Summary
Jeffrey Patton is a seasoned DevOps engineer with over two decades in IT and roughly 12 years focused on cloud and automation roles, currently leading automation for internal processes at Rackspace Technology. He specializes in API development and PowerShell module creation, bringing deep institutional knowledge from roles spanning Azure build engineering to enterprise systems administration. Jeffrey’s career traces early IT challenges like Y2K through modern cloud-native automation, giving him a practical perspective on operational resilience and legacy-to-cloud transitions. Based in Topeka, Kansas, he pairs hands-on scripting expertise with leadership experience guiding build and platform teams. A longtime practitioner who’s been “making IT go since 1997,” he often turns routine operational tasks into repeatable, auditable automation that scales across public cloud offerings.
13 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer