
Scott Leyden
@scottleyden
I build secure, cost-efficient cloud infrastructure and CI/CD platforms across Azure and AWS.
What I'm looking for
I've built the infrastructure and delivery foundation for products including Microsoft Dragon Copilot, ETQ Reliance, and QualiVerse. At QMB, I lead Terraform architecture and GitHub Actions pipelines for a multi-tenant SaaS platform spanning Azure and AWS.
I've reduced AKS costs by 30% and AWS EC2 costs by 25%, while modernizing CI/CD, strengthening cloud security, and leading observability migrations from Splunk to Datadog for enterprise clients.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Senior DevOps Engineer
QualityMeansBusiness (QMB)
Aug 2026 - Present (1 month)
Leads infrastructure architecture decisions for QualiVerse, a multi-tenant SaaS platform running across Azure and AWS from development through production. Built reusable Terraform modules, GitHub Actions pipelines, and self-service tenant onboarding.
DevOps Consultant
RapDev
Nov 2025 - Jun 2026 (7 months)
Delivered Datadog observability and cloud infrastructure engagements for enterprise clients, including financial services. Built Terraform frameworks for Datadog Agent deployment and led Splunk-to-Datadog migrations.
Built and maintained CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code foundation for Microsoft Dragon Copilot, an ambient AI assistant. Reduced AKS costs by 30% and led AKS upgrades, security, and observability initiatives.
Senior DevOps Engineer
ETQ
Aug 2019 - Mar 2021 (1 year 7 months)
Owned build, release, and infrastructure automation for Reliance, a quality management system. Reduced AWS EC2 costs by 25% and managed Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, and security testing.
Owned infrastructure automation and release engineering for SensiGuard Tracks, a GPS-based cargo tracking platform. Introduced blue-green deployments, deployed microservices on AKS, and managed Azure infrastructure.
Supported on-premise infrastructure and virtualization for production and lab environments. Managed Cisco ASA firewalls, F5 load balancers, and configuration management with PowerShell DSC, Chef, and Puppet.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900), Security, Compliance, and Identity
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) certification.
Coursera
Microsoft Cybersecurity Solutions and Microsoft Defender, Cybersecurity
Microsoft Cybersecurity Solutions and Microsoft Defender certification from Coursera.
Amazon Web Services
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Cloud Computing
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
CompTIA
CompTIA Network+, Networking
CompTIA Network+ certification.
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Master of Information Technology, Information Technology
Master of Information Technology degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Microsoft
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, Security, Compliance, and Identity
Microsoft Certified: Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900) certification.
CompTIA
CompTIA A+, Information Technology
CompTIA A+ certification.
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems
Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
Splunk
Microsoft Azure
GitLab
Bitbucket
SonarQube
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Azure Kubernetes Service
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
F5
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Oracle
Redis
Terraform
Azure Resource Manager
Azure DevOps
JFrog Artifactory
Python
PowerShell
Prometheus
New Relic
Datadog
AppDynamics
Amazon Kinesis Firehose
Elasticsearch
Qualys
Cisco ASA
Ansible
Chef
Puppet
AWS Lambda
Azure SQL Database
Amazon Cognito
Git
Docker
TimescaleDB
VMware ESXi
Amazon EventBridge
GitHub Copilot
Azure Logic Apps
Bicep
Bash
Kubescape
Checkov
Claude Code
Availability
Location
Authorized to work in
Salary expectations
Social media
Skills
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