Summary
Brian Link is a Senior Director of Technical Operations with 12 years of hands-on experience building and running cloud-native digital media platforms for PBS, where he progressed from DevOps developer to leading global 24/7 operations and security teams. He combines deep infrastructure and automation expertise—Terraform, Docker, AWS ECS, Chef—with practical experience across databases (MySQL, Postgres, MongoDB, Cassandra) and multiple application stacks to ensure reliable video, mobile, and OTT delivery at scale. Known for turning manual processes into reproducible automation and for on-call leadership of critical systems, he also brings Java development and big data support experience from earlier roles. Based in Washington, DC, Brian pairs strong communication and mentoring skills with a track record of operationalizing complex systems for public media audiences.
11 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors of Science and Engineering Computer Science & Engineering, Bachelors of Science and Engineering Computer Science & Engineering at University of Connecticut