Michael Kaiser
Senior Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Kaiser is a Senior Solutions Architect based in Austin with 11 years of experience designing, implementing, and automating complex information systems across public and private cloud environments. He blends hands-on programming, architecture, and operational leadership to build platforms that simplify deployments and improve team throughput. At AWS he advises on large-scale cloud solutions, and his prior roles span IT leadership for state agencies and managed services for high-security clients like FBI, DHS, and MS-ISAC. He contributes to widely used AWS CDK example projects, improving CI/CD workflows and multi-language build pipelines to make cloud patterns more reproducible. Known for stepping into both deep technical troubleshooting and strategic budgeting/procurement, he routinely bridges gaps between developers, security teams, and executives. His background in scripting automation and maintaining multi-cloud production environments reveals a pragmatic focus on repeatable, auditable systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Sciences Computer Science with Minor in Information Systems, Bachelor of Sciences Computer Science with Minor in Information Systems at Louisiana State University
English
Github Skills (17)
github-ci10
aws-cdk10
typescript10
bash10
ci-cd-pipeline10
typescript-types10
infrastructure-as-code10
nodejs10
typescripts10
githubaction-workflow10
java9
python9
csharp9
go9
javas9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
aws-samples/aws-cdk-examples
Sep 2022 - Oct 2022
Example projects using the AWS CDK
Role in this project:
DevOps Engineer & Cloud Engineer
DevOps Engineer & Cloud EngineerContributions:216 reviews, 2 commits, 234 PRs in 28 days
Contributions summary:Michael primarily contributed to improving and maintaining the CI/CD workflows and build processes for various AWS CDK examples. Their work included updating Node.js versions, optimizing build scripts for different languages (Java, Python, CSharp, Go, and TypeScript), and fixing GitHub workflow configurations. These contributions aimed at ensuring the examples could be built, tested, and deployed efficiently, thereby enhancing the overall usability and maintainability of the project.
cloud-infrastructureexample-projectsawscdkaws-cdk
kaizio/kaizio.github.io
Jun 2017 - Aug 2023
Contributions:9 pushes, 4 branches in 6 years 2 months
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