BLBrandon Lake-Dennie
@brandonlake-dennie
DevOps-focused Linux engineer transitioning into cloud and DevOps roles with strong security expertise.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am an accomplished IT professional with five years as a Linux Engineer and three years working with AWS and Azure, focused on delivering reliable systems administration and secure cloud solutions.
I architect and implement DevSecOps pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and multi-cloud deployments that improved security and operational efficiency for large-scale surveillance and enterprise systems.
I built real-time big data analytics pipelines, optimized high-throughput storage and forensic analysis workflows, and automated provisioning of container platforms to accelerate application delivery and investigative workflows.
I prioritize collaboration, compliance, and automation—combining strong analytical skills, security-first practices, and cross-team communication to reduce incident resolution time and enable scalable, resilient infrastructures.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Linux Systems Engineer
Skyline Technology Solutions
May 2023 - Present (2 years 6 months)
Architected DevSecOps pipelines and multi-cloud surveillance infrastructure for a nationwide public camera system, improving security compliance and reducing incident resolution time by ~50%. Led automation of OpenShift/Kubernetes deployments and real-time analytics pipelines ingesting millions of feeds across 30 states.
Linux Systems Administrator
NextGen DataCloud
Jan 2020 - Apr 2023 (3 years 3 months)
Led migration of 150 RedHat servers to VMware vSphere reducing per-server downtime and improving compute and storage efficiency; built multi-cloud containerized platforms and automated DevSecOps pipelines to enforce FedRAMP/NIST compliance.
Linux Engineer
Department of the Navy
Jun 2019 - Oct 2019 (4 months)
Developed IoT telematics and logistics solutions for Navy platforms, hardened hybrid cloud and network infrastructures, and automated patching and security monitoring to meet DoD compliance standards.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
PCPrince George's Community College
Associate Degree, Electrical Engineering
Completed an Associate degree in Electrical Engineering focusing on foundational electrical engineering principles and technical coursework.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Postman
AWS CLI
Splunk
Apache Spark
Blockchain
Hyperledger Fabric
AWS IAM
Google Cloud Filestore
Google Cloud Platform
DigitalOcean
Stackdriver
Openstack Swift
GitHub
GitLab
Azure Repos
SonarQube
JaCoCo
Kubernetes
Docker Swarm
AWS Fargate
AWS CodePipeline
Jenkins
Azure Pipelines
GitLab CI
F5
DB
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
MariaDB
Hadoop
Gmail
Node.js
Django
Spring Boot
.NET
FFMPEG
Redis
Terraform
AWS CloudFormation
Azure DevOps
Jira
Vue.js
JavaScript
Java
ASP.NET
JSON
PowerShell
HAProxy
AWS CloudTrail
Apache Flume
TensorFlow
PyTorch
scikit-learn
Kafka
RabbitMQ
MQTT
FastAPI
Zuul
Istio
Grafana
Prometheus
Zabbix
Sysdig
Nagios
Wireshark
OpenStack
Ubuntu
CentOS
Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
iOS
Windows
Kali Linux
Arch Linux
Windows Server
Alpine Linux
CloudLinux
Wind River Linux
Oracle Linux
ZAP
Falco
Elasticsearch
Zscaler
AWS Shield
Azure Security Center
OpenSSH
Ansible
AWS Lambda
Serverless
Google Cloud Functions
Azure Functions
Kafka Streams
OAuth2
sso
Docker
OpenVPN
VirtualBox
VMware vSphere
NGINX
Apache Tomcat
JBoss
Wildfly
Azure Firewall
Zap
KVM
Google BigQuery
CUDA
SQL
Citrix
Google Kubernetes Engine
AppArmor
SELinux
Azure Cosmos DB
ServiceNow
Amazon EBS
AWS KMS
Snyk
Burp Suite
Nmap
Metasploit
Podman
GlusterFS
OWASP ZAP
Cosmos
Bash
Radius
Enhance
Availability
Location
United StatesAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
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