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Yvo van Zee

Cloud Consultant & AWS Community Builder

AWS Architect, Consultant & Engineer

Netherlands

Experienced Cloud Consultant with over 16 years in IT, who loves helping companies on their cloud journey. Starting in on-premise hosting and infrastructure at Sentia, transitioning to AWS cloud consulting in 2018. From setting up Cloud Centers of Excellence, developing AWS Landing Zones, designing complex network architectures, to building Data Analytics Platforms on AWS. Everything based on Infrastructure as Code with CI/CD in mind. As a proud 6x certified AWS Cloud Consultant and AWS Community Builder, gathering and sharing knowledge runs through my veins.

AWS Certifications

6x Certified

Work Experience

Cloud Consultant

Cloudar

February 2026 - Present
Belgium/Netherlands

Helping organizations design and implement cloud solutions on AWS with a focus on infrastructure as code, security best practices, and operational excellence.

AWS architecture and solution designInfrastructure as Code with CDKCloud migration and modernizationSecurity and compliance

Principal Consultant

FreshMinds

September 2024 - January 2026
Netherlands

Facilitating an engineering culture where consultants are intrinsically motivated to continuously develop through knowledge sharing, mentorship, and coaching.

Mentoring and coaching 25 consultantsTechnical and personal development guidanceLeading knowledge sharing sessionsTraining tech leads in technical interviews

Key Projects

ANWBCloud Consultant in Cloud Center of Enablement

Part of the Cloud Center of Enablement (CCoE), the consulting arm of the ANWB Cloud team. Guided application teams in their cloud journey on AWS and Azure. Organized monthly Cloud Days (knowledge sharing sessions) and a large-scale Cloud Summit with external speakers. Contributed to the migration program, specifically the ESB/ISB migration from JBoss web servers on-premise to EKS Fargate on AWS, setting up infrastructure and network integrations. Co-initiated the Cloud Solution Library, providing reusable building blocks to help teams accelerate cloud adoption.

AWS Lead Architect & Cloud Consultant

Oblivion Cloud Control / Xebia

June 2021 - June 2024
Netherlands

Led cloud initiatives and architected complex AWS solutions for enterprise clients in financial and industrial sectors.

Data Analytics Platform developmentLanding zone design and implementationComplex network architecture (multi-cloud)Team leadership and knowledge transfer

Key Projects

ABN AMRO Clearing BankAWS Lead Architect

Developed and built a Data Analytics Platform on AWS. Implemented streaming (Confluent Kafka) and batch processing solutions using Lambda, Glue, MWAA, S3, RedShift, Athena, and LakeFormation.

Envalior (DSM carve-out)AWS Lead Architect

Led the migration from DSM AWS environment to new landing zone. Designed complex network topology with Transit Gateway and multi-cloud connectivity. Migrated Data Analytics Platform within 6-month deadline.

AWS Lead Architect & Cloud Consultant

Oblivion Cloud Control / Xebia

2020 - 2021
Netherlands

Designed and built enterprise landing zones and established Cloud Centers of Excellence.

Key Projects

PostNLAWS Lead Architect

Built landing zone and established Cloud Center of Excellence. Led workshops, architected solutions, and helped hire and train internal cloud team.

TKP PensioenCloud consultancy
SURFsaraElasticsearch on AWS
SwissComHackathon in Zurich

AWS Cloud Consultant

Oblivion Cloud Control

2018 - 2019
Netherlands

Delivered AWS consultancy for various enterprise clients. Conducted workshops, designed landing zones, and performed cloud migrations.

Key Projects

KPNCloud Center of Excellence setup
WPG UitgeversLanding zone & migration
MinoxWell-Architected Review & migration
ABN AMROAccount vending machine development
MedisAppStream 2.0 training platform
ZuidZorgDatacenter to cloud migration
HeijmansWebsite hosting on AWS
TebodinCloud infrastructure
INDI (indi.nl)Terraform infrastructure

Technical Consultant

Sentia

2008 - 2018
Netherlands

Started career as a technical consultant in the on-premise hosting world. Managed mission-critical hosting environments, customer datacenters, and enterprise applications. Gained deep experience with infrastructure, networking, and system administration before transitioning to cloud.

Mission-critical hosting managementDatacenter & infrastructure operationsVMware virtualizationWindows & Linux system administration

Skills & Technologies

Cloud & Architecture

AWSCloud ArchitectureMulti-Account StrategyLanding ZonesWell-Architected Framework

Infrastructure as Code

AWS CDKCloudFormationTerraform

Programming

PythonTypeScriptBash

Containers

DockerECSFargateEKS

CI/CD & DevOps

AWS CodePipelineCodeBuildGitHub ActionsAzure DevOpsJenkins

Networking

Transit GatewayDirect ConnectCloudWANNetwork FirewallVPC

Data & Analytics

GlueAthenaEMRMWAA (Airflow)LakeFormationRedShiftConfluent Kafka

Security

IAMKMSSecurity HubGuardDutyConfigCloudTrailcdk-nag

Monitoring

PagerDutyOpsGenie

Operating Systems

LinuxMacOSWindows

Education

Bachelor of Technology

Computer Science - Information Technology

Hogeschool van Amsterdam

2008 - 2014

Consultants Development Masterclass

Professional Development

TIAS School for Business and Society

2022

Lead the Way

Leadership Program

TIAS School for Business and Society

2023

Let's Work Together

Interested in collaborating on cloud projects or need AWS consultancy?