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Hi! I'm Emmanuel Ataba, a Computer Science graduate (UMGC) and AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate who likes to understand how things work, then make them work better. I've built PHP backends and WordPress sites for real clients, written applications in Java and Python, and designed, deployed, and secured serverless applications on AWS. Today I'm growing into full-stack development with Spring Boot and React, while studying for the AWS Developer – Associate certification.

Skills

Software Development 70%

Cloud Platforms (AWS) 60%

Programming Languages (HTML, CSS, JS, PHP, Python, C/C++, Java) 65%

Operating Systems (Windows, Linux, MacOS) 70%

Devops (CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform) 40%

Databases (Amazon RDS, Aurora, MySQL, DynamoDB, PostgreSQL) 70%

Monitoring & Security (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, IAM) 65%

Version Control (Git, GitHub, CodeCommit) 75%

Networking (VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, Route 53) 70%

Serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, SAM, Serveless Framework) 70%

Experience
& Projects

Where I've worked and what I've built

Work History

Full Stack Web Developer

06/2020 - 07/2023

Touko Banix, Buea, Cameroon

  • Developed and maintained full-stack web applications using PHP, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, WordPress, and SQL.
  • Integrated frontend components with backend APIs and implemented data-driven application functionality.
  • Designed and maintained MySQL databases, including tables, relationships, queries, and application data structures.
  • Developed SQL queries for data retrieval, insertion, updates, and reporting.
  • Implemented backend services and APIs to support real-time data processing and knowledge retrieval.
  • Built responsive user interfaces using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript, ensuring compatibility across browsers and screen sizes.
  • Developed reusable frontend components and implemented client-side validation and interactive functionality using JavaScript.
  • Built and customized WordPress websites, themes, plugins, and custom functionality based on project requirements.
  • Integrated third-party services and APIs with web applications and handled API responses and error conditions.
  • Used Git/GitHub for source control, code collaboration, and version management.
  • Performed debugging, functional testing, API testing, and database troubleshooting to resolve application issues.
  • Participated in requirements discussions, code reviews, feature development, testing, and application releases.

Projects

Cloud Resume Website

Personal Project

S3 · CloudFront · Route 53 · ACM · API Gateway · Lambda (Python) · DynamoDB · GitHub

  • Hosted this site from a private S3 bucket behind CloudFront (Origin Access Control), with HTTPS through an ACM certificate and Route 53 alias records for both the root and www domains.
  • Built a serverless visitor counter (API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB) using an atomic update, so simultaneous visits are never lost.
  • Hardened the API: input validation, generic error responses with private CloudWatch logging, rate limiting, restricted CORS, and a least-privilege IAM role scoped to one table and one key.
  • Manage the code on GitHub with a branch and pull request workflow.

Serverless Notification Platform

Take-Home Technical Assessment

Lambda · API Gateway · SNS · DynamoDB · IAM · CloudWatch · Postman

  • Designed and built a serverless platform that delivers notifications by email, SMS, and push, as a take-home assessment for a job application.
  • Implemented the core services with IAM roles scoped to least-privilege access for each service.
  • Monitored logs and troubleshot with CloudWatch; tested the REST endpoints with Postman.

AWS Infrastructure Projects

Personal Projects

EC2 · VPC · Elastic Load Balancing · AWS Organizations · IAM Identity Center

  • Built several 3-tier web architectures with EC2, target groups, and load balancers, using VPC routing tables, subnet design, and security groups for access control.
  • Set up AWS Organizations for multiple accounts, with IAM Identity Center (SSO) for centralized cross-account access.

Secure Password Manager

Capstone Project · Team

Python · Cross-platform desktop (Windows & Mac)

  • Collaborated in a team to design and build a secure password manager for Windows and Mac.
  • Built the session management module in Python, handling session creation and multiplatform access.

Java Applications

Coursework

Java · CLI & GUI

  • Built command-line and GUI applications, including a calculator, gas price and metric converters, and a U.S. tax calculator converted from a CLI tool into a GUI application.

EDUCATION AND
CERTIFICATIONS

Where I obtained my Accolades

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University of Maryland Global Campus - Adelphi, MD

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

2024 - 2026

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AMAZON

AWS Solutions Architect Associate CO3

2024 - 2027
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University of Buea - Buea, Cameroon

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering

2020 - 2023

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AMAZON

AWS Developer Associate CO2

In Progress

  • “Intellingence is not a Privilege but a gift to be used for the good of mankind”

    Dr. Otto Octavius, Spider-Man 2

  • “Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but to see quickly how to make them good.”

    Bertolt Brecht

  • “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world”

    Nelson Mandela

  1. 6

    Projects Completed

  2. 7K+

    Lines of Code

  3. 5+

    Happy Clients

  4. 0

    Site Visits

CONTACT ME

Get in touch with me

    Get in Touch

  1. Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
  2. atabaemmanuel3@gmail.com
  3. www.emmanuelataba.com