Professional Summary
A highly accomplished Software Architect and Elastic Engineer, I bring a wealth of experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing complex data infrastructures. My expertise spans Elastic Stack administration, architecture, and automation, with a proven track record of delivering high-performance, cost-effective solutions for large-scale observability. I excel at translating business needs into technical strategy, driving innovation and efficiency across diverse environments.
- Over 30 years of experience in:
- Large Enterprise FAANG
- Government
- MES Automation
- Health Industry
Core Skills
Elastic Stack
- Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana
- Beats, Fleet / Elastic Agent
- Data Ingestion & Indexing
- Tiered Storage Solutions
- Large-Scale Observability
Programming & Frameworks
- Python, PowerShell, C#
- .NET Core, ASP.NET MVC, Web API
- Entity Framework (EF Core)
Frontend Development
- HTML, JavaScript, CSS
- Angular, TypeScript
Cloud & DevOps
- Azure (Web Apps, Functions, APIM)
- Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines
- ARM Template Integration
Data Management
- SQL Design & Development
- ETL Pipelines
Testing & Quality
- Test-Driven Development (TDD)
- Unit Testing Frameworks
Experience Highlights
- Architected, implemented, and managed large-scale big-data analytics platforms (Elasticsearch/Kibana), handling over 2TB daily ingest.
- Managed complex Elastic Stack infrastructures (On-prem ECE, bare-metal, virtualized, cloud).
- Administered Azure Elastic Cloud deployments with Okta OAuth/AD integration.
- Developed Python services for automated Elastic configuration management via Git.
- Designed high-velocity data ingest pipelines (SQL, RabbitMQ, Kafka, Azure Service Bus) using Beats/Fleet/Logstash.
- Engineered ILM policies for tiered storage (Hot/Warm/Cold/Frozen) with S3 snapshots.
- Enhanced Azure DevOps CI/CD for microservices (Azure Functions), improving deployment speed and reliability.
- Integrated ARM templates in CI/CD for automated infrastructure provisioning.
- Designed enterprise data acquisition, ETL, scheduling, and reporting solutions (.NET, SQL, Angular).
- Led enterprise architecture reviews and drove technology platform standardization.
Education
Master of Science, Data Analytics
Western Governors University - Salt Lake City, UT
Graduated: 2024
Bachelor of Science, Cloud Computing
Western Governors University - Salt Lake City, UT
Graduated: 2023
Certifications
These certifications validate my expertise across a range of critical technologies.