Software Cloud Engineer / Data Platforms Team Lead

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory — February 2020 – Present

• Manage an 8-person Data Platforms Engineering team.
• Architected and operated distributed cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS for mission-critical applications, ensuring high reliability and scalability.
• Designed and implemented IaC frameworks (Azure Bicep) for end-to-end environment provisioning.
• Built and maintained Kubernetes-based CI/CD systems using GitLab to automate testing, security scanning, and deployment pipelines. Reduced GitLab infrastructure deployment time by 75%.
• Implemented monitoring, alerting, and observability mechanisms using Azure Monitor, Application Insights, and Log Analytics, enabling proactive issue resolution.
• Partnered with development teams to optimize infrastructure for performance and developer velocity through custom tooling and shared services.
• Supported hybrid and multi-cloud deployments, including AWS-native automation and monitoring integrations.