Steve Grigg
I bridge the gap between
Cloud Architecture and Organizational Adoption.
AWS Mentor & Technical Strategy Architect @ Cordea Consulting | Microsoft & AWS Veteran.
The Impact: I architect the systems and mentorship frameworks that scale cloud adoption in regulated environments. From Epic EHR migrations to MELT-based observability, I minimize friction through data-driven design and high-precision automation.
Strategic Impact
Architecting systems that drive adoption, scalability, and technical ROI in high-stakes environments.
Ops-Pilot: Pre-Sales Environment Automation
I engineered Ops-Pilot to automate the rapid deployment, management, and teardown of complex AWS environments for high-stakes customer presentations, ensuring 100% cost optimisation and resource hygiene.
Regulated Cloud Observability
Implementing MELT (Metrics, Events, Logs, Traces) frameworks within regulated healthcare environments. Specialising in reducing MTTR by correlating traces across hybrid cloud footprints during large-scale EHR migrations.
Clinical Cloud Transformation
Translating complex AWS Shared Responsibility Models into clinical-context analogies to ensure 100% compliance with HIPAA and HITRUST standards. Leading role-based upskilling for technical and operational teams.
Data-Driven Friction Analysis
Using telemetry to quantify architectural bottlenecks. Proved 40% of technical deployment friction was caused by specific IAM misconfigurations, leading to permanent structural fixes in presentation environments.
High-Precision Presentation Engineering
Utilising demotype to ensure customer-facing technical presentations are executed with flawless precision, managing terminal states and inputs to eliminate human error during C-Suite briefings.
Technical Leadership & Enablement
Collaborating directly with C-Suite leadership (CTO) to evolve technical offerings and align architectural outcomes with enterprise migration milestones.
Technical Portfolio & Strategic Utilities
Ops-Pilot
High-Precision Pre-Sales Environments
Ops-Pilot | Automated PoC & Live Demo Provisioning
A custom Python CLI utility engineered to eliminate technical friction during high-stakes pre-sales engagements. It automates the rapid deployment and teardown of complex, multi-resource AWS architectures via CloudFormation, allowing me to spin up tailored client environments on demand.
Commercial Impact:
Incorporates automated security "Gatekeepers" to prevent cross-account resource leakage. By reducing environment setup time by an estimated 70%, it accelerates the transition from initial architecture discovery to live, client-facing solution demonstrations.
demotype
Flawless Live Presentation Execution
demotype | High-Precision Customer Presentation Engine
An automation framework designed to ensure customer-facing technical presentations run flawlessly by managing command-line inputs and terminal states. It removes the risk of human error and syntax hiccups during live, high-stakes architectural deep-dives.
The Result:
Keeps the client’s focus squarely on architectural strategy, business value, and organizational adoption rather than the mechanics of real-time troubleshooting during executive briefings.
D.A.R.T. Framework Architecture
Information Architecture Case Study
The Problem:
Technical knowledge fragmentation was decreasing efficiency; instructors were hunting through silos instead of delivering content.
The Solution:
I designed the D.A.R.T. Framework to consolidate silos into a governed system, recapturing 60% of prep time and ensuring a single source of truth for global teams.
Secure AI RAG Framework
Enterprise AI Infrastructure
Secure AI RAG Framework
A local-first RAG framework featuring bi-directional PII masking and local embeddings. Designed for secure technical enablement and compliance-aware AI integration in zero-trust enterprise environments.
PII Privacy Gateway
Cloud Security & Middleware Engineering
PII Privacy Gateway
Built with FastAPI, this engine uses regex, algorithmic verification (Luhn), and entropy-based scanning to scrub API payloads in memory before they persist to disk.
Multi-Region HA/DR
HADR Architecture
Multi-Region HADR Architecture
Utilises Route 53 Health Checks and RDS Cross-Region Read Replicas to ensure 99.99% availability. Designed as a "Warm Standby" to maintain a low-cost idle state in secondary regions.
gollog
Cybersecurity & Data Privacy
gollog | Deterministic Runtime Log Redaction
Python middleware acting as a security layer that scrubs sensitive data (financials, PII) while it is still in memory. Ensures logs remain clean and data remains sovereign.
Experience
AWS Mentor / Technical Strategy & Enablement Architect
Cordea Consulting (Healthcare)Leading AWS mentorship and enablement for a large-scale Epic EHR migration. I architect the high-precision enablement frameworks and "See One, Do One, Teach One" technical strategies that bridge the gap between legacy on-premises systems and "Guardrail-First" cloud architecture. Collaborating with the CTO to align upskilling outcomes with enterprise migration milestones.
Principal Content Specialist
Microsoft (Sovereign Cloud)Embedded with engineering teams to translate Sovereign Cloud SOPs into customer-ready training. Utilised GenAI (Copilot) and "vibe coding" to build visual walkthroughs for complex processes like incident submission and SLA credit calculations.
Technical Trainer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Delivered high-stakes technical training to enterprise clients including Boeing and JPMorgan Chase. Architected the D.A.R.T. Framework and Instructor Resource Hub (IRH) to centralise content and cut instructor prep time by 60%.
Technical Trainer
Elastic Path SoftwareFocused on accelerating "time-to-value" for customers by demystifying API-driven headless commerce. Designed hands-on workshops that taught developers how to integrate complex architectures, supporting sales and product adoption.
Senior Developer
Central 1 Credit UnionEngineered web-based financial applications with a focus on SQL optimisation and workflow automation. Bridged the gap between business requirements and technical specifications for high-stakes banking platforms.
Technical Stack & Certifications
AWS Certifications (Core Architecture & Professional)
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Specialising in CI/CD, automation, and high-availability systems.AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Mastery of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure.AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty
Expertise in data lakes, streaming, and visualisation strategy.AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
AWS Certified Developer
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Grade 1000/1000.
Data & AI (Platforms and Foundations)
Databricks Generative AI Fundamentals
Accredited in LLM foundations and enterprise GenAI strategy.Cisco Python Essentials 2
Advanced Python foundations for automation and software development.Databricks Fundamentals Accreditation
AWS Educate Machine Learning Foundations
Modern AI Workflow & 'Vibe Coding'
Leveraging MSFT 365 Copilot, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini for rapid prototyping.
Security, Risk & Sovereign Cloud
Sovereign Cloud Operations
Translating complex engineering SOPs into secure, compliant training paths.ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity Candidate
Fundamental network security and risk mitigation principles.
Product, Enablement & Customer Strategy
Champion - Authorized Instructor
Top-tier global delivery credential for AWS training partners.D.A.R.T. Framework (LXD Strategy)
A proprietary Content Governance and Information Architecture model for scaling global delivery.Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner
Applying UX principles to technical learning journeys.
Education
HNC Software Development
London Metropolitan UniversityPIDP in School of Instructor Education
Vancouver Community College (VCC)Certificate in Business Communication and Professional Writing
Simon Fraser UniversityProject Management/Resource Utilization
British Columbia Institute of Technology