Senior Site Reliability Engineer | Cloud Architect | DevOps Leader
📍 Central Florida | 🌐 rcarroll.dev | 📫 LinkedIn
I'm a seasoned IT professional with 7+ years of experience across systems engineering, DevOps, and cloud infrastructure. My passion lies in building scalable systems, driving automation, and aligning engineering efforts with business goals.
I've worked across public and private sectors — from local government to large-scale cloud operations — and currently support Disney as a SRE via TEKsystems.
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS), Azure (AKS, M365)
- Automation & Scripting: Python (Boto3), PowerShell, Bash
- Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios
- DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Docker, Pipelines
- Compliance & Security: ITIL, CJIS, FedRAMP, MFA rollout
More detailed READMEs coming soon — all projects are personal proof-of-concepts built to explore cloud, SRE, and full-stack practices.
terraform-s3-vendor-access: Automates secure access for third-party vendors to AWS S3 buckets.fastapi-postgres-template: FastAPI project with PostgreSQL integration for rapid backend API prototyping.wardrobe-tracker: A full-stack wardrobe management app using Flutter and FastAPI.aws-cleanup-tools: Scripts built to identify unused AWS resources and optimize cloud spend.
I'm currently pursuing a leadership transition path focused on:
- 📜 Earning certifications (CSM, AWS DevOps Pro)
- 🧠 Building cross-functional communication and strategy
- 👥 Mentoring and leading high-performance teams
- 📊 Driving cost savings, uptime, and reliability at scale
- 🌐 Website: rcarroll.dev
- 💼 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/russ-carroll
- 📬 Email: rcarroll@rcarroll.dev
“Automation is good, so long as you know exactly where to put the machine.” — Eliyahu Goldratt