Summary

Principal DevSecOps Engineer with experience building secure, compliant infrastructure for the Department of Defense (Iron Bank, Kessel Run, CNAP) and commercial platforms. Specialize in Terraform, Kubernetes, and container hardening. Active Secret clearance and CompTIA Security+.

Skills

Work Experience

Principal Platform Engineer | Radius Method

May 2023 - Present

  • Led operations and sustainment for Iron Bank — the DoD's hardened container repository under Platform One — maintaining ATO alignment with Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards.
  • Designed and delivered a unified Terraform pipeline for CNAP staging and production, converting legacy Terragrunt configurations to a single codebase and ensuring environmental parity.
  • Built Packer pipelines producing STIG-compliant golden AMIs for use across EKS clusters and infrastructure management environments.
  • Set technical direction for the platform team's IaC strategy and mentored engineers across platform and security teams on Terraform, Kubernetes, and DoD compliance practices.

IT Software Engineer | Rebellion Defense

July 2021 - April 2023

  • Managed and maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines for secure and efficient software delivery.
  • Deployed self-hosted software solutions in AWS using ECS and EKS, ensuring scalability and compliance.
  • Designed Kubernetes authentication integrations with Okta and implemented Terraform-based infrastructure upgrades.
  • Developed and maintained compliance pipelines for enhanced application and infrastructure security.

Principal SRE & Security Engineer | F9 Teams

May 2019 - July 2021

  • Built and maintained Kessel Run's software factory, serving as the backbone for rapid application development across dozens of Air Force teams.
  • Developed egress proxy solutions using ECS and transitioned core applications from Pivotal Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes.
  • Integrated AWS, Okta, and Vault to deliver dynamic credential management in both local and CI environments.
  • Drove technical direction for Zero Trust implementations across Kessel Run teams and mentored engineers on cloud-native security patterns.

Certifications

Education & Professional Growth

A.S. Audio & Media Technology

New England Institute of Art, 2017

Relevant Areas: Digital Media Technology, Electronics & Systems Integration, Technical Operations

Most technical skills acquired on the job — adept at picking up new equipment, tools, and software quickly through hands-on practice.