Barrett Lafrance
Full Stack Engineer at SOSi
Greendale, Wisconsin, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBarrett Lafrance is a Full Stack Engineer and USAF veteran with 17+ years solving DoD problems and five years of civilian engineering experience focused on secure, product-driven delivery. He has led cross-functional teams from the Air Force to Kessel Run and Defense Unicorns, coaching XP, Lean Product practices, CI/CD, containerization, and Kubernetes while supervising and mentoring dozens of engineers. Barrett blends hands-on software and DevSecOps work—building microservices for F-35 maintenance, rolling out org-wide DevSecOps pipelines, and maintaining open-source tooling like Pepr—with a strong security mindset shaped by cybersecurity analyst experience. Based in Greendale, WI, he’s a self-starter who pairs technical depth with a knack for helping stakeholders see the big picture and adopt test-driven, automated workflows.
4 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Senior Manager Training Course, Business Administration and Management, General, Senior Manager Training Course, Business Administration and Management, General at Thomas N. Barnes Center for Enlisted EducationAssociate of Arts in General Studies: Management, Business Administration and Management, General, Associate of Arts in General Studies: Management, Business Administration and Management, General at University of PhoenixAssociate in Applied Science, Computer Science Technology, Computer Science, Associate in Applied Science, Computer Science Technology, Computer Science at Community College of the Air ForceLean Product Development / Extreme Programming Internship, Computer Software Engineering, Lean Product Development / Extreme Programming Internship, Computer Software Engineering at Pivotal Labs, San Francisco
Github Skills (21)
kubernetes10
docker10
npm10
k3s10
controller10
container-cop10
kustomize10
sbom10
typescript10
cosign10
gitops10
docker-registry10
helm10
kind10
fluent-api10
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
btlghrants/git-gud
May 2021 - Jun 2021
Contributions:66 pushes, 2 branches in 16 days
btlghrants/pepr-semrel
Aug 2024 - Aug 2024
Type safe K8s middleware for humans
Contributions:61 pushes in 1 day
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