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Kyle Budke

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System Engineer specializing in SaaS administration, automation, and full-stack development.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead SaaS platform administration and automation, build reliable CI/CD pipelines, and deliver measurable cost and time savings within collaborative, engineering-driven teams.

I am a results-driven System Engineer II with 8+ years at The Home Depot, focused on SaaS administration, automation, and full-stack development. I design scalable solutions—CI/CD pipelines, Python ML test layers, and enterprise platform configurations—delivering measurable efficiencies and cost savings.

I led administration and automation across large ecosystems (Smartsheet, Zendesk), implemented Azure Entra ID SCIM provisioning, and engineered Spinnaker-based delivery pipelines. My efforts produced $500,000 in annual cost savings and reduced manual work by an estimated 500,000 hours across 50,000 users.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

System Engineer II

The Home Depot

Feb 2017 - Jan 2026 (8 years 11 months)

Served as primary SME for enterprise Zendesk and Smartsheet, delivering $500,000 annual cost savings and automating workflows that reduced an estimated 500,000 manual hours across a 50,000-user ecosystem. Engineered CI/CD pipelines with Spinnaker and built full-stack test repositories using React, Spring Boot, Google Cloud, and Python ML layers to improve deployment reliability and quality.