Alex Simon
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
Automating at scale
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer @ Fox
- Working with application teams to streamline deployments to Kubernetes
- Implementing best practices with GitOps
- Configuring CDN using Fastly and Akamai
- Providing support for World Cup 2026 ensuring applications have DR plans
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer @ Activision
- Returned to old team to build out new automation tools using Go and GitOps
- Helping facilitate a GCP to Azure migration
- Develop templates for Helm and Terraform modules
- Develop compositions for Crossplane to deploy infrastructure alongside applications
- Working with application teams to streamline deployments to Kubernetes
Senior DevOps Engineer @ Electronic Arts
- Member of a new team building infrastructure for unannounced product
- Helm library charts for developers to be able to quickly deploy apps
- Managing deployments to Kubernetes via ArgoCD and GitLab CI
- Develop CI/CD pipeline that fits the needs of developers
- Explore all possible solutions for new applications
- Spin up Infrastructure using Terraform
Cloud DevOps Engineer @ Activision
- Critical member of the Cloud Infrastructure Team
- Migration of various internal and external facing apps from AWS to GCP
- Designed cloud ecosystems to meet Activision's Global Security Policies
- Consulting with internal app-dev teams to move to a true CI/CD pipeline
- Managed ArgoCD and developed Helm templates for teams to easily deploy
Media System Engineer @ Walt Disney Studios
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Service – Migration from Monolithic Applications
- Re-Architecting of CI/CD Pipeline for critical Disney internal applications
- Aspera On Cloud – Management of accelerated high bandwidth data transfers
- DevOps for Cloud Providers – AWS and MSFT Azure
- Terraform – Infrastructure as Code for AWS, Azure, and vSphere
Systems Support Specialist @ Conversant Media
- Meet defined Help Desk SLAs for ticket resolutions
- IT support for users in Westlake Village and remote offices
- Troubleshoot unified communications: PTSN, VOIP, Video (Skype/Polycom)
- Inventory management, tracking, and cycling
- Contribute FAQs or documentation, monthly patching audits, etc.
Systems Software Administrator @ Princess Cruises
- Provide back-end support for Office 365 environment
- Worked with Lotus Domino managing users and groups
- Update SSL certificates for servers hosting internal applications on-prem and on ships
Cloud Platforms & Orchestration
AWSGCPAzureKubernetesDocker
Infrastructure as Code & GitOps
TerraformCrossplaneArgoCDHelmHelmfileYAML
CI/CD Pipelines & CDN
GitHub ActionsGitLab CIJenkinsFastlyAkamai
Observability & Monitoring
GrafanaPrometheusLokiDatadog
Development & Databases
Go (Golang)PythonBASHPostgreSQLCassandraKafkaMongoDB
Education
California State University, Northridge
Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Technology
Minor: Electronic Media Management
Verify the deployment configuration of this site via a mock GitOps execution loop.
Lint
Build
Test
ArgoCD
Console Logs
[SYSTEM] Deploy simulator initialized. Press "Run Deploy".
bash - info.json
alex@simon-dev:~$ curl -s alexjsimon.com/info