Linux-focused Software Engineer & Cloud Developer (front/back/devops/infra, AWS/GCP)

All my adult life, I have been developing applications in most of the major programming languages, several large databases, building and administering networks and servers, all the while focusing on Linux. In 2017, I started working as a DevOps Engineer, initially with AWS/terraform, and for companies holding the AWS Advanced Consulting Partners accreditation. More recently, I have expanded my expertise into Google Cloud Platform, GoLang & Kubernetes. I have 1 GCP certification and 3 for AWS. Many of my cloud engagements have focused on CI/CD and other developer tooling. In addition to writing backend apps in a variety of server-side & serverless technologies, I am an effective web developer as well (coding to the browser directly or using React).

In summary, I am an experienced, well-rounded developer who brings a deep well of development, implementation, troubleshooting and automation skills and wisdom to any team. I love teaching younger developers, and re-skilling older programmers. I can help any product team improve their development and deployment operations.

My latest new technical thrill is AI coding assistants like Amazon Q, Github Copilot Chat, GCP Duet AI, and GCP VertexAI. Like any AI service, you shouldn't use its output without verifying the responses for correctness, but many times, working with these tools is a fabulous time saver, and on occasion, it will make better suggestions than what I was thinking of.