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Hi there, I'm James Del Barco, a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and security-driven automation. Over the past 10+ years I have built and secured scalable deployments on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, enabling high availability, fast deployments, and measurable cost efficiency for large-scale applications. I love leading cross-functional teams, embedding security into DevOps workflows, and driving continuous improvement. I'm currently seeking remote opportunities with globally distributed teams to keep pushing innovation in DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering.…Hi there, I'm James Del Barco, a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and security-driven automation. Over the past 10+ years I have built and secured scalable deployments on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, enabling high availability, fast deployments, and measurable cost efficiency for large-scale applications. I love leading cross-functional teams, embedding security into DevOps workflows, and driving continuous improvement. I'm currently seeking remote opportunities with globally distributed teams to keep pushing innovation in DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering.

James Del Barco

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Hi there, I'm James Del Barco, a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and security-driven automation. Over the past 10+ years I have built and secured scalable deployments on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, enabling high availability, fast deployments, and measurable cost efficiency for large-scale applications. I love leading cross-functional teams, embedding security into DevOps workflows, and driving continuous improvement. I'm currently seeking remote opportunities with globally distributed teams to keep pushing innovation in DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering.…Hi there, I'm James Del Barco, a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and security-driven automation. Over the past 10+ years I have built and secured scalable deployments on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, enabling high availability, fast deployments, and measurable cost efficiency for large-scale applications. I love leading cross-functional teams, embedding security into DevOps workflows, and driving continuous improvement. I'm currently seeking remote opportunities with globally distributed teams to keep pushing innovation in DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering.

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Hi there, I’m James Del Barco, a Senior DevOps Engineer focused on platform engineering, cloud-native architectures, and security-driven automation. Over the past 10+ years I have built and secured scalable deployments on AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, enabling high availability, fast deployments, and measurable cost efficiency for large-scale applications.

I love leading cross-functional teams, embedding security into DevOps workflows, and driving continuous improvement. I’m currently seeking remote opportunities with globally distributed teams to keep pushing innovation in DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering.

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Lead DevOps Engineer – Platform Engineering at Zoom

October 2, 2024 - November 6, 2025

Led architecture and implementation of Zoom's hybrid cloud platform, enabling on-prem data storage for regulated enterprise clients and improving in-country data compliance while reducing meeting latency by ~30%. Implemented Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning and Kubernetes deployment patterns across 1,000+ servers, reducing provisioning time and enabling 50+ microservices to deploy daily via self-service CI/CD pipelines. Established centralized monitoring and introduced chaos engineering to drive MTTR down to minutes, while maintaining 99.999% uptime for core services. Coordinated rapid remediation of critical vulnerabilities through cross-team collaboration and policy-driven security controls.

Senior DevOps Engineer – Platform Security at Zoom

October 2, 2024 - October 2, 2024

Implemented DevSecOps best practices by embedding static code analysis, dependency scanning, and container image scanning into build pipelines. Automated cloud compliance checks (policy-as-code) across 1,500+ AWS resources, achieving 95% SOC 2 alignment. Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Argo CD, and AWS CodeDeploy; containerized legacy apps; introduced built-in secret scanning and rapid vulnerability remediation, reducing security issues by 85% while preserving high availability.

DevOps / Cloud Engineer at Redox

June 1, 2022 - June 1, 2022

Migrated core applications to Kubernetes (EKS on AWS) and containerized key services; automated deployments with Jenkins and Terraform, enabling scale for 750M+ monthly API messages. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for 50+ microservices; reduced deployment times and improved resilience with proactive monitoring and automated recovery.

DevOps Engineer at LegalZoom

September 1, 2019 - September 1, 2019

Played a key role migrating LegalZoom’s infrastructure to AWS and assisted in scripting and automating the transfer of 450+ servers with minimal downtime during cloud adoption. Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins) and automation scripts (PowerShell, Python) for mixed Windows/Linux environments, reducing build/deploy errors and accelerating release cadence.

DevOps Engineer at Zenith Insurance

April 1, 2018 - April 1, 2018

Automated server provisioning with Puppet/Ansible and built CI/CD pipelines with secure testing/automation flows, cutting provisioning time from weeks to days and enabling more frequent, reliable releases. Implemented enterprise monitoring (Nagios, Splunk, Datadog) and secure data handling; improved policy compliance and reduced manual tasks through IaC and automation.

Senior DevOps Engineer – Platform Engineering at Zoom

October 1, 2024 - September 1, 2025

Led architecture and implementation of Zoom's platform engineering initiatives, migrating to cloud-native and hybrid deployments. Scaled Kubernetes and Terraform-based infrastructure across 1,000+ servers, reducing environment provisioning time from 2 days to 2 hours and enabling 25% faster feature deployments while maintaining 99.99%+ uptime. Implemented centralized observability (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, DataDog) and improved release reliability, driving cost efficiency and high availability for millions of users.

Senior DevOps Engineer – Platform Security at Zoom

June 1, 2022 - October 1, 2024

Implemented DevSecOps best practices by embedding static code analysis, dependencies scanning, and container image scanning into build pipelines, reducing production security vulnerabilities by 85%. Automated CIS-based cloud compliance checks, achieving 95% adherence across 1,500+ AWS resources. Built CI/CD pipelines for microservices with Jenkins and Argo CD, cutting deployment cycles and instituting secret scanning and encryption in transit/rest. Led rapid remediation of critical vulnerabilities (e.g., Log4j CVE-2021-44228) across hundreds of services within 24 hours, and advanced governance toward SOC 2 compliance.

DevOps Engineer at Redox

September 1, 2019 - June 1, 2022

Led migration to Kubernetes (EKS on AWS), containerizing core applications and automating deployments with Jenkins and Terraform, enabling scale for 750M+ monthly API messages during peak health usage. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker, and Argo CD; implemented enterprise monitoring (Nagios, Splunk, DataDog). Automated server provisioning with Puppet/Ansible and created Bash/Python scripts to improve deployment reliability and speed. Implemented Vault/ TLS 1.2+ and security controls integrated into infrastructure.

DevOps Engineer at LegalZoom

April 1, 2018 - September 1, 2019

Led migration of infrastructure to AWS; built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker, and Git; implemented automation scripts (PowerShell, Python) to support mixed Windows/Linux environments, reducing deployment times and improving reliability.

DevOps Engineer at Zenith Insurance

November 1, 2015 - April 1, 2018

Automated server provisioning with Puppet/Ansible; built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git; reduced environment setup time from 1–2 weeks to under 1 day; improved deployment reliability and security posture across multiple projects.