Ben Sgroi
DevOps Engineer
Pittsburgh,PA
Summary
Results-driven platform engineer with over 20 years of experience designing scalable platforms, building web applications, and streamlining DevOps processes. Passionate about solving difficult problems. Expert in DevOps and CI/CD, full development lifecycle, and full-stack development. Proven ability to deliver tools that reduce cognitive burden, save time, and enhance developer productivity.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Architect, Consultant
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center / CEI
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11.2016 - 10.2024
- Designed and implemented a CI/CD pipeline platform-as-a-service for 14 environments, supporting 60+ applications and reducing deployment times by 40%
- Established a cross-functional team dedicated to relentless continuous improvement, balancing architectural, security, and infrastructure concerns
- Introduced an ephemeral copy deployment strategy for seamless app testing and deployments
- Guided a division of 180+ professionals on DevOps principles, improving development workflows
- Led the adoption of LaunchDarkly feature flagging, managing 250+ active flags to enable safe and efficient feature rollouts
- Built numerous self-service tools for developers, automating manual processes and saving teams significant development time
- Authored and contributed to numerous Architectural Data Records, establishing best practices
- Migrated a 500,000-line AngularJS application to Angular 7 with zero downtime, improving app maintainability and performance
- Introduced automated UI testing, TypeScript, and memory leak detection, enhancing app quality and developer efficiency
.NET/SQL Developer
Monster Energy
Corona, CA
08.2014 - 10.2016
- Built multiple full-stack web applications using Angular, AngularJS, .NET Web API, and SQL Server
- Implemented single sign-on (SSO) functionality using Azure Active Directory
- Modernized legacy applications, improving system stability and performance
- Developed unit tests to ensure application reliability
- Collaborated across teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions tailored to user needs
Senior Software Engineer
iFuel Interactive
New York, New York
05.2009 - 07.2014
- Designed and developed extranet website for sales force of 600+ users across 24 countries
- Rebuilt custom online quoting system with multifaceted parameters, improving efficiency
- Built Solr-based search index, significantly improving search speed and user experience
- Overhauled e-commerce platform, implementing multi-currency support for system handling $200M/year in orders
Software Engineer
Pertuity Direct
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
11.2008 - 05.2009
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wheeling, WV 08.1999 - 05.2002
Skills
CI/CD
Certification
Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert
Timeline
Associate Architect, Consultant
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center / CEI
11.2016 - 10.2024
.NET/SQL Developer
Monster Energy
08.2014 - 10.2016
Senior Software Engineer
iFuel Interactive
05.2009 - 07.2014
Software Engineer
Pertuity Direct
11.2008 - 05.2009
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Wheeling Jesuit University
08.1999 - 05.2002
Microsoft DevOps Engineer Expert
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