CHRISTOPHER STEVENSON

DevOps, DevSysOps, Cloud Engineer, Automation Engineer

North Reading, Massachusetts, United States

About

"Gradual improvement is better than delayed perfection." — Mark Twain I’m a DevOps, DevSecOps, and DevSysOps engineer focused on automation, compliance, and technical excellence. I build CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and data workflows — with a relentless drive to reduce tech debt and improve system reliability. I aim for excellence — in code, in security, in observability. But I know that true excellence is built through consistent, measurable progress. Open to discussing infrastructure challenges — reach out to discuss your stack. You drive the vision. I’ll provide the horsepower.

Experience

  • DevOps Engineer, Systems at TCS, Tech Consulting Services
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

    Built IaC with Terraform/Ansible across AWS/Azure to eliminate config drift. Automated CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) — cut deployment time 60%, removed manual errors. Wrote Python/Perl/Shell scripts to automate backups, log cleanup, and monitoring — reducing toil and boosting reliability. Integrated vendor APIs for real-time data exchange. Managed MySQL: automated backups, tuned performance, ensured HA and data integrity. Tools: Terraform, Ansible, Python, Perl, Shell, AWS, Azure, GitHub, GitLab, MySQL

  • Migration Engineer, IaC at Divert, Inc
    Mar 2022 - Aug 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Led migration of ~200 AWS resources (VMs, containers, storage, cloud functions) to GCP with zero service disruption. Rebuilt infrastructure in GCP using Terraform, standardizing deployments across environments and enabling scalable, automated resource management. Developed Python and Bash scripts to automate recurring tasks and resolve edge cases, eliminating manual work and errors. Tools: AWS, GCP, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash, Jira

  • DevOps Engineer, Automation at Veracode
    Mar 2019 - Feb 2022 · 3 yrs

    Automated CI/CD environment cleanup with Ansible and scripting, streamlining deployments and improving reliability. Provisioned Docker-based dev/test environments, accelerating setup and standardizing consistency across teams. Enhanced CI/CD pipeline integration with Jira and BuildBot to strengthen collaboration and workflow visibility. Rewrote main product deployment process using Ansible, reducing errors and improving release efficiency. Developed Python canary monitoring app for public-facing portal, enabling proactive issue detection and faster incident response. Tools: AWS, GitLab, Jenkins, Ansible, Python, Bash, InfluxDB, Prometheus, Vendor APIs

  • Principal Software Engineer, Data Warehousing at Staples
    Jun 2013 - Nov 2018 · 5 yrs 6 mos

    Principal Software Engineer | [Company] | [Dates] Automated SOX compliance audits across 10K+ servers using Ansible, ensuring regulatory adherence and accelerating remediation. Developed Shell, Python, Perl, and PHP scripts to automate SysAdmin workflows, significantly reducing manual effort. Integrated ServiceNow APIs for automated ticket creation and asset management, improving data accuracy and accelerating incident resolution. Led two POCs for IBM PowerVC using Python and OpenStack APIs to validate enterprise VM provisioning capabilities. Standardized deployments and improved reliability managing infrastructure with Jenkins, Ansible, and Puppet. Tools: Python, Shell, Perl, PHP, Ansible, Puppet, Jenkins, ServiceNow API, IBM PowerVC, OpenStack, MySQL, Apache, Nginx, jQuery