Experience
- DevOps EngineerRen
- Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS, expanding the cloud footprint across multiple production environments.
- Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure as code using Terraform.
- Leading migration of TeamCity CI/CD pipelines to GitHub Actions, modernizing the team's delivery toolchain.
- Managed application release pipelines in Octopus Deploy across multiple deployment targets.
- Deployed Datadog as the team's observability platform and automated its configuration via PowerShell modules.
- Incorporated AI coding tools into daily infrastructure workflows to increase development velocity.
- Senior Site Reliability EngineerRen
- Developed PowerShell modules to automate Windows Server administration, reducing recurring manual workload.
- Built operational dashboards in the Elastic Stack to surface system health and key performance metrics.
- Implemented Microsoft Endpoint Manager to standardize and automate Windows Server patch management across on-premise infrastructure.
- Senior Site Reliability EngineerStellar Technology Solutions (acq. by Ren)
- Led migration of on-premise workloads to AWS, transitioning core infrastructure to the cloud.
- Maintained on-premise infrastructure stability throughout the migration, ensuring continuity of service.
- Developed internal monitoring tools and automation scripts to reduce operational overhead.
- Site Reliability EngineerStellar Technology Solutions (acq. by Ren)
- Owned reliability across on-premise and cloud environments — provisioning, configuring, and maintaining OS, application, and system management infrastructure.
- Collaborated with Engineering, Security, QA, and Product to improve reliability, availability, and security of shared infrastructure.
- Wrote runbooks and automated recurring operational tasks to eliminate manual toil.
- Planned and executed security patching across applications and infrastructure on a recurring cycle.
- Drove initial AWS integration into company infrastructure, improving scalability and laying groundwork for full cloud migration.
- Participated in on-call rotation covering incident response, service requests, maintenance, and server provisioning.
- Junior Systems AdministratorStellar Technology Solutions (acq. by Ren)
- Supported day-to-day IT operations and systems administration in a growing engineering organization.
- Systems AdministratorCummings Electrical
- Managed hardware and software systems for the business as part of a small IT team.
- Owned remote access tooling, data backup and restore, Windows Server administration, and mobile device management.
- Built a standardized IT environment that scaled to support 350+ employees across 15+ locations as the company grew.
Skills
Cloud & DevOps
- AWS
- Terraform
- GitHub Actions
- Octopus Deploy
- TeamCity
- Datadog
- Elastic Stack
Infrastructure
- Windows Server
- Active Directory
- VMware ESXi
- Hyper-V
- Nutanix
- IIS
- Cisco Systems
- DNS
- VPN
Scripting & Automation
- PowerShell
- Python
- Bash
Operations
- Incident Response
- Server Management
- Microsoft Exchange
- Troubleshooting
- Team Leadership
Certifications
Education
University of Montana - Geoscience