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), AWS CDK (boto3), 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, Prefect, ,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