Sean Connelly

Sean Connelly has extensive work experience in various technical roles. Sean is currently working at HungerRush as a Lead DevOps Engineer, where they manage and expands deployment pipelines for software solutions supporting 7,000 locations and processing $5 billion in daily sales. In this role, they also consult with the AI team to reduce costs and latency of LLM interactions.

Prior to this, Sean worked at Emphasys Software as a Cloud Architect, where they designed hosting architecture and strategy for a full-stack platform. Sean also built Terraform repositories and CI/CD pipelines for deploying client environments and implemented various features to improve the deployment process.

Before that, Sean worked at Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors + CPAs as a Network Administrator, where they led the transition from VMware to Azure and implemented cloud security practices. Sean also established Jira processes and department policies to improve response time and client satisfaction.

Additionally, Sean has experience working as a Cloud Engineer at CloudHesive, an IT Helpdesk Tech Support Specialist at Greenberg Traurig, LLP, Head of Technical Support at Stadium1, and Network Support Technician at Digital Doc.

Sean started their career as an Intern at Valdosta State University, where they worked with Windows Server and VMware vCenter. Sean also worked as a Student at the university, where they built high-end PCs and assisted in planning and building a dedicated bitcoin miner.

Sean's early work experience includes working as a Team Leader at Chick-fil-A, where they oversaw a team of employees and provided excellent customer service.

Sean Connelly has a diverse education history. Sean obtained a Master's degree in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in 2023. Prior to that, they earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Office Administration and Technology from Valdosta State University between 2008 and 2013. Additionally, Sean attended Stanly Community College in 2017, although no degree or field of study is specified for this period. Sean'searlier education includes attending Calvary Day School from 2004 to 2008. Furthermore, Sean has obtained several certifications, such as Introduction to MLOps on Azure from A Cloud Guru | A Pluralsight Company in December 2022, Cloud Migration Fundamentals, Cloud Security Fundamentals, DevSecOps Essentials, Beginner's Guide to Containers and Orchestration, DevOps Essentials, and Linux Operating System Fundamentals from Linux Academy in 2019. Sean is also a Microsoft Certified Professional with a certification in Windows Server Administration Fundamentals from Microsoft in 2014. Additionally, Sean holds a CompTIA Security+ ce certification obtained in December 2018, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in 2017, VMware Certified Associate certification from VMware in 2017, and Cisco Meraki Network Operator and Trend Micro Certified Professional for Deep Security certifications with no specified attainment date.