DevOps Engineer

• Built cross-cloud monitoring and dashboarding solutions.

• Chief designer of MLOps solutions on SageMaker, OpenAI and BigQuery.

• Created incident response protocols and proactive CVE resolution methods.

• Heavy experience refactoring DevOps pipelines towards the goal of DRY.

• Pioneered SaltStack configuration management and Ansible Playbooks on multiple clusters.

• Chief designer of MLOps solutions on SageMaker, OpenAI, and BigQuery;

• Extensive experience refactoring DevOps pipelines to achieve DRY principles;

• Chief designer of security architectures and automated remediation efforts across Azure, AWS, and GCP;

• Provided guidance for .Net and GoLang developers and assisted in framework development;

• Designed Terraform infrastructure deployments for AWS, Azure, and GCP;

• Created complete environment infrastructures with Terraform for Azure, AWS, and GCP;

• Built security infrastructures for networking, firewalls, and DMZ for Azure, AWS, and GCP;

• Constructed AWS Lambdas and Azure Functions to automate infrastructure and deployment operations;

• Served as Production SRE for Kubernetes assets across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments;

• Acted as a top-tier customer and internal-facing SME for AKS, EKS, and GKE;

• Repaired security deficiencies in .Net and Golang code. Developed multiple pilots for customers using Azure OpenAI, GCP BigQuery, and Amazon Redshift;

• Performed cloud migrations and cloud network implementations for Azure, AWS, and GCP;

• Assisted customers in improving DevOps pipelines on GitHub, GitLab, and Azure DevOps.

• Led a team of 20+ developers in security and DevOps across multiple languages, including .Net, GoLang, XCode, and Java;

• Unified multiple Azure DevOps YAML pipelines into common pipeline code with minimal footprint;

• Reduced manually constructed Azure resources to Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep, Terraform, and scripting;

• Implemented automatic certificate and secret rotation using Key Vault;

• Instituted private Vnets and Vnet peering with custom IP route tables and Point-to-Site VPN solutions;

• Implemented privatization of Azure resources with private Vnets and firewall-limited ingress/egress;

• Introduced specialized static code analysis pipelines with SonarQube and Whitesource/Mend, parallelized testing, and code coverage rollup;

• Created fully automated Helm chart production and deployment to Kubernetes clusters;

• Developed a full-spectrum live metrics NOC dashboard with drill-down and customizable alerting capabilities;

• Introduced KEDA scaling mechanisms for Event Hubs, Service Bus, and Node utilization across Kubernetes clusters;

• Developed customized and standard instrumentation for live resource metrics and deployment visualizations;

• Created mechanisms for automated security CVE handling, automated penetration testing, and escalating priority issues.

• Created automation resources on AWS, Azure, and GCP to facilitate production implementations;

• Developed product extensions and integrations for multiple orchestration and database platforms;

• Led product delivery and custom implementations internationally for a portfolio of Fortune 500 customers;

• Provided first-tier product and custom implementation support.

• Led a nationwide consulting practice in the USA, specializing in project startups;

• Introduced new technologies into existing projects to enhance performance and capabilities;

• Mentored and trained developers in new technologies, ensuring they were well-equipped to handle modern development challenges;

• Rescued failing projects by identifying critical issues and implementing effective solutions;

• Introduced and integrated DevOps automation systems to streamline processes and improve efficiency across various projects.

Notable clients:

KryptoMinion - Led a team of 5 developers to create cryptocurrency (BTC, ETH) trading tools for private investors. Developed real-time input matrices from multiple exchanges, deployed on Azure, AWS, and GCP, and constructed Ethereum smart contracts for commission payments ;

Mountain America Credit Union/Access Softek - Led a team of 15 to deliver a web and mobile banking platform. Introduced CI strategy with BDD, mentored developers on coding practices and unit testing, implemented Agile Scrum, trained stakeholders in Gherkin-based acceptance testing, and built CI/CD deployments on AWS.;

eBay - Multiple large-scale performance improvements, feature items and bug fixes for internal monitoring systems;

Constellation Energy - Led multiple projects in the Demand Response unit. Developed an MVVM framework, real-time WCF duplexing adapter for Oracle, and reusable LOB code. Participated in the architecture group for improvements and deployments on AWS and Azure.

• Served as the Chief Architect and lead developer on an innovative Internet payment processing system.

• Designed high-load transaction processing system with off-line OLAP reporting and maintenance

• Pioneered an expanded usage of Federated Identity that was hailed as the most innovative application of the technology at the time by the Liberty Alliance (Oracle, Sun, HP, IBM, RSA, Novell, Intel)

• Worked with worldwide vendors and financial clearinghouses in developing a universal transaction work-flow API for heterogeneous technologies

• Designed and developed unique fortified security framework for which I am a co-holder of a patent.

Lead consulting practice nationwide in the USA, introduction of new technologies into existing projects, mentoring and training developers in new technologies, saving failing projects, and introducing DevOps automation systems.