Summary
Charles Dunda is a Senior Platform Engineer with 11+ years building resilient, cost-efficient cloud platforms and developer-friendly GitOps pipelines. He has driven large-scale Kubernetes and CI/CD transformations—designing ArgoCD hierarchies, migrating CI from Buildkite to GitHub Actions, and reducing EKS spend by 80% through Karpenter and workload optimization. At 2U he led self-service platforms that cut hundreds of infrastructure tickets monthly and managed 70+ AWS accounts with centralized identity and access automation. Comfortable bridging engineering and education missions, he focuses on reliability, security, and developer experience to deliver scalable online learning systems. A GitOps and open-source-minded cloud engineer who moonlights as a stand-up comedy geek, he brings both technical rigor and an engaging, human touch to cross-functional teams.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelors Of Science, Information Technology - Software Emphasis, Bachelors Of Science, Information Technology - Software Emphasis at Western Governors University
Peoria High School