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Eric Keeling
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Eric Keeling

Colorado Springs,CO

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Job Search Status

Open to work
Desired start date: Immediately

Desired Job Title

Sr. Software EngineerSr. Systems EngineerSr. Systems EngineerSr. Application Systems ArchitectWeb Developer

Work Type

Full TimeConsulting

Location Preference

RemoteHybrid
Location: Colorado Springs, CO, US
Open to relocation: No

Salary Range

$140000/yr - $200000/yr

Important To Me

Work-life balanceCompany CultureCareer advancementWork from home option401k matchPersonal development programs

Summary

Dynamic professional with a proven history of orchestrating the creation of successful, large-scale systems across diverse domains. Strong background in systems architecture and extensive experience in building and maintaining CI/CD systems for both AWS and private data centers. Demonstrated expertise in operations and development facilitates effective bridging of the gap between these critical domains, driving innovation and efficiency. Committed to leveraging technical skills and strategic insights to deliver robust solutions that meet organizational goals.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Software Engineer

Vitu Inc.
01.2025 - Current
  • Established a standardized AWS Account Factory (AFT) based process to transition inherited AWS accounts from the previous parent company to the new organization, enabling secure, consistent, and auditable migrations during the business unit acquisition.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Cox Automotive Inc.
01.2019 - 01.2025
  • Led the modernization of a .NET 4.7 monolithic application by implementing a fully automated, zero-downtime CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions, reducing release staffing from 10+ engineers to 2 and cutting deployment time by over 65%.
  • Authored and maintained an extensive Terraform module ecosystem spanning AWS services, New Relic, and Okta, establishing a standardized, reusable IaC foundation adopted across the organization.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD workflows using Terraform and GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes, improving release reliability, reducing manual effort, and accelerating delivery velocity.
  • Championed DevOps practices across development and QA teams through brown-bag sessions, one-on-one coaching, and ongoing consultation, driving cultural adoption of automation, IaC, and cloud-native workflows.
  • Automated the migration of services from private data centers to AWS, improving scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency.
  • Standardized monitoring and logging patterns for new services, ensuring consistent observability across the platform.
  • Built and re-architected CI/CD pipelines for both new and legacy services to align with modern best practices and improve deployment consistency.
  • Provided cross-training on AWS, Terraform, and Jenkins to upskill development teams and reduce operational bottlenecks.
  • Developed integrations between internal systems (e.g., ServiceNow, Rally) to streamline workflows and reduce manual coordination.
  • Developed internal and customer-facing APIs to support core platform capabilities and improve cross-team integration.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Ellie Mae Inc.
01.2014 - 01.2019
  • Established the policies, tooling, and operating model required to form the company's first DevOps organization, defining standards for automation, cloud adoption, and infrastructure governance.
  • Partnered closely with Development, Tech Support, InfoSec, and Compliance to embed DevOps practices across the engineering ecosystem, making automation and operational excellence a core part of the corporate strategy.
  • Led the evolution of the existing Continuous Delivery platform into a full CI/CD ecosystem using DSC, Jenkins, GitHub, Artifactory, and Terraform, improving deployment reliability and accelerating delivery cycles.
  • Fulfilled Site Reliability Engineering and Technical Duty Officer responsibilities, ensuring platform stability, incident response readiness, and continuous improvement of operational processes.
  • Worked directly with development teams to define and implement operational excellence practices, improving service reliability, observability, and on-call readiness.
  • Developed custom utilities and tooling for clients as needed, enabling smoother integrations, automation, and workflow optimization.

Sr. Application Systems Architect

Atmel Corp.
01.2011 - 01.2014
  • Developed a multilingual, web-based Active Directory administration interface optimized for mobile use, enabling secure, on-the-go user and group management for global IT teams.
  • Designed and implemented a global asset-tracking platform capable of monitoring online/offline endpoints (servers and desktops), software inventory with usage insights, and OS/software license allocation, improving visibility and compliance across the organization.
  • Built a WAN-optimized SCCM “Single Use Access” web application that enabled remote software deployment from SCCM, reducing support overhead and improving software distribution efficiency for distributed offices.
  • Fulfilled enterprise architecture responsibilities, guiding system design, integration patterns, and technology decisions across multiple internal platforms.

Web Developer

Teraquant Corp.
01.2011 - 01.2012
  • Aid in the design of a highly scalable infrastructure to support the running of a high-volume radio network testing suite.
  • Create an easy-to-use/highly customizable GUI that exceeded user expectations using C#.NET and XAML.
  • Create a custom web-server to host the web application and allow for the customization of web-server functionality (implemented in C++/C using the POCO framework).
  • Create a custom Reporting framework for use in this project and future projects using C#.NET.

Software Developer

MITRE Corp.
01.2010 - 01.2011
  • Coordination amongst multiple teams to facilitate the creation of the GUI for the JSpOC (Joint Space Operations Center) satellite tracking system.
  • Design a GUI interface and perform rigorous UAT with JSpOC.
  • Develop the business logic layer of the JSpOC satellite tracking system.

Web Designer

WATCO Manufacturing Company
01.2008 - 01.2010
  • Design and develop the new corporate website for the WATCO Manufacturing Company.

Education

Computer Science

University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO

Skills

  • Programming languages
  • Web application development
  • Amazon web services
  • Project leadership
  • Continuous integration and deployment
  • Proficient in [language]
  • DevOps best practices
  • System improvements
  • Performance improvements

Timeline

Sr. Software Engineer

Vitu Inc.
01.2025 - Current

Sr. Systems Engineer

Cox Automotive Inc.
01.2019 - 01.2025

Sr. Systems Engineer

Ellie Mae Inc.
01.2014 - 01.2019

Sr. Application Systems Architect

Atmel Corp.
01.2011 - 01.2014

Web Developer

Teraquant Corp.
01.2011 - 01.2012

Software Developer

MITRE Corp.
01.2010 - 01.2011

Web Designer

WATCO Manufacturing Company
01.2008 - 01.2010

Computer Science

University of Colorado Colorado Springs

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