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Patrick Rivers

Austell,GA

Summary

DevOps Engineer

Results-driven DevOps Engineer with extensive hands-on experience in designing and managing cloud infrastructure, automating CI/CD pipelines, and optimizing system performance. Proficient in AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC, with expertise in Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, and Kubernetes (EKS). Demonstrated ability to leverage Bash scripting and Python for automation, tooling, and workflow enhancements. Completed Caltech's Postgraduate Program in DevOps, showcasing a strong track record of enhancing team productivity, enforcing security best practices, and streamlining operational processes.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

RetailOps Tech
03.2022 - 04.2025
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by 25% and enabling faster releases across staging and production environments.
  • Partnered with development teams to automate testing and deployment workflows, leading to a 30% increase in deployment frequency.
  • Managed and provisioned AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC) using Terraform, resulting in a 20% cost optimization by rightsizing instances and eliminating unused resources.
  • Optimized EC2 instance types based on workload analysis using CloudWatch metrics, improving system performance by 18% across production workloads.
  • Applied security best practices (IAM policies, automated patching, encryption), resulting in a 15% reduction in potential threats as identified by vulnerability scans.
  • Developed a secure remote backend using S3 and DynamoDB, enhancing centralized state management which boosted team efficiency by 30% and cut configuration errors by half.

Linux System Administrator

Deutsche Telekom
01.2018 - 01.2022
  • Improved system stability by 5% through proactive monitoring and resource usage analysis using Linux tools like top, ps, and htop.
  • Reduced unauthorized access incidents by 98% through automated provisioning and role-based access controls (RBAC), strengthening system security.
  • Maintained OS integrity by managing updates and software installations via Yum (RHEL) and Apt (Ubuntu).
  • Maximized server performance and attained near-perfect uptime by expertly conducting remote server maintenance using Secure Shell (SSH).
  • Provisioned virtual machines to streamline testing across local and virtualized environments.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Audio Production

Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL
05.2020

Skills

  • Cloud Platform: AWS (EC2, IAM, S3, DynamoDB, VPC)
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
  • Configuration Management: Ansible
  • Containerization: Docker
  • Container Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS)
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub
  • Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL)
  • Scripting & Automation: Bash, Python
  • Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch

Certification

  • Postgraduate Program in DevOps | Caltech | 2024
  • IBM DevOps and Software Engineering | Coursera | 2023
  • Google Data Analytics | Coursera | 2022

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
German
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

RetailOps Tech
03.2022 - 04.2025

Linux System Administrator

Deutsche Telekom
01.2018 - 01.2022

Bachelor of Science - Audio Production

Full Sail University

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