Experience & Impact
DevOps Engineer (Observability & Platform)
@ Mark43Spearheaded the enterprise telemetry migration from Grafana to Datadog across 7 EKS clusters (0+ nodes) and 0+ RDS databases, engineering custom Terraform automation, intelligent Jira incident routing, and a multi-arch FedRAMP-compliant S3 observability pipeline.
Architected and deployed an AWS AppStream-based secure access solution, eliminating VPN context-switching and reducing environment access time from 10+ minutes to under 0s.
Coordinated a zero-downtime migration of 0+ CI/CD pipelines from TeamCity to GitHub Actions, eliminating legacy platform costs and accelerating build times by 30%.
Secured 60+ repositories with immutable SHA-pinned GitHub Actions workflows, proactively mitigating software supply chain vulnerabilities.
Software Engineer (Platform & Integrations)
@ Mark43Drove critical infrastructure security for a company-wide $0M+ FedRAMP High initiative by enforcing ubiquitous TLS encryption, migrating Java applications to DoD-hardened Iron Bank images, and systematically eliminating cross-service vulnerabilities.
Designed and engineered a custom in-house feature flag system, achieving $0k+ annual cost savings while securely managing 3.2M+ flags across 10+ environments.
Orchestrated the zero-downtime migration of critical public safety interface servers for 3 major agencies from Azure to AWS.
Engineered and maintained core data pipelines processing 5M+ daily events with 0.0% uptime.
Student Instructor – Unix Tools
@ University of MarylandDelivered a rigorous Linux systems curriculum focusing on core GNU architecture, package management mechanisms (APT/Homebrew), and compiling software directly from source.
Directed hands-on technical labs mentoring students in practical DevOps fundamentals, including advanced Bash scripting, cron job automation, and complex I/O redirection pipelines.
Software Engineering Intern – Platform
@ Mark43Shipped an internal admin platform (12+ portals) accelerating diagnostic velocity for engineering and support teams. Delivered self-service tooling for tenant SSO provisioning, identity management, and secure production database querying, slashing escalations by 0%.
TA – Web Applications
@ University of MarylandConducted lectures and intensive lab sessions for 0+ students, driving foundational proficiency in full-stack web development and backend architecture.
Partnered with instructors to revamp core curriculum materials while serving as the primary technical resource for backend system design, database modeling, and complex SQL challenges.
Education
B.S. in Computer Science
University of Maryland – College Park • 2018 - 2022
Graduated with a Major in Computer Science and a Minor in Data Science. Served as a Teaching Assistant for Web Applications and a Student Instructor for Unix Tools, mentoring hundreds of students in shell scripting and infrastructure.