Joshua Fox
Senior Cloud Architect II
Experienced Cloud Architect
Joshua Fox has been a software architect in innovative technology companies for 20 years. Now, he advises tech startups and growth companies on architecture and cost optimization for Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services; also publishing articles, and speaking to cloud engineers.
He has a PhD from Harvard University and a BA in math from Brandeis.
- Architecture
- Finops
- GCP
- AWS
My Certifications
AWS Black Belt, AI/ML
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Feb 27, 2021)
Expires Dec 31, 2049
AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Jul 8, 2026)
Expires Jul 8, 2029
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Jan 24, 2026)
Expires Jan 22, 2029
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
AWS (last renewed/obtained: Jan 24, 2026)
Expires Jan 22, 2029
Google Cloud Authorized Trainer
Google (last renewed/obtained: Oct 2, 2020)
Expires Dec 31, 2049
Google Cloud Certified Professional Google Workspace Administrator
Google (last renewed/obtained: Dec 23, 2024)
Expires Dec 23, 2026
Google Cloud Developer Expert
Google (last renewed/obtained: Aug 11, 2022)
Expires Dec 31, 2049
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect
Google (last renewed/obtained: Oct 18, 2025)
Expires Oct 16, 2027
What my customers say
Good and fast response from DoIT. It took some time for AWS to recognize their issue but DOIT helped us by confirming that they have other customers reporting this issue.
tradelocker.com · Jul 2026
What I'm writing
Google Cloud API Billing: Who Pays for Your API Calls?
Google Cloud's API billing model is more nuanced than it appears. Discover how the 'Client' project determines who pays, and how to attribute costs correctly across business units.
Optimizing ML Costs with Azure Machine Learning
A Finops Methodology
Unlocking Broader Cloud Insights with Cost Analytics
Beyond budgeting to a robust cloud
Talks I've given
Outside Advisors: Empowering Your Team While Retaining Ownershi
L8 Conference (also DevOpsDays Vilna, Kubernetes Users Group, Singapore) · Warsaw, Poland · Mar 16, 2025
Cloud MLOps for Speed and Efficiency,
DevFest Bucharest (also SREDay Loondon & Paris) · Bucharest, Romania · Nov 13, 2024
Untangling the Tangled Cloud: Defining Cloud Boundaries
USENIX SRECon Singapore (also DevOpsDays Tel Aviv) · Singapore · May 12, 2026
Black-Box Optimization with Vertex AI Vizier
Google Israel Cloud Summit (also Google DevZone Day at Google Tel Aviv, Google Atlantis Summit, GeeCON Prague, DevFest Zagreb) · Tel Aviv, Israel · May 12, 2026
No WAFs: Don’t Use a Web Application Firewall, and When You Should, Anyway
BSides Strasbourg (also at Conf42) · Strasbourg, France · Jun 18, 2024
Level 7 Egress Control: Just Now Emerging in Kubernetes
SREcon Dublin (also DevOpsDays Vilna, DevOpsDays Ukraine, Kubernasties Tel Aviv. · Dublin, Ireland · Oct 11, 2023
Multitenant Inference Architecture with SageMaker Endpoints
Multicloud Engineering · Tel Aviv · May 12, 2026
Controlling Cloud Costs: Where to Start, and Where to Go from There
StackOverflow Podcast · Mar 27, 2024
More articles I have written, across the web
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“Untangling the Cloud: A Principled Method for Grouping Cloud Resources”
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;login:, the USENIX technical journal. - “FQDN Egress Control in Kubernetes”, TFiR.
- Many more linked at joshuafox.com/publications.