Jeremy Cowan
Principal Solution Architect, Application Modernization Containers
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolJeremy Cowan is a Principal Solution Architect focused on application modernization and containers with over two decades of enterprise and technical sales experience and 11 years in hands-on cloud roles. At AWS he has led developer advocacy for Amazon EKS, shaped product roadmaps by representing the voice of the customer, and now covers Financial Services accounts driving modernization efforts. He combines deep technical expertise in Kubernetes, GitOps, observability and container security with a track record of delivering workshops, conferences, and operational automation—including contributions to the widely referenced aws-eks-best-practices repo around IaC and EKS cluster hardening. Jeremy blends strategic product influence with practical automation skills that reduce friction for developers, and he’s known for mentoring teams to scale Kubernetes competency across organizations. Based in Chicago, he brings a rare mix of sales-first customer empathy and rigorous technical execution.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
BA Philosophy, BA Philosophy at University of Wisconsin-MadisonComputer Science, Computer Science at DePaul UniversityFinance, Finance at New York Institute of Finance
Github Skills (17)
amazon-eks10
cloud-infrastructure10
iks10
go10
aws10
infrastructure-as-code10
cloud-services10
devops10
k8s10
k10
kubernetes9
kubernetes-pods9
ias9
shell8
sh8
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
aws/aws-eks-best-practices
Nov 2019 - Jan 2023
A best practices guide for day 2 operations, including operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization.
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer
DevOps EngineerContributions:255 reviews, 479 commits, 238 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Jeremy primarily contributed to infrastructure-as-code and automation tasks, as evidenced by the Go scripts and shell scripts for interacting with AWS services. Their commits include updating launch templates and implementing features related to Instance Metadata Service (IMDS) and AWS CNI, indicating a focus on EKS cluster configuration and management. These changes improve security and streamline the deployment process.
security
jicowan/ssm-agent-daemonset
May 2020 - Mar 2021
A example of how to use a DaemonSet to install software onto EKS Managed Worker Nodes
Contributions:1 review, 11 commits, 1 PR in 9 months
daemonset
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