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Derek Bartlett

Platform & DevOps Engineer
Grand Rapids, MI · remote
Open to new roles

About

Platform and DevOps engineer building multi-environment delivery systems, progressive delivery pipelines, and the tooling that lets developers self-serve. The right fit is somewhere I can build the paved path rather than just walk it.

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Senior Associate SRE @ Revenue Solutions Inc. — remote

70+ environments across 12 client implementations

HashiCorp Terraform Associate in progress (2026)

Building Golden Path — statistical canary analysis pipeline

Off the clock

Musician who loves to tinker with tech — 3D printing, food, jazz. Big gamer; used to be semi-pro in a few PC titles.

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GoldenPath.exe

A deployment pipeline that decides statistically whether a build is allowed to reach production. Canary analysis, Mann-Whitney U, red/black traffic switch.

interactive demo source run the pipeline

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2025-11-12

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homelab/

Single-server Proxmox host, RAID 1, TrueNAS, Jellyfin, Sonarr stack, Home Assistant, Pi-hole. Treated my own kit like prod.

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2024-08-03

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LoRaWAN_CMU.log

Designed and deployed end-to-end LoRaWAN infrastructure at CMU's DISCR Lab alongside peer institutions. MQTT, Grafana, containerized services.

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2023-05-20

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RSI_delivery_platform/

Azure DevOps release pipelines running daily .NET, Java, SQL, SSRS, SSIS deployments across 70+ environments for 12 government client implementations.

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2026-07-01

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selfservice_tools.ps1

PowerShell GUI utilities replacing manual multi-server deployment workflows. Paving-the-path work, before I had the vocabulary for it.

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2024-02-14

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$ cat skills.json # delivery & release engineering "ci_cd": ["Azure DevOps", "GitHub Actions", "JAMS"], "release": ["Pipelines", "Boards", "SDLC process design"], # progressive delivery "delivery": ["canary analysis", "red/black deployments", "Argo Rollouts"], "statistics": ["Mann-Whitney U", "effect-size gating"], # cloud & IaC "cloud": ["Azure", "AWS"], "iac": ["Terraform" /* Associate in progress */], # infrastructure "os": ["Windows Server 2016-2022", "Debian", "Ubuntu", "Alpine"], "virt": ["VMware ESXi/vSphere", "Hyper-V", "Proxmox"], "services": ["AD", "DNS", "DHCP", "IIS"], # scripting & languages "primary": ["PowerShell", "Python", "SQL"], "exposure": ["JavaScript", "React", "HTML/CSS"], # observability & data "monitoring": ["Grafana", "Kibana"], "data": ["SQL Server", "SSRS", "SSIS"], # platforms "tools": ["Git", "ServiceNow", "OpenText Content Server"] $

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Derek Bartlett

Summary

SRE, DevOps, and platform engineering professional with 7+ years in enterprise systems and 5+ years supporting multi-client production and non-production infrastructure. Owns release pipelines, environment configuration, production troubleshooting, automation, monitoring, and cross-functional technical coordination across 12 client implementations and 70+ configured environments. Known as a go-to technical partner for complex deployments and production releases, and for clear communication with developers, infrastructure teams, project leads, and clients.

Experience

Engineer Senior Associate, Site Reliability Engineering — Revenue Solutions Inc.

Remote | Feb 2021 – Present

Support 12 client implementations and 70+ individually configured production and non-production environments across Dev, Test, MOD, Preprod, and Production tiers.
Configure and maintain Azure DevOps release pipelines for daily .NET, Java, SQL, SSIS, and SSRS deployments, including environment-specific configuration and approval gates.
Built a PowerShell deployment utility that automated a manual hotfix process across servers, adding dry-run validation and server reachability checks before deployment.
Created developer self-service tooling that removed manual ticket-based steps for routine environment actions and reduced dependency on SRE intervention.
Deployed heartbeat services across projects to log service and uptime records, establishing a foundation for proactive monitoring and notification.
Established performance baselines and built the case for storage expansion on undersized OS disks, reducing production stability and service-down risk.
Served as primary technical support and informal technical lead for a major county client, coordinating with customer teams and supporting multiple production releases and go-lives.
Triaged application-platform upgrades (RPE 2024 LTS, WildFly 41), infrastructure migration resets, connectivity issues, and production system parameter fixes.
Remediated JAMS operational and security issues, including job failures, licensing, agent reinstalls, and vulnerability patching for a critical Web/Thin Client exposure; coordinated backup, installer, and validation steps with client DBA and infrastructure teams.
Mentor SRE peers through live deployment screen shares, troubleshooting walkthroughs, and documentation that lets others complete deployment steps independently.
Communicate technical status, risks, and resolution paths to developers, project leads, infrastructure teams, and client stakeholders during outages and release windows.

Systems Engineer II — D9 Technologies

Englewood, OH | May 2020 – Jan 2021

Provisioned and maintained customer environments using Windows Server, VMware, and Hyper-V, supporting implementation, patching, and infrastructure quality standards.
Conducted security monitoring through Sophos, coordinated patching cycles, and documented support actions for customer infrastructure.

Selected Impact

Recognized in manager and peer feedback as a strong SRE, go-to technical resource, and reliable partner across multiple state and local government client projects.
Balanced support for 4+ projects while responding to production outages, hotfix integrations, daily configuration requests, and client-facing technical issues.
Supported enterprise migration and modernization efforts, including an Azure Government Cloud migration and a major platform upgrade.
Helped stabilize teams during transition by onboarding new employees and guiding teammates through high-pressure production activities.

Projects

Golden Path (derekbartlett.com/golden-path-pipeline)

A deployment pipeline that decides statistically whether a build is allowed to reach production. Each environment deploys a fresh baseline alongside the candidate, drives identical load through both, and judges the result with a Mann-Whitney U test and effect-size gate before performing a red/black traffic switch. Compiles to Argo Rollouts manifests.

Self-hosted Homelab

Single-server Proxmox host with RAID 1 storage: TrueNAS, Jellyfin, Home Assistant, Pi-hole. Run like prod, with segmentation, snapshots, and recovery drills.

Technical Skills

Release & DevOps: Azure DevOps Pipelines, Repos, Boards, approval gates, release management, GitHub Actions

Automation: PowerShell, GUI deployment tools, hotfix automation, environment reset utilities, self-service workflows

Infrastructure: Windows Server, IIS, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, VMware ESXi/vSphere, Hyper-V, Azure

Application Platforms: Java, WildFly/JBoss, RPE, EngageOne, OpenText, OnBase

Data & Reporting: SQL Server, SQL scripting, SSIS, SSRS, log analysis, Grafana, Kibana

Operations: Incident triage, production support, JAMS, SSL certificates, vulnerability remediation, monitoring

Education

B.S., Information Technology — Central Michigan University

Aug 2019 | Specialization: Systems Administration and Networking | Dean's List

Research: designed and deployed LoRaWAN IoT network infrastructure (databases, MQTT brokers, Grafana, containerization) at the DISCR Lab alongside peer institutions.