Summary
Fatih Tepe is a Senior DevOps Engineer with five years of hands-on experience designing and automating secure, scalable AWS and Kubernetes infrastructures using Terraform, CloudFormation, EKS/ECS, and GitOps practices. He specializes in aligning DevOps workflows with cloud security and compliance frameworks (including FedRAMP and FIPS), having collaborated closely with security and compliance teams to operationalize cryptographic and IAM controls. Fatih has a strong automation and monitoring background—leveraging Ansible, Prometheus, CloudWatch, and Grafana—to ensure resilient CI/CD pipelines and production observability. He also brings a unique blend of academic and public-sector experience, having taught cybercrime and led training programs in law enforcement, which informs his pragmatic approach to threat modeling and secure system design. Now based in Apex, NC, he mentors teams on cloud-native tooling while continuously evaluating third-party tech to strengthen DevOps efficiencies.
5 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Security Sciences, Bachelor of Science - BS, Security Sciences at Academy of Security Studies
Doctor of Education - EdD, Leadership Education, Doctor of Education - EdD, Leadership Education at Spalding University
Master of Science - MS, Criminal Justice, Master of Science - MS, Criminal Justice at Roger Williams University
Intensive English Language Program, ESL, Intensive English Language Program, ESL at University of North Texas
Master of Science - MS, Computer and Instructional Technologies Education, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Instructional Technologies Education at Ankara University
Turkish, English, Kurdish