Keegan Morrissey
Decorah,IA
Summary
Accomplished Software Engineer with a proven track record at Cottingham & Butler, specializing in cloud solutions and AI-driven applications. Expert in Python and AWS, I significantly reduced document review time by over 90% while fostering team collaboration and mentoring. Adept at leveraging Kubernetes for scalable infrastructure and enhancing CI/CD processes.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Software Engineer II
Cottingham & Butler
12.2024 - Current
- Develop and maintain full-service insurance claims applications in .NET (C#, Blazor).
- Migrated infrastructure to Linux-based AWS hosting with Kubernetes for scalability and reliability.
- Designed an AI-powered document triage system to prevent missed urgent claim documents.
- Engineered an end-to-end event-driven AI pipeline using AWS Bedrock Data Automation, Bedrock Flows, Lambda (Python), Step Functions, EventBridge, and SQS.
- Reduced manual document review workload from ~4,500 hours to ~300 annually.
DevOps Engineer
Blue Sentry Cloud
02.2023 - 05.2024
- Built and deployed cloud solutions using AWS and optimized CI/CD pipelines through Jenkins.
- Architected distributed Selenium Grid browser testing on Amazon EKS across multiple regions.
- Implemented observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry tracing.
- Built an internal study-helper app using AWS Lambda, SNS, DynamoDB, and OpenAI APIs.
- Provided expertise in event-driven system architecture and debugging OSS/third-party software.
Senior Software Engineer
John Deere
01.2020 - 02.2023
- Built Java Spring REST APIs backed by PostgreSQL for provisioning cloud resources.
- Implemented frontend features in React following Agile practices and TDD.
- Migrated Jenkins pipelines to GitHub Actions, standardizing CI/CD strategy.
- Integrated AWS Route53 Resolvers to reduce DNS errors and costs.
- Led and mentored a team of student engineers delivering developer-experience tools.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA01.2019
Skills
- Programming languages: Python, Java, C#
- Web frameworks: JavaScript, React
- Database technologies: SQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server
- Cloud computing: AWS solutions
- Orchestration tools: Kubernetes
- Container technology: Docker
- CI/CD tools: Gitlab CI, GitHub Actions
- Monitoring tools: Grafana, Prometheus
Certification
- AWS Solutions Architect Professional
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- AWS Developer Associate
- AWS Cloud Practitioner
Timeline
Software Engineer II
Cottingham & Butler
12.2024 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Blue Sentry Cloud
02.2023 - 05.2024
Senior Software Engineer
John Deere
01.2020 - 02.2023
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
University of Iowa