Kevin Halk
Senior Software Developer, Google Cloud Build
Greater Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo Metropolitan Area Canada
Summary
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Top SchoolKevin Halk is a senior software developer with 15 years of experience and a proven track record delivering scalable Java and C# systems, now focused on Google Cloud Build. A certified SCRUM Master who has led Agile transformations and hiring for multiple teams, he blends hands-on full‑stack engineering (Java EE, Spring, AngularJS) with pragmatic DevOps practices including CI/CD, branching strategies, and AWS deployments. He has acted as a departmental SME on code quality and introduced team-wide static analysis, code review, and testing standards that improved reliability and maintainability. Comfortable from low-level persistence and performance tuning to rich UI work (GoJS, Bootstrap), he also designs deployment automation (Puppet, CloudFormation) and has driven production optimizations across legacy and modern stacks. Known for turning ambiguous requirements into clear technical specifications, he pairs strong stakeholder communication with deep practical experience in building observable, production-ready systems.
5 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Mathematics (BMATH), Honours Computer Science Co-op, Bachelor of Mathematics (BMATH), Honours Computer Science Co-op at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (30)
google-cloud-platform10
docker10
supply-chain-security10
tekton10
resource-management10
terraform10
gcp10
security10
google10
google-cloud10
pipeline10
google-cloud-build10
artifacts9
ruby9
chain9
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
khalkie/gcb-direct-repo
Aug 2023 - Mar 2024
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
khalkie/magic-modules
Jan 2023 - Feb 2023
Add Google Cloud Platform support to Terraform
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
gcpappenginegooglecloudplatformgoogle-cloud-platformcloud-platform
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