Shawn Sesna
Senior Solutions Architect at Octopus Deploy
Lacey, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolShawn Sesna is a Senior Solutions Architect with 11 years focused on DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation, currently shaping delivery and deployment strategy at Octopus Deploy. He has a long track record modernizing government agencies—introducing Infrastructure as Code, automated stacks (database, web, reporting, ETL), static code analysis, and automated UI testing to reduce defects and deployment risk. Technically fluent in Octopus Deploy, PowerShell/DSC, TFS, SQL Server, and custom build/release tooling, he has authored and contributed community step templates and fixed PowerShell Core issues in the Octopus community library. Shawn blends hands-on scripting and backend integration work with people leadership—supervising and mentoring small DevOps and data teams while acting as a liaison between dev and ops. He pairs practical operational experience (IIS, Wildfly, SQL Server) with a history of creating custom deployment orchestration and DSC resources, reflecting both systems-level depth and a builder’s mindset. Based in Lacey, Washington, he brings a pragmatic, evidence-driven approach to making deployments repeatable and auditable across complex public-sector environments.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General, Bachelor's degree, Management Information Systems, General at Saint Martin's CollegeAssociate's degree, Management Information Systems, General, Associate's degree, Management Information Systems, General at Pierce College
Github Skills (10)
databases10
javascript10
octopus-deploy10
data-integration10
sql-database10
nodejs9
gulp9
automations8
automation8
powershell7
Programming languages (16)
Github contributions (5)
OctopusDeploy/Library
Aug 2018 - Dec 2022
| Public | A repository of step templates and other community-contributed extensions to Octopus Deploy
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:81 reviews, 304 commits, 329 PRs in 4 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Shawn primarily focused on adding and updating entries in the `gulpfile.babel.js` file. These changes involved adding case statements for different database and service integrations, indicating work related to step templates and extensions for Octopus Deploy. They also fixed an issue with a PowerShell script related to PS Core and made small edits to the same file. This suggests a focus on backend configuration and integration capabilities.
octopustemplateextensionsoctopus-deploy
OctopusDeployLabs/gitlab-octocli
Jul 2021 - Jun 2023
A GitLab compatible Octopus CLI Docker image.
Contributions:1 review, 2 PRs, 38 pushes in 1 year 11 months
docker-imagedockergitlabdocker-clioctopus
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