Cloud / Software Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for cloud / software, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for systems deployment, configuration, installation and support of equipment, operating systems, and infrastructure software.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Someone who seeks to understand the "why" and not just the "what"
• Someone who actively solicits opposing perspectives and alternative ideas
• Someone who drives to deliver customer value versus meeting customer demands and someone who persistently drives activity to achieve results
• Proactive sharing of accomplishments, knowledge, lessons, and updates across the organization
• Someone who makes everyone around them better
• Demonstrated functional and technical leadership
• Someone who works and collaborates with people across perceived boundaries and borders (think DevOps)
• Structures, Object Oriented Design, Databases (SQL /

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the cloud / software position.

In the previous role, I was responsible for systems engineering support to large-scale systems, major system elements, and/or interfacing systems within a cloud or virtual environment.

I reviewed the requirements of the job opening and I believe my candidacy is an excellent fit for this position. Some of the key requirements that I have extensive experience with include:

• Academic record of Python/Java programming
• Cloud computing familiarity
• Container technologies experience (Docker preferred)
• Excellent understanding of HTML5 and CSS preferred
• Familiarity with at least one flavor of Linux (preferably CentOS/RHEL) and container technologies like Docker
• Solid grasp of computer science/software engineering concepts around data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, distributed computing and cloud computing paradigms
• GitHub hosted example work or contributions on open source projects
• Familiarity with open source cloud and application platforms, OpenStack development experience

Please consider me for the cloud / software opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

Previously, I was responsible for architectural expertise, direction, and assistance to Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, Systems Architects, Security and software development teams.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• ASP.NET/VB.NET/C# development experience
• Experience with Agile software development frameworks and methodologies
• Azure experience preferable
• Nice to hav's" are Windows / VM / Veeam / Disaster Recovery experience
• Day-to-day working knowledge of contemporary source code development tools and techniques
• Familiarity writing unit tests
• Experience with Subversion or another version control system
• An understanding of RESTful web services, JSON, YML, CSS, and JavaScript

Please consider me for the cloud / software opportunity. I am including my resume that lists my qualifications and experience.

In the previous role, I was responsible for architectural consulting expertise, direction, and assistance to Senior Management, Systems Analysts, Systems Engineers, and other Systems Architects.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Provide technical support for development issues raised by application teams
• Stay abreast of evolving developments in the cloud native space and adopt key practices that continuously improve Ford cloud native capabilities
• Comfort working independently in undefined and emerging spaces
• Integration experience with AWS
• Apache Spark and/or Hadoop experience
• Experience and strong technical knowledge in one of the public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCE)
• Knowledge of NoSql solutions (MongoDB, Cassandra, CouchBase) and understanding when to use versus traditional RDS
• Knowledge of Enterprise messaging and/or queue systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, AWS SQS, Azure Event Hubs)

I am excited to be applying for the position of cloud / software. Please accept this letter and the attached resume as my interest in this position.

In my previous role, I was responsible for primary engineering design and configuration for complex data systems to meet with customer’s goals and requirements.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Great software engineering skills test driven development, Agile methodologies, build and integration automation
• Experience and knowledge in Amazon Web Services core services
• Experience designing, developing and deploying loosely coupled applications to auto-scaled infrastructures
• Experience in Web Development (HTML5/CSS3/Angular.js/Node.js) and integration, compilation and deployment of mobile or web applications
• Experience conducting functional application testing
• Experience working within an Agile framework and in a collaborative team environment
• Experience with infrastructure deployment tools
• Demonstrated experience with security controls to protect IT systems