Tom Ruocco

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Language

English
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Work Experience

DevOps Engineer at Opanga Networks
May 1, 2025 - Present
Manage cloud and on-prem infrastructure that supports development, testing, and release processes. Design and support infrastructure for internal LLM integration and other AI features. Build and maintain GitLab CI pipelines focusing on reliability, performance, and security. Automate provisioning and configuration of enterprise Linux systems across bare metal and virtualization. Collaborate with developers and hardware teams to address inefficiencies and technical debt.
DevOps Engineer at RadarFirst
January 1, 2022 - April 1, 2023
Led containerization efforts, supporting Docker and AWS ECS/EKS adoption across the organization. Maintained infrastructure-as-code with Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible to manage development, staging, and production environments. Designed and improved CI/CD pipelines in TeamCity and Jenkins to standardize build, test, and release processes. Provided mentorship and guidance to junior engineers, fostering team growth and skill development. Developed disaster recovery plans and internal tooling; led quarterly end-to-end DR drills to verify readiness. Worked closely with compliance teams to provide evidence for SOC 2 and client audits.
DevOps Engineer at Partnerize
March 1, 2020 - January 1, 2022
Led the move from manually deployed AWS resources to CloudFormation for more consistent provisioning. Managed AWS services across production and internal systems, focusing on reliability and security. Configured comprehensive monitoring with CloudWatch, ELK, and Sentry, integrating Slack and Opsgenie for actionable alerting. Built and maintained internal tools for customer support using Bash, Python, Django, and React.

Education

Bachelor of Arts: Philosophy, Computer Science at Western Washington University
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2018
Associate of Arts at Bellevue College
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2015
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Computer Science at Western Washington University
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2018
Associate of Arts at Bellevue College
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2015

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Other, Computers & Electronics