# Charles McConnell > Staff DevOps Engineer @ K Health | DevOps Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/charlesmcconnell Extensive experience managing the deployment and scaling of large-scale web services and teams. Experience managing large-scale cloud deployments on AWS and DigitalOcean. Extensive experience in the Docker and Kubernetes ecosystems. Low-level knowledge of Linux operations and systems debugging. Extensive knowledge of all major init systems (SysV, Upstart, Systemd) as well as configuration differences with a variety of linux distributions. Working knowledge (or better) of C, C++, Python, Node.js, and Go; able to pick up new languages very quickly. Experience in managing teams in multiple industries, and at multiple company sizes. ## Work Experience ### Staff DevOps Engineer @ K Health Jan 2024 – Present | New York City Metropolitan Area Implemented and administrated a production deployment of self-hosted Retool, migrated and redesigned a cluster of k8s-based gitlab runners, day to day admin and maintenance of a large GKE k8s deployment including lots of troubleshooting and cost management, early Claude Code adopter involved in determining best practices and necessary tooling during its org-wide rollout. Gained experience with healthcare-related security, privacy, and compliance concerns. ### Senior Platform Engineer @ The Farmer's Dog Jan 2023 – Jan 2023 | New York City Metropolitan Area Joined a platform engineering team as an IC and worked to address pain points and improve performance across a hybrid k8s/serverless architecture. Worked with AWS Lambda, API Gateway, SQS, and related services, while also helping to troubleshoot old, outdated Node.js and Typescript code to find solutions to persistent issues. ### Engineering Manager, DevOps @ Blue Apron Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 ### Senior DevOps Engineer @ Blue Apron Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Greater New York City Area Hired to help rebuild and re-architect a large-scale e-commerce deployment to bring it more in line with the company's post-IPO needs. Working on tuning and disaster recovery for PostgreSQL and Apache Kafka clusters, an end-to-end CI/CD system featuring Jenkins pipelines and Kubernetes, and helping various teams of developers and stakeholders to make the best use of the many platforms and tools that we use. ### Lead DevOps Engineer @ Boxed Wholesale Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 | Greater New York City Area Hired to start an in-house DevOps team for an established e-commerce startup. Took over maintenance and management of a large ansible-based AWS deployment. Worked with an outside consultancy to refine existing systems and start a transition to Docker and Kubernetes. Extensively worked with in-house security team to harden infrastructure and work to mitigate ongoing persistent threats. Oversaw hiring, ran sprint planning, and interfaced with a number of outside vendors. ### WebOps Developer @ Pebble Tech Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | NYC Built out an internal deployment platform to host company-wide web app needs, based on AWS, Docker, and CoreOS. Responsible for deployment debugging, troubleshooting, support, platform development, capacity planning, and downtime mitigation. ### Founder, Lead Consultant @ Avius Labs, LLC Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 Managed a small DevOps consultancy, helping startups make educated, well-considered decisions about their deployment and automation choices. ### JavaScript Engineer @ Blend.io Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 | New York, NY Lead backend engineer for social network focused on music collaboration. Used Node.js and MongoDB to handle user-graph data; learned to manage, profile, and optimize MongoDB for production use in a clustered environment. ### Head of DevOps @ Nodejitsu, Inc. Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 Managed the team that handled server administration, maintenance, and deployments to thousands of cloud VMs, all running node.js. ## Education ### BFA in Acting University of Hartford Jan 2002 – Jan 2006 ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/charles-mcconnell-14211158 - GitHub: http://github.com/AvianFlu --- Source: https://flows.cv/charlesmcconnell JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/charlesmcconnell/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-23