SURYA
AvailableAWS Cloud Engineer · Lambda SME · VIIT Duvvada

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Surya Chowdary · Cloud Engineer · Diesel Head · Pixel Collector

Building autonomous cloud architectures at AWS by day. Driving a Volvo V40 Cross Country D3 in Mussel Blue by night. Collecting Google Pixels always.

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Surya's Volvo V40 Cross Country D3 Mussel Blue
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About Me

The Engineer
Behind the Wheel

I’m Surya Chowdary — a Cloud Support Engineer at Amazon Web Services with a reputation for solving the hard problems. I joined AWS in 2023 as a Cloud Support Associate straight out of college, and earned my promotion to Cloud Support Engineer I in 2024.

My speciality is AWS Lambda (Subject Matter Expert), autonomous contact centers via Amazon Connect, and building seamless enterprise integrations with Salesforce and ServiceNow. I hold the AWS Solutions Architect Associate and AI Practitioner certifications.

Outside the terminal, I drive a 2018 Volvo V40 Cross Country D3 in Mussel Blue — self-maintained, always clean. I collect Google Pixels (2, 4, 6, 10 — all working). I earned my B.Tech at VIIT Duvvada, where I became known for CTF cybersecurity competitions.

“Cloud infrastructure is like an engine — when perfectly tuned, it’s invisible. That’s the goal.”
Online · AWS Support
SURYA
Surya Chowdary · Cloud Support Engineer I
RoleCSE-I · Amazon Web Services
JourneyCSA 2023 → CSE-I 2024
ExpertiseLambda SME · Connect
CarVolvo V40 CC D3 · 2018
Daily PhoneGoogle Pixel 6
CollegeVIIT Duvvada · 2019–23
LocationIndia
2.9 Yrs
at Amazon AWS
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Pixel Devices
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AWS Certifications
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Mussel Blue Volvo
Professional

Cloud Career
at AWS

2024 – Present
Cloud Support Engineer I
Amazon Web Services · India
Promoted to CSE-I for demonstrated technical depth and ownership. Subject Matter Expert for AWS Lambda. Specialist in autonomous contact centres via Amazon Connect integrated with Salesforce CRM and ServiceNow ITSM. AWS Solutions Architect Associate & AI Practitioner certified.
⭐ Promoted from CSA
2023 – 2024
Cloud Support Associate
Amazon Web Services · India
Joined AWS directly after graduating from VIIT. Built deep expertise in serverless computing and Lambda within the first year, earning promotion to CSE-I.
2019 – 2023
B.Tech Computer Science & Engineering
Vignan Institute of Information Technology · Duvvada
Built foundations in CS, networking, and cybersecurity. Led CTF competitions. Graduated 2023, joined AWS immediately.
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AWS Lambda (SME)
Subject Matter Expert. Cold-start optimisation, event-driven architecture, Lambda Durable Functions, VPC integrations, and advanced debugging for enterprise workloads.
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Amazon Connect
Autonomous contact centres from scratch — IVR flows, AI-powered routing, real-time analytics, agent workspace, and Lex bot integrations.
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Salesforce & ServiceNow
Deep integration expertise connecting AWS Connect, Lambda, and EventBridge with enterprise CRM and ITSM platforms for automated, autonomous workflows.
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Serverless Architecture
API Gateway, Step Functions, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, EventBridge — designing scalable, cost-optimised, event-driven serverless systems.
Credentials

AWS Certifications

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
Validates expertise in designing distributed systems. Compute, storage, networking, security, and cost optimisation across AWS.
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AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
AI/ML fundamentals, AWS AI services (SageMaker, Rekognition, Bedrock), responsible AI, and generative AI on AWS.
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Lambda SME Recognition
AWS Support Engineering
Internal Subject Matter Expert designation. The team’s escalation point for all serverless computing challenges.
Garage

My Volvo V40
Cross Country

⚙ D3 Diesel 🍐 Mussel Blue 🍔 2018 🍄 City Safety 🔧 Self-Maintained 🇲🇪 Göteborg, Sweden
Surya's 2018 Volvo V40 Cross Country D3 in Mussel Blue
Model
Volvo V40 Cross Country
Year
2018
Colour
Mussel Blue Metallic
Engine
2.0L D3 Diesel Turbo
Power
150 HP
Torque
320 Nm
Ride Height
+40mm Cross Country
Transmission
6-Spd Automatic
Collection

Google Pixel
Collection

Four generations of Google Pixel — all in perfect working condition. Not a shelf display. Every device boots, connects, and performs exactly as it should.

Daily driver is the Pixel 6 — Google’s in-house Tensor chip era, and still the benchmark for clean Android.

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Google Pixel 2
Perfect Condition
The OG pure Android. Snapdragon 835, legendary camera for its era. Still boots clean.
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Google Pixel 4
Perfect Condition
Soli Motion Sense, 90Hz display, and those experimental face unlock features. Still crisp.
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Google Pixel 6
📱 Daily Driver
Google Tensor G1. 50MP main sensor. The phone that brought Silicon in-house. My everyday device.
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Google Pixel 10
Perfect Condition
Tensor G5, AI-first features, the latest in computational photography. The newest addition.
Origins

CTF & College

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Capture The Flag — Well-Known Competitor
CTF competitions sharpened the engineering instinct: think like an attacker. Reverse engineering, cryptography, web exploitation, forensics. Built a reputation at VIIT for figuring things out.
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Cybersecurity & Ethical Hacking
Network security, vulnerability analysis, privilege escalation — the CTF grind builds instincts no classroom teaches. These skills feed directly into cloud security work at AWS today.
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Systematic Problem Solving
CTF events are timed, competitive, and unforgiving. They develop exactly the lateral thinking that makes an exceptional AWS Cloud Support Engineer under pressure.
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Networking & Systems Deep Dive
Tailscale mesh networking, WireGuard tunnels, AWS VPC — the deep networking knowledge from CTF days keeps compounding into real-world cloud expertise.
Alma Mater
VIGNAN INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Duvvada · B.Tech CSE · 2019 – 2023
The place where it all started. Four years of computer science, networking, and security. Known not for just academics but for being the face of cybersecurity culture through CTF events.

Graduated 2023 and joined Amazon Web Services the same year — a direct result of the cloud and security foundation built at VIIT. The CTF mindset never left.
Expertise

What I Know

Three years deep in AWS, a CTF mindset that never stops, and a Volvo that keeps running because I understand it. Here’s where the expertise sits.

AWS Lambda & Serverless96%
Amazon Connect / Contact Centres92%
Salesforce & ServiceNow Integration88%
Cloud Architecture (SAA Level)90%
Cybersecurity & CTF85%
AWS AI / Machine Learning80%
Car Maintenance (Volvo D3)90%
Contact

Let’s Connect

Cloud architecture, Lambda edge cases, Amazon Connect flows, Volvo D3 maintenance, Google Pixel opinions, or CTF writeups — I’m always up for it.

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