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Jaime R.

Forward Deployed Engineer & AWS Solutions Architect

Is your AWS bill climbing to $30K+/month with database throttling or mysterious orphaned resources costing thousands? Is your production platform stuck on legacy VPS infrastructure while every migration quote is $50K+ and 3 months away? Do you need HIPAA compliance or SOC2 certification because investors are demanding audit readiness before your Series A? If you said yes to at least one of these questions, you are at the right place! Hi! I’m Jaime. AWS Solutions Architect specializing in emergency cost optimization, rapid cloud migrations, and compliance under deadline for SaaS, insurance, fintech, and healthcare companies. Recent Wins: • Identified $86,400 annual AWS savings for a SaaS platform (Sept 2025) — RDS Proxy misconfiguration + orphaned Network Manager • Resolved 413,937 DynamoDB throttles/week → 0 (99.4% improvement) • Deployed AWS Control Tower + 3-tier VPC with Terraform in 3 days (insurance platform migration) • Improved HIPAA compliance 52% → 61% in 6 weeks (Drata score) I architect AWS systems that solve urgent crises: runaway costs, database performance bottlenecks, blocked migrations, and compliance deadlines. Whether you’re hemorrhaging money on misconfigured infrastructure, hitting database capacity limits, or stuck on legacy systems while competitors ship faster — I specialize in rapid investigation, defensive engineering, and zero-downtime implementations. AWS Cloud Architecture: • Cost Optimization: Forensic investigations, orphaned resource discovery, right-sizing analysis (typical savings $60K–$90K annually) • Database Performance: DynamoDB throttling resolution, RDS Performance Insights analysis, connection pooling optimization • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform multi-module architectures, AWS Control Tower, multi-account Organizations • Cloud Migrations: VPS → AWS (Terraform-automated, 2–4 weeks), container orchestration (ECS, Docker Compose) • Serverless: Lambda, API Gateway, SQS message processing, EventBridge monitoring • Container Orchestration: ECS cluster design, Docker multi-application deployments, ALB integration • Database Management: RDS PostgreSQL, DynamoDB GSI implementation, ElastiCache Redis, automated backups • Security & Monitoring: CloudWatch forensic analysis, GuardDuty, CloudTrail (6-year retention), VPC Flow Logs Compliance & Emergency Response • HIPAA: Technical safeguards, PHI handling, Drata control implementation, encryption enforcement, AWS BAA acceptance • SOC2: Security controls, compliance gap identification, evidence generation, audit readiness • SaaS Licensing: 31-category infrastructure audits, 90% documentation accuracy verification • Emergency Response: Same-day production crisis response (7-minute fix record), weekend availability, zero-downtime implementations Industries Served • SaaS: Cost optimization, database performance, scaling crises • Insurance: HIPAA-compliant platform migrations, multi-tenant architecture • Fintech: Security compliance, PCI considerations, audit readiness • Healthcare: HIPAA compliance, clinical trial architectures, medical device integration • LegalTech: SOC2 certification, data governance, regulatory precision We Are a Perfect Fit If: ✅ You’re facing an urgent AWS crisis: $20K+/month bills with unclear sources, database hitting 99% CPU causing outages, or failed migration attempts leaving you stuck on legacy infrastructure. ✅ You need rapid results under deadline: Investor-mandated compliance certifications, platform migrations blocking product launches, or production performance issues causing customer churn. ✅ You value defensive engineering: Investigation-first approach, READ-only forensics before changes, evidence-based recommendations with ROI calculations, and 4-level rollback procedures for all implementations.

🇲🇽Mexico City, Mexico$48/hr100% JSS3.84 (22)Since Aug 2024
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Earnings and projects

MRR
$2.7k

Last 6 months ÷ 6

World#14,818 / 412k
🇲🇽Country#181 / 3,563
Revenue, last 30 days
$651

Last 6 months: $16k

World#55,781 / 412k
🇲🇽Country#676 / 3,563
Total earnings
$54k

Billed in all: $55k

World#71,755 / 412k
🇲🇽Country#672 / 3,563
Per project
$1.2k

$2.3k in the last 6 months

World#110,754 / 412k
🇲🇽Country#1,049 / 3,563
Projects, last 6 months
7
57% fixed43% hourly
World#28,828 / 412k
🇲🇽Country#146 / 3,563
Projects in all
45

Across 50 contracts

82% fixed18% hourly
World#67,785 / 412k
🇲🇽Country#325 / 3,563

Earnings, last 30 days

$55.4k+$651 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$54.5k$55.0k$55.5kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 6% in Cybersecurity Management

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  2. #17Security Engineering229 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #1Top 7%
  3. #23SOC 2200 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #1Top 12%
  4. #30Infrastructure as Code430 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #2Top 7%
  5. #39AWS CloudFormation595 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #1Top 7%
  6. #41Cybersecurity Management728 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #1Top 6%
  7. #60Cloud Security639 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #1Top 9%
  8. #114HIPAA1,315 freelancers · 🇲🇽 #2Top 9%