Matthew Santiago

Cloud & network engineering · Chicago, IL

Information Technology graduate specializing in networking, certified as an AWS Solutions Architect. I build and document cloud infrastructure — most recently a multi-tier VPC and the site you're reading.

AWS console resource map showing my-project-vpc with four subnets across two Availability Zones, three route tables, an internet gateway and a NAT gateway.
Project 01 — public subnets route to an internet gateway, private subnets egress through NAT.

Certifications

2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)
2026
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Projects

Multi-tier VPC

Built a VPC from scratch, four subnets across two Availability Zones, internet gateway for public traffic, NAT gateway for private egress, and separate route tables enforcing the split. Web server deployed with security groups scoped to a single source address for administrative access.

  • VPC
  • EC2
  • NAT Gateway
  • Route Tables
  • Security Groups

This site

Static site in an S3 bucket that blocks all public access. CloudFront reaches it through Origin Access Control and nothing else can; requests straight to the bucket return AccessDenied. HTTPS via ACM, DNS through Route 53 alias records.

  • S3
  • CloudFront
  • OAC
  • ACM
  • Route 53

Background

Education
B.S. Information Technology, Lewis University — networking specialization, cum laude
Honors
Senior Honors Certificate, sole recipient for the IT major
Networking
TCP/IP · DNS · DHCP · subnetting · routing & switching · firewalls
Systems
Linux · Windows · Active Directory · command line