A results-oriented and innovative Staff Platform Engineer with over a decade of experience building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) and developer-facing tooling. Expert in architecting scalable cloud infrastructure (OCI), extending internal platform frameworks, and driving internal product adoption. A natural collaborator focused on abstracting infrastructure complexity to improve developer velocity and organizational efficiency. Proven track record in SRE, large-scale migrations, and fostering high-performance engineering cultures.
Databases & Storage: MySQL, Oracle Databases, NetApp, OCI Big Data
Development Methodologies: Agile, Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Serverless Computing: OCI Functions
Professional Experience
Oracle, UGBU / Opower | Burlington, MA | 2016 – Present Staff Platform Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
Designed and built Internal Developer Platform (IDP) components on OCI, leveraging Terraform and custom abstractions to enable self-service infrastructure for 200+ developers.
Contributed to the migration of on-premise infrastructure to OCI using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure a repeatable, scalable, and secure environment.
Architected and implemented extensible CI/CD pipelines and internal development tools, including work extending the Chef framework (ORC) to meet enterprise requirements and improve infrastructure consistency.
Engineered and managed a large-scale, multi-datacenter environment with over 2,000 machines, maintaining 99.9%+ availability.
Developed and deployed microservices and serverless applications using OCI Functions and Go/Python.
Championed the adoption of SRE principles, defining SLOs/SLIs and implementing observability frameworks to ensure platform reliability.
Automated operational workflows by building custom providers and extensions for the Chef framework (ORC), providing self-service experiences for internal teams.
Drove the enterprise-wide adoption of Slack and internal collaboration tools, growing the user base to ~170,000 and establishing the roadmap for internal DX initiatives.
C&L Aviation Group | Bangor, ME | 2010 – 2016 Senior DevOps / IT Manager
Pioneered the adoption of Docker for containerizing applications, leading to improved portability and consistency across environments.
Managed a comprehensive VMware virtualized environment, including network, SAN, and compute resources.
Established a robust monitoring and logging infrastructure using the ELK Stack and Zabbix, enabling proactive issue detection and resolution.
Directed IT operations for the Bangor, ME office and collaborated with the Australia office on global enterprise initiatives.
Community & Leadership
President, Hacktivate: Led a community-focused organization to plan and execute technology-driven events, including the Maine Civic Hack Day.
Member, Maine Hacker Club & Bangor Information Security Professionals: Actively participated in local tech communities, sharing knowledge and fostering collaboration.