Daniel Small
Senior Solutions Architect at AWS
- Role
- Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Daniel Small
Senior Cloud and Security Architect with 20+ years designing and securing enterprise infrastructure across global organizations, federal environments, and financial institutions. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional currently leading multi-account architecture and large-scale cloud migrations at Amazon Web Services.Deep expertise in Zero Trust security, resilient network architecture, and enterprise modernization. Active DoD Top Secret clearance with a track record of leading complex transformation programs that improve security posture, availability, and operational maturity. Equally comfortable at the whiteboard, the keyboard, and the board room.
Experience
Senior Solutions Architect
Mar 2022 — Present · Boston, MA, US
Lead architecture strategy for large enterprises, ISVs, SMB, and startups by designing secure multi-account targetarchitectures that accelerate complex migrations from on-premises and multi-cloud environments to AWS.• Unblock and accelerate migration programs valued up to $100M by standardizing landing zone patterns, reducing productionrisk, enhancing disaster recovery and high availability, and improving cost efficiency 15+%.• Advise C-level stakeholders on modernization strategies and risk mitigation, driving business transformation and enterprise-wide architecture alignment across business units.• Provide financial analysis and cost optimization to drive business transformation and modernization for AWS customers.• Extended influence beyond customer engagements by speaking at AWS re:Invent 2025, delivering executive briefings (EBCs),authoring AWS-published technical content, and co-developing AWS learning content and technical workshops.
Education
Brown University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Theatre/Theater
1990 — 1994
Skills
- Integrating Acquisitions
- Wireless
- Ccie
- Network Administration
- Cisco Call Manager
- Catalyst Switches
- Acquisition Integration
- Bgp
- Qos
- Ccnp
- Rip
- Film
- Network Security
- Asa
- Cisco Nexus
- Hsrp
- Voip
- Data Center
- Cisco Wireless
- Network Communications
- Vpn
- Film Production
- Wan
- Pix
- Vlan
- Lan-Wan
- Firewalls
- Cisco Certified
- Switches
- Cisco Security
- Ospf
- Routers
- Wireless Networking
- Cisco Ios
- Networking
- Tcp/Ip
- Network Design
- Cisco Technologies
- Ethernet
- Dns
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