Summary
Developer and cloud infrastructure engineer with 10+ years of experience building applications on AWS and Azure environments for engineering and environmental clients. Comfortable writing full-stack code in the morning and infrastructure-as-code tooling in the afternoon. Strong track record in CI/CD automation, cost optimization and security hardening. I like building clean, repeatable, well-documented infrastructure and earning buy-in across teams. As a developer, I aim for applications that clients not only like to use but feel involved in.
Work History
Freelance / Independent
Bend, Oregon (remote)
Software Engineer, Developer
March 2026 – Present- Contract web dev, UI/UX design, and geospatial dev
Skills: Geospatial Web Development, UI/UX, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Full-Stack Web Development, JavaScript, Node, React, Python, PostgreSQL, PostGIS
GeoEngineers, Inc.
Tacoma, Washington (remote)
Senior Software Engineer
March 2021 – March 2026- Restructured AWS environment into a managed Organization with individual IAM users, MFA, and role-based cross-account access, eliminating shared master credentials across all accounts
- Migrated four production applications from hardcoded credentials to AWS Secrets Manager and environment variables, remediating secrets exposure and strengthening compliance posture toward CMMC Level 2 certification
- Administered Azure AD (Entra ID) and designed enterprise SSO authentication pattern embedded in application templates, ensuring consistent identity management and conditional access across all new deployments
- Built infrastructure-as-code-style provisioning workflows using AWS CloudFormation and CLI tooling for VPC, RDS, and Elastic Beanstalk environments
- Implemented GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for five Elastic Beanstalk applications and AWS CodeBuild for ECS container workloads, automating deployments and enforcing PR-based release discipline
- Led Azure AI Foundry project, designing secure data access architecture and LLM integration for a safety report chatbot with accuracy and PII protection requirements
- Mentored university student teams through full application lifecycle, including production deployment to AWS and Azure environments
Skills: Cloud Application Infrastructure, Full-Stack Web Development, Project Management, Authentication and Security, CI/CD Pipelines, Zero Trust, CMMC, Terraform, Bicep
Software Engineer
January 2018 – March 2021- Managed production AWS and Azure environments for multiple Node.js applications across Elastic Beanstalk, ECS, and RDS, maintaining uptime and deployment reliability for engineering workloads
- Audited AWS accounts and right-sized oversized compute instances, reducing monthly cloud spend by approximately 20% through instance optimization and savings plan adoption
- Improved cloud security posture by establishing IAM policies, access controls, and account separation across multiple AWS environments
- Developed and managed iOS mobile distribution pipeline for GeoGrab, a React Native geospatial data collection application deployed to field staff
Skills: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Cloud Application Infrastructure, Full-Stack Web Development, Cloud Cost Optimization
Education
Central Oregon Community College
Bend, Oregon
Certificate in Geographic Information Systems
2014- Completed a 1-year certificate in GIS. Learned about geospatial systems and workflows, developed a familiarity with ArcGIS, ArcMap and related ESRI systems.
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Graphics
2001 – 2005- Studied journalism and graphic design.