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AUSTIN RODRIGUEZ

@austinrodriguez

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Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud, automation, security, and cost optimization.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior DevOps/cloud roles where I can lead DevSecOps transformation, automate infrastructure, optimize cloud costs, and mentor teams while aligning technical strategy with business outcomes.

I am a Senior DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of experience building, automating, and securing large-scale cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I drive DevSecOps transformations that increase deployment speed, system reliability, and operational efficiency.

I lead cross-functional teams and deliver technical training, aligning cloud strategy with business objectives while presenting outcomes to executive leadership. My work includes migrating monoliths to microservices and implementing infrastructure-as-code to standardize and accelerate provisioning.

Technically, I specialize in Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, observability stacks, and security tooling, and I have a strong track record of cost optimization and compliance (HIPAA, PCI DSS). Notable impacts include significant reductions in provisioning time and multi-hundred-thousand-dollar annual cost savings.

I focus on pragmatic automation, security-first engineering, and measurable outcomes—improving uptime, reducing MTTR, and enabling teams to deliver value faster while maintaining governance and cost discipline.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior DevOps Engineer

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Prolifics

Feb 2022 - Present (3 years 9 months)

Spearheaded a DevSecOps transformation, migrating monoliths to microservices and implementing IaC and unified observability to achieve 99.99% uptime and reduce false positives by 50%.

Terraform Ansible Docker Kubernetes Istio Prometheus Grafana Moogsoft

Senior DevOps Engineer

Code Power

Oct 2017 - Jan 2022 (4 years 3 months)

Automated infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines, reducing environment setup from three days to under two hours and lowering MTTR by integrating Datadog and automated security scanning.

Terraform CloudFormation Jenkins Gitlab CI Datadog AWS CI CD IAM

DevOps Engineer

ClassWallet

Jul 2015 - Sep 2017 (2 years 2 months)

Built centralized EFK logging and performance dashboards, streamlined ETL pipelines, and improved application stability and reporting accuracy for executive decision-making.

Elasticsearch Fluentd Kibana Tableau SQL PostgreSQL .NET Python

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Hodges University

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, focusing on software development, systems engineering, and data technologies; degree awarded in June 2015.