Summary
Nelson Hernandez is an experienced DevOps and cloud infrastructure leader with 11+ years building resilient, cost-efficient platforms across healthcare, finance, government, and startups. Currently AVP II Cloud Infrastructure, he has driven large-scale migrations and optimizations—most notably migrating Kubernetes and databases at Lark Health to save $300k/year and designing architectures that achieved 99.99% uptime. He combines deep hands-on skills in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus/Grafana, and CI/CD with SOC 2 and compliance expertise, having led audits and policy work across organizations. Nelson pairs technical execution with people leadership—managing teams, onboarding rapid company growth, and introducing Agile practices to improve delivery. His academic background in product architecture and applied mathematics informs a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to systems design and reliability.
10 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science, Associate of Science (AS) Computer Science at SUNY Farmingdale
Master of Engineering (MEng) Product Architecture and Engineering, Master of Engineering (MEng) Product Architecture and Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science (BS) Applied Mathematics and Statistics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Applied Mathematics and Statistics at Stony Brook University