Izz Noland

Senior DevOps Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer

Senior DevOps Engineer and Site Reliability Expert with 20 years of experience managing large-scale cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and Infrastructure as Code.

Proven track record delivering measurable business impact including $100k+ monthly cost savings through automation, reliability engineering, and platform optimization across AWS and GCP.

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Experience Details

Led infrastructure strategy for 100+ Kubernetes clusters across GKE and Anthos, supporting high-availability gaming platforms.
Delivered $100K+/month in cost savings through event-driven scaling, HPA implementation, and fleet-wide resource right-sizing.
Championed SRE practices as Data Vertical lead: prod-mirror environments, fault tolerance testing, and support workflows adopted across teams.
Served as Kubernetes SME and second-highest code contributor to ephemeral environment platform, mentoring engineers on Go, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, and Helm.
Architected a Terraform-first modernization strategy, migrating from Terragrunt to Terraform Cloud while maintaining legacy systems.
Reduced deployment time from hours to minutes through CI/CD and deployment automation improvements.

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