Michael
Miara

• Serve as SRE team lead, responsible for building developer utilities, automating processes, ensuring environment stability, leading and mentoring team members, and setting roadmap objectives across the Capital One Auto organization.
• Lead team in maintaining 3 critical Java Spring Boot services, responsible for processing over 50,000 auto loan applications per day.

• Lead Associate - June 2024 – April 2025
• Associate - October 2022 – June 2024
• Senior Consultant - February 2021 – October 2022

Client engagements listed below

• Architected secure AWS environments, built CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI, built secure Docker images, Helm charts, and Terraform/Terragrunt modules, and developed reusable utilities in Python and Bash.
• Developed and implemented custom networking patterns using Istio service mesh, including integration with AWS Private Certificate Authority, to enable secure communication between services.

• Developed an internal scheduling tool using Python (Django) and JavaScript (React).
• Designed requirements and processes for installing, operating, and deploying software to air-gapped Kubernetes clusters running shipside.
• Built automated testing framework using Jest and Cypress.

• Implemented a multi-cloud POC demonstrating CI/CD deployments to Azure and AWS Kubernetes clusters using ArgoCD, Rancher, Fleet, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
• Built an internal developer service portal in Python (Flask) for deploying Kubernetes clusters, with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki integration and SAML-based internal authentication.

Client engagements listed below

• Served as system administrator maintaining a large-scale Linux environment.
• Performed AWS cloud migration from on-prem environment; upgraded OEL6 servers to OEL7.
• Performed health-checks surrounding Oracle EBS and overall infrastructure including recommendations and best practices.

• Performed Hyper-V to VMware migration using VMware Converter.
• VMware Horizon (VDI) POC using AppVolumes, Dynamic Environment Manager, and Instant Clones - configured developer, consultant, and mass-WFH workstation use cases.
• Delivered Agile/DevOps training for IT Operations team and defined system processes and workflows across multiple client teams.

• Completed IT infrastructure assessment focusing on Oracle E-Business Suite architecture.
• Presented best practice solutions and architectures, including detailed architecture diagrams, estimated costs, and roadmap plans for cloud environment.

• Developed automated production Kubernetes deployments to VMware on-prem using kickstart server, Ansible, and kubeadm - supporting 200+ school districts.
• Deployed custom Java containerized applications and performed automated security scanning using Ansible and OpenSCAP.
• Continued production support - upgrades, maintenance, and helping employees understand and maintain the environment.

• Implemented VMware Horizon (VDI) to solve "last mile" bandwidth issues in remote offices and warehouses, enabling employees to access remote desktops with enhanced performance despite network constraints.
• Upgraded VMware environment from 5.5 to 6.5.
• Installed and upgraded hardware in data centers to increase application resource limits.