Alexander Mcfarland
Cloud Engineer at DISA
Columbia, Maryland, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAlexander Mcfarland is a Cloud Engineer with nearly 20 years in the industry and about 15 years designing, supporting, and securing high-visibility DoD information systems. He has progressed from senior systems engineer to cloud architect and now delivers cloud engineering at DISA, leading cross-functional migrations like the AFPIMS move to the cloud. Known as a change agent, he breaks down silos and drives measurable program improvements by combining automation, DevOps pipelines, and strong interpersonal collaboration. Based in Columbia, Maryland, he blends hands-on technical leadership with operational stewardship across environments that support hundreds of government websites. An advocate for improving both tooling and team dynamics, he focuses on pragmatic, auditable solutions that balance security and delivery.
11 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Arts - AA, Information Systems, Associate of Arts - AA, Information Systems at Montgomery College
Github Skills (28)
dsc10
iis10
slack-integration9
terraform9
terraform-provider9
akamai9
powershell-module9
azure-resource-manager9
azure9
webserver9
powershell8
slack8
graph7
authentication7
infrastructure-as-code5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
a-mcf/k3s-gitops
Apr 2021 - Jul 2026
Contributions:1 release, 19 reviews, 1167 PRs in 5 years 3 months
a-mcf/DnnLab
Aug 2016 - May 2021
Contributions:48 pushes, 2 branches, 3 comments in 4 years 10 months
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