Derrick Weil

Resume

Experience, credentials, and skills organized for quick technical review

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Senior Cloud Engineer | DevSecOps & Infrastructure Automation (AI-Assisted Systems)

Independent Technical Development & Consulting

Nov 2021 - Present

  • • Architected an internal AI platform strategy grounded in Control Catalog v1.0 standards.
  • • Built delivery pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD, integrating Vault, RBAC, and OPA.
  • • Designed secure AWS and GCP infrastructure patterns and documented 50+ guided labs.

Infrastructure Engineer

TEKsystems - Silicon Valley Bank

Apr 2021 - Oct 2021

  • • Managed system inventory and configuration with SCCM and ServiceNow.
  • • Applied vulnerability scanning and AWS security principles in a banking environment.
  • • Provisioned AWS infrastructure and federated authentication to support remote operations.

DevOps Engineer

Myticas Consulting ULC

Oct 2020 - Apr 2021

  • • Managed Active Directory, RBAC policies, PowerShell automation, and Azure or Office 365 administration.
  • • Handled patching, vulnerability scanning, and hybrid identity operations.

IT Infrastructure Specialist

CMOC

Jul 2017 - Jul 2019

  • • Built AWS serverless applications, CI/CD pipelines, and Terraform-based provisioning in a fast-growing environment.
  • • Handled hybrid operations from desktop support to cloud architecture during business unit integration.

Skills

Focus areas

AI Security and Governance

  • • AI Infrastructure & Inference Gateways
  • • RAG Infrastructure & Retrieval Integrity
  • • AI System Governance & Control Planes
  • • Zero Trust Architecture
  • • Policy-as-Code & Identity-First Security

Platform and Cloud

  • • Kubernetes Architecture (EKS, GKE)
  • • Cloud Architecture (AWS, GCP)
  • • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
  • • Multi-Cloud Architecture
  • • Event-Driven Architecture

Delivery and Operations

  • • GitOps (ArgoCD)
  • • CI/CD Automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
  • • Observability & Incident Response (Prometheus, Grafana)
  • • Secrets Management
  • • Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

Credentials

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Sep 2024 - Sep 2027

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CEH v10 (Certified Ethical Hacker)

Mar 2020 - Mar 2023

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