Army Recon Mindset • Cloud Engineering Execution

Mission-focused cloud infrastructure.

Mason Curtiss • Cloud & DevOps Engineer

I build AWS infrastructure, containerized applications, Kubernetes deployments, and CI/CD workflows with a focus on discipline, reliability, automation, troubleshooting, and documentation.

My background combines U.S. Army experience, managed cloud services exposure, and hands-on DevOps projects using AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Linux, and Ansible.

AWS
Compute, networking, storage, containers
IaC
Terraform-provisioned environments
CI/CD
Jenkins pipeline validation
K8s
EKS deployments and validation
Field-Tested Projects

Built, deployed, validated, and documented.

These projects demonstrate hands-on work across AWS infrastructure, container deployment, Kubernetes, CI/CD, automation, Linux, and troubleshooting.

Tech Challenge // 01

AWS ECS Fargate Jenkins CI/CD

Deployed a containerized React frontend and Express backend to AWS ECS Fargate using Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, and an Application Load Balancer.

AWS ECS Fargate Terraform Jenkins Docker
  • ECS Fargate deployment
  • Terraform-provisioned infrastructure
  • Application Load Balancer access
  • Jenkins Docker troubleshooting
Tech Challenge // 02

Flask EKS Terraform Jenkins CI/CD

Built a Flask application, containerized it with Docker, pushed it to Amazon ECR, deployed it to Amazon EKS, and validated Jenkins pipeline automation.

Flask Docker Amazon ECR Amazon EKS Kubernetes
  • Docker image pushed to ECR
  • EKS node access validated
  • Kubernetes pod running
  • Public LoadBalancer URL
Tech Challenge // 03

AWS Terraform Ansible Infrastructure

Provisioned AWS infrastructure with Terraform and configured a Linux web server using Ansible automation.

AWS Terraform Ansible Linux EC2
  • Infrastructure as Code workflow
  • EC2 server provisioning
  • Ansible configuration automation
  • Security group and IAM practice
Project // Cloud Migration

WordPress Application Migration to AWS

Migrated and deployed a WordPress LAMP stack to AWS EC2 using Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, security groups, SSH access, and database backup workflows.

AWS EC2 Linux Apache MySQL WordPress
  • LAMP stack deployment
  • Linux permissions configuration
  • MySQL database setup
  • Backup and restore workflow
Technical Capabilities

Cloud, automation, containers, and systems.

My technical foundation is built through repeated hands-on work: deploying systems, automating infrastructure, validating results, and troubleshooting issues.

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS EC2 S3 IAM VPC ECS EKS ECR

DevOps Automation

Terraform Ansible Jenkins CI/CD Git GitHub

Containers & Kubernetes

Docker Kubernetes kubectl EKS Fargate YAML

Systems

Linux Ubuntu Windows WSL SSH PowerShell

Applications

Python Flask Node.js React Express WordPress

Security Fundamentals

IAM Security Groups Access Control Least Privilege Logging
Background and Operating Mindset

Discipline, ownership, and practical execution.

My background shaped how I approach cloud engineering: understand the mission, build with purpose, verify the outcome, and keep improving.

U.S. Army Veteran

My Army background developed my ability to work under pressure, stay disciplined, adapt quickly, and execute with accountability.

Recon-Inspired Approach

Recon taught me the value of preparation, observation, communication, and precision. I bring that same mindset into infrastructure work and technical problem-solving.

Managed Cloud Services Exposure

My experience around managed cloud services gives me perspective on why infrastructure matters to business outcomes like uptime, security, modernization, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Documentation-First Builder

I document what I build, why I build it, what broke, how I fixed it, and what I learned. That turns each project into repeatable engineering knowledge.

Ready for the next mission.

I'm focused on cloud engineering, DevOps automation, and infrastructure roles where I can help build reliable, secure, and scalable cloud environments.