Core Competencies

  • Cloud infrastructure management in AWS with Terraform
  • Automation and tooling development with Bash, Python, and Go
  • Linux server management with CLI
  • Software development and deployment pipelines with GitLab

Recent Experience

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Senior DevOps Engineer: Apr 2022 - Present

Responsibilities:

  • Architect and implement self-hosted deployments of commercial applications in AWS GovCloud
  • Maintain and support applications for software development tools, including Atlassian products, JFrog Platform, and GitLab Enterprise
  • Provide on-call support for critical infrastructure and end-user issues
  • Mentor junior members of the team

Achievements:

  • Designed and implemented greenfield AWS cloud infrastructure automation with Terraform and GitLab pipelines
  • Designed and implemented cloud-native automation tooling with Terraform and Go
  • Transitioned software teams from Sonatype Nexus & NexusIQ to JFrog Artifactory & Xray
  • Implemented self-hosted High Availability GitLab Enterprise instance and migrated from existing single instance

Skills developed:

  • AWS cloud infrastructure automation with GitLab and Terraform
  • Teaching DevOps skills by mentoring junior engineers

DevOps Engineer: Oct 2019 - Apr 2022

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain and support applications for software development teams, like Atlassian products and Nexus artifact storage
  • Transition teams from on-premise applications to applications deployed in AWS GovCloud

Achievements:

  • Deployed Mattermost in AWS GovCloud and migrated 800 users across multiple bank districts from Skype
  • Implemented infrastructure build pipeline using Ansible and Terraform

Skills developed:

  • AWS cloud infrastructure automation with Ansible, Packer, and Terraform
  • Customer service and relationships with developers

American Greetings Interactive, Inc

Associate Web Operations Engineer: Dec 2016 - Sept 2019

Responsibilities:

  • Maintained Linux Virtual Machine infrastructure in co-location data center and AWS
  • Managed servers with custom configuration management software and with Ansible
  • Performed code deployments and developed automation for Python & Oracle Commerce platform websites
  • Supported daily developer activities, including troubleshooting applications

Achievements:

  • Revised and standardized build and deployment processes utilizing Ansible and Jenkins
  • Transitioned organization from Atlassian HipChat to Slack
  • Refined static asset deployment pipeline, automating manual processes
  • Developed an automated deployment pipeline for AWS serverless applications

Skills developed:

  • Linux server management
  • Enterprise-scale development operations practices
  • Ability to quickly learn new code bases and infrastructure and adapt to changes
  • Communication and collaboration among teams with varying skill sets and backgrounds

Education and Certifications

John Carroll University (2012-2016): Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mathematics and Computer Science

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (2023-2026)