Summary

Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer|TechInnovate Solutions

Seattle, WAMar 2021Present

• Designed and implemented a multi-region Kubernetes cluster on AWS EKS, improving application uptime by 15% and reducing infrastructure costs by 20% through efficient resource utilization.
• Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI for 15+ microservices, reducing deployment times from 45 minutes to 10 minutes and increasing deployment frequency by 200%.

DevOps Engineer|CloudCraft Inc.

San Francisco, CAAug 2017Feb 2021

• Managed and optimized AWS cloud infrastructure for high-traffic web applications, supporting over 10 million daily active users with 99.99% availability.
• Deployed and maintained Docker containers orchestrated with ECS, leading to a 40% reduction in server provisioning time and consistent application environments.

Junior DevOps Engineer|NextGen Systems

Portland, ORJul 2014Jul 2017

• Assisted in the setup and configuration of Linux servers, contributing to a stable environment for critical business applications with 99.5% uptime.
• Monitored system performance and conducted troubleshooting, identifying and resolving over 100 minor incidents to maintain operational stability.
• Implemented basic scripting for system automation, reducing manual repetitive tasks by 20% and improving efficiency.

Projects

Terraform AWS EKS Boilerplate

Jan 2022Present

• Developed a modular Terraform template for deploying production-ready AWS EKS clusters, reducing setup time for new projects by 50%.
• Integrated best practices for networking, security, and autoscaling, including VPC, subnets, IAM roles, and Horizontal Pod Autoscalers.
• Contributed to the open-source community, receiving over 100 stars and multiple pull requests for feature enhancements.

CI/CD with GitLab & Kubernetes

May 2020Nov 2021

• Created a complete CI/CD workflow demonstrating automated build, test, and deployment of a microservice to a Kubernetes cluster using GitLab CI.
• Implemented dynamic environment provisioning for feature branches, improving developer iteration speed by 25%.
• Utilized Helm charts for application packaging and deployment, ensuring consistent and reproducible releases.

Python Cloud Resource Auditor

Mar 2019Feb 2020

• Developed a Python script using AWS Boto3 to audit cloud resources against defined security and cost optimization policies, identifying over $500/month in potential savings.
• Automated reporting of non-compliant resources, improving security posture by detecting publicly exposed S3 buckets and unencrypted databases.
• Designed for extensibility, allowing easy addition of new audit rules and integration with various cloud providers.

Education

University of Washington|M.S. in Computer Science

Seattle, WASep 2014Jun 2016

• Specialized in Distributed Systems and Cloud Computing.
• Maintained a GPA of 3.8/4.0.

Georgia Institute of Technology|B.S. in Computer Engineering

Atlanta, GAAug 2010May 2014

• Graduated Cum Laude.
• Recipient of the Dean's List for 6 semesters.

Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, EKS, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation)AzureGCPCloud Security

Containerization & Orchestration

DockerKubernetesHelmAmazon EKSAmazon ECSOpenShift

CI/CD & Automation

GitLab CIJenkinsArgo CDTerraformAnsiblePuppetChef

Scripting & Programming

PythonBashGoYAMLJSONJavaScript

Monitoring & Logging

PrometheusGrafanaELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)CloudWatchDatadogSplunk

Operating Systems & Networking

Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL)Windows ServerTCP/IPDNSVPNFirewallsLoad Balancing