Austin Cottrell
About Austin Cottrell
Austin Cottrell is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) based in Seattle, Washington. He has extensive experience in cloud migration, Kubernetes, and deploying AI applications, having worked for companies such as Coalfire, Flowspace, and Milestone Technologies.
Work at Flowspace
Austin Cottrell has been employed at Flowspace as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) since 2022. In this role, he has focused on optimizing the company's cloud infrastructure. He successfully migrated Flowspace's infrastructure from Digital Ocean to Google Cloud Platform, implementing key components such as Artifact registry and cronjobs within Kubernetes. Cottrell has also recommended Google Cloud Platform services to leadership, enhancing resource utilization. His responsibilities include deploying AI applications into staging and production environments, automating GitHub repository creation for developers, and modifying Helm charts for code deployments.
Previous Experience at Coalfire
Prior to his current role, Austin Cottrell worked at Coalfire as an Associate Cloud Engineer from 2021 to 2022 for 11 months. This position was remote and based in Seattle, Washington. During his time at Coalfire, he contributed to cloud engineering projects and gained valuable experience in cloud infrastructure management.
Experience at Milestone Technologies, Inc.
Austin Cottrell served as an Infrastructure Support Engineer at Milestone Technologies, Inc. from 2019 to 2021 for two years. Based in Redmond, Washington, he architected and deployed microservices in Kubernetes clusters from scratch using Helm. He maintained operations repositories for ArgoCD, which facilitated continuous delivery and deployment processes.
Professional Development and Conferences
Austin Cottrell has actively participated in Kubernetes conferences to enhance his expertise in the field. Notable events include the 2023 GitOpsCon and KubeCon Virtual, where he engaged with industry professionals and expanded his knowledge of Kubernetes technologies and best practices.
Role at Copado
In 2022, Austin Cottrell worked at Copado as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer for six months. This remote role in Seattle involved deploying open-source software solutions, including ArgoCD, Prometheus, OPA, Crossplane, Hashicorp Vault, Rundeck, and Ingress Nginx. His contributions focused on improving the efficiency and security of cloud operations.