Josh Beard

DevOps | Platform | Delivery

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Summary

Pragmatic engineer that values simplicity, efficiency, and getting things done.

Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer with Live Oak Bank

September 2022 - Present

• Design and develop tools and workflows to improve software delivery and developer efficiency across multiple teams.
• Designed and built a release orchestration tool in Go to coordinate releases across teams and projects, enhancing safety, oversight, and management of the release process while significantly improving team efficiency.
• Designed and implemented comprehensive CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects.
• Write and maintain an open-source Terraform provider and a companion Go API client for the ReadMe.com developer portal to manage documentation and API specifications as code.
• Work extensively with AWS, Terraform, GitLab, Go, Python, and Docker to deliver reliable and scalable solutions supporting modern software engineering practices.
• Established monitoring, alerting, and observability to ensure reliable delivery pipelines and actionable insights for teams.

Key technology and skills: AWS, DataDog, Docker, GitLab, Go, Golang, Kubernetes, Python, Shell, Terraform

Lead DevSecOps Engineer with Ventera, Inc (US Geological Survey)

June 2022 - April 2023

• Contracted to the Water Resources Mission Area at the USGS to modernize and advance services delivering critical water data.
• Designed and supported infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for serverless Python applications and static websites, built with AWS services.
• Automated security checks and integrated code analysis into CI/CD pipelines, simplifying compliance for development teams.
• Worked closely with a small team, balancing hands-on engineering with collaborative problem-solving.

Key technology and skills: AWS, GitLab, Python

Lead DevOps Engineer with Apogee Engineering, LLC (US Geological Survey)

September 2015 - May 2022

• Managed the architecture and infrastructure for over 50 USGS products, ensuring scalability and reliability.
• Led the migration of hundreds of projects from legacy CI/CD systems to GitLab, improving efficiency and developer experience.
• Deployed configuration management at scale using Puppet and Ansible, simplifying server operations for hundreds of Linux systems.
• Moved 50+ applications from on-premise to AWS with Docker, enabling more flexible and scalable deployments.
• Supported cross-team collaboration and delivery, building tools and processes that teams could easily adopt and extend.
• Mentored colleagues in DevOps best practices, including Docker, AWS, and Terraform, empowering teams to manage their own infrastructure.
• Authored extensive documentation with a “docs-as-code” approach, standardizing project knowledge and operational guidance.

Key technology and skills: AWS, GitLab, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Python, Nginx, Traefik

Professional Services Engineer with Puppet Inc.

September 2013 - April 2015

• Delivered consulting and training on Puppet and DevOps practices to enterprise clients, tailoring solutions to unique needs.
• Created reusable Puppet modules and tools to streamline automation for internal and external use.
• Earned high marks for adaptability, customer engagement, and technical problem-solving across a diverse client base.

Key technology and skills: Puppet, Linux, Ruby, Git, Shell

Linux/Unix Systems Administrator with Douglas School District

January 2010 - September 2013

Senior Support Engineer with Apple, Inc.

October 2008 - January 2010

Signal Support Systems Specialist with US Army

August 2006 - October 2008

Skills

12 Factor Apps, AWS, Alpine Linux, Ansible, Apache, Arch Linux, Artifactory, Atlassian, Bamboo, Bash, BitBucket, CI/CD, Cloud, Compliance, DataDog, Debian, DevSecOps, DigitalOcean, Docker, Elasticsearch, Everything is Code, FreeBSD, Git, GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Workflows, GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, Go, Golang, Graylog, HAProxy, HTML, Infrastructure as Code, Jira, Kubernetes, LXC, MongoDB, MySQL, Nginx, Octopus, PagerDuty, PHP, Packer, Postfix, PostgreSQL, Proxmox, Puppet, Python, RedHat, Ruby, Security, Sensu, Serverless, Shell, Terraform, Tomcat, Traefik, Ubuntu

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