Mitchell Turner

(828) 270-4552 - SMS First

Skills

Terraform: 2015-Present - Senior Infrastructure Engineering Level Bash: 2009-Present - Senior Infrastructure Engineering Level Python: 2009-Present - Senior Software Engineer Level Golang, Java, JS (FE & BE): Coding since early 2000s, self-taught from 6th grade AWS: 2013-Present - Senior AWS Engineer Level VMware/KVM/OpenVZ: Pre-cloud virtualization experience

Experience

Senior Infrastructure & Automation Engineer - ModernLoop, Remote

June 2022 - March 2025

Migrated existing cloud resources to Terraform, managing 50-60 TF modules to wrap resources, manage Helm charts, and build multiple environments.
Developed a Bash-powered codegen system and environment manager to keep IaC DRY.
Designed modules to limit blast-radius and protect critical resources and Terraform state.
Contributed to SOC2 Type 2 and ISO compliance.

Senior DevOps/Infrastructure Engineer - Flourish Software, Remote

June 2019 - June 2022

Built greenfield infrastructure and DevOps using Terraform and Bitbucket Pipelines.
Maintained a monorepo with dozens of TF+Ansible modules for DEV, QA, and PRD environments.
Utilized Ansible playbooks, Python modules, Bash, and Terraform to manage cloud and SDLC resources.
Deeply integrated system build-out, operations, and DR scenarios into the SDLC.
Contributed to SOC2 Type 2 and ISO compliance.

Lead DevOps Engineer - ThreatConnect, Remote

December 2015 - June 2019

Migrated traditional EC2 infrastructure to Ansible and Terraform.
Managed dozens of repositories and projects in Jenkins and GitLab for infrastructure and SDLC.
Developed low-level tools to augment SAP and Oracle products, including custom DB BDR tools (mysqldump and HSQL replacements) and Javaagent development with GC tuning.

Lead Datacenter Network & Virtualization Engineer - Various Datacenters, NC

July 2012 - December 2015

Designed and built multi-site data center infrastructure for a regional Layer 2 WAN provider.
Developed a geo-aware asset ticketing system using Node.js and Bootstrap.
Led the launch of a VPS hosting product via early adoption of container technology (OpenVZ).
Built extensive tooling in Bash, Python, and some Ruby, with CI where appropriate.

Programming Languages & Tools

Skills & Experience

Began coding in 2001 on a TI-83 calculator in TI-BASIC. In 2009, wrote automation with AutoIT to streamline new-install checklists in a computer shop and developed software to clone arcade/gambling game hard drives for a local vendor.

In 2012, built software to support a buried fiber-optic network in North Carolina, creating a responsive mobile ticketing system for the statewide "811" system, rendering underground assets on a satellite map and ensuring state compliance.

Since 2015, worked in SaaS companies as an infrastructure and DevOps engineer, leading teams, passing compliance audits, and developing task/company-specific tools.