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Portland, Or, Us

Minneapolis, Minnesota, Us

• Developing extensive Terraform configurations for Kubernetes-based medical research platform in AWS, GCP, and Azure• Maintaining a collection of GitLab CI pipeline configurations to support infrastructure and application deployment processes• Integrating Flux CD into existing GitOps automation suite to enable low-friction deploys across all environments• Serving as an escalation point for support and troubleshooting across >120 production Kubernetes clusters• Providing post-sales implementation support for customers with especially complex network, security, and compliance constraints• Implementing and improving Helm charts for new and existing application components• Strengthening telemetry stack (Prometheus, Grafana, AlertManager) to improve alert responsiveness and better inform scaling efforts• Configuring and troubleshooting application SSO integrations in Auth0 (OIDC, SAML, Azure AD/Entra ID)• Expanding infrastructure automation to support deployments to alternative hosting options (e.g. on-premise or private cloud)• Collaborating with and training teammates through remote pair-programming sessions• Participating in on-call rotation for around-the-clock incident response preparedness

Worked on a talented, distributed DevOps team overseeing cloud infrastructure, continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines, developer workflow improvements, IT security, developer support, and more. Specific projects and responsibilities include:- Migrating applications to Kubernetes- Cost optimization of AWS resources (auto-scaling, spot instances, etc.)- Infrastructure, application, and system monitoring with Elastic stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats, APM)- Infrastructure and configuration automation with Terraform and Ansible- On-call rotation

San Francisco, Ca, Us

The infrastructure team is responsible for maintaining and improving the stability, performance, and resilience of the critical systems that keep Expensify up and running. As a member of this small team, I was deeply involved in various projects to help scale systems to serve a rapidly-growing user base.

Served as the sole admin of a student-run journalism startup. In this role, I set up the necessary infrastructure to support rapid development and a growing web presence.

Provided in-person technical support to thousands of students, faculty, and staff of the university.

Saint Louis, Mo, Us

IT Services - Data CenterAssisted with deployment, maintenance, and documentation of the various components of the infrastructure within an enterprise data center.

IT Services - Data Center