Richard Lewis

Senior Platform & DevSecOps Engineer | GitLab CI/CD | OpenShift | Kubernetes | AI Infrastructure | Active TS Clearance | U.S. Navy Veteran

United States

About

Senior Platform and DevSecOps Engineer with experience designing secure, scalable infrastructure supporting aerospace, defense, and enterprise environments. I specialize in GitLab CI/CD, OpenShift, Kubernetes, container security, ETL modernization, and platform automation in high security, closed network environments. During my career I’ve led modernization efforts that reduced deployment cycles from months to hours, automated complex engineering workflows, and improved operational reliability across distributed teams. Prior to engineering, I served 12 years in the U.S. Navy where I led mission critical operations supporting aviation and tactical systems. Areas of interest: • Platform Engineering • DevSecOps • AI Infrastructure • OpenShift & Kubernetes • MLOps • Aerospace & Defense Systems • Engineering Leadership

Experience

  • AI/ML Systems Architect Sr. (Platform Engineering & DevSecOps) at Lockheed Martin
    May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    - GitLab CI/CD modernization - OpenShift platform engineering - ETL modernization - container analysis tooling - MLOps architecture - team leadership

  • Business Analyst II at PennyMac Loan Services, LLC
    Oct 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Business Analyst at Cintal, Inc.
    Feb 2021 - Oct 2021 · 9 mos

  • Operations Specialist at US Navy
    Mar 2010 - Feb 2021 · 11 yrs