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Stephen Schlie
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SRE / Platform / DevOps Professional
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Candidate ID:
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SRE / Platform / DevOps Professional

About our Client

Possessing deep expertise in Kubernetes (9+ years), Terraform, GitOps, observability stacks, and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, I am passionionate about solving complex problems and enabling teams through education and automation. With a keen eye for infrastructure reliability, automation, and platform scalability trends, and a commitment to reducing complexity and increasing developer productivity, I consistently delivers impactful results. I am excited about the opportunity to contribute and am confident in my ability to help solve complex problems and automate solutions to fit business needs. Let's connect to discuss how my skills and experience align with your needs.

Achievements

Cloud Infrastructure & Automation: Experienced in managing and automating cloud environments, with a focus on scalable, reliable systems using modern Infrastructure as Code practices.

Platform Design & Developer Enablement: Focused on building internal platforms that improve developer experience and reduce operational overhead.

Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Known for strong collaboration and mentoring skills, with a track record of helping teams adopt new tools and best practices.

Problem Solving & Critical Thinking: Brings a solutions-focused mindset to complex infrastructure challenges, consistently improving systems and processes.

Programming Languages: Proficient in Golang for building reliable CLI tools and infrastructure components; experienced in Python for automation and scripting tasks; familiar with gd-script through game development projects and personal creative work.

Professional Experience

Senior Software Engineer - Infrastructure

Part of the infrastructure team wearing multiple hats responsible for building out platforms, designing SaaS solutions, SRE tasks (on call, monitoring, etc…), as well as being SME for various things on customer calls.

Reduced monthly cost of correctness testing by roughly $20k by building out a dynamically scalable Jepsen cluster.

Implemented ephemeral environments for Bufstream benchmark testing allowing for arbitrary scaling/sizing for on demand benchmarking and testing.

Designed and implemented initial SaaS solution for Bufstream.

Other experiences include: Senior Cloud Platform Engineer, Principal Site Reliability Engineer, Senior Platform Engineer, Software Engineer and DevOps Engineer

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