diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 6d43b1c..b24ee65 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Colors are semantic tokens in [`tailwind.config.mjs`](tailwind.config.mjs) (`can - Site metadata and nav: [`src/site.config.ts`](src/site.config.ts) - Static assets (images, resume PDF): [`public/`](public) -Replace [`public/april_rieger_resume.pdf`](public/april_rieger_resume.pdf) with your final resume. +Replace [`public/April_Rieger_Software_Engineer_Resume_2026.pdf`](public/April_Rieger_Software_Engineer_Resume_2026.pdf) with your final resume. ## Deploy (GitHub Pages) diff --git a/public/April_Rieger_Software_Engineer_Resume_2026.pdf b/public/April_Rieger_Software_Engineer_Resume_2026.pdf new file mode 100644 index 0000000..52a94fe Binary files /dev/null and b/public/April_Rieger_Software_Engineer_Resume_2026.pdf differ diff --git a/public/april_rieger_resume.pdf b/public/april_rieger_resume.pdf deleted file mode 100644 index bd4d8fd..0000000 Binary files a/public/april_rieger_resume.pdf and /dev/null differ diff --git a/src/content/bio/about.md b/src/content/bio/about.md index fc49203..e368eae 100644 --- a/src/content/bio/about.md +++ b/src/content/bio/about.md @@ -4,19 +4,19 @@ title: About ## Professional bio -I am a senior software engineer with a strong track record on backend-heavy systems, product delivery, and operational maturity. My work tends to sit at the intersection of **clear architecture**, **measurable reliability**, and **shipping**—especially when legacy systems, ambiguous requirements, or team constraints make “just rewrite it” a bad default. +I am a senior software engineer with a proven track record **specializing in IaC and Kubernetes provisioning**. Recent impact includes roughly **20% AWS cost reduction** while improving operational efficiency—work that sits alongside multi-environment operations, cross-team collaboration, and delivery powered by **GitOps and automated deployment workflows**. -I am most effective where ownership is explicit: tracing problems across services, tightening feedback loops (tests, observability, deploys), and making tradeoffs legible to stakeholders before they become expensive surprises. +I am most effective where ownership is explicit: owning cluster and platform layers end-to-end, pairing Terraform/OpenTofu and Kubernetes primitives with observability and safe rollout patterns, and making infrastructure choices legible before they become expensive surprises. ## Core strengths -- Distributed systems & platforms — boundaries, failure modes, idempotency, and gradual migration paths. -- Performance and cost awareness — profiling judiciously, fixing what users feel, avoiding premature optimization. -- Backend architecture — APIs, data modeling, Rails and adjacent ecosystems, integration seams. -- Technical leadership — reviews that raise the bar, pairing, and documentation that survives contact with production. +- Kubernetes engineering & orchestration — EKS-class platforms, cluster services, and how applications land and stay healthy in production. +- GitOps & continuous integration — Argo CD–style workflows for applications, cluster add-ons, and platform layers. +- IaC provisioning — Terraform/OpenTofu for cloud and edge (including Cloudflare DNS, WAF, and rate limiting) with clear environment boundaries. +- Observability, reliability & multi-environment ops — operational maturity, identity and access patterns, and cost discipline without sacrificing safety. ## Experience highlights -- Led delivery of internal platforms where **data consistency and access patterns** directly affected how teams shipped features. -- Drove reliability work where the win was fewer customer-visible incidents and **faster recovery**, not buzzwords. -- Partnered across product and ops to prioritize engineering bets with **articulated downside** when we chose speed over polish (and vice versa). +- **Owned an AWS-native Kubernetes (EKS) platform** with Terraform/OpenTofu, rolled out **Argo CD GitOps** for apps and platform layers, and led **IaC for a Cloudflare edge** footprint (DNS, WAF, rate limiting)—including an **AWS cost initiative** that reduced spend by roughly **20%** (from about **$22k to $18k** monthly). +- **Migrated ten client deployments** off legacy production clusters onto more efficient infrastructure and **cut operational spend** by about **$15k monthly** (~**$75k** over five months) while **mentoring** engineers and running **knowledge-sharing** sessions. +- **Migrated 20+ projects from GitLab to GitHub**, leaned into **GitHub Actions** for deployments, strengthened **automated testing** and **code review** culture, and partnered on **critical deployment** troubleshooting to improve reliability. diff --git a/src/site.config.ts b/src/site.config.ts index 8cf6caa..b415332 100644 --- a/src/site.config.ts +++ b/src/site.config.ts @@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ export const siteConfig = { /** Default and OG site name */ title: "April Rieger · Senior Software Engineer", description: - "Senior engineer focused on platform reliability, backend architecture, and shipping measurable outcomes in complex product environments.", + "Senior software engineer specializing in IaC and Kubernetes provisioning—proven impact on AWS cost, operational efficiency, multi-environment ops, and GitOps-driven delivery.", url: "https://aprilrieger.github.io", language: "en", /** Hero: one line, specific */ oneLiner: - "I lead delivery of resilient platforms and backend systems where scale, ownership, and tradeoffs matter.", + "I design and operate Kubernetes platforms, IaC, and GitOps workflows where reliability, cost, and multi-environment operations matter.", /** Hero: 2 sentences */ summary: - "I have operated in cross-functional teams modernizing legacy stacks, tightening SLOs, and turning ambiguous product goals into shippable architecture. Recent impact spans performance work, operational maturity, and full-stack product delivery on Rails and cloud-native stacks.", - resumePdfPath: "/april_rieger_resume.pdf", + "Dynamic senior engineer specializing in IaC and Kubernetes provisioning—recent wins include roughly 20% AWS cost reduction alongside stronger operational efficiency. I thrive owning multi-environment platforms, automated deployment pipelines, and collaboration that turns infrastructure into something teams can ship on safely.", + resumePdfPath: "/April_Rieger_Software_Engineer_Resume_2026.pdf", social: { github: "https://github.com/aprilrieger", linkedin: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/aprilrieger1", @@ -38,12 +38,21 @@ export const siteConfig = { "Technical notes on system design, tradeoffs, and lessons from production.", /** Credibility strip on home */ credibility: [ - { label: "Focus", detail: "Backend platforms, reliability, distributed systems" }, - { label: "Scale", detail: "Production services, throughput, and operational load" }, - { label: "Stack", detail: "Ruby on Rails, cloud infra, APIs, full-stack delivery" }, + { + label: "Focus", + detail: "Kubernetes engineering, container orchestration, GitOps and continuous delivery", + }, + { + label: "Platform", + detail: "IaC provisioning, observability and reliability, multi-environment management", + }, + { + label: "Stack", + detail: "AWS EKS, Terraform/OpenTofu, Argo CD, Cloudflare edge (DNS, WAF, rate limiting)", + }, ], footerNote: - "Open to senior IC or lead-engineer roles and selective technical consulting where ownership and impact are explicit.", + "Open to senior software engineering roles focused on platform, cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and IaC—plus selective consulting—where ownership and measurable impact are explicit.", } as const; export type SiteConfig = typeof siteConfig;