Summary
Bradley Chesney is a Systems Architect and seasoned web application engineer with 12 years of experience building scalable, maintainable systems from embedded devices to distributed web services. He specializes in distributed systems, DevOps, and security—proudly noting an aptitude for “keeping the secrets secret”—and routinely designs horizontally scalable, SSL-first architectures on AWS. Comfortable across the full stack, he combines pragmatic frontend tweaks with deep backend and infrastructure work including Docker, HAProxy, Elasticache, and CI-driven deployments. His background spans fast-moving startups and enterprise teams, with hands-on roles from lead developer to ops and instrumentation technician, making him unusually adaptable across domains. Based in Eastlake, Ohio, he brings a systems-minded approach to solve messy, real-world problems and often surfaces durable process and tooling improvements that outlast any single project.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Certificate, Linux LFS101x, Certificate, Linux LFS101x at edX
Associate of Science (A.S.), IS/IT, Associate of Science (A.S.), IS/IT at Lakeland Community College
completion, AWS, completion, AWS at acloud.guru
Accounting, Accounting, Accounting, Accounting at Cleveland State University
German, French, Latin