About Danny Linden
I'm Danny Linden — an independent AWS consultant and cloud architect with over 15 years of hands-on experience designing, building, and optimizing cloud infrastructure for companies across Europe.
Based in Berlin, I've worked across industries from fintech and e-commerce to healthcare and SaaS — from early-stage startups scaling their first production workloads to enterprises migrating complex legacy systems to AWS. My specialties include serverless architecture, data engineering, AI/ML pipelines, and AWS cost optimization.
I believe in pragmatic solutions: the right architecture for your stage, budget, and team — not over-engineered designs built for problems you don't have yet. Every engagement includes knowledge transfer, because your team should be self-sufficient when we're done.
Core Expertise
Cloud Architecture
Designing resilient, scalable AWS architectures using Well-Architected Framework principles. From microservices to event-driven systems.
AI/ML & Data
Building production ML pipelines with SageMaker and Bedrock. Data lakes, ETL pipelines, and real-time analytics at scale.
FinOps & Cost Engineering
Systematic cost optimization — averaging 40% savings through right-sizing, Reserved Instances, and organizational FinOps practices.
DevOps & Platform Engineering
CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (CDK/Terraform), containerization, and developer platform tooling.
Certifications
AWS
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Expires Sep 2027
AWS Certified AI Practitioner — Early Adopter
Issued Sep 2024
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Expires Feb 2027
Data Engineer — Associate
Expires Feb 2027
Solutions Architect — Associate
Expires Apr 2026
Developer — Associate
Expires May 2026
SysOps Administrator — Associate
Expires May 2026
Solutions Architect — Professional
Expires Apr 2026
DevOps Engineer — Professional
Expires May 2026
Advanced Networking — Specialty
Expires May 2026
Security — Specialty
Expires May 2026
Database — Specialty
Expires Apr 2026
Data Analytics — Specialty
Expires May 2026
Scrum.org
Professional Agile Leadership I (PAL I)
Issued May 2023
Professional Scrum Developer I (PSD I)
Issued May 2023
Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I)
Issued May 2023
AWS Data Lab
AWS Data Lab Boomerang
Issued Oct 2022
AWS Data Lab Participant
Issued Aug 2021
How I Work
Pragmatic
Solutions sized to your actual needs, not theoretical perfection.
Transparent
Clear communication, honest assessments, no upselling.
Knowledge Transfer
Your team should be self-sufficient after our engagement.
Ready to optimize your AWS infrastructure?
Book a free 30-minute consultation to discuss your challenges.