Certifications

• CompTIA Security+

  SY0-701 · Jun 2026 – Jun 2029

Experience

1. Senior DevOps Architect

   Alaka'ina

   Jun 2026 – Sep 2026 · 4 months

   Senior DevOps Architect Alaka'ina Jun 2026 – Sep 2026 · 4 months (continued)

   Packaged and deployed our program with Zarf on RHEL, including cluster bootstrap and application delivery. Supported an agentic LLM workflow across multiple models that helped users find documentation and understand the data they were accessing. Supported a program that used OCR for context and classification markings and included an ontology. Stood up K3s on RHEL and used Rancher for cluster lifecycle and workload management. Deployed Argo CD for GitOps CI/CD of application and platform components. Provisioned Longhorn for distributed persistent storage across the cluster. Configured Traefik as the ingress and reverse-proxy layer for in-cluster services.

2. Senior DevOps Software Engineer

   NTESS — Sandia National Labs

   Oct 2018 – May 2026 · 7 years 8 months

   Senior DevOps Software Engineer NTESS — Sandia National Labs Oct 2018 – May 2026 · 7 years 8 months (continued)

   Ran Kubernetes and K3s on RHEL and packaged workloads with Helm. Migrated 40+ customer Kubernetes clusters to Red Hat OpenShift, including Deployment, Service, and Secret manifests. Ran Jenkins pipelines for customer workloads from 2019 until the 2021 cutover to Git-based CI/CD. Built CI/CD pipelines that automated deployments and operational tasks. Automated environment build, configuration, software deployment, and upgrades with Ansible Tower. Used Terraform on Azure to deploy infrastructure as code and replaced manual environment setup. Built container images from scratch and ran a Sonatype Nexus registry for OpenShift, Kubernetes, K3s, and Docker workloads. Configured HAProxy and Nginx, including certificates, so microservices were exposed as secure context paths. Containerized workloads and used Portainer to orchestrate Docker workspaces and containers. Worked with developers, cybersecurity, system administrators, and product owners on debugging, automation, and integration.

3. Linux System Engineer

   The Kemtah Group, A Belcan Company

   Apr 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 year 6 months

   Linux System Engineer The Kemtah Group, A Belcan Company Apr 2017 – Oct 2018 · 1 year 6 months (continued)

   Designed and stood up the containerized systems that ran the Nexus image repository for multiple teams. Set up and configured licensing servers for corporate software authentication. Administered Active Directory, including GPO and OU changes. Provided setup and support for lab equipment controllers and precision workstations. Troubleshot and isolated network, application, and systems incidents and determined site impact.

4. Software Engineer

   Atomic Development

   Jan 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 year 3 months

   Software Engineer Atomic Development Jan 2016 – Apr 2017 · 1 year 3 months (continued)
   Researched, designed, and implemented scalable applications for information identification, extraction, analysis, retrieval, and indexing. Designed UML models to guide projects to completion. Designed, developed, and documented REST APIs backed by MySQL. Participated in strategic technology planning. Implemented CSS and JavaScript to make web applications usable and visually consistent.

5. DevOps Software Engineer

   Wellbridge

   Apr 2009 – Dec 2015 · 6 years 8 months

   DevOps Software Engineer Wellbridge Apr 2009 – Dec 2015 · 6 years 8 months (continued)

   Created C++ modules to improve user interactions. Supported core network services including DNS, SFTP/FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SSL, SSH, TCP, UDP, TFTP, and DHCP. Used Python extensively to automate operational tasks. Migrated from Hyper-V to HPE SimpliVity hyperconverged infrastructure running ESXi in a stretched cluster over fiber. Installed, configured, and administered Linux systems, including backup and recovery methodologies. Stood up a new server rack running Oracle VM to replace Hyper-V servers.

6. Frontend Web Developer

   TEKsystems

   May 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 year 11 months

   Frontend Web Developer TEKsystems May 2007 – Apr 2009 · 1 year 11 months (continued)
   Delivered responsive, cross-browser compatible, accessibility-compliant websites. Resolved website performance issues while supporting designers and application developers. Expanded features, refined code, and improved processes to increase reliability and user engagement.