Jim Spring

Delivered platform infrastructure necessary to run an AI product that interfaces with different services, utilizing AWS, Grafana, Pulumi, and Kubernetes. Led interfacing with the compliance team to work towards various compliance standards including Fedramp and SOC2.

Leading the application modernization effort, migrating on-premise/desktop software to the Azure Cloud. Enabling product teams to build, deploy, and manage services in Azure using a hub-and-spoke model with landing zones.

Worked with architects, IT/Cloud Engineering, and product teams to build a DSL leveraging Bicep for teams to define their own architecture and integrate with common and shared resources. Managed a small team of other DevOps engineers to help build out IaC components.

Led a small engineering team focusing on delivering data security solutions built atop web3 technologies, guiding a PoC to a production-grade Zero Trust solution. Implemented DevOps practices including building/automating build pipelines and provisioning/deployment of EKS clusters and EC2 nodes leveraging Terraform and GitOps.

Consulted with multiple Redcell Partner companies to improve DevOps/GitOps practices and embed with platform engineering teams to aid in different deployments. Specific projects included integrating Grafana Tempo and designing/updating large commercial infrastructure in Terraform for GovCloud deployment.

Worked with Data Scientists and ML engineers to operationalize a streaming pipeline for case categorization. Technologies included Docker, ECS, AWS Dynamo, Redshift, ECS, Lambda, and Sagemaker, transitioning from bulk processing to a stream-based system.

Architected and guided the development of a NodeJS and Java based system that leveraged React for story creation and the interactive mobile client. Utilized Websockets and a lightweight event system to allow hundreds of simultaneous connections to a single server endpoint.

Led two global teams in Data Security as a tech lead and hands-on engineer, building and improving products while enhancing security build and release processes. Improved code signing, reliability of certificate authentication/mTLS sidecars, and worked on migration from Spinnaker to ArgoCD.

One of three engineers to build a system allowing for the purchase, transfer, and selling of physical gold, leveraging the Swirlds SDK (Hedera Hashgraph backend). Wrote a Java web backend serving as the consensus mechanism and an order book.

Contributed as an Azure subject matter expert to extend and improve Azure support for the JClouds multi-cloud Java library. Collaborated with other contributors to debug and commit code, ensuring adherence to project guidelines.

Collaborated with internal product teams, partners, and external customers to design, architect, and implement containerized applications at scale on Azure. Developed CI/CD practices with a focus on secure BOMs and credential management, and contributed to IaC platforms like Terraform.

Recruited to explore, design, and prototype next-generation real-time communication architectures within the Skype Division. Collaborated across teams to deliver a REST-based logging and monitoring system on Azure and designed/developed client-server components for browser-based calling scenarios.

Part of the founding engineering team to build a cloud-based provider of enterprise backup, disaster recovery, and archiving solutions. Designed and developed data at rest solutions leveraging NCipher HSMs and standard encryption/compression algorithms, and created a cross-platform, pluggable backup client.

Part of the initial team to build a cloud-based browser for mobile clients. Designed and implemented a lightweight network encryption protocol and led a team that implemented server-side components for the cloud-based mobile browser, covering user management to content delivery.

A founding member of a team tasked with building a secure USB drive with built-in smartcard and supporting services. Designed and implemented internal/external services including CA infrastructure, SSL Client Auth, and SAAS offerings, and implemented a PKCS11 driver.

Worked as a Senior Software Engineer in the Enterprise Solutions Division, focusing on PKI. Contributed to the development and implementation of Public Key Infrastructure solutions for enterprise environments.

Contributed as a Software Engineer focusing on Imaging Technologies. Developed and improved software solutions related to image processing and management for the online photo service.

Conducted research in Imaging Technologies as a Software Engineer. Explored and developed innovative solutions within the field of digital imaging.

Served as a Member of Technical Staff within the Core Security team. Contributed to the development and enhancement of core security features for Netscape products.

Undertook graduate-level studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Focused on advanced topics within the field of computer engineering.

Completed a Master of Science degree in Computer Engineering. Gained in-depth knowledge and specialized skills in various aspects of computer engineering.

Grade: Honors in Major

Activities and societies: Regent’s Fellow

Earned a Bachelor of Science degree with honors in Computer Engineering and Chemistry. Developed a strong foundation in both disciplines, demonstrating academic excellence.