Summary
Michael Andrews is a seasoned platform and cloud engineer with 11+ years building enterprise-grade Kubernetes and AWS infrastructure, currently serving as Sr. Distinguished Engineer for Capital One’s OneKube enterprise Kubernetes solution. He designs and operates large-scale cluster lifecycle tooling that provisions and maintains 200+ clusters with enterprise governance, OIDC/SSO integrations, and automated change-management workflows. Michael blends backend architecture, domain-driven and hexagonal design, and practical SRE/CICD practices to deliver low-risk, no-downtime deployments across multi-region environments. His hands-on background spans Java/Spring and Go, Helm, ArgoCD, and automated security and monitoring integrations, reflecting deep operational ownership from code to production. Notably, he has repeatedly built compliant, multi-account Kubernetes platforms in weeks using open-source components, accelerating cloud and container maturity across lines of business. Based in Ashburn, VA, he pairs pragmatic engineering leadership with a knack for turning complex governance and security requirements into scalable, automated platform solutions.
11 years of coding experience
23 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Political Science and Government, Bachelor's Degree Political Science and Government at Colorado State University