Summary
Mark Pfaff is a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 11 years of professional experience building reliable, secure cloud and SRE platforms across startups and enterprise environments. Currently at Qualys, he has a track record leading DevOps and technical operations teams, driving cloud migration, CI/CD, and government compliance efforts for both commercial and public-sector customers. His background spans low-level systems and firmware work at AMD to large-scale AWS analytics and security-focused infrastructure, giving him a rare full-stack infrastructure perspective. Known for bridging technical teams and senior management, he combines clear communication with strategic problem solving to translate business requirements into auditable, production-grade systems. Based in Mesa, Arizona, he also operates as an independent contractor, which has honed his ability to quickly scope and deliver compliance-sensitive projects under tight timelines.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (BS) Computer Science at Webster University