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Sean Curran

Plymouth,MN

Summary

To leverage my engineering leadership, technical expertise, and strategic vision to build high-performing teams, drive cross-functional alignment, and deliver innovative, scalable solutions that align with business goals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Director, Cloud and Host Engineers

Cargill
09.2024 - Current
  • Partnered in cross-functional strategic initiatives, aligning engineering goals with organizational objectives
  • Facilitated collaboration between engineering teams and partner teams, driving seamless cross-functional workflows
  • Forecasted team staffing needs to meet strategic initiative goals, ensuring resource alignment and capacity planning
  • Championed team development and operational efficiency, providing leadership in scaling engineering capabilities

Engineering Manager

Cargill
12.2022 - 09.2024
  • Managed all North America engineers across Hosting and Networking teams, providing leadership and strategic direction
  • Restructured teams to align with organizational capabilities, improving operational efficiency and team effectiveness
  • Drove engineering productivity by implementing new processes, tools, and best practices
  • Collaborated with leadership to develop and execute engineering strategies, ensuring alignment with business goals
  • Mentored and supported engineers to foster growth, skill development, and team cohesion

Sr. Cloud Engineer

Cargill
02.2019 - 12.2022
  • Built and maintained a robust cloud platform leveraging Terraform, Ansible, and AWS services
  • Implemented Kubernetes to host Docker workloads, ensuring scalability and reliability
  • Managed and monitored multiple Kubernetes clusters across environments
  • Automated provisioning, configuration, and deployment processes to streamline cloud operations
  • Collaborated with teams to standardize Kubernetes and Terraform workflows, enhancing consistency and efficiency

Sr. Cloud Engineer

SPC Commerce
04.2016 - 02.2019
  • Represented the team in meetings, ensuring alignment with sprint priorities and deliverables
  • Developed and deployed AWS ECS, replacing Mesos for container orchestration
  • Collaborated with developers to optimize Docker images and streamline deployments
  • Documented deployment processes for ECS and implemented robust monitoring solutions
  • Automated internal static website hosting in Docker, addressing constraints preventing S3 usage
  • Migrated multiple applications, including WebLogic and Jetty, to Docker containers

Cloud Engineer

SPC Commerce
02.2016 - 04.2016
  • Contributed to DevOps initiatives by integrating automation earlier in development cycles
  • Created CAAS platform automation in Mesos using event-driven workflows (Lambda, DynamoDB streams, Jenkins)
  • Delivered automated solutions leveraging Ansible, Jenkins, and CloudFormation for CI/CD pipelines
  • Developed and documented deployment processes, SOPs, and monitoring strategies for AWS-hosted applications
  • Assisted developers in testing IAM roles and policies locally during application development

System Engineer

SPC Commerce
08.2015 - 12.2015
  • Built full environments (Dev, Test, Preprod, Prod) in AWS and data centers
  • Streamlined AWS deployment processes, reducing infrastructure and code deployment times to two days
  • Collaborated with the Cloud team to enhance deployment handoff processes and AWS monitoring solutions

Jr. System Engineer

SPC Commerce
12.2014 - 08.2015
  • Deployed, configured, and maintained physical/virtual infrastructure and applications
  • Automated infrastructure processes using playbooks, modules, and templates
  • Monitored and maintained public-facing web and SaaS applications, delivering operational intelligence to improve resilience and uptime
  • Provided on-call support and participated in capacity management and documentation efforts

Application Specialist

SPC Commerce
01.2013 - 06.2013
  • Developed application monitoring systems to ensure performance and availability
  • Created performance reports to track incidents, open problems, and capacity metrics
  • Automated build deployments, stop/start routines, and infrastructure provisioning
  • Provided Tier 2 application support, including root cause analysis, documentation, and training

Education

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

Minnesota State University
01.2011

Skills

  • Team restructuring
  • Capability alignment
  • Productivity optimization
  • Strategic planning
  • AWS
  • Docker
  • ECS
  • Kubernetes
  • Mesos
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • CloudFormation
  • Kubernetes implementation
  • Python
  • Golang
  • Tomcat
  • Jetty
  • WebLogic
  • OC4J
  • Glassfish
  • Git
  • Analytical skills
  • Troubleshooting skills
  • Agile
  • DevOps practices

Corecompetencies

Team restructuring, Capability alignment, Productivity optimization, Strategic planning, AWS (architecture, migration, DR implementation), Docker (ECS, Kubernetes, Mesos), Skilled with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, CloudFormation, Kubernetes implementation and management of multiple clusters, Python, Golang, Expertise with Tomcat, Jetty, WebLogic, OC4J, Glassfish, Git, Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, Experienced with Agile, DevOps practices

Timeline

Director, Cloud and Host Engineers

Cargill
09.2024 - Current

Engineering Manager

Cargill
12.2022 - 09.2024

Sr. Cloud Engineer

Cargill
02.2019 - 12.2022

Sr. Cloud Engineer

SPC Commerce
04.2016 - 02.2019

Cloud Engineer

SPC Commerce
02.2016 - 04.2016

System Engineer

SPC Commerce
08.2015 - 12.2015

Jr. System Engineer

SPC Commerce
12.2014 - 08.2015

Application Specialist

SPC Commerce
01.2013 - 06.2013

Bachelor of Science - Information Systems

Minnesota State University

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