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Darryl Ruggles

AWS Hero since 2026

About

Principal Cloud Solutions Architect @ Ciena.

With a 25+ year career spanning C/C++ embedded systems, Java application development, ReactJS frontends, microservices, containers, serverless architectures, traditional AI/ML and MLOps, observability, DevOps, SRE, FinOps, and GenAI, I bring a broad perspective to every project.

I'm passionate about event-driven architecture, observability, and building solutions with serverless and managed services. I'm a continuous learner who enjoys exploring new tools and techniques.

Serverless, AWS, Full Stack, Kubernetes, Rust, Go, Terraform, Security, React, MLOps, Forecasting, Maker, Electronics.