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Hi, I’m Sean Fortner, a senior software and DevOps professional with extensive experience designing scalable, cost-efficient technology solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automation, CI/CD, cloud migrations, and platform engineering to empower teams to move faster with reliable operations. I enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and helping organizations optimize costs while delivering robust software systems. I’ve led initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, built automation with Ansible and Terraform, and worked with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling. My work spans data centers, network automation, telemetry, and secure cloud integrations, with a strong focus on collaboration, reliability, and continuous improvement.…Hi, I’m Sean Fortner, a senior software and DevOps professional with extensive experience designing scalable, cost-efficient technology solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automation, CI/CD, cloud migrations, and platform engineering to empower teams to move faster with reliable operations. I enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and helping organizations optimize costs while delivering robust software systems. I’ve led initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, built automation with Ansible and Terraform, and worked with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling. My work spans data centers, network automation, telemetry, and secure cloud integrations, with a strong focus on collaboration, reliability, and continuous improvement.

Sean Fortner

DevOps Developer, Full Stack Developer, Back-End Developer, +2

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Hi, I’m Sean Fortner, a senior software and DevOps professional with extensive experience designing scalable, cost-efficient technology solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automation, CI/CD, cloud migrations, and platform engineering to empower teams to move faster with reliable operations. I enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and helping organizations optimize costs while delivering robust software systems. I’ve led initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, built automation with Ansible and Terraform, and worked with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling. My work spans data centers, network automation, telemetry, and secure cloud integrations, with a strong focus on collaboration, reliability, and continuous improvement.…Hi, I’m Sean Fortner, a senior software and DevOps professional with extensive experience designing scalable, cost-efficient technology solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automation, CI/CD, cloud migrations, and platform engineering to empower teams to move faster with reliable operations. I enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and helping organizations optimize costs while delivering robust software systems. I’ve led initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, built automation with Ansible and Terraform, and worked with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling. My work spans data centers, network automation, telemetry, and secure cloud integrations, with a strong focus on collaboration, reliability, and continuous improvement.

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Hi, I’m Sean Fortner, a senior software and DevOps professional with extensive experience designing scalable, cost-efficient technology solutions across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments. I specialize in automation, CI/CD, cloud migrations, and platform engineering to empower teams to move faster with reliable operations. I enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and helping organizations optimize costs while delivering robust software systems.

I’ve led initiatives across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, built automation with Ansible and Terraform, and worked with Kubernetes, Docker, and modern CI/CD tooling. My work spans data centers, network automation, telemetry, and secure cloud integrations, with a strong focus on collaboration, reliability, and continuous improvement.

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Remote Owner & Principal Consultant at ZXI Solutions

September 1, 2011 - Present

Data tracing for banking analytics; complete redesign of AWS infrastructure using IaC; migration of legacy .NET apps to ECS; ADO-based CI/CD pipelines; ongoing cost audits; Tier 3 support; data center build-out; network appliance automation; telemetry and inventory using LibreNMS, Nautobot, Prometheus, Grafana; secure integration with private cloud; testing and implementation of CO TS and in-house IP; WordPress migration; enterprise security and automation tooling.

DevOps Engineer at AT&T M2X (IoT Platform)

October 1, 2018 - May 1, 2024

Infrastructure support, advisory, and cost management; Rails, HAProxy, Elasticsearch, AWS/Azure, Chef, Terraform, Nomad; migrated and managed cloud resources; supported multi-cloud cost controls; built CI/CD pipelines; telemetry/asset management.

Senior Software Engineer - DevOps at The Wireless Alliance

October 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018

DevOps at scale in a Windows/Linux hybrid environment; Azure ARM, Elasticsearch, Event Store, Kafka, Splunk, .NET microservices, Nginx, HashiCorp suite; Ansible automation; PowerShell scripting; migration to CI/CD pipelines; deployed Nomad; Terraform.

Operations Liaison / Senior IT Consultant at Oracle Corporation

June 1, 2015 - October 1, 2016

Operations liaison for development and support of HA application suite in an open-source environment: Rails/Sinatra, HAProxy, Nginx, Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Chef; oversaw migration from AWS to internally hosted OVM; built test environments and infrastructure upgrades.

Systems Engineer at Internap Corporation

October 1, 2011 - May 1, 2013

Large high-availability environment support; on-call rotation for CDN and cloud infrastructure; Linux-based systems (Net, MySQL, Postgres), on-call; deployment of infrastructure and upgrade testing.

Security Analyst at Network Box Australia

October 1, 2010 - August 1, 2011

Management of Linux-based perimeter security devices; network troubleshooting; custom software development for log parsing; build tools to transfer and validate device configurations; extended interface to include curl memory optimizations; USB bootable Linux environment.

QA Systems Engineer at QASystems

May 1, 2013 - September 1, 2014

Full ownership of test environments for managed VoIP platform; build utilities for AWS resource management; automated provisioning and testing of complex environments; integrated Git and deployment tasks into Jenkins workflows; built Puppet deployment flow.

Remote DevOps Consultant at LMS Monks Technology Services

October 1, 2018 - May 1, 2024

Remote DevOps consultant delivering infrastructure support, cost management, and automation for clients including AT&T M2X, Zype, Kilter, First American Financial, and others. Implemented AWS->GCP migrations, Kubernetes (k8s) with Helm, Terraform, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, multi-cluster EKS, Python utilities, Dockerfile optimization, and security automation.

Senior Software Engineer - DevOps at Walmart eCommerce

October 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018

Scaled DevOps across a Windows/Linux hybrid environment; implemented Ansible automation; PowerShell scripting for inventory reporting and Azure migrations; CI/CD with Jenkins/ Groovy; maintained large-scale deployments and deployment tooling.

Senior IT Consultant at Oracle Corporation

June 1, 2015 - October 1, 2016

Operations liaison for development of HA applications; migration from AWS to Xen-based OVM; enhanced deployment/server management using Hudson/Jenkins and Rundeck; automation of manual steps; Docker Hub integration; telemetry stack.

QA Systems Engineer at Vonage Business

May 1, 2013 - September 1, 2014

Owns test environments for managed VoIP platform; builds utilities for AWS resource management and patching; automated builds for large-scale environments (150+ EC2 instances); Puppet integration; Git/Jenkins workflows; test prep and functional testing of infra changes.

DevOps Consultant at AT&T M2X

October 1, 2018 - May 31, 2024

Provided infrastructure support, advisory services, and cost management for IoT platform. Implemented Rails, HAProxy, Elasticsearch, AWS/Azure, Chef, Terraform, Nomad; led AWS->GCP migrations for multiple clients; built Kubernetes pipelines with Helm; optimized Python tooling and Dockerfiles; implemented security automation and multi-cloud tooling.

Senior IT Consultant at Jet.com / Walmart eCommerce

June 1, 2015 - October 1, 2016

Led IT/DevOps initiatives in Hoboken, NJ; managed HAProxy/nginx/Redis/MySQL/PostgreSQL stack; migrated workloads from AWS to internal hosting; automated deployment tooling; improved testing and infrastructure provisioning; integrated Git and Puppet within Jenkins workflows.

QA Systems Engineer at Internap Corporation

May 1, 2013 - September 30, 2014

Owned test environments for a managed VoIP platform; created utilities for AWS resource management and provisioning of Cisco/Linksys handsets; automated builds for environments with 150+ EC2 instances; integrated Git and Puppet into Jenkins workflows; performed test prep and functional testing of infrastructure changes.

Remote DevOps Consultant at Canvas LMS Monks Technology Services

October 1, 2018 - May 1, 2024

Remote DevOps for Canvas LMS engagements. Led AWS/Azure IaC, cost optimization, and multi-cloud pipelines. Worked on AT&T M2X IoT platform project; performed AWS to GCP migration for Zype media services; implemented Kubernetes with Helm and GCP APIs; built Python utilities and optimized Dockerfiles. Assisted with CodeBuild, ECS, Terraform; implemented security automation with Lambda (Python); integrated with Istio/ArgoCD for CI/CD; used Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for deployment; supported Walmart eCommerce (Jet.com) initiatives in Hoboken, NJ.

DevOps Engineer at Monks Technology Services

October 1, 2016 - May 1, 2018

DevOps at scale in a Windows/Linux hybrid environment. Azure ARM, Elasticsearch, EventsStore, Kafka, Splunk, .NET microservices, Nginx, and HashiCorp tooling. Implemented Ansible automation; wrote PowerShell scripts for inventory reporting and Azure environment migrations. Jenkins automation and CI/CD enhancements; contributed to migration efforts and tooling.

Remote DevOps Consultant at AT&T M2X

October 1, 2018 - May 1, 2024

Provided infrastructure support, advisory services, and cost management for an IoT platform. Worked with Rails, HAProxy, Elasticsearch, AWS/Azure, Chef, Terraform, Nomad; Kubernetes, Helm; GCP APIs; Python utility development and Dockerfile optimization; contributed to deployment pipelines and security tooling.

Senior IT Consultant at Jet.com (Hoboken, NJ)

June 1, 2015 - October 1, 2016

HA-focused Linux/OSS environment support for managed application suite; migration and modernization efforts including AWS to on-premises Xen/OpenStack infrastructure; deployment tooling improvements (Hudson/Jenkins, Rundeck); 24x7 on-call operations; Docker Hub management; telemetry using ELK, New Relic, ThousandEyes.

Senior Systems Engineer at Internap Corporation

October 1, 2011 - May 1, 2013

Led large high-availability environment for managed VoIP platform (Rails/Sinatra, HAProxy, nginx, Redis, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Chef); oversaw AWS-to-private-cloud migration (Xen/Ovs); enhanced deployment tooling and server management (Hudson/Jenkins, Rundeck); built test environments, performed infrastructure testing and upgrades; managed Docker Hub; telemetry with ELK, New Relic, ThousandEyes.