First American Title Company
Senior DevOps Engineer
July 2024 - November 2025, Remote
Developed multiple Terraform modules to provide a repeatable platform for development teams, including Aurora, S3, and modules for CI/CD via ArgoCD and AWS EKS Kubernetes cluster, providing modular cloud infrastructure. Partnered with the Enterprise Observability and Monitoring team to develop critical dashboards, metrics, and alerts in organization-hosted Elasticsearch and Prometheus to improve platform stability. Improved platform adoption by enhancing onboarding documentation and CI/CD pipeline improvements to reduce repetitive manual actions. Implemented security vulnerability remediation into source modules, including changes in Terraform modules and Crossplane resources. Helped set the standard for how to communicate effectively with our customers during an outage or maintenance.
Research Innovations, Inc.
Principal DevOps Engineer
December 2022 - May 2022, Remote
Developed organizational standards and specifications in Terraform, Packer, and Ansible to establish chapter-wide best practices. Deployed Spacelift Self-Hosted on a closed network AWS account for secure infrastructure management. Designed and implemented Remote Development Environments, enabling faster development and testing with increased resources. Led organization migration from EOL CentOS Linux 7 to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 using Packer and Ansible to build modular AWS AMIs. Operated as a solo Support Engineer for the entire organization during critical periods, managing release management and troubleshooting.
FundThatFlip
Senior Platform Engineer
February 2022 - December 2022, Remote
Established Platform Engineering team standards, including Terraform modules and naming conventions. Collaborated with engineers to develop serverless applications in AWS using Amplify, Lambda, and related services. Developed GitHub Action workflows to automate the deployment of Terraform and application code. Built an Internal Developer Platform (IDP) using Spacelift.io and Backstage.io to improve developer experience.
Triumph Technology Solutions, LLC
Solutions Architect
January 2022 - April 2022, Remote
Consulted with multiple clients on the adoption of AWS services within existing Infrastructure as Code solutions. Developed AWS Control Tower landing zones with embedded DevOps best practices for various clients. Enabled 3D render farms in AWS for multiple clients through integration with proprietary SDK.
Stelligent
DevOps Automation Engineer II
July 2021 - January 2022, Remote
Collaborated with AWS Marketplace to enable the offering of cfn_nag CloudFormation linting tool with custom rules and guidelines. Partnered with AWS ProServe and clients to deliver AWS Control Tower landing zones with DevOps best practices
Mailprotector
Senior Software Engineer
November 2020 - Present, Remote
I worked to improve developer lifestyle by incorporating up-to-date practices such as CI/CD, GitHub Actions, AWS ECS, and other modern-day DevOps practices.
Oddball, Inc.
Senior Software Engineer
August 2020 - November 2020, Remote
As part of the Veteran-facing Services Platform (VSP) on VA.gov, I work to improve core features and enable other teams in support of the Digital Services @ VA. Primarily working with Ruby, Rails, Javascript, Postgresql, Redis, and AWS infrastructure.
Oddball, Inc.
Senior DevOps Engineer
October 2019 - August 2020, Remote
As part of the Veteran-facing Services Platform (VSP) on VA.gov, I helped application teams deploy, maintain, and grow reliable systems that millions of citizens depend on in the modernized federal world. Primarily working with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, and AWS technologies.
Nutrien
Senior Cloud Engineer
January 2018 - October 2019, Loveland, CO
I continuously evolved entirely cloud based CI/CD pipelines and solution delivery via AWS and a cloud only tool set provisioned and maintained via infrastructure as code (IaC) in Terraform. I was responsible for availability, scalability, performance, security and transparency through monitoring, reporting, and collaboration. I was the lead on developer enablement through continuously evolving the architecture to accelerate velocity, quality, and recovery.
NBCUniversal Media, LLC
Media Software Engineer
July 2017 - January 2018, Denver, CO
I helped develop JavaScript runners and jobs that were used to manage assets in Asset Management Systems such as Mediator. I led and helped move the engineering team to a Test Driven Development culture. I solely developed the TDD environment for proprietary software using tools such as Jasmine, Vagrant, Rhino.js, Jenkins and GitHub Enterprise. I developed a REST API microservice in Express.js and MongoDB to watch directories and make REST API calls when there is a file available to take action on.
Nomo FOMO
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
June 2017 - March 2018, Remote
I led and organized all Agile practices, managed a team of seven developers to launch a beta in 5 months written in Ruby on Rails, advised company on all major technical decisions, and I organized and orchestrated all architecture for the platform.
Panda Strike
Senior Developer
April 2016 - April 2017, Remote
I was responsible for working with clients such as Disney Interactive to develop Wordpress themes and plugins. I used Node.JS, Polymer, CoffeeScript, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to develop in-house product ideas and then deployed in-house projects to AWS using Lambda
Amplifi
Sr. User Interface Developer
January 2015 - February 2016, Remote
I was responsible for developing a new frontend platform for Oracle Commerce using new technologies such as SCSS, Grunt, and RequireJS. I used test driven development, conducted code reviews, and worked closely with designers and product owners to develop new features.
FluentStream Technologies
Contract Software Engineer
January 2014 - December 2017, Remote
I developed multiple applications in Backbone.js and React Native and provided development guidance, feature improvements, and frontend work.
NCC Group
Software Engineer
December 2013 - January 2015, Remote
I was responsible for developing and connecting new features to a proprietary server security suite using new technologies such as SCSS, Ruby on Rails, and thoughtbot's Bourbon and Neat SCSS frameworks. I used test driven development, conducted code reviews, paired remotely and in-person, and worked closely with designers and product owners to develop new features.
CarePilot
Sr. Software Engineer
June 2013 - November 2013, Denver, CO
I was responsible for fixing and adding new features in a legacy web application written in the Kohana PHP framework. I developed a testing framework using RSpec and Capybara to test all features to assure that changes did not break functionality and deployed to server environments when tests passed on a continuous integration server.
Showmobile
Software Engineer
February 2013 - June 2013, Denver, CO
I lead the effort in developing a mobile web application that mimicked the iOS application in all aspects. I used test driven development, conducted code reviews, and used agile development practices to deliver features in a rapid iterative pattern.
CollisionSync
Sr. Software Engineer
August 2012 - January 2013, San Diego, CA
I developed a Magento theme using LESS that allowed the company to bring all website theming in-house. I setup and maintained multiple linux environments used for deployments, agile project management, and Ruby scripts to automate Data team’s workflow. I led a team of three developers and organized all agile practices within the organization.
Robert Half Technology
Sr. Software Engineer Contractor
October 2011 - August 2012, San Diego, CA
While working with Robert Half, I worked with clients such as Intuit, North County Transit District, and CollisionSync to improve their businesses.
Einstein Industries
Web Maintenance Technician
July 2007 - March 2008, San Diego, CA
I was responsible for maintaining and updating all client websites with edits directly from the client.
Digital Enterprises
Web Developer
January 2007 - April 2007, Fort Collins, CO
I was responsible for leading internet marketing efforts by developing websites statically and using Wordpress.
Startek
Telephone Tech Support
July 2006 - December 2006, Greeley, CO
I was responsible for troubleshooting inbound phone calls for a high speed satellite internet company.
Christian Academy of Chula Vista
IT Technician
June 2003 - June 2006, Chula Vista, CA
I was responsible for all campus Information Technology needs, including developing the school’s Wordpress theme, deploying domain controllers, and building and repairing all student computers.