Christopher Morrison

Designed and managed cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure using Terraform for microservices and internal dependencies. Built CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitHub Actions for testing, security scanning, and deployments for containerized backend services. Automated provisioning and configuration tasks with Python and Bash to reduce manual setup time. Resolved production incidents via root-cause analysis around network bottlenecks and Kubernetes control plane communication issues. Led migration of legacy workloads to EKS with standardized Kubernetes resource limits, node affinity, and autoscaling policies. Secured workloads using IAM roles for service accounts, network policies, and automated image vulnerability scanning in Docker registries; mentored engineers on Terraform and Kubernetes manifest best practices with peer review.

Containerized monolithic applications with Docker to improve environment consistency across development, staging, and production clusters on Azure. Implemented automated security checks in CI/CD to detect vulnerabilities in dependencies and container images before deployment. Troubleshot production performance issues by analyzing logs and metrics to find memory leaks in Python-based microservices on Linux. Provisioned cloud resources with Terraform to scale patient outreach campaigns during peak demand. Managed AKS via ingress controller and persistent volume configuration for reliable patient messaging and data processing; built Jenkins deployment pipelines to shorten release cycles. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to document secure, compliant infrastructure standards for patient data handling.

Optimized Kafka consumer configurations to improve event-driven pipeline performance and handle high volume staffing records. Supported migration of legacy processing tasks to distributed Kafka topics to improve throughput and fault tolerance. Built RESTful .NET API endpoints for healthcare workforce management (shift scheduling and staff availability). Integrated Node.js services with internal databases for real-time updates to healthcare staffing dashboards. Wrote unit and integration tests to ensure reliability of credentialing and compliance workflows, and maintained documentation for API schemas and data mappings to support onboarding and cross-team collaboration.