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Springfield, MO, US

Remote, US

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Engineered high-performance CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins with ephemeral agents, optimizing resource use.
• Architected multi-account/region AWS infrastructure with 99.999% uptime, ensuring high availability.
• Successfully migrated and upgraded self-hosted ElasticSearch cluster to AWS Managed OpenSearch, including modernization of EOL Node.js libraries to support the upgrade.
• Developed Golang-based CLI tool that streamlined AWS SSO login and local application setup, enabling developers to run tasks and connect to dev AWS resources, improving developer productivity by 70%.
• Achieved 15% cost savings in AWS infrastructure through rightsizing instances and replacing legacy systems.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Decomposed monolithic Kubernetes cluster into modular, service-specific deployments, enabling targeted updates and reducing deployment risk.
• Containerized legacy systems for secure AWS GovCloud management, enhancing compliance and reliability.
• Reduced infrastructure provisioning time by 30% through automation with CloudFormation and Terraform, accelerating deployment cycles.

• Implemented Terraform/Terragrunt Infrastructure as Code for fully automated AWS provisioning, ensuring consistency and repeatability across environments.
• Utilized Dagger for tool-agnostic CI/CD, accommodating client preferences like Jenkins, Github Actions, and AWS CodeBuild.
• Achieved 90% automation in AWS provisioning, reducing manual errors and speeding up deployment cycles.

St. Louis, Missouri, US

• Led migration to Pulumi/TypeScript for infrastructure management, optimizing AWS costs and streamlining deployments within 4 months, while implementing end-to-end deployment tracking, notifications, and rollbacks.
• Orchestrated build/deployment pipelines with Jenkins, developed custom AWS Lambdas, enhanced security through scanning, and migrated to a self-hosted Open Distro Elasticsearch cluster.
• Improved Elasticsearch cluster performance by 15% with over 2 years of uninterrupted uptime.
• Optimized Cloud costs, achieving 40% annual cost reduction while enhancing uptime and performance.

Broomfield, Colorado, US

• Led a 5-person team, ensuring adherence to standards and defining technical specifications for projects.
• Conducted cost analysis, capacity planning, and designed next-gen AWS architecture with blue/green deployments for seamless updates.
• Implemented a cost-effective AWS-based performance testing solution, reducing monthly expenses by 80% while maintaining high quality.
• Contributed to the Forgerock Identity Management System for nbc.com and America's Got Talent, handling 2.6K transactions per second with zero outages, ensuring a seamless user experience for millions of viewers.

Boston, Massachusetts, US

• Migrated handcrafted on-premise legacy system to AWS managed via Saltstack and Terraform.
• Created Python CLI tools for F5 load balancers, automating ops and minimizing errors.
• Implemented Scrumban, increasing monthly productivity by 10% and reducing stagnant backlog.

New York, NY, US

• Engineered an innovative, highly available Chef Server architecture on AWS, utilizing RDS and Elasticsearch, which was subsequently adopted by Chef as their primary AWS deployment solution.
• Served as an internal solutions engineer, providing expert DevOps consultancy to Hearst-owned companies on AWS, Chef, CI/CD pipelines, and chatbot implementations, enhancing operational efficiency across the.
• Ensured 99.99% uptime for Hearst's multi-business unit Chef Server stack, supporting technical solutions across various tools.

Overland Park, Kansas, US

• Managed sensitive financial apps across 400+ servers with zero-downtime deployment standards.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to implement and maintain robust monitoring and alerting systems ensuring high uptime.
• Completely rehauled deployment system, cutting deployment times by 50% and reducing incidents by 30%.

Colorado Springs, CO, US

• Responsible for all phases of the development, inventory, and maintence guides of fleet information systems (IS). Mainly for the Adapatable Communication Suite (ACS), a windows based system that enabled secure network.
• Developed next iteration of B-2 ACS that converted propietary network protocols to current networking standards enabling use of IPv4, enabling the B-2 to use any off-shelf applications
• Implemented automated software solutions to eliminate 90% of manual user interaction with ACS, including automated software/hardware troubleshooting

Springfield, Missouri, US

• Administered security, network, clients, and servers for 19 fixed and mobile donor operations spanned over three states. Maintained data synchronization systems, enterprise backups, and system images. Designed, built.
• Conceptualized, secured approval, and built hardened server system for Mobile Donor Network
• Designated “go-to” person for all users; provided training to 150+ users and new IT team members, as well as routine technical support and assistance

Randolph AFB, TX, US

• Ensured full compliance with all information security standards. Designated SME for Linux and Windows based communication systems that eventually became the B-2 Adaptable Communication System (ACS). Evaluated new /.
• Co-Inventor of non-integrated ACS global communication system on aircraft; overcame steep learning curve involving multiple career fields and challenging timelines to deliver project five years ahead of schedule and.
• Leveraged expertise to train 75+ pilots, including high ranking officers, in classroom and small group settings to meet initial and re-qualification training requirements

Bachelor'S Degree, Information Technology

Non-Degree, Computer Science/Engineering

Non-Degree, Communications Technology

Vocational Degree, Computer Technology