Robin Boutros
Fort Myers
Summary
To utilize my advanced DevOps skills, knowledge and expertise to architect and optimize end-to-end delivery systems, mentor teams, and advance organizational goals through operational excellence and continuous improvement.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
CliftonLarsonAllen
09.2023 - Current
- Architected and implemented full automation for provisioning new solutions—including repository creation, pipeline configuration, variable groups, environments, permissions, and policies—reducing setup time from two hours to under one minute and ensuring consistent DevOps standards.
- Developed and deployed reusable Snyk scanning templates, embedding automated security checks into all CI/CD pipelines and ensuring compliance with organizational security best practices.
- Led the development of automation scripts to extract, audit, and visualize Azure DevOps (ADO) repository permissions, increasing transparency and improving access governance.
- Assisted in the migration of repositories and teams from Azure DevOps to GitHub, collaborating cross-functionally to modernize workflows and align with enterprise version control standards using IaC through Terraform.
- Trained and mentored a team of four new engineers—including two with no prior DevOps experience—to full operational proficiency, fostering skill growth and team self-sufficiency.
- Designed and maintained automation scripts to track and analyze DORA metrics, improving visibility into DevOps performance.
- Developed and maintained a Python-based CLI tool to integrate and automate communication between CI/CD pipelines and third-party systems such as ServiceNow.
- Automated the publishing workflow for custom npm libraries through scripting, ensuring consistency and efficiency across releases.
- Provided ongoing release support on a weekly basis, including after-hours and overnight deployments, ensuring continuous DevOps coverage and uninterrupted delivery cycles.
- Authored and maintained a comprehensive DevOps handbook documenting team processes and technical best practices across multiple platforms, including SharePoint and the ServiceNow Knowledge Base.
DevOps Engineer
Qurate Retail Inc.
01.2021 - 09.2023
- Containerized, deployed, and maintained Jenkins instances using Helm, successfully migrating from legacy environments and improving performance by 75%.
- Maintained and optimized CI/CD pipelines to dynamically generate jobs and pipelines in Jenkins and Spinnaker, and to provision Kubernetes resources and namespaces using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform.
- Supported deployment of over 1,500 containerized Spring Boot and NPM applications to on-premises Kubernetes, Azure, and AKS clusters, ensuring reliability and scalability.
- Automated production change management processes for Kubernetes deployments, reducing manual intervention and deployment risks.
- Developed and maintained rollout deployment strategies in Spinnaker, improving deployment reliability and version control.
- Created and maintained Docker base images, integrated Snyk security scans in Jenkins build pipelines, and managed secure artifact storage in Artifactory to enhance security and compliance.
- Implemented code quality and security scanning with SonarQube, Fortify, and Snyk across CI build pipelines, increasing code security and compliance by 70%.
- Developed Python and Shell scripts and automated Jenkins pipelines integrated with Jenkins and Atlassian APIs to streamline CI/CD operations.
- Built Python scripts and Jenkins jobs to generate detailed Jenkins inventory and state reports, improving visibility and audit readiness.
- Supported and maintained over 600 Jenkins jobs for SSH-based application deployments within legacy environments, ensuring consistent delivery and uptime.
- Collaborated with software developers to troubleshoot and resolve deployment issues, enhancing DevOps support and facilitating faster delivery.
- Authored and updated technical documentation in Confluence to ensure process transparency and improve team alignment.
- Operated in an Agile Scrum environment with two-week sprints, managing tasks and progress through JIRA.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Engineering -
University of South Florida: College of Computer Science and Engineering
Tampa, FL12.2020
Skills
- Jenkins
- Azure DevOps
- Docker
- Kubernetes/Rancher
- Terraform
- Helm
- Spinnaker
- Git
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Artifactory
- Python
- Groovy
- Shell
- Linux/Unix
- SonarQube
- Snyk
- Veracode
- Atlassian Cloud Tools
- Elk Stack
- ServiceNow
- Elk Stack
Websites
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
CliftonLarsonAllen
09.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Qurate Retail Inc.
01.2021 - 09.2023
Bachelor of Computer Engineering -
University of South Florida: College of Computer Science and Engineering