Summary

Cloud/DevOps Engineer specializing in Kubernetes, infrastructure automation, and secure cloud platforms supporting enterprise and mission environments. Active TS/SCI clearance; MA in IT Management; CISSP, SecurityX, CCNA certified. Driven to build durable solutions to long-standing pain points, bridging engineering and leadership to deliver measurable outcomes.

Technologies

Azure AWS Linux PowerShell Bash Ansible Python HTML CSS JavaScript TypeScript React Vite NextJS Jest Tailwind Docker Kubernetes Helm FluxCD ArgoCD Temporal VMWare Proxmox Wireguard Tailscale Nginx Traefik

Certifications

CISSP CCNA Az-104 Az-900 SecurityX Security+ Network+ Project+

Experience

Infrastructure Engineer, Unstructured

2026-02 - present

  • Designed and delivered versioned, immutable dedicated-instance infrastructure configuration using Kubernetes CRDs, Pulumi, Temporal, admission controls, and operator reconciliation; enabled teams to canary changes on individual instances before fleet-wide rollout.
  • Built and productionized an Internal Docs platform with Docusaurus, FastAPI, Helm, Docker, Okta OIDC, local search, CI/CD, and an authenticated MCP server; migrated 189 pages to Git-backed durable storage and automated updates across 199 repository sessions.
  • Diagnosed and fixed production-scale operator-console performance bottlenecks, reducing API payloads by 97.6% and 91% and bringing all seven tested navigations to 323 ms or less.
  • Removed EKS upgrade blockers across 21 AWS clusters by making Kubernetes versions configurable, hardening cross-cloud validation, and pinning managed node groups to the control-plane version.
  • Authored 162 pull requests across 11 repositories, with 140 merged, and reviewed at least 297 pull requests across infrastructure, release engineering, internal documentation, and developer tooling.
  • Completed the infrastructure ingress migration from Nginx to Traefik, including removal of obsolete controllers and resources.
  • Built and operationalized an AI engineering orchestrator with automated issue workers, CI/PR monitoring, re-review after blocker fixes, an append-only event ledger, a live dashboard, and a terminal-native TUI; production validation included 321 passing tests.
  • Led a platform release through late-stage failures, halted an unsafe promotion, corrected staging/production plugin divergence, reran production promotion, and confirmed end-to-end validation before release.
  • Assessed a 23-instance infrastructure fleet using live status and deployment previews, separating harmless refresh drift from material backlog and creating a risk-based maintenance and migration plan.
  • Made infrastructure drift state self-healing after deployments by updating the operator to re-check and clear stale verdicts immediately rather than waiting up to 24 hours.
  • Created authenticated, live documentation previews for every content pull request, removing the need for reviewers to run Docusaurus locally.

Data and Information Systems Engineer, US Army

2021-01 - 2026-01

  • Delivered an AI-powered search solution using Azure AI Search with cross-functional teams, improving accessibility of 22TB+ of data and cutting information retrieval time from 20+ minutes to under 10 seconds.
  • Identified a chronic gap in user account management and built a custom PowerShell module from scratch, increasing service desk ticket closure speed by 100%.
  • Authored an enterprise cybersecurity policy aligning technical controls with business priorities; secured C-suite buy-in and reduced violations by 75%+.
  • Designed and presented a tactical network/systems architecture to 5+ C-suite stakeholders, enabling buy-in for a training event supporting 50+ end users.
  • Deployed resilient Active Directory domain architecture across 8 geographically dispersed sites, maintaining service continuity for 150+ users in austere tactical environments.

Executive Assistant, US Army

2020-02 - 2021-01

  • Bridged C-suite leadership and technical teams in drafting and publishing the U.S. Army Arctic Strategy, a foundational initiative driving the Army's return to Arctic dominance amid great power competition.

Platoon Leader, US Army

2019-03 - 2020-11

  • Commanded a 22-person Cavalry platoon through a successful combat training center rotation; rated #1 of all platoon leaders in the squadron and accountable for $1M+ in equipment.

Volunteering

Programming Director, Arrowhead Research

2026-01 - present

  • Lead Black Relay 2026: Safehouse Systems, a four-month engineering initiative to build a portable, survivable operating stack for temporary sites across fabrication, detection, survivability, and TAK teams.
  • Designed, built, and deployed the Arrowhead Research website and the Black Relay 2026 program site, translating the organization’s mission, programs, application flow, and field-event requirements into public-facing web experiences.
  • Delivered a presentation at a company-sponsored prototype showcase on open-source methodology to a panel of 5 industry experts and DoD leaders including the US Army CTO, demonstrating technical leadership and communication skills.

Web Developer, Cybersecurity Canon

2025-11 - 2026-05

  • Prototyped a modern platform to replace long-deferred WordPress infrastructure; communicated architectural trade-offs to leadership to enable enhanced extensibility.

Technical Projects

  • Black Relay 2026: Safehouse Systems | Designed and deployed the public program site for a four-month field-engineering initiative building a portable, survivable safehouse operating stack for temporary sites.
  • Homelab as Code | GitOps/IaC platform deploying homelab services to Kubernetes on Talos Linux; uses FluxCD, Tailscale, SOPS, and age for secure multi-user operations and secret management.
  • Homelab Ansible Collection | Published Ansible Galaxy roles that automate Linux server hardening, Docker installation, containerized service deployment, Tailscale networking, Traefik reverse proxying, and Cloudflare DNS records.
  • Personal Website | Astro-based personal site deployed through GitHub Actions to Azure Storage and secured behind Cloudflare HTTPS, with a technical blog and public notes.
  • pi-teach | Published Pi extension that turns agent sessions into interactive HTML classrooms with highlight-to-ask explanations, persistent contextual Q&A, and agent-graded quizzes.
  • Traefik Install Playbook | Ansible playbook that automates Traefik deployment with Tailscale and Traefik Kop across multiple hosts.

Education

  • Webster University

    MA, Information Technology Management *(May 2022)*

  • University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

    BA, German *(May 2017)*

  • Galvanize

    Software Development Immersive *(September 2025)*

  • US Army Cyber Center of Excellence (CCOE)

    Graduate, Information Systems Engineering Course *(October 2021)*

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