Roman DeHonney
Monroeville,PA
Summary
Engineering and DevOps Manager with 10+ years of enterprise IT experience and 6+ years leading distributed technical teams within regulated financial environments. Proven success driving automation strategy, production readiness, governance, and platform reliability.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Engineering Manager – DevOps & Automation
BNY Mellon
Pittsburgh, PA
09.2019 - Current
- Lead distributed team of 6 engineers across US, Brazil, and India (4 direct reports, 2 contractors)
- Own hiring, promotions, compensation, workforce planning, and career development
- Support ~50 enterprise applications/platforms in regulated environments
- Define technical roadmaps and operational priorities
- Serve as escalation point for production incidents and change governance
- Led infrastructure automation using Ansible and Ansible Tower
- Automated AppDynamics deployments across environments
- Reduced deployment effort by an estimated 70–85%
- Delivered estimated 500+ engineering hours annually in efficiency gains
- Govern CI/CD execution using GitLab and Azure DevOps
- Support cloud-enabled delivery across AWS and Azure
Senior Applications Analyst
Dollar Bank
Pittsburgh, PA
05.2019 - 09.2019
- Managed enterprise application support across distributed systems
- Coordinated release planning and production implementation
- Supported CRM, ERP, AML, and ACH platforms
- Contributed to architecture discussions and system integration
- Monitored application performance and business continuity
Senior IT Consultant
Pennsylvania State University
Pittsburgh, PA
09.2016 - 05.2019
- Delivered strategic IT initiatives and infrastructure modernization
- Served as liaison between stakeholders and technical teams
- Supported cybersecurity initiatives
- Led support staff and improved service delivery
- Assisted with budgeting and operational planning
IT Specialist
The Nutrition Group
Irwin, PA
09.2014 - 09.2016
- Consulted with stakeholders and delivered scalable solutions
- Managed project execution and timelines
- Improved workflows through technology optimization
Service Desk Analyst – Tier III
Bayer
Pittsburgh, PA
01.2013 - 09.2014
- Resolved complex enterprise technology issues
- Partnered with engineering teams to resolve production incidents
- Supported migrations and deployments
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Science & Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Computer Forensics Certification -
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PASkills
- Leadership & Management
- Engineering Leadership People Management Team Development Hiring & Talent Acquisition Performance Management Compensation & Promotion Decisions Coaching & Mentoring Global Team Leadership Stakeholder Management Executive Communication Budget Ownership Strategic Planning Technical Roadmaps Organizational Leadership
- Program & Delivery Management
- Technical Program Management Agile Delivery SDLC Management Release Management Change Management Incident Management Risk Management Portfolio Management Cross-Functional Leadership Process Improvement Operational Excellence Production Readiness Service Delivery Continuous Improvement Vendor Coordination
- Automation, Resilience & Operations
- Infrastructure Automation Application Modernization Technology Resilience Platform Reliability Operational Readiness Environment Migration Monitoring & Observability Enterprise Tooling Root Cause Analysis Disaster Recovery Planning Performance Optimization Automation Strategy
- AI & Engineering Productivity
- AI Adoption & Enablement Large Language Models (LLMs) AI-Assisted Software Delivery Prompt Engineering AI Productivity Workflows Generative AI Applications Workflow Automation AI-Driven Research & Analysis Technology Innovation Engineering Efficiency Optimization
- Technical Skills
- Ansible Ansible Tower PowerShell Python Bash SQL GitLab Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines Release Orchestration AppDynamics Splunk AWS Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Linux Windows Server REST APIs Application Integrations Enterprise Software Platforms
- Financial Services & Governance
- Technology Governance Regulatory Environments IT Controls Change Governance Audit Readiness Policy & Standards Management Risk & Compliance Financial Services Technology Enterprise Architecture Collaboration
Certification
- AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Timeline
Engineering Manager – DevOps & Automation
BNY Mellon
09.2019 - Current
Senior Applications Analyst
Dollar Bank
05.2019 - 09.2019
Senior IT Consultant
Pennsylvania State University
09.2016 - 05.2019
IT Specialist
The Nutrition Group
09.2014 - 09.2016
Service Desk Analyst – Tier III
Bayer
01.2013 - 09.2014
Bachelor of Science - Information Science & Technology
Pennsylvania State University
Computer Forensics Certification -
Community College of Allegheny County