Michael Stevens

Michael Stevens has a diverse work experience in the field of technology. Michael began their career as a Remote Repair Tech Lead at Best Buy in 2006 before moving on to become a Senior Linux System Administrator at ABILITY Network in 2007. At ABILITY Network, they were responsible for managing production systems and implementing a custom centralized logging protocol.

In 2013, Michael joined Aimia Inc as a Linux Engineer Contractor where they documented engineering environments and developed Linux/Open Source solutions for test environments. Michael also implemented Nagios monitoring using check_mk, OMD, and Puppet for an AWS-based environment. Later that year, they worked as a Cloud Operations DevOps Contractor at Best Buy, where they were responsible for the zero-downtime operation of the company's website in the AWS environment.

Michael's next role was as a Systems Engineer at Novu LLC in 2013. Here, they maintained Ubuntu-based environments in AWS and provided local user desktop and network support. In 2015, they joined Bluestem Brands, Inc as a Senior System Architect in DevOps, where they designed and implemented cloud-based and elastic services in AWS.

Later in 2015, Michael joined MobileIron as a Senior Systems Platform Engineer. Here, they focused on infrastructure and application deployment in Amazon Web Services and developed custom deployment and maintenance automation for Cassandra.

In 2017, Michael joined Sleep Number Corporation as a Senior DevOps Engineer. In this role, they introduced and established a DevOps culture and implemented modern, scalable solutions. Michael also designed and built infrastructure for the company's eCommerce website, utilizing tools like Ansible, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

Most recently, Michael worked at Lumin Digital as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer starting in 2019. Additional details about this role were not provided. Overall, Michael has demonstrated expertise in DevOps, infrastructure management, automation, and cloud technologies throughout their career.

Michael Stevens attended the Minnesota School of Business from 2011 to 2012, where they obtained an Associate of Science (A.S.) degree in IT.