Jeffrey Landis
Sevierville,TN
Summary
U.S. Air Force veteran with a combined 35 years of technical and leadership experience. Accomplished DevOps Engineer with over 15 years of experience and a track record of implementing robust infrastructure solutions through the the utilization of modern practices and tools. Skilled in infrastructure as code methodologies with a strong background in utilizing Terraform with Terragrunt or Pulumi for provisioning infrastructure and ArgoCD for bootstrapping Kubernetes clusters. Strong collaborative and problem-solving abilities, committed to maintaining high standards of operational excellence.
Overview
38
38
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Technology Officer
MVI Ventures
02.2021 - Current
- Provides organization with technology leadership & efficient technology solutions.
- Leveraged Terraform with Terragrunt to provision AWS infrastructure.
- Bootstrapped Kubernetes clusters with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
- Automated monitoring and alerting using Amazon's Managed Grafana with Prometheus.
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Reckon Point, LLC
11.2016 - 02.2021
- Designed gRPC APIs for various backend services on GCP using Google Kubernetes Engine.
- Developed Wi-Fi & Magnetic based indoor location SDK for Android & IOS.
- Collaborated with engineers on design of Reckon Point's proprietary robot.
- Developed Android application to remotely control robots using Robot Operating System.
Chief Technology Officer
VeepWorks, LLC
08.2015 - 09.2017
- Collaborated with front-end developers using the MEAN stack to create seamless, end-to-end solutions for complex business requirements.
- Designed & implemented scalable REST APIs using Node.js/Express improving the performance of backend services.
- Integrated Jenkins for continuous integration and deployment automating build, test, and deployment.
- Automated monitoring & alerting using Grafana with Prometheus significantly improving system observability & reducing incident response times.
Vice President, Application Development Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
10.2007 - 05.2015
- Managed DevOps for a large application development team.
- Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
- Reduced system downtime by implementing robust monitoring and alerting tools.
- Diagnosed and resolved code, business intelligence, messaging, and database issues.
Aircraft Maintenance Section Chief
U.S. Air Force
10.2005 - 11.2007
- Managed organization of 140 maintenance personnel, set and enforced policies and procedures.
- Oversaw missions and manpower needs to properly allocate resources and training.
- Coordinated with unit leadership and direct superiors for taskings and managed subordinates to execute.
Senior Full Stack Developer
U.S. Air Force
08.2001 - 10.2005
- Full stack developer and administrator for $4M Field Training Management System (FTMS).
- Facilitated communication between technical teams and non-technical stakeholders to ensure alignment on project requirements and goals.
- Evaluated emerging technologies to recommend strategic investments in infrastructure upgrades and enhancements.
Aircraft Maintenance Instructor
U.S. Air Force
11.1998 - 08.2001
- Conducted technical instruction in classroom environment.
- Maintained organization's IT assets, diagnosed and resolved hardware & software issues.
Electrical & Environmental Systems Craftsman
U.S. Air Force
07.1986 - 11.1998
- Inspected, analyzed, repaired, and calibrated aircraft electrical & environmental systems.
- Participated in numerous military operations & exercises in countries around the globe.
Education
Associate of Science - Instructor of Technology And Military Science
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, AL2001
Associate of Science - Aviation Maintenance Technology
Community College of The Air Force
Montgomery, AL2000
Skills
- DevOps/GitOps
- CI/CD: Github, Jenkins, ArgoCD
- IaC: Terraform, Terragrunt, Pulumi
- Cloud Services: AWS, GCP, Firebase
- Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
- Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios
- Backend APIs: REST, gRPC, RPC, SOAP
- Languages: Python, Nodejs, Java, C#, JavaScript, Bash
Websites
Timeline
Chief Technology Officer
MVI Ventures
02.2021 - Current
Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Reckon Point, LLC
11.2016 - 02.2021
Chief Technology Officer
VeepWorks, LLC
08.2015 - 09.2017
Vice President, Application Development Manager
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
10.2007 - 05.2015
Aircraft Maintenance Section Chief
U.S. Air Force
10.2005 - 11.2007
Senior Full Stack Developer
U.S. Air Force
08.2001 - 10.2005
Aircraft Maintenance Instructor
U.S. Air Force
11.1998 - 08.2001
Electrical & Environmental Systems Craftsman
U.S. Air Force
07.1986 - 11.1998
Associate of Science - Instructor of Technology And Military Science
Community College of The Air Force
Associate of Science - Aviation Maintenance Technology
Community College of The Air Force