Jeffrey Robert Hammel

k0scist@gmail.com
347-513-5677
2552 San Jose Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94112

Experienced software engineer with 15+ years in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and automation. Skilled in AWS cloud architecture, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines, with a proven ability to design scalable systems and streamline deployments. Strong background in testing frameworks, monitoring, and reliability engineering, complemented by hands-on software development in Python, NodeJS, and related technologies.

Technical Skills

Cloud
AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, EKS, Lambda), Kubernetes, Docker
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, Ansible, Helm, Carvel (ytt/kapp), Packer
CI/CD
GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Concourse, Buildbot
Programming
Python, Node.js, TypeScript, Bash
Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus, ELK/Elastic (Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana), Sensu, Grafana
Data & Messaging
PostgreSQL, Redis, S3, REST APIs
Security & Ops
AWS IAM, least-privilege design, cost management, incident response
February 2025 - present

Member of Technical Staff

Omnifold

August 2022 - January 2025

Senior Software Engineer - Testing and Automation

BrightSign

October 2017 - July 2022

Software Engineer - Infrastructure

LeapYear Technologies

April 2017 - October 2017

Senior Fullstack Engineer

EY - Global Innovations

August 2015 - February 2017

Technical Lead

Cisco Systems

January 2014 - June 2015

Senior Software Engineer

Cognitive Networks

March 2010 - December 2013

Software Engineer

Mozilla - Automation and Tools

August 2006 - January 2010

Software Engineer

Openplans (formerly The Open Planning Project)

Education

August 2001 - May 2006

Graduate Student Researcher & Teaching Assistant

University of California, Berkeley – Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Computational plasma modeling (C/C++), teaching, and course support as part of PhD research.

June 2000 - May 2002

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

August 1996 - May 2000

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Worcester Polytechnic Institute