zudell.io.

DevOps and Full Stack Engineer with 13 years of experience leading cloud infrastructure optimization and secure CI/CD pipeline development. Proven record of reducing deployment errors by 50% and mentoring teams to deliver scalable, efficient solutions.

# Skills

Full Stack Development, Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment, Infrastructure as Code, Containerization

# Languages

Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Terraform, Java, Bash, sql

# Technologies

Flask, React, Docker, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Lambdas, API Gateway

# Specializations

Full Stack Development, Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment, Public Key Infrastructure, Authentication

# Work Experience

## Platform Engineer - Lark Technologies - 2021-12 – 2024-03

• Migrated CI/CD process from GitHub Actions to ArgoCD/Argo Workflows for improved efficiency for 30 scalable microservices
• Enhanced pipeline security by implementing Static Code Analysis, resolving build vulnerabilities, while ensuring pipeline availability
• Automated Scanning and remediation critical resources using AWS Config Rules; remediated hundreds of resources on noncompliance
• Optimized JWT token management, deployment errors reduced by 50% and uninterrupted development operations ensured
• Mentored junior engineers on CI pipelines, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and enabling scalable cloud automation via GitOps

## DevOps Engineer - Leidos - 2018-06 – 2020-03

• Automated AWS provisioning for 200 servers, improving orchestration efficiency using Chef scripts across 10 accounts
• Remediated 244 OS Hardening line items for RHEL7 across hundreds of servers; leveraged InSpec and oscap; configured observability

## Software Engineer - Lockheed Martin - 2017-03 – 2018-03

• Replaced a 10,000 line Java program with 250 lines of python by leveraging native Linux libraries enabling user session management
• Architected client server communication process for Air Space Defense System for the largest ever RHEL7 deployment for the U.A.E.

## Software Engineer - United States Air Force - 2011-01 – 2017-01

• Wrote procedures to ingest/quality check about 4 million lightning strike and weather observations per day in Java and Python
• Implemented software processes saving 2,479 man-hours per year through error correction automating reducing error rate by 98%

# Education

• AA General Studies - NWFSC - Expected in March 2025

# Contact Info

• email: jon@zudell.io