Kenneth McCormick
Wixom,MI
Summary
With a proven track record at Cardinal Financial, I have led initiatives that enhanced CI/CD workflows by 25% and automated deployment processes, increasing efficiency by 15%. As an expert in Kubernetes, Terraform, and Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD, I bring a collaborative and innovative approach to release management, significantly improving software delivery and operational performance. My experience spans a wide range of tools and platforms, including AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, and Terragrunt.
Beyond my professional role, I am a detail-oriented, fast-paced problem solver who thrives on tackling complex challenges. As a hobbyist engineer, I develop prototypes on personal servers to explore new and emerging technologies. Additionally, I lead an international volunteer team of modders for Millennium Dawn: A Modern Day Mod, combining my technical expertise with project management and community leadership.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Release Engineer II
Cardinal Financial
08.2024 - Current
- Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces.
- Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
- Created and implemented a JUnit test suite system that allows upwards of to 1500 concurrent nodes from 300 yielding a 5x increase in capacity for scalable, modular, and robust testing system
- Created new multi-project build flow for CI/CD speeding up the workflow of Business Intelligence by 25%
- Implemented several Kubernetes clusters utilizing Terraform for deployments, GitLab runners, and dynamic testing environments
Release Engineer I
Cardinal Financial
04.2023 - 08.2024
- Assisted in Creating & Maintain Review App Infrastructure for Easier Testing
- Migrated several Jenkins Pipelines to GitLab CI/CD
- Created & Maintains Internal Documentation for Varying Projects/Code Standards
- Maintains & deploys releases for the Company
- Automated out the deployment process allowing for a 15% increase in efficiency
Automation & Release Administrator
Flagstar Bank
12.2021 - 04.2023
- Managed automated deployments of applications
- Maintained reporting for our deployments
- Wrote scripts for deploying applications onto RHEL Linux boxes
- Modernized bash scripts into Python scripts for easier automation and long term maintenance
Education
Master of Science - Data Analytics
Western Governor's University
Salt Lake City, UT05-2024
Skills
- Release management
- Monitoring tools
- Performance tuning
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Kubernetes (EKS)
- Bash/Python/Groovy Scripting
- Java
- Jenkins/GitLab CI/CD
- Terraform/Terragrunt
- API Integration
- Docker/Containerization
Certification
- GitLab Certified CI/CD Associate
- ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
- CompTIA Project+ Certification
Timeline
Release Engineer II
Cardinal Financial
08.2024 - Current
Release Engineer I
Cardinal Financial
04.2023 - 08.2024
Automation & Release Administrator
Flagstar Bank
12.2021 - 04.2023
Master of Science - Data Analytics
Western Governor's University
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