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Shawn Doherty

DevOps Engineer

Email: shawndoherty24238@gmail.com

Address: Braintree, MA 02184

Phone: (978) 861-0777

SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with 11 years of experience designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure for SaaS and enterprise-scale platforms. Expert in AWS and Azure architecture, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI. Highly skilled in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Terragrunt) and building secure, scalable, and highly available systems.

Recognized for reliability engineering, strong cross-team collaboration, and delivering fully automated, production-grade cloud environments. Proven expertise in building HIPAA-compliant infrastructure, containerizing legacy services, and strengthening platform security through IAM best practices, encrypted workloads, and centralized logging.

TOP SKILLS

• Cloud Platforms: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Terragrunt, CloudFormation, Pulumi

• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS

• CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD, AWS CodePipeline, Bash, Python automation

• Monitoring, Logging & Observability: Datadog, Sumo Logic, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, CloudWatch

• Configuration Management: Ansible, Puppet

• Security & Compliance: IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Prisma Cloud, Encryption/Key Management, SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA

• Networking & Cloud Architecture: VPC, Load Balancers (ALB/NLB), Auto Scaling, API Gateway, Route 53, S3, RDS, DynamoDB

• Distributed Systems & Messaging: SQS/SNS, Kafka, Lambda (event-driven)

• Programming & Scripting: Python, Node.js, Bash, YAML/JSON

EDUCATION

Salem State University

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science · (2010 - 2014)

SKILLS

AWSAzureGCPDockerKubernetesAmazon EKSAzure AKSTerraformTerragruntCloudFormationPulumiJenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDArgo CDAnsiblePuppetDatadogSumo LogicPrometheusGrafanaELK StackCloudWatchIAMKMSGuardDutyPrisma CloudPythonNode.jsBashVPCALB/NLBAuto ScalingAPI GatewayRoute 53S3RDSDynamoDBSQS/SNSKafkaLambdaPostgreSQLMongoDBRedisSOC2GDPRHIPAAVault

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Senior DevOps Engineer

Maxwell Health

January 2023 – October 2025

Boston, MA

  • •Built and automated multi-region, HIPAA-compliant AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Terragrunt, and Ansible, improving system reliability, disaster recovery readiness, and deployment speed across all healthcare platforms.
  • •Developed robust CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab CI, and Argo CD for containerized workloads on EKS, reducing deployment friction and increasing release consistency.
  • •Containerized legacy healthcare services using Docker and Kubernetes, implementing scalable microservices with integrated observability via Datadog and Sumo Logic.
  • •Strengthened platform security and compliance by implementing IAM best practices, encrypted workloads, automated patching, and centralized logging across all environments.

DevOps Engineer

Angelist

June 2020 – December 2022

San Francisco, CA

  • •Managed and improved multi-cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, implementing automated provisioning workflows using Terraform, Pulumi, and CloudFormation.
  • •Designed and built foundational cloud modules (IAM, VPC, EC2, Load Balancers, RDS, S3) and standardized environment templates to support scalable, secure deployments.
  • •Led modernization efforts by migrating legacy services into Docker-based workloads and deploying them on Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) using self-healing, auto-scaling architectural patterns.
  • •Streamlined CI/CD processes with GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment issues and accelerating release cycles across multiple engineering teams.
  • •Implemented end-to-end monitoring and security solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, IAM best practices, KMS encryption, and compliance frameworks including SOC2 and GDPR.

DevOps Developer

Gust

October 2016 – May 2020

New York, NY

  • •Architected and managed AWS infrastructure supporting high-availability financial applications, including EC2, ALB, Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS/SNS, and API Gateway.
  • •Developed Terraform- and Jenkins-based automation to improve deployment consistency and reduce environment setup time.
  • •Containerized critical workloads and migrated services to Kubernetes (EKS), increasing system resilience and reducing operational overhead.
  • •Enhanced CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, and custom automation scripts, resulting in a 40% improvement in deployment efficiency.
  • •Strengthened system observability and security by implementing ELK Stack monitoring, IAM hardening, KMS-based encryption, and automated vulnerability scanning.

Backend Developer

Techmaster, Inc

April 2014 – September 2016

Menomonee Falls, WI

  • •Designed and implemented scalable backend services in Python (Django/Flask) and Node.js to support large-volume neuroscience and behavioral data processing.
  • •Built automated data ingestion pipelines and APIs integrating PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis to enable real-time analytics.
  • •Collaborated with DevOps teams to containerize workloads using Docker and adopt early-stage CI/CD practices for faster iteration.