JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML/CSS
Years Professional Experience
Patrick Loftus
Cloud/DevOps Engineer - Solutions Architect
Summary
Programmer from day 1 writing assembly language for embedded controllers, to writing apps in GWBasic, Fortran, Pascal, C, C++, C#, Java, JS/TS and Python. Branched out from utility apps to back-end including database administration. Worked on-premise as network administrator, deploying custom apps for small/medium size clients. Added Electrical Engineering degree to solidify engineering skills, deduction and troubleshooting. Added front-end development, including HTML/CSS/JS/TS, React and too many frameworks and libraries to list. Transitioned to cloud computing in 2013 with AWS Lambda and later to MS Azure. Achieved several certifications along the journey, including AWS, Azure, Redis, Terraform, Jenkins, Agile Scrum and more. Combined all of these skills to develop complete cloud native solutions. Work extensively with Terraform, AWS CDK and Pulumi to automate infrastructure deployments in both AWS and Azure. Still learning, still developing and still loving tech.
Overview
30
30
6
6
Years College/Technical Education
24
24
Certifications
11
11
Years AWS Experience
Work History
DevOps Engineer/Cloud Architect/Software Engineer
Cloud In Action
5 2019 - Current
- Designed and implemented over 160 small to large scale projects in AWS and Azure, including infrastructure, data layer migrations and front-end and back-end integration.
- Utilized industry standard tools like Terraform, Pulumi, AWS CDK and AWS CloudFormation to automate infrastructure deployments.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products, using front-end and back-end frameworks, including React, Next.js, Boostrap, Material-UI, Node.js, Express.js, cloud-based APIs, serverless functions and more.
Lead DevSecOps Engineer
Upland.me
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Implemented over 40 infrastructure and 20 proof-of-concept projects in AWS cloud for web3-based gaming platform.
- Introduced organization controls and isolated account architecture to provide better security and improve ability to design and test faster before introducing product updates to production.
- Migrated numerous database, VMs with related apps, caches, queues and related networking from a single account to a multi-account design.
- Automation of all infrastructure and application deployments using GitLab CI/CD, Argo CD GitOps, Doppler SecretOps, Kubernetes and Helm Charts.
- Integration over 30 PostgreSQL databases with Snowflake using Hevo Data ETL and AWS DMS.
Founder/Technical Sales/DevOps Engineer/Software Engineer
Show Data Solutions
03.1998 - 4 2020
- Founded Show Data Solutions in 1998 - provider of data services to trade shows and conferences (averaging over 100 shows per year in 2019)
- Managed a overseas technical team to develop and maintain all systems, consisting of 2 DevOps Engineers, 2 Full Stack Developers and 2 Cloud Admin/Architects. Transitioned to in-house technical team consisting of 8 team members.
- Responsible for overseeing designs of event registration systems for 45 clients, covering over 100 trade shows and conferences per year.
- Initial design included C# and .NET design with MS SQL Server data layer. Migrated 28 monolithic projects to React/Next.js/MySQL/PostgreSQL stack, including both container (Kubernetes) and serverless designs.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ 09.1992 - 05.1999
No Degree - Digital Electronics
DeVry Technical Institute
Woodbridge, NJ 05.1986 - 05.1989
Skills
DevSecOps - AWS, Azure, GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, Shell Scripting (bash, zsh), Python, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions
Certification
AWS Solutions Architect Pro
Software
React/Nextjs
Python
Go
C, Rust
C#, NET
Terraform/Pulumi/AWS CDK
Shell Scripting (bash, zsh, PowerShell)
Timeline
Lead DevSecOps Engineer
Upland.me
03.2022 - 12.2022
Founder/Technical Sales/DevOps Engineer/Software Engineer
Show Data Solutions
03.1998 - 4 2020
Bachelor of Science - Electrical Engineering/Computer Engineering
New Jersey Institute of Technology
09.1992 - 05.1999
No Degree - Digital Electronics
DeVry Technical Institute
05.1986 - 05.1989
DevOps Engineer/Cloud Architect/Software Engineer
Cloud In Action
5 2019 - Current
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