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David Saricks

@davidsaricks

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Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure automation.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation and collaboration, with opportunities for growth in cloud technologies.

As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Luminar Technologies, I have significantly improved end-to-end cloud infrastructure automation for autonomous driving systems. By leveraging tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and AWS CDK, I successfully reduced deployment time by 40%. My role also involves managing a team of eight engineers to implement DevSecOps best practices, integrating automated security testing tools into CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 standards for automotive safety.

Previously, as an Amazon Web DevOps Consultant at Chime Services, I redesigned and managed scalable CI/CD pipelines for a digital banking platform, which resulted in a 35% reduction in deployment rollbacks. My experience includes enhancing reliability for consumer-facing APIs and developing cost-efficient AWS architecture, achieving a 25% decrease in infrastructure expenses. My educational background in Computer Science from the University of Georgia has equipped me with a solid foundation in technology and problem-solving.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior DevOps Engineer

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Luminar Technologies

Mar 2022 - Present (3 years 3 months)

Improved cloud infrastructure automation for autonomous driving systems, reducing deployment time by 40%. Managed a team of 8 engineers to implement DevSecOps practices, ensuring compliance with ISO 26262 standards. Enabled cost optimization for IoT telemetry systems, cutting costs by 25% while maintaining high data ingest rates.

Terraform AWS CloudFormation AWS CDK DevSecOps AWS Lambda Python

DevOps Consultant

Chime Services

Feb 2020 - Feb 2022 (2 years)

Redesigned CI/CD pipelines for Chime's banking platform, reducing deployment rollbacks by 35%. Upgraded infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, cutting provisioning times by 50%. Implemented serverless workflows for transaction anomaly detection, enabling real-time processing of over 1M transactions per day.

Jenkins Terraform Ansible AWS Lambda FinOps Docker Kubernetes CI CD

DevOps Engineer

Cayan LLC

Jan 2017 - Jan 2020 (3 years)

Architected containerized microservices deployment for payment systems, achieving 99.9% uptime. Streamlined multi-cloud infrastructure provisioning, reducing setup time by 60%. Enhanced payment security compliance and optimized real-time payment processing workflows.

Docker Kubernetes Terraform AWS GCP PCI DSS AWS Lambda Prometheus Grafana

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Georgia

Bachelor's Degree, Computer Science

2012 - 2016

Studied Computer Science, focusing on software development and systems architecture. Enhanced payment security compliance (PCI DSS) by adopting DevSecOps frameworks, minimizing vulnerabilities and ensuring secure software releases for point-of-sale devices. Created an observability stack with Prometheus and Grafana to monitor transaction volumes and infrastructure health.