Professional Summary

Seattle-based systems engineer with experience in cloud computing, containerization & Kubernetes, infrastructure as code, web applications, software defined networks, automation, continuous integration/continuous delivery, and distributed systems. My background is in retail IT infrastructure, enterprise healthcare systems, and software startups.

Systems Engineer

Robin

January 2022 - July 2025

Location: Boston, MA (Remote)

  • Created cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS using Python, Pulumi, CDK, Helm, and Terraform
  • Deployed Kubernetes Event Driven Autoscaler (KEDA) to scale services based on app usage and event data
  • Led Disaster Recovery initiative by creating implementation plans and infrastructure as code to meet SOC2 compliance
  • Maintained production databases including Aurora MySQL, MySQL and PostgreSQL instances
  • Managed DNS and CDN infrastructure, implemented a migration from AWS Cloudfront to Cloudflare DNS
  • Created agentic Kubernetes cluster health check application using Python and LLMs
  • Supported big data team in developing and deploying AI and automated data based desk booking
  • Administered other infrastructure responsible for access control such as Okta, and OpenVPN
  • Architected, deployed, and managed AWS EKS clusters and ECR registries, including addons (Grafana, Loki, Mimir, KEDA, Sumo Logic, Karpenter)
  • Helped maintain Kubernetes API wrapper in Go, contributing bugfixes and new features to codebase
  • Created developer tools and automation scripts in Python, Bash to streamline developer workflows, dependency and configuration management
  • Automated all deployment processes (CDK, Terraform) using GitHub Actions
  • Tuned infrastructure for efficient resource utilization and cost optimization

Systems Engineer, Sr

REI Co-op

September 2020 - January 2022

Location: Seattle, WA (Remote)

  • Supported and maintained Docker-based microservice platform that hosted rei.com website and mobile app
  • Designed and deployed infrastructure using Python and Pulumi to support Vault and Consul on Kubernetes
  • Developed and maintained Kafka based event streaming infrastructure
  • Supported and maintained both on-prem and cloud (AWS) hosted Linux servers, Windows servers, middleware, message queuing (IBM MQ), and JVM infrastructure (IBM Websphere) for a legacy order management system
  • Developed infrastructure as code with Puppet and Ansible to manage on-prem Linux hosts

Senior Support Engineer

HashiCorp

February 2019 - September 2020

Location: San Francisco, CA (Remote)

  • Provided 24/7 tier 1 support for complex Consul service mesh networking environments
  • Reproduced and resolved complex networking & infrastructure issues on Linux, Windows Server, AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, and Docker
  • Created reusable Terraform code for team that simplified environment reproduction
  • Debugged Go code and contributed bugfixes to Consul codebase, improving product reliability
  • Created customer facing documentation, including comprehensive guides for deploying Consul

Systems Engineer

REI Co-op

December 2017 - February 2019

Location: Seattle, WA

  • Developed infrastructure as code with Puppet and Ansible to manage on-prem Linux hosts
  • Supported and maintained Docker-based microservice platform that hosted rei.com website and mobile app
  • Supported and maintained both on-prem and cloud (AWS) hosted Linux servers, Windows servers, middleware, message queuing (IBM MQ), and JVM infrastructure (IBM Websphere) for a legacy order management system

Information Technology Specialist

State of Washington

July 2017 - December 2017

Location: Olympia, WA

  • Supported developers and deployments in a Windows-based IBM Websphere J2EE environment
  • Developed automated performance and load testing scripts for developers(JMeter, SoapUI)

System Engineer

Oracle Health (formerly Cerner)

May 2015 - June 2017

Location: Kansas City, MO

  • Provided customer support for hospital IT staff implementing Cerner Millennium software
  • Maintained Windows and Linux based servers for software used in hospitals across North America
  • Supported Linux infrastructure hosting Cerner’s big data population health platform
  • Contributed to infrastructure as code initiatives using Chef cookbooks/recipes and automation scripts
  • Deployed orchestration tools (Rundeck, Jenkins) to enable developers to deploy code efficiently
  • Wrote PowerShell scripts to automate tasks

Systems Analyst

Streamline Healthcare Solutions

May 2014 - May 2015

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

  • Built custom database objects, SQL scripts, and stored procedures for healthcare data management
  • Administrated Windows Servers (SQL Servers, IIS, Active Directory) and deployed code changes
  • Maintained company website and trained staff on site maintenance and customization

Tech Intern

Kalamazoo Public Library

May 2013 - May 2014

Location: Kalamazoo, MI

  • Supported Windows desktop hardware, software, device imaging, and Active Directory for the public library

Technical Skills

  • Infrastructure as code: Git, AWS CDK, Terraform, Pulumi, Ansible, Chef, Puppet
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  • Languages: Python, Bash, Go, SQL, LaTeX
  • Cloud Computing: AWS, GCP

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems

Western Michigan University | September 2011 - December 2014
Location: Kalamazoo, Michigan

References available upon request