hear what you're running.

Skills

Cloud

  • AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, API Gateway, Step Functions, VPC, Route 53, CloudFront)
  • Azure (Entra ID, RBAC, Azure Policy, Portal/CLI)

Linux

  • Linux administration
  • systemd
  • Networking
  • SSH hardening
  • Bash

AI/ML

  • Amazon Bedrock
  • LangChain
  • SageMaker
  • Rekognition
  • Textract

IaC, Automation & Hybrid

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Packer
  • CloudFormation
  • SAM
  • CDK
  • Proxmox VE
  • Multi-account AWS

Containers & CI/CD

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • EKS
  • ECS Fargate
  • GitLab CI
  • GitHub Actions (OIDC)
  • CodePipeline/CodeDeploy
  • Helm
  • Jenkins
  • Nexus

Languages & Observability

  • Python (Boto3)
  • Node.js
  • React
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • CloudWatch
  • X-Ray
  • KMS
  • IAM least privilege

Certifications

In progress

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)Exam scheduled, November 2026
  • Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)In progress

Linux Foundation coursework

  • LFS256 DevOps and Workflow Management with ArgoSep 2026
  • LFS241 Monitoring Systems and Services with PrometheusSep 2026
  • LFS267 Jenkins EssentialsSep 2026
  • LFS162 Introduction to DevOps and Site Reliability EngineeringAug 2026
  • LFS158 Introduction to KubernetesMar 2026
  • LFS261 DevOps and SRE Fundamentals – Implementing Continuous DeliveryMar 2026
  • LFS253 Containers FundamentalsFeb 2026
  • LFS207 Linux System Administration EssentialsJan 2026
  • LFS203 Linux for Cloud Technicians EssentialsJan 2026
  • LFS101 Introduction to LinuxNov 2025

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Experience

  1. Medical Laboratory Technologist — Shift Lead, Roche Key Operator, Trainer

    Parkland HealthOct 2021 – Present

    • Key operator for Roche Cobas Pro analyzers supporting one of the nation's busiest emergency departments: calibration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
    • Verify and release results across Epic and Bio-Rad Unity Real Time using Westgard rules; own 24/7 monitoring and escalation; enforce CLIA/CAP compliance and audit-ready documentation.

  2. Medical Laboratory Scientist

    Reliance MedLabsJun 2018 – Oct 2021

    • Generalist; owned QC and troubleshooting; trained 6+ staff; supervised night shifts.

  3. Clinical Supervisor & LIS Integration Engineer

    Ecomed Advanced Medical Diagnostic CenterApr 2014 – 2017

    • Managed laboratory information system integrations and configuration management, including HL7 interfaces between Beckman Coulter analyzers and the LIS; led a 10-person team across three lab sections.

  4. Systems Engineer

    Emergency Health – House of GraceJan 2010 – May 2014

    • Administered Linux servers in a healthcare setting: user accounts and permissions, server management and maintenance, and troubleshooting for staff.

Education

  • M.S. Cloud Computing Systems, GPA 4.0, and Graduate Certificate, Cloud Computing and Networking

    University of Maryland Global CampusOct 2026

  • Cloud Application Developer + AI for Developers

    AWS Cloud InstituteMar 2025 – Mar 2026

  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Clinical Laboratory Science

    Tarleton State University

  • B.S. Biochemistry

    University of North Texas

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