John Feir
About John Feir
John Feir is a DevOps Automation Architect at Ally Financial Inc., with extensive experience in software engineering and automation across various industries.
Title
John Feir holds the position of Dev Ops Automation Architect at Ally Financial Inc. since 2015. In this role, he focuses on enhancing CI/CD processes through container-based build and deployment patterns.
Company
Currently, John Feir is employed at Ally Financial Inc. He has been with the company since 2015, working remotely with travel to locations such as Charlotte, NC, and Detroit, MI.
Education and Expertise
John Feir studied at Texas A&M University, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Geological/Geophysical Engineering and an MBA in Information Technology. His expertise spans agile DevSecOps transformation, container-based builds, and deployment patterns using RedHat OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS, GitLab, Docker, and Jenkins pipelines.
Professional Background
John Feir's career spans several key roles, including Lead Solutions Engineer and Senior Software Engineer at Bank of America from 2008 to 2015, and Senior Software Engineer at Nexstar Financial Corporation from 2001 to 2008. Additional roles include Lead Web Technologist at Sun Microsystems in 2000-2001, Technical Lead at KN Energy Inc. from 1996 to 2000, Senior Systems Analyst at Quanterra Environmental Services from 1994 to 1996, and Systems Analyst at Ebasco Environmental from 1989 to 1993.
Key Achievements
John Feir played a vital role in Ally Financial's Agile DevSecOps transformation, focusing on onboarding development teams using RedHat OpenShift, Kubernetes, AWS, GitLab, Docker, and Jenkins pipelines. He designed the second-generation pattern for software delivery, including an enterprise Maven platform and automated code quality and release processes.