Mike Pruett
Senior Director, Deployment Engineering at Gradient Cyber
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMike Pruett is a seasoned infrastructure and deployment leader with over two decades of hands-on systems, networking and telecom experience and 12 years in senior technical roles. Currently Senior Director of Deployment Engineering, he blends deep expertise in Linux automation (Ansible), Cisco/Palo Alto networking, and enterprise backup and compliance to deliver reliable, auditable systems at scale. His background spans server hardware, datacenter networking, cloud services, container platforms and automation—having designed custom Ansible roles, managed Docker Enterprise, and led VMware NSX migrations. Mike is equally comfortable in audit rooms and on the command line, having authored SOX404 controls and acted as primary liaison for PCI-DSS and SOC-II audits. Known for strong documentation and process-improvement instincts, he repeatedly turns complex operational and regulatory requirements into reproducible, automated workflows. Based in Fort Worth, he pairs certifications across ITIL, CGEIT, Red Hat and networking with a pragmatic, operator-first approach to delivery.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
BS, Computer Engineering, BS, Computer Engineering at DeVry University - Long Beach
Github Skills (153)
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Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
mikepruett3/ansible-role-linux-updates
May 2021 - Dec 2024
Contributions:150 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 7 months
mikepruett3/simple_twitch_app
Aug 2022 - Dec 2024
An Electron browser for Twitch with BTTV support and Twitch Loot Collector
Contributions:4 releases, 11 pushes, 4 tags in 2 years 5 months
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