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Sr. Platform Engineer

DAIS

Sep 2025 - Apr 2026 (8 months)

• Built and maintained the cloud platform for an early-stage startup, supporting a Rust-dominant codebase deployed on AWS serverless architecture (Lambda, SQS, RDS) • Managed and optimized CircleCI pipelines for Rust formatting, linting, and testing alongside TypeScript lint and test stages, reducing pipeline execution time • Redesigned integration testing infrastructure within Cl to improve pipeline speed and enforce security best practices across infrastructure and application code • Led the full migration of CI/CD pipelines from CircleCI to GitLab, including the design and deployment of self-hosted runners for improved performance and security • Implemented Cloud Posse as the laC standard, maintaining consistent and modular infrastructur

Cloud Engineer

Leaflink

Sep 2024 - Aug 2025 (1 year)

• Operated as the sole mid-level engineer on a 5-person team of Senior and Staff engineers, managing multi-account AWS infrastructure supporting production and lower environments • Maintained Kubernetes clusters (EKS) with services deployed via Helm charts, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions in a fully GitOps- driven workflow • Executed cost optimization initiatives: right-sized RDS instances and eliminated unused databases; tuned Kubernetes resource requests/limits to improve Karpenter node provisioning efficiency • Completed organization-wide RDS storage migration to GP3 volumes across all database instances, improving performance and reducing storage costs • Contributed to a multi-quarter project onboarding an acquired company's infrastructure i

Senior DevOps Engineer

Bloomerang

Sep 2019 - Dec 2024 (5 years 4 months)

• Progressed from Site Reliability Engineer at Kindful through acquisition to Senior DevOps Engineer at Bloomerang, demonstrating consistent growth and expanded ownership • Built a multi-environment Kubernetes platform from scratch: Transformed a single docker-compose development environment into a GKE cluster hosting 11 isolated environments, enabling developers to deploy and test feature branches independently before promoting to staging • Managed dual-cloud production infrastructure across AWS (EKS) and GCP (GKE), supporting both the legacy Kindful platform and the new Bloomerang combined platform • Implemented Flux-based GitOps workflows and service templating for the combined Bloomerang platform on AWS EKS • Worked directly with the CT

Platform Engineer

Lifeway Christian Resources

Jun 2019 - Sep 2019 (4 months)

• Gained foundational Kubernetes experience managing AWS clusters provisioned with Kops • Worked with Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, and AlertManager observability stack • Supported CI/CD pipelines in CircleCI and Helm-based application deployments

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Manager of IT

POWERED HEALTH

May 2015 - Apr 2019 (4 years)

• First technical hire supporting a portfolio of healthcare startups; progressed from individual contributor to managing a team of technicians • Built and managed on-premises network infrastructure: Dell SonicWall HA firewalls, switches, patch panels, and low-voltage cabling across multi-floor office • Transitioned from on-prem to cloud, taking ownership of AWS infrastructure management for multiple healthcare companies • Led compliance efforts achieving SOC 2 and HITRUST certifications: implemented automated patching, vulnerability scanning, evidence collection, and security controls for systems handling PHI • Managed Windows and Linux server infrastructure with automated patch management and hardening

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Hardware Support Engineer

Tennessee Orthopaedic Alliance

Dec 2013 - May 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Field technician supporting all clinical sites; workstation deployment, firewall/network management

Technical Support Associate

Dell

Jun 2011 - Jun 2013 (2 years 1 month)

ADT/TYCO help desk support: password resets, software troubleshooting, escalations

Laptop Technician

Alorica

Jun 2010 - Jun 2011 (1 year 1 month)

Hardware repair and refurbishment on an assembly line

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