divinelabs

ANDREW DREW ANDERSON

2187306413 | drew@divinelabs.com 

Summary

Results-driven DevOps and Infrastructure leader with over 15 years of experience designing, automating, and scaling secure cloud and HPC platforms. Proven track record of building DevOps cultures, architecting internal PaaS solutions, and driving enterprise-wide automation. Adept in cross-functional team leadership, regulatory compliance, and infrastructure codification. Expert in Terraform, Ansible, and cloud orchestration, with a passion for turning manual workflows into scalable, reproducible systems. Seeking a Director of DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure role where strategic vision, team leadership, and automation excellence can drive innovation and efficiency.

Skills

Cloud: AWS, Azure, OpenStack cloud infrastructure
IaC: Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack
CI/CD tools: GitHub, GitLab, Jenkins, BuildBot
Scripting & programming: Bash, Python, Perl, Ruby, C/C++, PHP, Powershell
Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, Singularity
WLM: Slurm, PBS Pro, Moab/Torque		Virtualization: KVM, Vagrant, oVirt, libvirtClear
Interpersonal:
Communication of technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
Strategic thinking and infrastructure planning
Problem-solving with automation-first mindset
Agile coaching and DevOps cultural transformation.
Hashicorp Tools: Terraform, Packer, Vagrant

Experience

Sr. Automation Engineer 01/2023 to 06/2025 

EASY DYNAMICS CORPORATION

  • Led automation initiatives for USDA ICAM platforms, reducing manual tasks via Terraform and PowerShell scripting.
  • Designed reusable automation modules to standardize deployment across critical platform services.
  • Mentored junior engineers, establishing coding standards and automation pipelines that reduced human-error by 50%.
  • Contributed to vulnerability remediation across all in-scope systems, enhancing overall system compliance posture.
  • Used Ansible and Terraform to automate configuration and infrastructure spin-up in an Azure environment.

Automation Engineer & DevOps Evangelist – Advanced Analysis and Business Intelligence Platforms 04/2021 to 02/2022 

EDWARDJONES

  • Co-led daily DevOps workshops, embedding Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD principles into team culture.
  • Automated Azure provisioning using Terraform, decreasing environment setup times by 60%.
  • Created VM and cluster configurations using Ansible and Python, improving consistency and reducing human error for non-parallel, scalable compute nodes.
  • Authored the team’s DevOps runbook, including SOPs, escalation matrices, and coding guidelines.

Automation Engineer – Data Analysis and Infrastructure 03/2019 to 09/2020 

ADPREDICTIVE

  • Architected multi-VPC AWS infrastructure with secure inter-environment peering.
  • Automated DeepSecurity integration using Terraform, streamlining onboarding of new resources.
  • Implemented centralized logging with Fluentd, Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Prometheus.
  • Integrated centralized log shipping using Fluentd, ElasticSearch, Kibana and Prometheus
  • Automated baseline configurations and SDI items within the AWS infrastructure using Ansible and Terraform
  • Used Packer for image provisioning and pre-configuration.
  • Used GitHub for version control and AirFlow for CI/CD (mostly for analytics)
  • Used RHEL for all images that were deployed.
  • Built a Spark cluster (also for analytics) in AWS and maintained it for the data scientists.
  • Key Contributions:
    • Instilling basic DevOps ideologies into the company culture by raising awareness of what items within each team’s workflow could be candidates for automation.

Automation Architect (Tech Specialist VII) – CADRE – Research Operations Env Project 10/2017 to 03/2019 

FEDERAL RESERVE OF KANSAS CITY

  • Directed SDI platform automation for classified HPC clusters.
  • Automated security compliance updates, reducing patch cycles from monthly to weekly.
  • Drove Ansible/SaltStack adoption, minimizing manual effort across edge-facing nodes.
  • Steered the platform project to be primarily virtual for login nodes and other edge-facing nodes within the new HPC platform
  • Used Ansible and SaltStack to automate all tasks that are found to be predictable and finite in nature and complexity.
  • Used GitLab for versioning and CI/CD; mostly used commandline git for local commits and PRs. 
  • Used RHEL for all VM and Container images (used CentOS for development and ported to RHEL in stage)

Dev/Ops Engineer for R&D Departments 12/2016 to 07/2017 

CRAY, INC.  

  • Managed infrastructure for R&D teams, supporting development of hardware and software systems.
  • Performed system updates, troubleshooting, and served as escalation point for critical issues.
  • Automated routine admin tasks using Bash, Ansible, and cron, cutting manual resolution time by over 40%.
  • Created end-user self-service scripts to resolve common issues, decreasing support requests.
  • Used Git for version control, buildbot for building and jenkins for pipelines.
  • Used RHEL (CentOS) and SLES on all nodes.

Cluster HPC System Installation/level 3 Support 01/2015 to 12/2016 

CRAY, INC.

  • Installed clustered HPC systems and performed final acceptance testing.
  • Created bolt-on solutions to meet legacy compatibility standards during final acceptance phase, mostly using Bash and Python.
  • Served as primary support contact for system administrators post-installation.
  • Travel to sites to verify hardware side of installations and install the software on clustered HPC systems
  • As an installer I had to be knowledgeable about all of the workload management software stacks that might be used on a Cray system. Slurm was my favorite but I’ve worked with PBS as well.
  • Used RHEL (CentOS) and SLES on all nodes.

New System Bring-up Dev/Ops and Integration 01/2014 to 01/2015 

CRAY, INC.

  • Built bare-metal R&D HPC systems for internal testing and documentation of software stack installations.
  • Automated update workflows and installations using Ansible playbooks for both dev/stage racks of 12 to 48 nodes and prod racks of thousands of nodes.
  • Created tools in Python and Bash to simplify frequently repeated tasks.
  • Used Git for version control, buildbot for building and jenkins for pipelines
  • Helped automate the install/update process of the software stack using Ansible.
  • Used RHEL (CentOS) and SLES on all nodes.

Systems Administration 04/2012 to 01/2014 

MEDNET SOLUTIONS

  • Documented the existing UNIX server and network topology, and made suggestions to industry standards.
  • Rewrote backup and restore systems for fault tolerance and improved reliability across data centers.
  • Deployed centralized long-term storage using custom storage lake architecture.
  • Standardized configurations and developed provisioning systems, enabling rapid virtual environment deployment.
  • Reviewed current backup/restore system and made changes to make it fault tolerant
  • Worked with Research & Development to deploy, upgrade, and support development and stage environments.
  • Used CentOS and Debian on all bare-metal systems.

IT (Information Technology) Manager (Head of Information Technology & Infrastructure) 01/2004 to 12/2011 

50BELOW, INC.

  • Established and supervised an enterprise-wide, multi-platform application services program..
  • Maintained 99.9% uptime for major clients including Ameriprise and Smith Barney.
  • Created company-wide IT security policies and established the Information Security department.
  • Led technical support, Unix/NT administration, and infrastructure planning.
  • Supervised daily activities of Tech Support/Help Desk group, Unix Admins, NT Admins, DNS Liaison and Communications Administrator
  • Developed and implemented new network/server infrastructure plans for corporation
  • Created Information-Security department
  • Managed employees to analyze and support all critical systems
  • Created company policies and procedures governing network/server security, email and Internet usage, access control, and incident response

UNIX Systems Administrator 01/2003 to 12/2011 

50BELOW, INC.

  • Implemented load balancing for critical hosting services, reducing system downtime significantly.
  • Created departmental standardized procedures to implement modern technologies
  • Managed network UNIX systems and implemented standardized procedures.
  • Migrated systems from Solaris 9 to FreeBSD, reducing licensing costs and improving security.

Adjunct Faculty Instructor 01/2005 to 06/2005 

COLLEGE OF ST. SCHOLASTICA

  • Advised students on academic issues such as selecting majors or career paths.
  • Developed and taught an introductory UNIX/Linux course to students with no prior background.
  • Facilitated hands-on exercises replicating real-world scenarios for immersive learning.
  • Sparked department-wide adoption of Linux in labs as a cost-effective alternative.

Internal Systems/Reporting Applications Developer 02/2001 to 01/2003 

50BELOW, INC.

  • Built internal reporting systems for sales and support teams.
  • Designed the first call campaign creation and monitoring platform for the company.
  • Delivered key insights through automated performance dashboards and real-time tracking systems.
  • Designed and implemented a home-grown reporting system for the sales and HR (Human Resources) departments.
  • Designed and implemented the company’s first call campaign creation and monitoring system.