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Justin Frye

@justinfrye

Founding Randoneer(TM), looking for startup looking for a highly motivated, self-starter, who excels in keeping a healthy work/life balance.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am looking for a role that fosters innovation, collaboration, and professional growth. As a go getter, I like to surround myself with other driven individuals in small team settings where we drive the impact on our business.

Founder of Randoneering, LLC with over 8+ years of experience in scaling IT Infrastructure and managing critical Data platforms. An Open Source Evangelist championing services and products from the community in professional settings.

Currently serving as Senior Database Engineer at RxBenefits, Inc., with demonstrated expertise in database architecture, performance optimization, and data infrastructure management. Actively pursuing advancement to Staff-level engineering positions with focus on scalable infrastructure development for emerging organizations.

Core competencies include multi-platform database administration, infrastructure automation, and systems architecture design. Committed to continuous professional development through hands-on experimentation in personal lab environments, exploring emerging technologies and infrastructure solutions. When away from the keyboard, I enjoy spending my time with my wife and kids, exploring Mother Nature, perfecting my Nix-Craft , and chasing my dreams.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Founder-Lead Randoneer

Current

Randoneering, LLC

Jun 2025 - Present (4 months)

I build IT infrastructure as your technology backbone, including cloud/on-premises solutions, scalable architecture, and security-first implementation. You get complete documentation, runbooks, team training, and ongoing retainer support for consulting, maintenance, scaling, and emergency troubleshooting as your business grows.

Current

AWS Senior Database Engineer

Current

RxBenefits, Inc

Jun 2023 - Present (2 years 4 months)

Led a team of Database Engineers, developing and maintaining IaC modules for database infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible Playbooks. Assessed database performance through tuning, monitoring, and diagnosing, ensuring data quality and enforcing referential integrity.

IaC Terraform Ansible Performance Tuning Monitoring SDLC Database Management Team Leadership

AWS Database Administrator and Cloud Engineer

Synoptic Data, PBC

Oct 2022 - Jun 2023 (8 months)

Supported Data Engineers and customers, managing data requests and migrating databases from EC2 to AWS RDS Aurora MySQL managed instances. Maintained AWS data infrastructure and introduced DevOps principles with Infrastructure as Code for data operations.

AWS RDS MariaDB MySQL EC2 AWS Infrastructure DevOps Infrastructure as Code SumoLogic

IT Application Support and Systems Engineer

Aldi, Inc

Nov 2018 - Oct 2022 (3 years 11 months)

Managed over 100 national and international production databases as a Production Database Administrator, ensuring server uptime and developing complex business solutions. Led cross-functional collaborations to implement a stable reporting solution and served as the Change Manager for IT Infrastructure.