# Derek Spiner > Staff Software Engineer at Databricks Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/derekspiner Jack of all trades, master of none. I have been doing what it takes and maintaining the effort my entire career. Never stop moving forward, and create innovative solutions using cutting edge tech where appropriate. Current focus is on enabling other teams with in the organization. Providing them the best practices and frameworks to develop faster and more efficiently. ## Work Experience ### Staff Software Engineer @ Databricks Jan 2023 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area - Instrumental in the adoption of changing the team direction to providing infrastructure as a service to the rest of the business - Oversaw the deployment of the Opal self hosted application into an AWS Gov Cloud account Product Owner, Architect and Lead for infrastructure as a service for the rest of the business, incorporating features around provisioning cloud infrastructure and deploying applications in a repeated automated way - Meet with business stakeholders to determine requirements for infrastructure related projects - Meet with technical stakeholders to understand detailed technical requirements and limitations - Continue to mentor and provide guidance to team members ### Sr Systems Engineer @ Databricks Jan 2021 – Jan 2023 | San Francisco Bay Area - Helped to run and implement a new agile scrum practice for the team - Participated and ran agile ceremonies until a scrum master was hired - Mentor Jr members of the team with code development, cloud infrastructure, or career growth - Helped transition applications for the company to receive IL4 certification - Developed several custom python or typescript integrations to facilitate business automation - Designed the Architecture for the initial version of the Kubernetes application infrastructure including cluster RBAC, Secrets management, cluster logging and application logging - Developed and deployed automated EKS Clusters using Terraform and Pulumi - Designed the IL5 certificated Architecture for the Opal self-hosted Application ### Software Engineering SMTS - IGA Platform @ Salesforce Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area Description: The IGA Platform team is responsible to develop and maintain the platform and tools to which the IGA Onboarding Team use to integrate Target Applications in to Sailpoint's Identity IQ via SCIM 2.0 Compliant MuleSoft APIs - Designed the architecture for the a platform to quickly develop SCIM APIs to be consumed by Sailpoint's Identity IQ, leveraging the EI Platform team's existing MuleSoft deployment automation on Anypoint Platform, and reusable patterns to generate application templates - Lead 3 MuleSoft developer's day to day operations which included building new SCIM APIs for Salesforce owned applications to be connected with IIQ and building new features and capabilities for the platform - Built and ran the IGA Platform product road map, with release timelines and resource budgeting - Ran all team scrum ceremonies and prepared all stories to be worked on ### Software Engineering SMTS - EI Platform @ Salesforce Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | San Francisco Bay Area Description: Enabling other teams within the organization, by providing them with the best practices and frameworks to develop faster and more efficiently. - Guide Developers on using MuleSoft and Anypoint Platform and Best Practices - Guide Developers on API Lead Best Practices - Create Re-usable integrations for the greater Enablement Practice ### System Engineer @ Salesforce Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | San Francisco Bay Area - Assisted in the Migration of MuleSoft Systems to Salesforce counterparts - Started development on an Enablement Practice - Enablement designed around API lead best practices ### System Engineer @ MuleSoft Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco Bay Area - Manage Windows and Apple Endpoints via JAMF Pro and Microsoft Intune - Automate setup of new office Infrastructure - Maintenance and Updates of existing infrastructure - Document process and procedures - Assist with company All-Hands Productions Bi-Monthly - Develop tools to aid Helpdesk ### Endpoint Engineer - Mulesoft @ Taos Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | San Francisco Bay Area - Setup and deploy MS Intune for Windows Endpoint Management - Work with MassDeploy to create / manage Windows Images - Setup Bitlocker process on all Windows Laptops - Windows 7 to Windows 10 Migration - Documentation on all process and procedures - Setup Azure AD environment - Setup WDS Servers for deployment in each office location - Create / Manage packages / policies / configurations in Intune ### Senior IT Support Engineer @ WorldVentures Jan 2016 – Jan 2017 | Plano, Tx • Escalation from Lvl 1 / Lvl 2 for the following systems: - Cisco (CUCM, UCCX, Unity, AQM, Finesse) - Microsoft (Office 365 suite, Exchange (Online/On-Prem), Active Directory, SCCM, MDT, Intune) - Citrix - Policy and Procedure • Collaborate with Admin / Eng team on tasks / projects • Manage Apps / Deployments via SCCM/MDT • Powershell scripting Tools / Apps / Reports • Train / Mentor other technicians • Apple Support (Configurator, IOS, OSX, DeployStudio) ### IT Support Engineer @ WorldVentures Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Plano, Tx • Global support for 500+ end users • Hardware and software asset management. • Configuration, deployment, administration and support of company hardware and software. • Manage and administration of company Microsoft Active Directory • Administration and support of company Cisco VOIP • Administration and support of company Unified Contact Center Express and AQM systems • Company end user support of Citrix • Powershell scripting for in-house tools and reports • Maintain support ticket SLA ### IT Support Specialist @ GDT - General Datatech Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 Troubleshoot/repair computers and electronics from a help desk perspective (includes but not limited to): - Desktops/Laptops (Windows 7) - Cisco Conference Room equipment - Microsoft office (2007-2013) - Large office printers (service/ink replacement) Manage users/computer in Active Directory - Create\Disable Accounts - Update user information (for GAL reflection) - Keep the different groups organized - Manage AD/Sharepoint Security Groups Administrative tasks in Exchange 2013 - Set up/ Maintain Distribution Lists - Create/Manage mailboxes ### Level 1 Help Desk @ Randstad Technologies US Jan 2013 – Jan 2013 | Irving Tx Troubleshoot and Repair Software on Windows 7 computers - MS office Suite - Adobe reader/professional - Internet Explorer ## Education ### Associates of Science Collin College ### High School Diploma in General Education Grayslake Central High School ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/derek-spiner-professional --- Source: https://flows.cv/derekspiner JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/derekspiner/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-12