Michael
Miara

• Served 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.
• Led team in maintaining 4 critical Java Spring Boot services, responsible for processing over 5,000 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 to demonstrate CI/CD deployments to Azure and AWS Kubernetes clusters/environments using Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, Rancher, Fleet, Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
• Built an internal developer service portal in Python (Flask) for deploying Kubernetes clusters, along with Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, and other supporting tools. Created the integration with the internal auth system (SAML) for internal use throughout the organization.

Client engagements listed below

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

• Performed Hyper-V to VMware migration using VMware Converter.
• Completed VMware environment configuration post-migration.
• 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 Bash scripts using kubeadm.
• Deployed custom Java containerized applications to support 200+ school districts.
• Continued production support - upgrades, maintenance, and helping employees understand and become comfortable maintaining the environment.
• Performed automated security scanning using Ansible and OpenSCAP.

• Implemented VMware Horizon (VDI) to solve "last mile" bandwidth issues in remote offices/warehouses, enabling the client to provide employees with 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.