Reduced GCP spend by 35%.
Led multi-year optimization with autoscaling, reserved-instance planning, and better resource hygiene.
DevOps / SRE / Cloud / Systems - Nampa, Idaho
Matthew Davidson
I own infrastructure that crosses boundaries: cloud platforms, identity, Linux and Windows fleets, CI/CD, observability, cost, and the internal tools that keep work moving. My lane is the whole system.
10+
Years across systems, support, SRE, and cloud
35%
GCP spend reduction through resource planning
50%
Fewer deployment errors after IaC controls
5.5k+
Physical and virtual systems administered
Useful where the org chart has gaps.
I am strongest when the problem is bigger than one queue: cloud architecture, deployment, monitoring, cost, security, documentation, incident response, and the handoff to whoever inherits it next. I translate messy, manual operations into systems a team can trust.
Selected proof
Moved releases from weekly to daily cadence.
Standardized infrastructure as code and review gates, reducing deployment errors by 50%.
Operated 5,500+ systems.
Administered high-availability physical and virtual fleets, including 2,000+ Linux servers across data centers.
Best fit
Senior IC with ownership.
Best matched to DevOps, SRE, cloud, platform, or systems roles that need one person to connect tools, teams, and outcomes.
Hybrid, inherited, or mid-migration.
Comfortable with mixed Azure, AWS, GCP, Linux, Windows, identity, and legacy systems that cannot be replaced all at once.
Practical automation first.
I favor small, durable improvements: infrastructure as code, useful alerts, clear runbooks, and tooling that removes repeated toil.
Experience
Senior Systems Engineer American Credit Acceptance
- Own enterprise Azure architecture, governance, security, and operational reliability end to end.
- Lead the Microsoft Entra ID migration, modernizing identity and access management.
- Implement Terraform and Ansible workflows for auditable infrastructure and configuration delivery.
- Build monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor and Grafana for proactive response.
Founder / Lead Systems Engineer Gold Rush Systems
- Deliver cloud automation, infrastructure design, and reliability consulting for small and mid-sized businesses.
- Build Terraform and CI/CD automation that reduces deployment effort by 40% across client environments.
- Run engagements from requirements through implementation, documentation, vendor coordination, and handoff.
Site Reliability / DevOps Engineer The Gifting Company
- Architected a containerized monorepo with unified CI/CD pipelines across business units.
- Built internal Go applications for onboarding, build orchestration, and asset inventory.
- Managed Terraform and Packer deployments across multiple environments.
- Led an SRE/development team of 3-5 engineers and improved delivery velocity by 30%.
Systems Administrator / Help Desk Technician Facebook (Meta)
- Administered production-critical Linux and virtual systems across multiple data centers.
- Performed patching, tuning, kernel upgrades, storage diagnosis, networking diagnosis, and incident response.
- Reduced support resolution times by 30% and coordinated SEV escalations across global support teams.
Working stack
Cloud
AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, hybrid infrastructure, cost optimization, FedRAMP, NIST.
Automation
Terraform, Packer, Ansible, Chef, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps.
Runtime
Linux, Windows Server, Docker, Kubernetes, containerized services, monorepos, autoscaling.
Code
Go, PowerShell, Python, Bash, Ruby, PHP, shell scripting, internal operations tooling.
Identity
Microsoft Entra ID, Active Directory, RBAC, SAML, LDAP, Kerberos, RADIUS, access management.
Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Google Cloud Logging, custom metrics, alerting, incident response.
Networking
TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, performance diagnosis, storage and compute bottleneck analysis.
Leadership
Mentorship, sprint planning, stakeholder communication, vendor coordination, documentation, handoff.
Need someone who can own the whole system?
I am open to DevOps, SRE, cloud, systems engineering, platform, and infrastructure roles where reliability, automation, and practical ownership matter more than narrow specialization.