Michael Atkinson
Senior Software Engineer at Slack
Washington DC-Baltimore Area United States
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Top SchoolMichael Atkinson is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud-native, highly available systems and driving DevOps adoption across public sector and enterprise programs. Currently on Slack’s Site Reliability Engineering team for GovSlack, he previously led automation and region-building efforts at AWS that saved engineering teams 1,000+ hours monthly and supported the launch of multiple AWS regions. He holds eight active AWS certifications and an ITIL credential, and combines hands-on infrastructure-as-code expertise with people leadership as a former Scrum Master and manager of cross-functional technical teams. Michael has a track record delivering cloud platforms for AI/ML, HPC, and big data for federal agencies, and he often translates complex compliance and scaling requirements into auditable, repeatable architectures. Colleagues rely on him for mentoring, hiring calibration, and for turning repetitive operational work into automated, cost-effective processes.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.30 overall GPA, Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science, 3.30 overall GPA at The College of New JerseyHigh School, General Studies, 92.3 Cumulative Average, High School, General Studies, 92.3 Cumulative Average at James Caldwell High School
German, Spanish, English
Github Skills (91)
mls10
python10
command-line-interface10
terraform10
linter10
aws-config10
cfn-lint10
sports-data10
graph10
java10
aws-cloudformation10
aws-cli10
jsinterop10
amazon-web-services10
aws10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
atkinsonm/click-demo
Feb 2022 - Nov 2022
Contributions:9 commits, 6 pushes, 1 branch in 9 months
atkinsonm/atkinsonm.github.io
Dec 2018 - Feb 2025
Contributions:40 pushes, 2 branches in 6 years 3 months
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