Harris K
@harrisk
DevOps leader driving scalable, secure cloud infrastructure and CI/CD automation.
United StatesWhat I'm looking for
I am a results-driven DevOps professional with 10+ years of hands-on experience automating, optimizing, and securing mission-critical deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I design scalable CI/CD pipelines, enforce Infrastructure as Code, and lead cross-functional teams to deliver robust, highly available environments.
As a Lead DevOps Engineer, I have managed cloud-native infrastructure for 25+ microservices supporting millions of users, migrated monoliths to Kubernetes (EKS) and achieved significant cost savings and deployment reliability improvements. I champion GitOps, centralized monitoring, and security integrations to support SOC2 and HIPAA readiness.
I mentor and direct engineering teams, define OKRs, and implement automation that reduces MTTR and operational waste. I seek to bring my background in Linux administration, containerization, Terraform/Ansible, and observability to a team focused on secure, scalable cloud delivery.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Lead DevOps Engineer
DuploCloud
Apr 2024 - Present (2 years 2 months)
Designed and managed cloud-native infrastructure for 25+ microservices on AWS, supporting 5M+ users; built CI/CD pipelines that reduced build and deployment times by 80% and achieved 99.9% deployment reliability. Migrated a monolith to EKS, cutting infrastructure costs $120,000 annually and lowering MTTR by 60% via centralized monitoring.
DevOps Engineer
Cubix
Aug 2019 - Mar 2024 (4 years 7 months)
Led migration of 100+ enterprise applications to AWS delivering 40% cost reduction and improved scalability; implemented GitLab CI pipelines and reusable Ansible/CloudFormation templates, reducing configuration drift by 90% and deployment errors by 35%. Integrated Vault and automated compliance workflows supporting SOC2 and ISO27001 audits.
Associate Systems Engineer
Tkxel
May 2016 - Aug 2019 (3 years 3 months)
Promoted to DevOps Engineer within 18 months after managing 200+ Linux servers with 99.95% uptime and automating provisioning to reduce manual efforts by 75%. Introduced Docker for 20+ legacy apps, improving deployment speed and participated in 24x7 on-call rotations to meet SLAs.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Unknown Institution
Master of Science, Computer Science
2014 - 2015
Completed a Master of Science in Computer Science program focused on advanced topics in computing and systems.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
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