Summary
Michael Borland is a Platform Engineer with nine years of experience building mission-focused, web-based systems for the U.S. Air Force and now Defense Unicorns. He specializes in full-stack React/JS applications, containerized deployments, and PostgreSQL-backed services, and has moved developer networks and CI tooling into production using Kind, Portainer, and FreeIPA. Michael led multi-person teams on projects that earned AFWERX and senior leadership recognition, including a finalist Spark Tank entry and commendation from a Pacific Air Forces Commander. He pairs hands-on engineering—BIOS- and network-level configuration through Kubernetes orchestration—with stakeholder negotiation for platforms that reduce critical mission-planning shortfalls. Based in rural Pennsylvania and educated at Texas A&M, he brings a pragmatic, security-conscious approach to scaling developer environments in constrained operational settings.
10 years of coding experience
Texas A&M University