Evan Lott
DevOps And Platform Engineer
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex United States
Summary
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Top SchoolEvan Lott is a DevOps and Platform Engineer with 11 years of experience building resilient cloud platforms and automation across Linux, Windows, and serverless environments. He holds an AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification and has repeatedly codified infrastructure as code using CloudFormation, Terraform, SAM, and the CDK to deliver scalable, secure systems. His background spans financial services and enterprise security firms, where he implemented CI/CD with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, enforced least-privilege IAM, and deployed Cloud Custodian at organization scale. Evan pairs hands-on scripting in Python and PowerShell with operational savvy—having written custom Windows services and automation that measurably improved MTTR and reduced toil. Now based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, he currently focuses on visual AI platform operations while advising teams on identity federation and cloud hygiene. Outside core tooling, he brings a systems-thinking lens from a multidisciplinary education (MS IT Management, BA Psychology) that helps him balance technical design with human factors.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS Information Technology and Management, Master of Science - MS Information Technology and Management at Naveen Jindal School of Management, UT DallasAssociate of Science (A.S.), Associate of Science (A.S.) at Dallas CollegeBachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Psychology at University of Texas at Dallas
Github Skills (13)
cakephp5
fusionauth5
django-framework4
rfid3
django3
firmware3
micropython2
esp82662
aws2
mcu2
python2
zappa1
serverless1
Programming languages (6)
Github contributions (5)
ealott/tool_checkout_cabinet
Aug 2020 - Aug 2021
An inexpensive, RFID-based door access solution for individual cabinets. Based on Micropython and the ESP8266 MCU.
Contributions:2 reviews, 29 commits, 12 PRs in 11 months
esp8266mcumicropythonrfid
ealott/resume
Aug 2023 - Nov 2025
Contributions:3 PRs, 34 pushes, 3 branches in 2 years 3 months
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