I am an AWS DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience building, automating, and optimizing cloud-native infrastructures for enterprise-scale platforms in aviation, finance, and SaaS. I specialize in AWS cloud services, Linux system administration, CI/CD automation with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. I design and run scalable, secure environments across multiple accounts and VPCs, implement IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, automate scripting with Bash and Python, and monitor systems with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana. I thrive on partnerships with development teams to deliver reliable services, including PHP-based apps, Magento, and modern microservices, in hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

Conner William Fullerton

I am an AWS DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience building, automating, and optimizing cloud-native infrastructures for enterprise-scale platforms in aviation, finance, and SaaS. I specialize in AWS cloud services, Linux system administration, CI/CD automation with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes. I design and run scalable, secure environments across multiple accounts and VPCs, implement IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, automate scripting with Bash and Python, and monitor systems with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana. I thrive on partnerships with development teams to deliver reliable services, including PHP-based apps, Magento, and modern microservices, in hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

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I am an AWS DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience building, automating, and optimizing cloud-native infrastructures for enterprise-scale platforms in aviation, finance, and SaaS. I specialize in AWS cloud services, Linux system administration, CI/CD automation with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes.

I design and run scalable, secure environments across multiple accounts and VPCs, implement IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, automate scripting with Bash and Python, and monitor systems with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana. I thrive on partnerships with development teams to deliver reliable services, including PHP-based apps, Magento, and modern microservices, in hybrid and multi-cloud deployments.

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Language

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Work Experience

Staff DevOps Engineer at ForeFlight
April 1, 2021 - Present
Led AWS infrastructure management across multiple accounts and VPCs, ensuring uptime, performance, and cost efficiency for mission-critical aviation applications. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, enabling zero-downtime deployments of microservices and PHP-based components. Containerized applications with Docker and deployed to Kubernetes (EKS), supporting scalable, repeatable deployments across staging and production. Designed and maintained Infrastructure as Code via Terraform and CloudFormation to provision compute, networking, and storage resources, increasing environment consistency and provisioning speed. Managed Ubuntu and CentOS servers with kernel tuning, patching, and hardening to meet aviation-grade security standards. Collaborated with development teams to optimize PHP and Python APIs for performance in distributed systems. Implemented monitoring with CloudWatch and Prometheus; created alerts and dashboards to proactively detect bottlene
Site Reliability Engineer at Alkami
July 1, 2016 - April 1, 2021
Administered and optimized AWS environments supporting containerized workloads and legacy PHP services. Built and maintained Jenkins pipelines for CI/CD automation, integrating static code analysis, unit testing, and Docker image deployments. Managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS/GKE) running transaction and authentication services with strict uptime and PCI compliance. Created Terraform modules to automate provisioning of cloud infrastructure, including networking, IAM, and RDS configurations. Tuned and monitored MySQL databases and application servers to improve performance for high-throughput banking APIs. Supported Linux servers across production and staging environments, handling OS updates, configuration management, and log analysis. Implemented monitoring and observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK to improve visibility into application health. Automated deployment rollbacks, scaling operations, and load testing for PCI-compliant workloads. Collaborated with InfoSec t

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Economics at Texas A&M University
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2013
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Economics at Texas A&M University
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2013

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Other