Michael Ward
Founder, CEO at Paminga
Denver, Colorado, United States
Summary
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SeniorMichael Ward is a seasoned cloud-native architect and engineering leader with over a decade of experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems. As VP/Chief Architect at GlobalLogic and a Kubernetes & Cloud Architect at MetacenterIO, he leads Centers of Excellence that turn containerized microservice strategies into production-ready platforms. His background spans SRE, platform engineering, and systems architecture across companies like Shutterstock, Pearson, and Ping Identity, blending hands-on coding with strategic program coordination. A former Army intelligence analyst turned technologist, he brings disciplined operational thinking to reliability and security challenges. He writes and experiments publicly at devoperandi.com, reflecting a curiosity for practical tooling and the intersection of infrastructure and developer experience.
10 years of coding experience
Github Skills (138)
controller10
python-client10
kubernetes10
html-template10
go10
docker10
mesos9
kubernetes-cluster9
client-library9
azure9
gcp9
google-cloud9
scheduling9
k8s9
namespaces9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
metacenterIO/k8s-fortified
Feb 2022 - Dec 2022
Test Kubernetes cluster compliance with Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIGs)
Contributions:1 release, 9 commits, 103 PRs in 9 months
implementation-guidestigssecurityseccompintegrity
mward29/gardener
May 2020 - Jun 2020
Kubernetes-native system managing the full lifecycle of conformant Kubernetes clusters as a service on Alicloud, AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack, Packet, MetalStack, and vSphere with minimal TCO.
Contributions:2 PRs, 8 pushes, 5 branches in 1 month
gcpclustersmetalstackawscert
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