Summary
Donovan Rost is a Senior DevOps Engineer based in Denver with nine years of software and infrastructure experience spanning defense, finance, security, and aerospace. He brings hands-on expertise in build/release engineering and production DevOps from roles at Rocket Lab, Menlo Security, JPMorgan Chase, and Lockheed Martin, underpinned by a Computer Science degree from UC Santa Cruz. A former US Navy AEGIS technician, he pairs rigorous systems troubleshooting and team training experience with modern CI/CD and cloud practices. Donovan is comfortable moving between software engineering and operations, known for translating operational requirements into repeatable, automated delivery pipelines.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
San Diego City College
University of California Santa Cruz
Computer Software Engineering, Computer Software Engineering at West Valley College