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I am a meticulous and proactive DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience in automation, system administration, and continuous integration. I specialize in managing AWS-based infrastructures, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices across diverse environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with minimal downtime. I thrive in fast-paced settings, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and am passionate about empowering development teams with robust, automated, and secure pipelines.…I am a meticulous and proactive DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience in automation, system administration, and continuous integration. I specialize in managing AWS-based infrastructures, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices across diverse environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with minimal downtime. I thrive in fast-paced settings, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and am passionate about empowering development teams with robust, automated, and secure pipelines.

Angel Cruz

DevOps Developer, Full Stack Developer, Web Developer, +2

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I am a meticulous and proactive DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience in automation, system administration, and continuous integration. I specialize in managing AWS-based infrastructures, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices across diverse environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with minimal downtime. I thrive in fast-paced settings, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and am passionate about empowering development teams with robust, automated, and secure pipelines.…I am a meticulous and proactive DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience in automation, system administration, and continuous integration. I specialize in managing AWS-based infrastructures, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices across diverse environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with minimal downtime. I thrive in fast-paced settings, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and am passionate about empowering development teams with robust, automated, and secure pipelines.

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I am a meticulous and proactive DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience in automation, system administration, and continuous integration. I specialize in managing AWS-based infrastructures, optimizing CI/CD pipelines, and enforcing security best practices across diverse environments, collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, compliant cloud solutions with minimal downtime.

I thrive in fast-paced settings, enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, and am passionate about empowering development teams with robust, automated, and secure pipelines.

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DevOps Engineer at GEICO

September 1, 2025 - Present

DevOps Engineer focused on automating local environment deployment on Linux and MacBooks for Ranger, Trino, PostgreSQL, and LDAP ecosystem using k3d, Helm, Python scripting, and pytest-based automated testing. Created Terraform modules and scripts to migrate Cloud Azure resources to On Premise Virtual Machines. Created and maintained GitHub Actions build and deployment processes for Ranger and Trino on Azure AKS.

Senior DevOps Engineer at Hawaiian Airlines

October 1, 2020 - September 1, 2025

Managed scalable AWS infrastructure with EC2, RDS, and S3 for enterprise data warehouse applications. Automated 50+ Helm build and deployment jobs on Kubernetes EKS, enabling 90% of dev teams to self-manage Helm packaging and streamline deployments. Containerized MuleSoft and data warehouse applications (Airflow, DAGs) using Docker, reducing weekly JIRA tickets to nearly zero. Built Terraform modules to standardize infrastructure provisioning for consistency and security. Integrated Prometheus and Grafana for system performance dashboards, reducing MTTR by 33%. Assisted developers with unit and functional automated tests using Pytest; administered JIRA, Bamboo, Azure DevOps, JFrog Artifactory. Architected and managed lifecycle and secure rotation of 100+ secrets across 20+ microservices using HashiCorp Vault. Automated system administration for the Linux EC2 fleet using AWS Systems Manager (SSM) and Ansible, reducing manual toil by 40% per quarter.

Senior DevOps Engineer at Top Image Systems

November 1, 2017 - October 1, 2020

Migrated build and deployment processes from on-premise VMs to Azure DevOps Cloud, eliminating bi-monthly VM patching. Optimized Azure DevOps pipelines, saving contractor costs by enhancing InstallShield scripts. Enhanced production reliability with Continuous Build, Deployment, and automated testing pipelines using .NET Core, MSBuild, Jenkins, Octopus, JMeter, Selenium, and Python.

Release Manager at Texas Windstorm Insurance

February 1, 2016 - November 1, 2017

Designed and enforced CI/CD practices across QA and Production environments. Established Git branching strategies and release schedules, ensuring traceability and rollback options. Achieved a 500% increase in automated test coverage by scaling from 23 manual tests to 200 automated tests; mentored junior engineers and promoted technical excellence.

SQA Manager at Skylight Healthcare Systems

March 1, 2013 - February 1, 2016

Championed test automation with Selenium and Appium across critical healthcare systems. Managed SQA Engineers, expanding Selenium test coverage by 200%, eliminating customer-reported bugs. Implemented CI build, packaging, and testing with TeamCity and Octopus Deploy, reducing delivery times.

SQA Manager at Gaffey and Associates

August 1, 2006 - March 1, 2013

Reduced development effort by automating build and deployment with TeamCity. Led QA department, increasing automated tests by 100% and accelerating releases. Designed CI pipelines with TeamCity and Jenkins, enabling parallel testing across 23 hospital VMs and reducing automated test cycles by 60%.