Arthur Shafer

TS/SCI Cloud Architect & Technical Program Manager

Bridging the gap between military operations and serverless cloud innovation.

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Work Experience

Enterprise Architect / Technical Program Manager

Booz Allen Hamilton

Lead technical portfolio management for DoD clients, translating mission requirements into secure, deployable software solutions exceeding $10M+ in value. Direct requirements decomposition across 10+ engineering teams and spearhead Agile transformation for national-security applications.

Senior Consultant, Technology & Innovation

CVS Health

Managed concurrent IT modernization projects, prioritizing efforts by ROI and business impact. Authored technical requirement documents aligning retail business objectives with backend system capabilities.

Business Systems Analyst (Intern)

SpaceX

Supported implementation of enterprise ERP system features and bug fixes. Collaborated with engineers and product managers to enhance system stability and user adoption.

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bryant University

Applied Analytics Concentration

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Bryant University

Concentration in Information Systems and Chinese Studies • GPA 3.7

U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst

Military Service

Honorably discharged disabled veteran with operational intelligence experience

About

Proven Enterprise Architect bridging the gap between military operational needs and cloud-native software acquisition. Combines 6+ years of DoD consulting experience with hands-on expertise in architecting serverless AWS solutions. Expert in translating complex operational requirements into scalable technical specifications for $10M+ defense portfolios.

Cloud Projects

Project: Event-Driven Serverless SaaS Platform

Role: Principal Cloud Architect | Stack: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Stripe

Challenge

Architecting a multi-tenant hosting platform scaling from zero to thousands of users while maintaining a near-zero cost basis.

Solution

Compute: AWS Lambda (Node.js) for backend logic, eliminating EC2 overhead.
Database: DynamoDB Single-Table Design for millisecond latency.
Automation: Stripe Webhooks triggering asynchronous infrastructure provisioning (S3/CloudFront).

Outcome

Achieved cost-per-tenant of <$0.18/month and sub-second scalability.