Summary
Chris Carver is a cloud-focused solutions architect with two decades of technical leadership experience and a strong track record delivering highly available, mission-critical systems for federal customers. He has designed and deployed cloud-native, auto-scaling AWS applications and led DevOps, CI/CD, and operations improvements that drove measurable capacity and reliability gains for agencies like the FAA, USCIS, VA, and NCI. Comfortable bridging legacy infrastructure and modern cloud architectures, he has repeatedly taken programs from waterfall to Agile while championing automation and performance engineering. Notably, he has operated at both hands-on and advisory levels—acting as deputy operations manager for high‑traffic services and advising executive steering committees—demonstrating an ability to align technical decisions with organizational strategy. Based in the DC–Baltimore area, he combines pragmatic engineering with federal program experience to deliver resilient, auditable systems at scale.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
A.S. General Studies, A.S. General Studies at Northern Virginia Community College
B.S. Finance, B.S. Finance at George Mason University
High School, High School at Bedford High School