About Me

I’m Samuel Suarez-Mendez, a first-generation senior at George Mason University pursuing a B.S. in Information Technology with a concentration in Cloud Computing.

I’m AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and currently preparing for the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification. I’m also developing skills in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and plan to expand into Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Microsoft Azure certifications.

My goal is to continue developing my technical and professional skills while supporting an organization that empowers communities and creates real-world impact through technology.

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Experience

Business Technology Intern — Freddie Mac, McLean, VA

May 2025 – July 2025

  • Supported CPM team with governance, QA, and communication across BRM and BTO.
  • Resolved data discrepancies in project tracking to achieve 100% report accuracy.
  • Facilitated stakeholder alignment meetings, expanding portfolio project coverage by 13%.
  • Co-developed AI-driven change management automation POC (ServiceNow CMDB, TPI, APIs) projected to save 960+ hours annually.

Time & Product Manager — Triad Energy (Capstone Sponsor), Fairfax, VA

August 2025 – Present

  • Led Agile planning, sprint tracking, and deliverable coordination for a 5-member team building a client management system.
  • Analyzed operations, identified pain points, and gathered system requirements with stakeholders.
  • Managed documentation, meeting minutes, and quality control for consistent standards.
  • Planned development roadmap and outlined technologies and tools for the solution.

Head Server — Ingle Korean Steakhouse, Vienna, VA

November 2022 – Present

  • Designed a service protocol recognized in D.C.’s Spring Dining Guide for 2 consecutive years.
  • Increased weekend throughput 30% via staff coordination and workflow refinement.
  • Trained and supervised new hires; maintained a 4.7/5 customer satisfaction rating.

Education

George Mason University

B.S. in Information Technology
Concentration: Cloud Computing
Expected Graduation: May 2026

Northern Virginia Community College

A.S. in Information Technology
Graduated: December 2023

Technical Skills

Programming & Platforms

Java Python Node.js Linux MySQL HTML CSS JSON

Cloud Platforms

AWS (EC2, S3, ELB, ASG, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, RDS, SNS, CFN) GCP (VM, Cloud SQL) Azure (VM, VNet, WAF)

Networking

IPv4/IPv6 VLANs OSPF DHCP DNS TCP/IP Static Routing

Security & Tools

Cloud Security Encryption Secure Coding IAM Policy Design Jira SharePoint Microsoft 365

Projects

Serverless Data Pipeline (AWS) — Fall 2025

  • Built serverless pipeline using S3, Lambda, and DynamoDB to automate CSV ingestion and processing.
  • Implemented CloudWatch alerts and IAM roles for secure, event-driven automation.

Auto-Scaling Web Application Infrastructure (AWS) — Summer 2025

  • Deployed multi-AZ Auto Scaling Group and Elastic Load Balancer to maintain 99.9% uptime.
  • Automated scaling at 40% CPU threshold using CloudWatch metrics and launch templates.

Node.js 3-Tier Architecture Web Application — Spring 2025

  • Developed a RESTful Node.js backend parsing URL to handle CRUD operations.
  • Designed and deployed a MySQL database with stored procedures improving query efficiency by 13%.

Restaurant Management System (Java OOP) — Fall 2024

  • Developed a modular Java system for restaurant creation, order management, and feedback tracking.
  • Applied OOP principles—encapsulation, inheritance, polymorphism—for scalability and maintainability.

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Issued by: Amazon Web Services

Agile Methodologies

Issued by: Coursera / Scrum Alliance