About Me

Sr. DevOps Solutions Architect with 10+ years of experience building cloud infrastructure, leading SRE teams, and shipping reliable software at scale. I specialize in AI/ML infrastructure, Kubernetes orchestration, and security-first automation.

Professional Background

I’m a DevOps engineer and engineering leader who thrives on building infrastructure that teams can depend on. From designing AI-powered vulnerability analysis systems with AWS Bedrock to leading SRE teams through acquisitions, I bring a hands-on approach combined with strategic thinking.

I’ve led SOC2 certification efforts, architected data lakes for CVE intelligence, built AI agent swarms with RAG patterns, and designed IaC strategies from scratch. I’ve reduced cloud spending by tens of thousands per month while overseeing infrastructure accounting for 25% of revenue with only 5% of cloud spend. I believe in Servant Leadership and building teams that ship with confidence.

Certifications

I hold 7 industry certifications including CKA, all 5 AWS associate and professional certifications, and CompTIA Security+.

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Technical Skills

Infrastructure & Cloud

  • Kubernetes & Helm
  • Terraform & OpenTofu
  • AWS (5x Certified)
  • Docker & Containerization

DevOps & CI/CD

  • GitHub Actions & GitLab CI
  • Jenkins & Bamboo
  • Ansible & Packer
  • Security Scanning (Trivy)

Languages & Tools

  • Python
  • Bash & Shell
  • PowerShell
  • API & Webhook Automation

Experience Highlights

BackBox

Sr. DevOps Solutions Architect • 2023 - Present

  • Led first SOC2 certification and designed AI security strategy
  • Architected AI Agent Swarm using AWS Bedrock with RAG patterns for CVE analysis
  • Built Vulnerability Intelligence Relay service for centralized CVE tracking
  • Developed Grader AI (Sentinel) for remediation quality scoring
  • Designed IaC strategy and stood up first Kubernetes clusters
  • Created modular CI/CD pipelines and FastAPI microservices
  • Built platform automation for ephemeral customer sandboxes
  • Oversaw migration from Terraform to OpenTofu

PDI Technologies / Koupon

Site Reliability Engineering Manager • 2021 - 2023

  • Led SRE team through acquisition with Servant Leadership principles
  • Reduced cloud spending ~$36.7k/month through optimization strategies
  • Oversaw infrastructure for 25% of revenue with only 5% of cloud spend
  • Led SOC2 certification effort and created Status Page
  • Containerized legacy monitoring and established CI/CD tooling
  • Transitioned team to Helm/Helmfile and IRSA authentication

Dell

DevOps Solutions Architect • 2018 - 2021

  • Team Lead for Insights Platform SRE
  • Developed cloud-agnostic solutions with Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform
  • Integrated SecOps patterns including Trivy container scanning
  • Guided teams to adopt DevOps patterns and ChatOps integrations
  • Conducted cost analyses resulting in significant savings

Alkami

Site Reliability Engineer • 2017 - 2018

  • Facilitated private cloud migrations between ARMOR generations
  • Developed custom Python CLI tool using ARMOR API
  • Authored Ansible automation for Windows Server banking deployments
  • Established continuous delivery pipeline with Team City
  • Set up AWS Lambda deployment with Terraform

ARMOR (Firehost)

Site Reliability Engineer • 2015 - 2017

  • Provided security best practices guidance for AWS configuration
  • Migrated multiple internal application stacks (Jira, Confluence, Grafana)
  • Built security-focused automation with Ansible and Terraform
  • Recommended cost-reduction strategies saving $15.7k+/month
  • Developed AWS Lambda functions for automated reporting and monitoring