Jane Wilkin
Principal Cloud Engineer · Collaborator · Builder
I'm a technologist with two decades of experience building resilient systems and the teams that run them. I work at the intersection of deep technical expertise and human collaboration, translating complexity into clarity, mentoring engineers, and making the people around me more effective.
Currently seeking my next full-time role, and open to consultancy projects. Let's talk.
Recent Writing
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February 2026
The Migration Nobody Wanted
How I built the case for migrating a legacy MySQL database to Aurora Global on a platform handling over a billion API calls a month, and why the hardest part wasn't the technical work.
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January 2026
Driving DevOps Maturity: Implementing a Fully Code-Driven Build System
How we transitioned from error-prone manual processes to a fully automated, code-driven approach using Packer, Ansible, Terraform, and Docker, and why openness, transparency, and repeatability matter more than any specific tool.
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