About Me
Greetings, I’m Marc, DevOps Manager with 10+ years of AWS and Linux engineering experience leading cloud modernization, automation, and infrastructure reliability initiatives. Proven ability to manage engineering teams, drive CI/CD best practices, implement Infrastructure-as-Code at scale, and support high-visibility federal programs. Adept at cross-functional leadership, cloud strategy, and delivering secure, scalable DevSecOps solutions.
I am most skilled in AWS and I have High Public Trust Clearance with experaince in the following Systems Administration, DevOps, Scrum Master, Instructor/Teacher, Linux System Administrator, Cloud Administrator, Kubernetes, Artifical Intelligence, Terraform, CloudFormation, OpenStack Heat, Github, Ansible, CI/CD Pipeline, Blue Green Deployment, Jenkins, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Version Control, Scrum Master, Agility.io, AWS Cloud, EC2, RDS, S3, CloudWatch, VPC, Auto Scaling Groups, EC2 Templates, Code Deploy, CloudTrail, Application Load Balancer, Network Load Balancer, BYOIP / IPAM, Linux Amazon/RHEL/Debian, ELK Stack, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Splunk, Bash, Crony, Firewalld, UFW, IPTables, Systemd, SystemV, Apache, Nginx, PHP, Nodejs, Mysql, Postgresql, Lsync, MariaDB, MongoDB, MySQL, NFS, Samba, Varnish, Redis, Memcached, Webmin, Cpanel, Plesk, and Rackspace Public Cloud.
Experience
Accenture Federal Services / Cognosante | Arlington, Virginia
DevOps Engineer IV / Custom Software Engineering Associate Manager
January 2022 - March 2023
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/industries/accenture-federal-services
- Lead and manage a 10-engineer DevSecOps team supporting VA healthcare infrastructure across AWS and Azure.
- Serve as Backup Manager (XO) for the DevSecOps division, ensuring operational readiness and delivery execution.
- Direct daily Agile ceremonies, sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical work assignment.
- Guide cloud migration strategy and execution, including modernization of workloads and adoption of DevOps best practices.
- Developed and delivered monthly AWS training to 30+ VA system administrators, improving cloud operational proficiency.
- Authored Weekly Activity Reports for VA leadership to communicate accomplishments, risks, and engineering velocity.
- Supported secure connectivity between on-prem and cloud environments, including ESECC and firewall request processes.
- Managed enterprise adoption of Ansible Automation Platform, GitHub Enterprise, and Azure DevOps.
- Led the proof-of-concept deployment of ScienceLogic’s Skylar Analytics, coordinating approvals and production readiness.
Accenture Federal Services / Cognosante | Arlington, Virginia
AWS Linux Administrator
January 2022 - March 2025
https://www.accenture.com/us-en/industries/accenture-federal-services
- Managed 120+ AWS resources using Terraform, GitHub, and automated CI/CD pipelines to improve consistency and reliability.
- Launched and scaled a nationwide telehealth video conferencing platform to 250+ EC2 instances with zero downtime.
- Transitioned logging pipelines from Splunk SaaS to an on-prem ELK stack using Logstash and HEC integrations.
- Redesigned the development environment to mirror production architecture, improving deployment validation.
- Served as Scrum Master for a team of cloud administrators, ensuring sprint focus and story alignment.
- Supported mission-critical telehealth infrastructure for nationwide VA programs.
- Provisioned and managed AWS environments while optimizing monthly cloud spend through best practices.
- Passed DoD background investigation and maintained Public Trust clearance.
- Designed, deployed, and supported AWS workloads including EC2, VPCs, S3, RDS, and IAM.
- Automated operational tasks using Lambda, CLI, and Python, reducing manual overhead and improving uptime.
- Executed patching, DR strategies, and performance tuning to maintain SLA compliance.
- Collaborated with customers to translate business requirements into cloud solutions.
- Managed large-scale Linux environments (CentOS, Ubuntu, RHEL).
- Automated system administration tasks using Bash, Python, and Ansible.
- Supported a wide stack: Apache, Nginx, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Memcached, Docker, Kubernetes, VMware, KVM.
Earlier Experience (Condensed)
- Cloud Sites Linux Administrator — Rackspace (2011–2013)
- Email Support Specialist — Rackspace (2008–2011)
- Technical Support Specialist — Wells Fargo Financial (2005–2008)
Education
Vatterott College
Associate Degree in Computer Science and Network Systems
2003 - 2005
- Despite working full time and raising a family, I achieved academic excellence and made the dean’s list.
Certification
AWS Cloud Architecture Associate
Sep 2018 - Sep 2026
Scaled Agile SAFe Agilist
Feb 2023 - Feb 2024
CompTIA A+
2006
Microsoft MCP in Windows XP
2005
A Little More About Me
Alongside my interests in computers, networking, cloud services and automation my other interests and hobbies are:
- Homelabbing exploring new technologies, Kubernetes, and Artifical Intelligence.
- Music leanring guitar and exploring music compoistion and production.
- Family time with my adult children and spending time with my awesome wife.