El Segundo, CA

Chris Mondor

Software, DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

20+ years designing, building, and scaling cloud platforms — from bare metal to AWS and GCP.

About

I'm a proven engineer and people leader with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, and security compliance (PCI-DSS, SOC2). I've led cloud migrations, built internal platform tooling used across dozens of engineering teams, and mentored engineers at companies including Yahoo, EdgeCast CDN, and Leaf Group. I care about delivering real business value — reliably, securely, and at scale.

Expertise

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS and GCP architecture, cloud migrations, capacity and cost optimization, and right-sizing for high-traffic platforms.

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform at scale — reusable modules, CI/CD for IaC, Terratest-based testing, and bootstrapping tooling for large engineering orgs.

CI/CD & DevOps

End-to-end pipeline design with GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, and AWS CodePipeline. Containerization with Docker and Rancher.

Observability

Full-stack monitoring with Grafana, Prometheus, NewRelic, and ELK. Built platforms processing 20M+ metrics per day.

Security & Compliance

PCI-DSS Level 1, SOC2, and cloud security hardening with AWS IAM, Secrets Manager, WAF, and Cloud Custodian.

Leadership & Consulting

Engineering manager, team builder, and mentor. Available for cloud strategy, DevOps transformation, and IaC adoption engagements.

Tech Stack

AWS GCP Terraform Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins Python GoLang Prometheus Grafana NewRelic ELK Stack OpenTelemetry Ansible SaltStack Packer PostgreSQL Redis PCI-DSS SOC2

Let’s work together

Open to new roles, consulting engagements, and interesting infrastructure challenges.