# Ben McLean

> Senior Software Engineer at Forterra

Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/benmclean

I am a DevOps Engineer at Foterra working on the Robot Ops team.
I previously worked in the open source cloud native space working technologies like Kubernetes, Istio, Prometheus, and ElasticSearch.
I am also interested in innovations in aerospace including eVTOL technology, commercial and defense aviation, the space launch industry, and other cool flight topics I discover.

## Work Experience
### Senior Software Engineer @ Forterra
Jan 2025 – Present | Ketchum, Idaho, United States

### DevOps Engineer @ Forterra
Jan 2024 – Jan 2025 | Ketchum, Idaho, United States

### Software Engineer II @ Oracle
Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
• Work as a full-time developer on a team building a Kubernetes-based multicloud platform
• Write and review design proposals for new features and processes

• Contribute to an observability, security, and networking stack that included popular open-
source cloud native technologies like Istio, Prometheus, Elasticsearch, and Keycloak

• Test the product by building and extending testing frameworks in Jenkins, constructing and
maintaining sandbox environments, and extracting and visualizing test data
• Build many third-party applications from source to include in the product to manage and
eliminate known security vulnerabilities
• Interview potential interns and new hires and mentor summer interns on the team

### Software Engineer @ Oracle
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

### Software Engineering Intern @ Oracle
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Nashua, New Hampshire, United States

### Engineering Co-op Student @ ATA Engineering
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Lakewood, Colorado

### Systems Engineering Intern @ Raytheon
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Marlborough, MA

### Design and Analysis Engineering Co-op Student @ ATA Engineering
Jan 2019 – Jan 2019 | Greater San Diego Area

### PCIP Engineering Intern @ United States Air Force
Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Hanscom Air Force Base

### Design Crew @ Mark Luther Design
Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Boston, MA

### Mover @ Viking Moving
Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Concord, MA


## Education
### Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Engineering Mechanics and Astronautics
University of Wisconsin-Madison


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ben-mclean-070680135
- Portfolio: https://verrazzano.io/latest/

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Last updated: 2026-03-31