Kenneth Yarbrough

AWS Certified Cloud Engineer | 20+ Years Enterprise IT

📍 Location
Edmond, OK 73012

📱 Phone
405.820.6182

✉️ Email
Kenny_Yarbrough@outlook.com

🌐 Website
kennyyar.com

Professional Summary

AWS certified Systems/Cloud Engineer with 20 years of enterprise IT experience. Proven expertise in large-scale cloud migrations, infrastructure automation, and hybrid environments. Former AWS Authorized Instructor with deep knowledge of security, compliance, and scalability best practices.

Work Experience

Pantheon Data

AWS Migration Engineer

June 2024 - May 2025

Assisted with target application design by ensuring best practices for availability, security, and scalability were adhered to
Created architectural design documents for target applications
Created infrastructure as code templates in CloudFormation for resource deployments
Delivered internal workshops on AWS and acted as a technical resource for team members
Conducted the technical portion of job interviews to ensure candidates met the requirements
Advised internal IT team on achieving required compliance in AWS by utilizing tools such as Control Tower, AWS Config, Service Control Policies, and EventBridge automation
Met virtually or occasionally in person with clients to understand application requirements

Amazon Web Services

Senior AWS Instructor

August 2020 - June 2024

Delivered AWS classes in a variety of areas including migration, security, architecting, operations, and development
Acted as a mentor to newer instructors and freelancers to help them become AWS Authorized Instructors
Delivered public webinars to audiences that numbered into the hundreds
Delivered classes on specialized AWS partitions such as GovCloud
Developed hands-on demonstrations to use during class
Authorized to deliver over 15 different courses including advanced and specialty courses like Security Engineering On AWS, Advanced Architecting On AWS, and DevOps Engineering On AWS

Chesapeake Energy

Cloud Engineer

April 2014 - August 2020

Supported resources running in both AWS and Azure
Major part of migrating and building dozens of applications in the cloud
Modernized virtual machine build process reducing deployment time from hours to minutes
Managed VMware Cloud On AWS environment used for disaster recovery and migrations
Key player in over 4000 cross vCenter virtual machine migrations and dozens of physical to virtual conversions
Scripted virtual machine deployments with PowerShell to require very little interaction
Deployed and maintained VMware vRealize products including Operations, Network Insights, and LifeCycle Manager
Maintained 1000+ Windows servers ranging from Windows Server 2008 to Server 2019

Dell

Senior Systems Engineer → Technical Trainer → Team Lead

March 2006 - April 2014

Served as an escalation point for enterprise software issues, specializing in Windows Server and systems management
Taught classes on systems management products including Dell OpenManage Essentials, Dell SupportAssist, and System Center Operations Manager
Supervised a team of 17 technicians, providing coaching and performance improvement guidance
Delivered over 90 hours of training to technicians on newly released servers, RAID technology, and tape drives
Analyzed metrics and audited sessions to identify areas for improvement

Key Skills & Technologies

Cloud Platforms

AWS

Azure

VMware Cloud on AWS

GovCloud

AWS Services

EC2

RDS

DynamoDB

CloudFormation

CloudFront

CloudWatch

ECS

GuardDuty

IAM

Control Tower

Virtualization

VMware ESXi

vCenter Server

vSAN

vRealize Suite

Hyper-V

Technical Training

PowerPoint

Whiteboarding

Live Demonstrations

Virtual Training

Mentoring

Systems & Scripting

Windows Server

PowerShell

Infrastructure as Code

RAID Technology

Current Certifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
Professional Level

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Professional Level

AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Associate Level

AWS Certified Developer
Associate Level

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
Associate Level

AWS Certified Security
Specialty

VMware Certified Professional
Data Center Virtualization 2019

CompTIA Security+
Security Certification

Education & Military

University of Central Oklahoma

Bachelor of Business Administration

December 2003

Management Information Systems

Oklahoma Army National Guard

Ground Surveillance Systems Operator

Aug 1996 - Feb 2003

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