Cameron Ratchford

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Hi, I'm Cam I'm a DevOps Analyst with 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and automation. My most recent role was at an AI startup building a CI/CD pipeline and automating AWS cloud infrastructure deployments.

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Hi, I’m Cam

I’m a DevOps Analyst with 8+ years of experience in IT infrastructure and automation. My most recent role was at an AI startup building a CI/CD pipeline and automating AWS cloud infrastructure deployments.

Skills

  • AWS
  • Ansible
  • CI/CD Pipelines
  • Terraform
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • CodeBuild
  • Configuration Management
  • Docker
  • Flask
  • Git
  • Github Actions
  • Grafana
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • JavaScript
  • Linux
  • PostgreSQL
  • PowerShell
  • Software Packaging
  • Joined January 2026

Industry experience

  • Energy & Utilities
  • Manufacturing
  • Non-Profit Organization
  • Software & Internet
  • Retail

More experts in Calgary, Canada

Projects · 1

Implemented a test/build/publish/deploy Docker image pipeline with Terraform, GitHub webhooks, and AWS CodeBuild.

  • Integrated existing developer testing and deployment workflows. Runs the same custom in-house CLI application that the devs run locally, handling dev/prod parameterization, image tagging/publishing, and Terraform execution.
  • Hardened security with assigning the minimum of AWS policies and attaching permission boundaries.
  • Allowed our 60+ monorepo services to be triggered from a single webhook by building a custom webhook relay middleware with Flask and boto3 deployed as an ECS container.
CI/CD build pipeline with AWS CodeBuild and GitHub webhooks
  • DevOps Developer

Work experience· 4 roles

DevOps Analyst · samdeskApr 2025 – Sep 2025 · 6 mos

Implemented a CI/CD Docker image build pipeline with AWS CodeBuild and GitHub webhooks. Wrote Terraform modules to migrate monorepo services' test and build workflows to the pipeline. Responded to new CVEs, GuardDuty, and WAF to maintain SOC2/FEDRAMP compliance.

IT Automation Specialist · ShellJan 2023 – Dec 2024 · 2 yrs

Wrote a configuration management server (Python/Flask) to allow the remote configuration of point-of-sale PIN pads. Implemented patch management for critical retail software, performing remotely automated in-place upgrades.

Systems Administrator · CyberaMay 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

Designed and developed an Intrusion-Detection-as-a-Service SaaS platform, allowing clients to view and receive alerts on suspected security threats on their network. Created an OpenStack service plugin for Designate to update the CMDB's IPAM list.

Technical Support Analyst · Computer Modelling GroupJul 2019 – May 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

Education

Diploma · Fanshawe College2012
Diploma · Fanshawe College2012

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