Jesse Zoldak
Systems Engineering Lead at Elsevier
Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJesse Zoldak is a systems engineering leader with 13 years of experience building resilient, secure infrastructure and delivery pipelines across regulated and high-availability environments. Currently leading Systems Engineering at Elsevier, he previously stood up DevSecOps at a federally designated critical voting-systems vendor, introducing CI/CD, containerization, and IaC while working hands-on in Terraform, Python, and Kubernetes. He has a track record of creating testing and deployment functions from scratch—raising Python coverage dramatically at edX, open-sourcing an acceptance-testing framework, and moving organizations from CI to continuous deployment. Comfortable operating both as a strategic architect and a trench-level engineer, Jesse also served as a trusted industry liaison with ISACs and DHS CISA during elections security work. Trained in mathematics at MIT, he combines analytical rigor with pragmatic engineering practices to reduce risk and shorten delivery cycles. Colleagues rely on him as a mentor who grows teams through clear processes, tooling, and measurable outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Course 18 - Mathematics, BS, Course 18 - Mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Github Skills (125)
python10
sitespeed10
automation10
home-assistant10
mqtt10
lms10
ansible10
home-automation10
pylint10
tower10
openedx10
development-machine10
iot10
repo-management10
edx10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
jzoldak/ansible-dev-pc
Apr 2020 - Mar 2025
Ansible script to stand up a new development machine (Ubuntu/Debian)
Contributions:25 pushes, 11 branches in 5 years
standansiblelinuxstand-updevelopment-machine
jzoldak/testeng-triggers
Sep 2015 - Feb 2018
Contributions:7 PRs, 57 pushes, 6 branches in 2 years 5 months
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