Idaho Falls, ID
Email: [email protected] GitHub: https://github.com/IanKnighton LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/probablynotian

Senior Platform Engineer and Cloud Architect with 10+ years of experience modernizing legacy systems, leading cloud migrations, building scalable developer platforms, and implementing CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern SDLC best practices. Blends strong platform engineering experience with SRE fundamentals, reliability culture, observability, incident response, and DevSecOps. Recognized for transforming engineering organizations and building durable cloud-native foundations.
2025 Deseret Digital Media Technology Game Changer Award recipient.

• Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure, Linode
• IaC: Terraform (modules, templates), GitOps
• Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Azure DevOps
• Languages: Go, C#, Python, SQL
• Architecture: Microservices, distributed systems, event-driven systems
• SRE: Observability (Datadog), monitoring, PagerDuty, incident response, root cause analysis, post-incident reviews
• DevOps: Infrastructure automation, SDLC modernization, developer experience
• Security & Compliance: SOC2, HECVAT, DevSecOps, cloud governance
• AI/Agents: Provider standardization, guardrails, internal AI tooling

Deseret Digital Media
July 2022 — November 2025

• Led modernization from on-premise legacy systems to AWS and GCP.
• Designed and built GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, quality gates, deployment protections, and release governance.
• Migrated engineering teams to a Kubernetes-based microservices architecture, improving platform reliability and scalability.
• Created Terraform modules, templates, and IaC standards enabling safe, consistent, self-service cloud provisioning.
• Optimized compute and resource usage, reducing cost waste and operational inefficiencies.
• Established engineering-wide best practices for IaC, CI/CD, and architecture patterns.
• Co-led adoption of agentic AI, including provider standardization, guardrail development, and internal tooling.
• Acted as a cross-functional liaison across Platform, engineering, and leadership.
• Technology Game Changer Award (2025) for transformative modernization work.

Stukent
January 2019 — June 2022

• Implemented the company’s automated CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI).
• Resolved long-standing platform stability issues (scaling failures, data bottlenecks).
• Took on interim engineering leadership responsibilities during CTO transition.
• Owned internal IT operations:
  • Active Directory + Group Policy
  • Multi-building enterprise WiFi
  • Cross-cloud and on-prem VPN infrastructure

• Migrated systems from VPCs on Linode towards structured Azure and AWS environments.
• Supported company-wide SDLC migration to .NET and Azure.
• Designed elements of a new event-driven architecture and ensured alignment across teams.

• Introduced Datadog (observability, metrics) and PagerDuty (on-call rotations).
• Created formal post-incident review processes.
• Ensured new microservices met reliability, SLIs/SLOs, and architectural standards.

• Implemented Terraform foundations and mentored a junior engineer to scale adoption.
• Led compliance work for HECVAT and SOC2, identifying vulnerabilities and driving fixes.

• Technology Game Changer Award (2025) — Deseret Digital Media

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