AI Native - Deep Technical Knowledge - Fluent in Code

Agentic AI Development

I wrote a feature-packed 4 KLOC app in Golang that fully integrates local or cloud AI services to process real-time messages as a side hobby with a focus on reliable patterns and automatically-generated documentation for the app.

Software Delivery

10+ years building, improving and automating every part of CI/CD from fixes and optimization tips at the code level to running at scale in Production.

Kubernetes Expert

8+ years running, debugging, managing and scaling every pattern of application and service from microservice APIs to message queues to Operators like cert-manager.

Configuration as Code (GitOps)

5+ years writing configuration as code with Flux on Kubernetes and Terraform plus integrations and automations so that deploying a new app or spinning up an entire EKS cluster and all necessary resources is as simple as merging a PR.

Detail and People-Oriented

For 15+ years professionally I have pushed for more and better documentation everywhere I went and as Lead DevOps Engineer I focused on training my 10+ team members under me to be self-sufficient and be able to find the answers themselves while fostering their creativity and finding their passion for this work like I've found mine.

Achievements and Accolades

Lead DevOps Engineer

Ruvos (2021-2025)

• Fully architected multiple application stacks to deliver the best costs and the right design for the need to support public health missions.
• Used GitOps and declarative configurations in central source control to create and deploy cloud-based self-managing containerized application stacks.
• Managed and upgraded cloud infrastructure with automation.
• Initiated and led innovation sessions to showcase new software and new ideas from anyone on our team to adopt and do team knowledge transfer.
• Continually sought out best practices and led change in the organization to reduce costs, increase efficiency and increase velocity.
• Mentored Senior and Junior DevOps Engineers in all areas and disciplines.
• Served as senior expert for all aspects of DevOps during critical incident resolution providing key insight to reduce time to resolution.

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DevOps Engineer

Caterpillar (via TekSystems) (2019-2020)

• Designed, implemented and managed business-critical cloud services and technologies for global Caterpillar Marine customer assets.
• Designed and implemented a secure solution to configure cloud applications
• Created automation and implemented efficiencies to reduce total time to delivery of new environments from a month to 3 days.
• Implemented APM, Monitoring & Alerting, Centralized Logging for unprecedented visibility into operations and costs.
• Continually rewrote, improved and optimized existing CI/CD and added additional automation to reduce costs and cycle times.
• Created a bespoke microservice in Python for flexible custom monitoring.
• Designed and initiated a full Tier 1 support desk, including formulating SOP, creating a Knowledge Base, integrating disparate support systems, drafting incident review processes and creating a continual improvement feedback loop.
• Received an award for outstanding performance and leading transformative change 4 months after joining.
• Continually addressed daily responsibilities such as cloud architecture, incident response, root cause analysis, on-call escalations and end user support.

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DevOps Engineer

Gannett (2014-2019)

• Defined and created infrastructure as code and deployed applications using declarative configurations to deliver hundreds of news websites including USA Today.
• Designed and implemented multiple migrations of applications to the cloud along with supporting CI/CD to support rapid development and deployment.
• Containerized multiple application stacks and founded containerization patterns for future efforts.
• Managed and executed on P2V migration to AWS and GCP of dozens of servers.
• Wrote a Go microservice to augment functionality of a proprietary system.
• Continually addressed daily responsibilities such as incident response, root cause analysis, on-call escalations and end user support.

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Systems Administrator

ZZServers (2012-2014)

• Planned and implemented company wide antivirus infrastructure.
• Managed and maintained PCI-DSS and HIPPA compliant networks to provide business-class hosting services.
• Executed network penetration testing.
• Administered complex Active Directory configurations and network devices.

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