INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER & PRODUCT BUILDERARLINGTON, VIRGINIA

Isaiah
Neal.

Built with intention.
Engineered to hold up.

I build secure infrastructure for U.S. national-security missions, with a focus on automation and operational reliability. Outside work, I build software products from backend to interface.

U.S. Department of State Amazon Web Services, October 2026

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CLOUD / AUTOMATION / PRODUCTSelected work

From an idea.
Into everyday use.

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Built on experience.

Amazon Web Services

Amazon Dedicated Cloud Engineer I

Region Reliability Engineering & Automation

Supporting the reliability and operation of Amazon Dedicated Cloud infrastructure within AWS Region Reliability Engineering & Automation

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U.S. Department of State

Diplomatic Technology Officer

Built and operated secure infrastructure for diplomatic technology environments, with a focus on automation, observability, and operational reliability.

U.S. Department of State

Zip

Security and Compliance Engineer Intern

Zip’s first-ever intern. Supported application security, compliance, and cloud monitoring, including building the website framework for Zip’s public Trust Center.

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Siemens

Cybersecurity Intern

Contributed to security risk reviews and third-party diligence.

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Cloud & platforms
AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform
Delivery & operations
CI/CD · GitOps
Languages
Go · Python

Always sharpening the fundamentals. Algorithms & data structures on LeetCode and HackerRank

Portrait of Isaiah Neal.

The whole system.
And the human side.

I’m an infrastructure engineer and product builder based in Arlington, Virginia. I care about how things work, how they fail, and how they feel to use.

Away from infrastructure, you’ll find me training, playing tennis, or building applications with AI.

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