Staff Platform Infrastructure Engineer

Joseph Esposito

Staff Platform Engineer -Infrastructure

Massapequa Park, NY • 516-***-**** • ***********@*****.*** • LinkedIn

PROFILE

CORE COMPETENCIES

Terraform/IaC: Custom module libraries, multi-account governance, state management, TFE/GitOps, 75% code reduction on CloudFormation migrations

AWS Infrastructure: Multi-account architecture, VPC networking, IAM governance, Lambda/EC2, ECS/Fargate/EKS, Docker, security tooling, cost optimization

CI/CD Platforms: GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Jenkins (installed and operated 19+ years), security scanning gates, progressive delivery strategies

Python: Boto3 automation, resource-import tooling, LLM integrations (Claude via Bedrock), infrastructure scripting

Production Operations: On-call rotations, observability (DataDog, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki), incident response, SLO/error-budget design

Security & Compliance: CISSP, SOC 2/HIPAA frameworks, compliance-as-code, Macie/Systems Manager/GuardDuty/Security Hub, pipeline security scanning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cloud Infrastructure Architect - Innovative Systems of New York, Inc. (Apr 2025 -Current, New York)

Engineered custom Terraform module libraries achieving 68% code reduction during CloudFormation-to-Terraform migration; established GitOps standards enabling 10x faster provisioning and 70% reduction in deployment times

Designed enterprise-scale AWS solutions spanning VPC networking, IAM governance, VPN connectivity, EKS container orchestration, and Lambda-based automation across customer environments

Built compliance and security posture management across 1,000+ AWS accounts using Macie, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, Inspector, Audit Manager, CloudTrail, and Organizations SCPs; measured against SOC 2 and HIPAA frameworks

Implemented cloud financial management (FinOps) at scale: cost allocation, tagging strategy, FOCUS-normalized cost-and-usage pipeline, Savings Plans/RI commitment analysis, and anomaly alerting across a client's 1,000+ AWS accounts

Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer - Accenture (Jan 2021 -Mar 2025, New York (Remote))

Led Multi-Enterprise Terraform Platforming for Nike, Alight Solutions, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and Canada Life: restructured existing cloud accounts onto shared, versioned module libraries with consistent multi-account governance, managing 200+ AWS accounts total

Created Accenture's Terraform Center of Excellence and Terraform Best Practices standard, establishing organization-wide IaC standards and module reuse patterns

Architected secure multi-account cloud systems leveraging IAM, VPC networking, CloudWatch monitoring, and custom Terraform modules; implemented AWS Outposts for hybrid cloud workloads

Replaced Jenkins-and-bash deployment pipelines with GitOps on GitLab CI; built reusable workflow libraries and security-scanning gates (Checkov, Trivy, Checkmarx, Snyk, DAST) before promotion

Carried weekly production on-call rotation covering Terraform platform and global client environments; participated in incident response and post-mortems

Cloud Architect, Platform Infrastructure Engineering - ZipCar (Acquired by Avis) (Dec 2016 -Sep 2020, Parsippany, NJ)

Spearheaded integration of Avis IT's Connected Car Framework with ZipCar's CI/CD system; implemented Terraform modules for infrastructure as code across AWS environments

Developed GitOps CI/CD system with on-demand ephemeral development environments upon branch creation, saving $300K annually in infrastructure costs

Ran production Kubernetes on AWS EKS; operated self-managed Kubernetes in lower environments with full control-plane administration

Deployed and maintained private repositories and artifact management across the enterprise; introduced Agile practices and automated deployment strategies

Java Services Developer (Contractor) - Avis Rent-A-Car (2001 -Dec 2016, Parsippany, NJ)

Handpicked to design and lead Avis's first AWS-based platform, the Connected Car Framework (CCF): earned Project of the Year recognition, delivered 40% increase in rental revenue and 38% improvement in customer satisfaction across 450K+ vehicles

Built CCF device layer: custom MQTT topic design, IoT Rules Engine routing, fleet-scale provisioning (certificates, registry, shadows), integrated 20+ vehicle OEM telematics services, shipped over-the-air firmware updates to thousands of rental vehicles

Architected Avis's first cloud-native application on AWS integrating front-end services with back-end REST APIs and legacy mainframe systems via IMS Connect; introduced Kafka for event-driven architecture

Owned Jenkins build estate: installed and operated the server (plugins, agents, upgrades) and authored pipelines for 15+ years continuously through the Avis-ZipCar acquisition

EDUCATION

Associate of Science, Computer Technology - University of Hartford

CERTIFICATIONS & AWARDS

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) -ISC2, May 2024

AWS Certified Solutions Architect -Professional

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

AWS Certified Security -Specialty; AWS Certified SysOps -Associate

Distinguished Achievement in Python Development -Accenture, 2025

Project of the Year -Avis Connected Car Framework

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