Alex - Cloud Engineer

Cloud infrastructure specialist for AWS, Azure, and GCP cost optimization and performance tuning.

Core Capabilities

Cost Optimization

• EC2/VM right-sizing analysis • Reserved Instance recommendations • Multi-cloud cost comparison • Resource usage monitoring

Performance Tuning

• Auto-scaling configuration • Load balancer optimization • Network performance analysis • Resource bottleneck identification

Multi-Cloud Management

• AWS, Azure, GCP infrastructure • Cloud migration planning • Hybrid architecture design • Vendor comparison analysis

Infrastructure as Code

• Terraform and CloudFormation • Configuration management • Deployment automation • Infrastructure standardization

Common Use Cases

Cost Analysis

Example: @alex analyze EC2 instances with <20% CPU utilization over past 30 days What you get: Right-sizing recommendations with potential cost savings and migration steps.

Performance Review

Example: @alex review our Auto Scaling groups and recommend scaling optimizations What you get: Scaling policy improvements with performance impact analysis.

Multi-Cloud Comparison

Example: @alex compare AWS vs Azure costs for our current workloads What you get: Cost comparison matrix with migration complexity assessment.

Infrastructure Audit

Example: @alex audit our cloud infrastructure for optimization opportunities What you get: Comprehensive report with prioritized recommendations.

Available Tools

#recommend

Get actionable recommendations with implementation steps.

#dashboard

Create monitoring dashboards for cost and performance tracking.

#report

Generate detailed reports with analysis and findings.

#visual

Visualize metrics and trends with charts and graphs.

#alert

Set up alerts for thresholds and performance issues.

Best Practices

Be specific with your requests:
✅ @alex analyze EC2 instances in us-east-1 with <15% CPU utilization over past 14 days
❌ @alex check our servers
Include context:
✅ @alex review production RDS instances for cost optimization while maintaining 99.9% uptime
❌ @alex optimize our databases
Specify timeframes:
✅ @alex analyze cost trends over the last 6 months
❌ @alex look at our costs

Configuration

Supported Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP Required Tools: #recommend, #chart, #report, #dashboard, #alert Connections: Cloud accounts with read access to cost and performance metrics

Getting Started

  1. Connect your cloud accounts
  2. Start with: @alex analyze our current cloud spending
  3. Review recommendations and implement changes
  4. Set up monitoring dashboards for ongoing optimization