Rust MCP server for CloudWatch Logs
An internal Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets AI agents look up and run sensitive operational commands without exposing credentials.
Systems Development Engineer · University Place, Washington
Hi, I'm Andrew.
I build the infrastructure, pipelines, and tools that let cloud services launch and run reliably, and I lead the projects that ship them. I spent 11 years at AWS, most recently designing infrastructure as code and AI-powered tooling for CloudWatch.
Open to engineering management, systems development, and software development roles.
At a glance
- 19 years in tech, from Washington State University's Student Computing Services to AWS
- 11 years at AWS, from support engineer to systems development engineer
- 27 regions where I launched API Gateway, CloudWatch Logs, and Telemetry Config
- 50+ packages and 30+ pipelines built using my TypeScript AWS CDK constructs
What I do
Infrastructure and automation
I design and automate cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and tests, using TypeScript and the AWS CDK.
Launches and reliability
I configure, deploy, and launch services in new AWS regions, including air-gapped government clouds. I've been the primary on-call and incident response engineer for multiple AWS production services.
AI-assisted engineering
I build tools that let AI agents work safely with real systems, such as an MCP server for service operations and agent skills that bring AI into everyday software development.
Technical leadership
I've project-managed region launches across 4 teams, led Sev2 incident response and design reviews, and mentored engineers. I've also interviewed engineering candidates for Amazon's hiring loops, and trained support engineers worldwide as AWS's first API Gateway expert.
Selected work
API Gateway region launches
Led API Gateway launches in 14 new AWS Regions and 3 Amazon Dedicated Cloud regions, including air-gapped government regions.
my-school-menus
A command-line tool that turns school breakfast and lunch menus into calendar feeds you can subscribe to in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, or Home Assistant.
Get in touch
I'm looking for my next role. The fastest way to reach me is a message on LinkedIn.