About

Detail-oriented DevOps Engineer dedicated to building high-quality software products, infrastructure, and deployments.

Work Experience

Blue Origin

2023 - Present

DevOps Engineer L3

- Designed & implemented CI/CD standards for Kubernetes-based microservice deployments to Amazon Web Services with a focus on deployment efficiency and reliability.

- Spearheaded end-to-end DevSecOps tooling including container scanning, dependency analysis, SAST/DAST, and code quality metrics including reporting on vulnerabilities and code analysis results.

- Established comprehensive monitoring and observability standards, improving incident response times and system reliability for application teams.

- Contributed on full-stack development (Java, Python, and React) on internal projects related to mission safety & launch operations for Blue Origin's New Shepard and Lunar business units.

- Received 3 Launch Coin leadership principle awards for service excellence & bias for action.

CableFinder
Remote

2021 - 2023

Senior DevOps Engineer

- Automated deployments for several web applications utilizing GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, Serverless Framework, and Docker.

- Developed infrastructure-as-code projects and processes to enable repeatable and re-usable development environments using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

- Migrated .Net application to AWS Elastic Container Service (ECS) and API Gateway.

- Mentored junior developers in DevOps principles, cloud engineering, and containerization in Amazon Web Services.

- Automated schema changes in SQL Server using SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT).

Davita

2018 - 2022

DevOps Engineer

- Automated deployment process for web, .Net, iOS, and Android applications related to patient telehealth platform

- Implemented Monitoring and Alerting solutions for production using Dynatrace, Nagios, and Grafana.

- Architected & performed several migrations of on-premise applications to Google Cloud Platform.

- Led training and development on migration from traditional .Net hosted applications to Docker and Kubernetes on GCP.

eBags

2014 - 2018

Sr. IT Operations Analyst

- Architected and developed an IIS web log backup and analytics solution using AWS S3, Elastic MapReduce, and Hive/Hadoop scripts.

- Lead the Performance & Scalability Taskforce in monitoring and analyzing application performance for production-tier applications and services.

- Assisted eBags’ web and mobile application developers with application deployments, software bug tracking, and third-party integrations.

- Provided training and documentation for eBags’ applications, services, and processes for new team members.

eBags

2014 - 2018

IT Operations Analyst

- Performed production-tier software releases for the eBags.com public website and backend applications utilizing Visual Studio Team Services and PowerShell scripts.

- Provisioned and administered eBags’ Amazon Web Services environment from requirements gathering through production implementation. Projects included EC2, S3, EMR/Hadoop, VPC Networking, and IAM policy creation.

- Coordinated and executed annual load testing of eBags’ production systems prior to key business quarters.

- Provided first and second line response for internal customer support, ticket documentation, and software bug troubleshooting.

- Monitored and supported eBags’ 24/7 websites, IT systems, databases, and internal customers.

Education

Virginia Tech

2010 - 2014
BSc. Business Information Technology -- Decision Support Systems

Skills

Amazon Web Services
Kubernetes
JavaScript
TypeScript
Python
Observability