Craig Lyles

Developed AWS and Azure infrastructure stacks with Terraform and ARM templates across 12 subscriptions and accounts. Established Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for 9 repositories, implemented Docker builds and Kubernetes deployments for releases. Streamlined Ubuntu patching and configuration using PowerShell and JSON, reducing drift across 85 Linux nodes. Designed VPC and VN et connectivity with VPN and ExpressRoute for 6 application teams globally. Led a cross-functional DevOps squad of 6 engineers, mentored 3 junior administrators, and communicated deployment strategy to 14 stakeholders during quarterly release planning. Presented weekly infrastructure reviews, communicated risk items, and recommended remediation actions to 3 directors.

Spearheaded Docker containerization for PHP and Magento services, cutting deployment rollback in CIDEs by 35%; guided 4 engineers through Kubernetes migration and initiated Helm standardization across 18 AWS services; facilitated incident triage with 5 teams and validated recovery playbooks; presented biweekly architecture briefings to 11 product/security leaders, analyzed pipeline metrics from 22 repos, and initiated automation improvements reducing release cycle time by 18%.

Spearheaded Docker containerization for PHP and Magento services, cutting deployment rollback incidents by 35%. Guided 4 engineers through Kubernetes migration, initiated Helm standardization across 18 services in AWS. Facilitated incident triage with 5 teams, collaborated on root-cause reviews, and validated recovery playbooks. Presented biweekly architecture briefings to 11 product and security leaders, analyzed pipeline metrics from 22 repositories, and initiated automation enhancements reducing release cycle time by 18%.