Devops Engineer Senior

Mike Kevy

Senior DevOps Engineer Cloud Infrastructure Automation Expert AWS

Kubernetes

***********@*****.*** 253-***-**** San Francisco (94102), CA PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Dynamic and results-oriented DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of experience designing, automating, and managing cloud-native infrastructures across AWS, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments. Proven success in building scalable systems, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and improving deployment efficiency while ensuring reliability and security. Highly skilled in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation, container orchestration, and DevSecOps automation. Experienced in leading cross-functional teams, implementing monitoring and observability solutions, and driving cloud cost optimization initiatives. Passionate about innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, with a strong track record of bridging the gap between development and operations to deliver secure, high- performing, and resilient platforms that enable business growth. Adept at evaluating emerging technologies to streamline workflows and enhance infrastructure scalability. Committed to fostering a culture of automation, transparency, and operational excellence within engineering teams. CORE COMPETENCIES

Cloud Platforms — AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, ECS, EKS), Azure, GCP Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible CI/CD & Automation — Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD Containers & Orchestration — Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio Monitoring & Observability — Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, CloudWatch Scripting & Dev — Python, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy Security & Compliance — IAM, Secrets Manager, KMS, SSL/TLS, VPC, Network Policies Methodologies — Agile/Scrum, GitOps, DevSecOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Pluralsight, Inc.

Senior DevOps Engineer

06/2020 – Present

•Architected and deployed multi-region AWS environments using Terraform and CloudFormation for fault tolerance and scalability.

•Migrated CI/CD workflows from Jenkins to GitHub Actions, improving deployment speed by 45% and reducing manual intervention by 80%.

•Implemented Kubernetes (EKS) clusters with Istio service mesh for secure service communication and 99.99% uptime.

•Automated cost-optimization scripts that reduced AWS spend by 25%.

•Partnered with product and SRE teams to standardize blue/green and canary deployments for zero- downtime releases.

Tech Stack: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Python, Helm, Docker ServiceTitan

DevOps Engineer

04/2016 – 05/2020

•Automated CI/CD for 50+ microservices with Jenkins and Docker, increasing release frequency from weekly to daily.

•Designed a centralized ELK-based monitoring system, cutting incident response time by 30%.

•Created modular Ansible playbooks for infrastructure provisioning and configuration consistency.

•Containerized legacy monolith applications and migrated workloads to AWS ECS, improving scalability and maintainability.

•Enhanced developer experience by building reusable automation templates and pipelines. Tech Stack: Jenkins, Docker, Ansible, ELK, AWS ECS, CloudWatch, Python Rackspace Technology

Systems Engineer

07/2012 – 03/2016

•Managed hybrid (on-prem + AWS) infrastructure supporting enterprise-grade workloads.

•Automated environment provisioning using Bash and Python, saving 20+ hours weekly.

•Strengthened security posture through IAM hardening and compliance automation (SOC 2, ISO).

•Led the migration from VMs to Docker containers, streamlining deployments and reducing resource usage by 35%.

Tech Stack: AWS, Linux, Python, Bash, Puppet, Nagios, Jenkins SELECTED PROJECTS

Multi-Region AWS Deployment Automation

•Built a Terraform-driven infrastructure pipeline enabling zero-downtime deployments across multiple AWS regions.

•Integrated cost and compliance checks within CI/CD to ensure governance at scale. Kubernetes Migration for Microservices

•Containerized and migrated 20+ microservices to EKS using Helm and horizontal pod autoscaling, reducing deployment errors by 80%.

•Implemented GitOps for version-controlled infrastructure and automated rollback. EDUCATION

Bluefield State University

Bachelor of Science

2008 – 2012

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

•Passionate advocate for DevSecOps, GitOps, and cloud cost optimization.

•Contributor to open-source Terraform and Helm modules.

•Mentor and coach to junior engineers in automation, IaC, and cloud architecture best practices.

•Excellent communication and collaboration skills with cross-functional product, SRE, and platform teams.

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