DevOps · SRE · Platform Engineer

Infrastructure that ships itself.

About 7 years in DevOps. I automate CI/CD, run cloud infrastructure, and build AI tooling that cuts out manual work.

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7+
years in DevOps
-30%
faster deploys
-25%
lower cloud cost
5
MCP servers unified

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I'm Hayden, a DevOps and platform engineer based in Denver, CO. For about seven years I've automated CI/CD, run cloud infrastructure, and written the tooling that keeps deployments fast and boring. Lately I've been building AI tooling on top of that, like MCP servers and custom Claude plugins, to automate work people used to do by hand.

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Cloud

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • Google Cloud

CI/CD & DevOps

  • Azure DevOps
  • ArgoCD
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Scalr

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • ARM/Bicep
  • Scalr

AI & Automation

  • Model Context Protocol (MCP)
  • Claude plugins & agents
  • Power Automate
  • Prompt/skill engineering

Observability & Security

  • New Relic
  • Snyk
  • Anomaly detection
  • Monitoring & alerting

Data Engineering

  • Databricks
  • Change Data Capture (CDC)

Languages

  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Bash
  • C

Databases

  • SQL Server
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL

$ experience

  1. DevOps Engineer @ Accuris

    Dec 2025 to Jun 2026 · Denver, CO

    • Architected an MCP mesh unifying New Relic, ArgoCD, Snyk, Azure DevOps, and Scalr behind one coherent interface.
    • Built a custom New Relic MCP server with higher query accuracy, lower token use, and lower latency than the existing solution.
    • Developed a custom Claude plugin to scaffold repos, provision ArgoCD environments, and automate engineering tasks.
    • Created a New Relic anomaly-detection tool (Power Automate) pushing real-time alerts to Microsoft Teams.
    • Engineered Databricks CDC ingestion pipelines feeding clean real-time data to new AI models.
  2. DevOps Engineer @ TransCore

    Jul 2024 to Oct 2025 · Denver, CO

    • Designed automated CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by 30%.
    • Built and maintained containerized environments with Docker and Kubernetes for scalable microservices.
    • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Ansible and Bicep for consistent environments.
    • Reduced cloud costs by 25% through resource optimization and improved monitoring.
  3. Software Engineer / Backend Developer @ TransCore

    May 2023 to Jul 2024 · Nashville, TN

    • Created dynamic SQL monitoring tools with automated alerting, improving response times.
    • Developed reusable, idempotent automation scripts for continuous deployment.
    • Managed AWS infrastructure supporting high-volume production environments.
  4. Systems Specialist @ TransCore

    Aug 2022 to May 2023 · Houston, TX

    • Automated patching for containerized systems, improving uptime and security compliance.
    • Built health-check and deployment-validation scripts, cutting update downtime.
  5. Systems Specialist / Missing Images Team Lead @ TransCore

    Aug 2021 to Aug 2022 · Houston, TX

    • Led a team remediating tolling data gaps, recovering lost revenue through improved accuracy.
    • Created stored procedures for transaction validation and data-quality assurance.

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I'm open to DevOps, Platform, and SRE roles. Feel free to reach out.