High-impact DevOps Principal and Solutions Architect with over 20 years of experience streamlining the Software Delivery Lifecycle (SDLC). Expert in the Atlassian ecosystem, cloud-native migrations, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Proven track record of architecting systems at Uber-scale (10M+ issues) and delivering significant ROI, including $1M/year in operational savings.
Professional Experience
Owner & Principal Consultant
SDLC Solutions
Jun 2022
- Coached teams on DevOps practices, ceremonies, and CI/CD process optimization to improve deployment frequency and reliability.
- Trained engineering teams on TLS certificate management and the implementation of self-hosted PKI frameworks for internal service security.
- Architected enterprise Power BI dashboards to transform raw Jira Cloud metrics into actionable executive insights.
- Designed ‘sdlc-bot,’ a modular Slack integration featuring a pluggable architecture to automate SDLC notifications.
- Developing custom Jira-to-Miro integration patterns to enhance visual collaboration and roadmap synchronization.
Software Engineer III, Principal
Uber
Oct 2022 - Jan 2024
- Managed SRE and infrastructure for a global, multi-node Atlassian Data Center cluster supporting 10M+ issues and 40K+ monthly users.
- Architected the transition from legacy CloudFormation to Terraform, achieving platform-wide consistency and reducing manual configuration via Ansible.
- Enhanced observability by rolling out Dynatrace and Elastic APM, establishing performance baselines that optimized instance sizing.
- Developed custom integrations between Jira, PagerDuty, and Slack to automate incident response for global engineering teams.
Principal DevOps Solutions Architect
Adaptavist
May 2019 - Oct 2022
- Orchestrated complex migrations of legacy Drupal and Atlassian applications to AWS (ECS/EKS) for global enterprise clients.
- Architected enterprise-grade AWS environments following Well-Architected Framework principles, focusing on high availability and security.
- Developed an enterprise DevOps Maturity Guide used by clients to benchmark engineering practices and map multi-year transformation journeys.
- Led global technical enablement through bi-weekly seminars, whitepapers, and public webinars on DevSecOps and SDLC optimization.
DevOps Engineer & Coach
RBC
Jun 2011 - May 2019
- Spearheaded enterprise-wide adoption of Ansible, establishing best practices for configuration management across thousands of Linux nodes.
- Modernized software configuration for 1,300+ Linux machines using Puppet and custom scripting before leading the strategic migration to Ansible.
- Provided Tier-3 support and architectural guidance for the enterprise DevOps toolchain, including GitHub Enterprise and UrbanCode Deploy.
Sr. Java Developer & CI Administrator
LoyaltyOne (Travel Rewards Group)
May 2007 - Jun 2011
- Engineered a transition from commercial monitoring suites to open-source alternatives, resulting in an estimated $1M/year reduction in licensing costs.
- Orchestrated the TravelOne build system, automating artifact creation and deployment, reducing deployment times from 2 hours to 30 minutes.
- Acted as SME for performance testing and remediation, utilizing profiling tools to optimize high-traffic travel reward platforms.
Volunteer Work
Projectionist & IT Specialist
Aron Theatre Co-op
Infrastructure and network upgrades for local community theatre.
Technical Volunteer & Wildlife Rescue Driver
Sandy Pines Wildlife Centre
Publications
How to Build a Cloud-First DevOps Approach
Published by Adaptavist
2022-04-07
The Changing Landscape of DevSecOps (Parts 1 & 2)
Published by Adaptavist
2022-08-01
The Concepts Behind Successful DevOps
Published by Adaptavist
2022-06-01