DevOps Engineer building cloud infrastructure at scale
DevOps Engineer with hands-on production experience across AWS and Azure — shipping containerized platforms, GitOps pipelines, and full-stack observability. Former Division I NCAA Champion bringing the same drive for performance to every system I build. 11 active certifications. Based in Atlanta, GA.
About Me
I'm a DevOps Engineer with a deep foundation in Tier 3 systems engineering and cloud automation. At Capstone Works, I served as the final escalation point for complex infrastructure, leading enterprise-level projects including Azure cloud migrations, serverless Python automation, and LLM-powered triage systems — progressing from Tier 1 to Tier 3 in just 5 months.
Now at BitKernel, I apply that background to scale cloud-native environments for a next-generation OTT streaming platform, building GitOps pipelines with ArgoCD, containerized workloads on AWS EKS and ECS, and full observability stacks with OpenSearch and OpenTelemetry.
I hold a B.S. in Actuarial Mathematics from The University of Texas at Austin, where I also competed as a Division I sprinter — a 2022 NCAA Indoor National Champion, 2024 All-American in the 400m, and multiple USTFCCCA All-American honoree. That same discipline and high-performance mindset shapes how I approach engineering: precise, accountable, and always pushing toward the best possible result.
Work Experience
Bitkernel Technology Inc.
DevOps Engineer
Engineering cloud infrastructure for Goose, a next-generation OTT streaming SaaS platform serving content creators and broadcasters across Android, iOS, Web, and SmartTV.
- Manage Kubernetes cluster operations using ArgoCD for GitOps-driven continuous delivery — enabling declarative, auditable deployments across the streaming platform infrastructure.
- Architected and deployed containerized workloads on AWS EKS and ECS, provisioning ECR and building end-to-end Jenkins pipelines in Groovy that auto-deploy images on every merge.
- Designed full observability stack: OpenSearch for centralized log aggregation and OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for distributed metric collection across containers.
- Authored multi-stage Jenkins pipelines covering build, test, push, and deploy — reducing manual release overhead and standardizing deployment patterns across services.
Capstone Works Inc.
Tier 3 Systems Engineer
- Orchestrated end-to-end Azure cloud modernization and server migrations using Terraform; delivered secure, reproducible infrastructure on projects valued at $30K+ each.
- Managed hybrid physical and virtual infrastructure including Azure SQL Managed Instances, VMware vSphere clusters, and vCenter-administered ESXi hosts in production.
- Deployed containerized applications with Docker, Nginx, and Flask backed by GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, stabilizing production call monitoring platforms.
- Maintained Hybrid AD / Azure AD DS environments for mission-critical enterprise workloads across multiple client organizations.
- Progressed from Tier 1 to Tier 3 in 5 months through high-volume ticket ownership, internal tooling development, and self-directed cloud infrastructure projects.
Lakeside High School
IT Help Desk Intern
Setup, installation, and maintenance of computers, printers, and AV hardware; managed Active Directory for 2,000+ students, faculty, and staff.
Project Portfolio
Enterprise AI RAG Platform
AI / Cloud Engineer
Production-grade RAG system that cut technician research time by 90% (10 min → under 60 sec per inquiry) and contributed to $300K+ in measurable business impact.
- Engineered high-volume ETL pipeline via Azure Data Factory to ingest 500,000+ ConnectWise tickets and ITGlue SOPs into Azure Data Lake (ADLS Gen2).
- Architected RAG system using Azure AI Search, Azure OpenAI (GPT-4o), and Azure Container Registry.
- Developed OData filtering and Skillset Index Projections to enforce precise AI source separation, deflecting high-tier escalations at scale.
Real-Time Call Center Analytics Platform
Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Migrated legacy on-premise Asterisk PBX call monitoring to a cloud-native containerized platform with real-time SSE streaming dashboards.
- Migrated to Azure Container Apps using Terraform IaC — provisioning VNets, ACR, and Managed Environments with immutable, zero-downtime rolling deployments.
- Engineered Site-to-Site VPN with NAT Gateway so serverless resources communicate securely with on-premise PBX systems via static outbound IPs.
- Built self-healing GitHub Actions multi-stage pipelines with automated Azure Key Vault secret injection.
- Refactored Python/Flask backend to async Gunicorn/Gevent workers for persistent SSE streaming under load.
Azure ConnectWise AI Triage System
Azure Cloud Engineer
- Serverless Azure Functions app that extracts, parses, and classifies ConnectWise tickets via LLM analysis — automating routing across service boards, types, and subtypes.
- Added client sentiment analysis pipeline to proactively flag satisfaction risk; GitHub Actions CI/CD for continuous deployment and rapid iteration.
Azure Virtual Desktop Deployment
Azure Engineer
- Designed and deployed a scalable 12-VM AVD host pool via Terraform with FSLogix profile management, Reserved Instances, and autoscaling.
- Built serverless automation reducing manual VDI admin overhead by 40%; hardened with Azure Defender, NSGs, and Azure Monitor.
Education & Certifications
B.S. Actuarial Mathematics & Minor in Computer Science
University of Texas at Austin
Division I student-athlete on the UT Track & Field team. Notable achievements:
Certificate in Elements of Computing
University of Texas at Austin — Computer Science
B.S. Computer Engineering — 64 Credits
University of Southern California
Professional Certifications
11 Active — Microsoft, CompTIA & WatchGuard
Skills & Technologies
Cloud & Infrastructure
AWS (EKS, ECS, ECR) · Azure (Functions, AVD, AI Search, OpenAI, ADF, Container Apps, Entra ID, SQL MI) · GCP
IaC & DevOps
Terraform · Docker · Kubernetes · ArgoCD · Jenkins (Groovy) · GitHub Actions · GitLab CI · Serverless
Observability
OpenSearch · OpenTelemetry (OTEL) · Prometheus · Grafana · Azure Monitor · SSE Dashboards
Networking & Security
Site-to-Site VPN · SSL VPN · NSGs · WatchGuard Firewalls · NAT/ACLs · Active Directory · Hybrid AD
Programming
Python (asyncio, Gunicorn, Gevent) · PowerShell · SQL · C++ · Java · HTML
Virtualization & Platforms
VMware ESXi · vCenter · vSphere · ConnectWise API · Flask · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · JupyterLab
Get in Touch
Open to DevOps Engineer, SRE, and Cloud Infrastructure roles. Let's talk.