Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer — DISH Wireless LLC (Boost Mobile) March 2024 – Present

Leading cloud infrastructure modernization and DevSecOps initiatives at DISH Wireless LLC, specifically supporting Boost Mobile's multi-region AWS architecture serving millions of customers. DISH Wireless LLC is part of EchoStar.com. Responsible for infrastructure automation, security governance, platform reliability, and cost optimization across enterprise-scale systems.

• Infrastructure Automation: Architected and implemented comprehensive Terraform-based infrastructure-as-code for multi-account AWS environments, enabling consistent deployment patterns across development, staging, and production tiers.
• CI/CD & GitLab Pipelines: Designed and maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines supporting 40+ microservices with automated testing, security scanning, and blue-green deployments. Implemented conditional deployment logic for canary releases and gradual rollouts.
• AWS Infrastructure Engineering: Managed complex AWS ecosystems including EKS clusters (scaled from 3 to 15+ nodes), RDS multi-AZ databases, S3-based static hosting, CloudFront CDN distributions, and VPC networking with security group policies. Optimized cluster scaling using Karpenter for cost efficiency.
• DevSecOps & Security Hardening: Integrated OWASP Dependency-Check, Trivy container scanning, and SonarQube SAST into CI/CD pipelines. Implemented IAM least-privilege policies, secret rotation using AWS Secrets Manager, and infrastructure security baseline enforcement.
• Web Application Security: Designed and deployed AWS WAF rules to protect customer-facing applications from OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. Configured CloudFront caching strategies and DDoS mitigation using Shield Standard/Advanced.
• Observability & Incident Response: Established comprehensive monitoring using CloudWatch metrics, custom dashboards, and alarm hierarchies. Participated in on-call rotation with defined incident response procedures, achieving 99.9% uptime SLA for critical services.
• Performance Optimization: Optimized container image pull/push performance for 5000+ GitLab runners, reducing deployment time by 40%. Implemented caching strategies and artifact optimization.
• Cost Optimization (FinOps): Led infrastructure cost audits, identifying $200K+ in annual savings through Spot instance adoption, reserved capacity planning, and resource right-sizing.

Associate Professional – Cloud Implementation & Automation — Sutherland Global Jan 2018 – Aug 2019 · Microsoft Azure & Hybrid Infrastructure

Contributed to enterprise cloud infrastructure implementation and automation for global clients. Designed and deployed secure, scalable Azure cloud solutions supporting mission-critical workloads across healthcare, financial services, and enterprise sectors.

• Azure Infrastructure Design: Architected and deployed enterprise-grade virtual machine infrastructure on Azure, implementing best practices for high availability, disaster recovery, and compliance. Designed multi-region failover strategies and backup solutions.
• Infrastructure Security: Implemented security controls including network security groups (NSGs), Azure Firewall configurations, and identity management. Conducted security assessments and hardening for client environments handling sensitive data.
• CI/CD & DevOps: Implemented continuous integration and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS), enabling automated testing and rapid deployment cycles. Reduced deployment time from 2 hours to 15 minutes through pipeline optimization.
• Infrastructure Automation: Developed PowerShell scripts and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates for infrastructure provisioning and configuration management. Automated routine operational tasks including patching, backup verification, and resource scaling.
• Monitoring & Observability: Deployed Azure Monitor and Application Insights for comprehensive application and infrastructure monitoring. Configured custom alerts for performance degradation and implemented dashboards for stakeholder visibility.
• Enterprise Client Support: Provided technical implementation support to enterprise clients across 10+ organizations. Conducted knowledge transfer sessions, documented architecture decisions, and provided post-deployment operational support.
• Hybrid Cloud Integration: Worked on hybrid cloud scenarios integrating on-premises infrastructure with Azure, implementing VPN connectivity and implementing coordinated backup strategies across environments.