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Katherine McClintic
Senior DevOps Engineer
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KubernetesSystems ThinkingLeadership and Mentoring
System Architecture & Projects
YAML Pipeline Migration
Led the design and implementation of AZDO YAML pipelines to transition multislice deployments off of classic pipelines
Key Achievements:
- Proactively reverse-engineered and documented classic slice-by-slice Kubernetes deployment pipelines to establish a strong foundation for modernization efforts
- Designed and implemented modern Azure DevOps YAML pipelines to replace the classic pipelines, introducing a modular, maintainable framework for slice-by-slice deployments
- Streamlined deployment workflows by reducing complexity, improving reliability, and enabling easier onboarding and future enhancements
Azure DevOpsYAMLKubernetesHelmCI/CDDeployment Automation
Cilium Config Failures
Led identification, mitigation, and observability improvements for Cilium pod failures in Kubernetes clusters post-Karpenter adoption
Key Achievements:
- Proactively identified stability issues with Cilium pods after the migration to Karpenter and raised awareness with the team.
- Developed an automated pipeline on a scheduled trigger to apply a temporary remediation by recycling Cilium pods on nodes where containers were stuck.
- Created a monitoring dashboard to track metrics on how frequently these events occurred and in which clusters, enabling better visibility and long-term remediation planning.
KubernetesDatadogCiliumKarpenterAzure DevOps
Impact & Achievements
Development & Leadership
Team Impact
- • Mentored 3 less senior engineers
- • Created wiki tagging system for the entire DevOps organization
- • Led 3 major system migrations
Code Quality
- • Led adoption of TypeScript across backend
- • Established coding standards
- • Reduced technical debt by 40%
Infrastructure & DevOps
Cloud Infrastructure
- • Achieved a 95% on CKA (2024)
- • Zero-downtime deployments
- • Implemented Karpenter on several clusters for cost savings vs CastAI
CI/CD
- • Migrated 30+ AZDO pipelines from classic to YAML
- • Mentored developers to feel empowered to create their own YAML pipelines
- • Fixed faulty Cypress and k6 pipelines before developers noticed
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Let's Connect
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Washington, DC
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