Summary
Mike Conrad is a Platform Engineer focused on making cloud platforms and developer workflows reliable and easy to use, with a decade of experience building and operating production systems in Azure and AWS. A Kubestronaut and Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect, he specializes in Kubernetes, containers, Helm, GitOps, and ephemeral environment automation to reduce deployment friction and surprises. Mike has a proven track record hardening cloud security, eliminating static secrets, and implementing multi-cloud disaster recovery while cutting deployment times from hours to minutes. He bridges infrastructure and product teams, turning real-world requirements into resilient, cost-optimized platforms and developer experiences. Outside of day-to-day engineering he shares learnings through talks and hands-on examples, and is seeking senior or staff roles where platform engineering and practical delivery are central.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science - AS Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications, Associate of Science - AS Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications at High Tech Institute