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Summary
Work Experience
Publications
- Design Opportunities for Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Devices." ASME 2018 International Design Engineering
- "A Pilot Study on Introducing Continuous Integration and Delivery into Undergraduate Software Engineering
Education

Summary

Fluent in Go, Python, Bash, Perl, C, and Java
6+ years of experience in Kubernetes, Terraform and other DevOps tooling
8+ years of experience in implementing infrastructure as code in hybrid cloud environments, i.e., AWS and GCP
10+ years of experience in developing and administrating production infrastructure

Work Experience

Senior Devops Engineer, D-Wave Systems

Processor Development Software, D-Wave Systems

Managed the development, maintenance, and operation of all quantum computers in the Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Canada, and North America
Met targeted KPIs by porting legacy applications to kubernetes native applications and workloads
Improved workload scheduling and end-user problem submission by deveoping a MVP kubernetes operator

Development Operations, D-Wave Systems

Increase deploy frequency by ~50% from monthly to biweekly by implementing zero-downtime deployments with cicd best practices
Provided a self-service platform for teams by designing and deploying bare-metal GPU clusters into production.
Oversee a junior developer team and interns, including hiring and conducting interviews

DevOps Engineer, Enterprise Container Management, SUSE Rancher - Remote (November 2021 - Present)

Oversaw the release process as the primary release captain with 100% KPI success
Operated production infrastructure across hybrid cloud environments (AWS, GCP, Equinix, and On-prem)
Designed a suite of internal tools to unify team efforts and automate the release process
Developed a SLSA Compliant CI/CD System
Fostered a culture of safety around critical operations

Software Developer, DevOps Department, Panel - Houston, TX (February 2020 - November 2021)

Developed a containerized development environment that decreased onboarding time by over 90%
Automated existing production deployments with GitLab CI/CD that increased deploy frequency from quarterly to daily/at will
Captured metrics (DORA) in an ELK/Influx stack on multiple projects
Created a reliable and repeatable process for delivering software efficiently by standardizing infrastructure with infrastructure-as-code principles
Cultivated test driven developments for infrastructure to ensure developers' success in building robust, high-quality software

Software Engineering Consultant, Ergosphere - Houston, TX (Jan 2017 - November 2021)

Implemented company-wide security protocols and technologies
Optimized clients' daily business transactions by developing and maintaining websites and by deploying highly reliable technology
Decreased clients' operating costs by facilitating cloud migration to the cloud [AWS, DO, GCP, Azure]

System Administrator, Acosta Insurance - Houston, TX (Aug 2018 - Jul 2019)

Developed a Python program which automated data migration into a centralized platform to consolidate, structure, and organize data from over 20 partner carriers
Assisted with the procurement process by preparing proposals and detailed budgets
Digitized over 20+ years of paper records into a searchable, cloud-based office suite

Publications

Design Opportunities for Sea Turtle Satellite Tracking Devices." ASME 2018 International Design Engineering

Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 4: 23rd Design for Manufacturing and the Life Cycle Conference, 2018

"A Pilot Study on Introducing Continuous Integration and Delivery into Undergraduate Software Engineering

Courses", 2017 IEEE 30* Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), 2017

Education

Associate degree in General Studies - Pensacola State College, May 2015
Pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Software Engineering - University of West Florida

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