Summary
James Chupick is a Senior DevOps Engineer and manager with over 15 years of experience designing repeatable, reliable software and infrastructure delivery pipelines across finance, security, and enterprise domains. He combines hands-on engineering (C++, Java, .NET, Python, Bash, PowerShell) with proven release and change management leadership—having built company-wide release strategies, web tracking tools with SQL backends, and migrated pipelines to declarative Jenkins and IaC patterns. James is comfortable operating at both strategic and tactical levels: mentoring teams, administering Jira/Confluence, and troubleshooting complex production issues across VMware, AWS, and GCP environments. Notably, he led release operations for a global trading system handling massive daily volumes and created end-to-end reporting and transparency practices that align technical work to business stakeholders.
8 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Computer Engineering at Manhattan College
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics/Microcomputing, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Physics/Microcomputing at Ithaca College