Dustin Jensen
@dustinjensen
Versatile Principal DevOps Engineer with 15 years of experience.
What I'm looking for
I am a Principal DevOps Engineer with over 15 years of hands-on experience in delivering scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure solutions across enterprise and hyper-growth environments. My expertise lies in leading end-to-end DevOps transformations, from legacy automation to modern cloud-native CI/CD and Kubernetes architectures. I have a proven ability to reduce deployment time, improve system uptime, and drive operational efficiency through Infrastructure-as-Code and automated observability.
At Uber, I led the automation of AWS infrastructure provisioning, significantly reducing environment setup time and accelerating deployment velocity. My role involved designing reusable Terraform modules and optimizing Kubernetes clusters, which resulted in high-availability deployments and reduced downtime. I am passionate about mentoring junior engineers and enforcing DevOps best practices to align engineering efforts with business objectives.
My previous experience at Apple and Robinhood further honed my skills in architecting observability solutions and implementing CI/CD pipelines. I thrive in collaborative environments and am dedicated to driving consistent DevOps standards across teams, ensuring that we not only meet but exceed reliability goals.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Principal DevOps Engineer
Uber
Jun 2020 - Jun 2025 (5 years)
Led the automation of AWS infrastructure provisioning for internal Uber services using Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and GitLab CI/CD, reducing environment setup time by 80% and accelerating deployment velocity across critical engineering teams. Managed and optimized Kubernetes clusters across AWS EKS and Google GKE, enabling high-availability deployments for Uber’s core services; implemented au
Senior DevOps Engineer
Apple
Jan 2018 - May 2020 (2 years 4 months)
Architected and deployed a comprehensive observability solution for Kubernetes workloads on GCP GKE, driving a 50% reduction in incident response time and improving system reliability for core Apple services. Engineered and optimized monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, enabling real-time visibility into application health and infrastructure metrics, which led to a 30% improvement in early anom
DevOps Engineer II
RobinHood
Aug 2014 - Dec 2017 (3 years 4 months)
Engineered and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, and GitHub, enabling automated build, test, and deployment workflows that reduced production release cycles by 40%. Provisioned and managed infrastructure using Terraform, Vagrant, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, introducing Infrastructure-as-Code practices that improved environment consistency across hybrid (on-prem and Azu
DevOps Engineer
John Deere
Aug 2010 - Jun 2014 (3 years 10 months)
Automated software builds and deployments using Jenkins, Ant, and custom shell scripts, reducing manual deployment effort by over 60% and improving release consistency across QA and production environments. Standardized infrastructure provisioning with Puppet and Kickstart, enabling rapid server rollout and consistent configuration across dozens of on-premise Linux environments.
Education
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The University of Illinois
Master's Degree of Computer Science, Computer Science
2009 - 2010
Completed a Master's degree focusing on advanced topics in Computer Science. Gained expertise in complex algorithms, distributed systems, and software engineering principles.
The University of Illinois
Bachelor's Degree of Computer Science, Computer Science
2005 - 2009
Obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, building a strong foundation in programming, data structures, and computer architecture. Engaged in various projects to apply theoretical knowledge to practical problems.
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