Kara Caffee
About Kara Caffee
Kara Caffee is a Site Reliability Engineer with a background in cloud infrastructure and cybersecurity. She has a Bachelor of Applied Science in Cybersecurity and has achieved significant cost savings in her roles through resource optimization and collaboration.
Work at Insight Global
Kara Caffee has been employed at Insight Global as a Site Reliability Engineer since 2019. In this role, she focuses on maintaining and improving the reliability of systems and services. She creates Confluence pages to document processes for stakeholders, ensuring clarity on resource tagging, deletion, and downsizing. Additionally, she hosts presentations to communicate savings opportunities and device utilization effectively to stakeholders.
Previous Experience in Cloud Infrastructure
Before joining Insight Global, Kara Caffee worked at Walmart Global Tech as a Cloud Consultant/Database Specialist from 2018 to 2019. She contributed to optimizing cloud resources and enhancing database performance. Prior to that, she served as a Jr Cloud Infrastructure Engineer/Analyst at T. Rowe Price from 2016 to 2018, where she updated JIRA Kanban board tickets to track cost savings opportunities.
Education and Expertise
Kara Caffee studied Cybersecurity at the University of Maryland Global Campus, where she earned a Bachelor of Applied Science (BASc) from 2019 to 2020. She also attended The Community College of Baltimore County from 2016 to 2018. Currently, she is enhancing her skills in Full Stack Development and Mobile Development at Nucamp Coding Bootcamp, which she began in 2021.
Achievements in Cost Optimization
During her career, Kara Caffee achieved over 2 million dollars in savings for the Cost Optimization team by optimizing unused resources. She collaborated with infrastructure owners and stakeholders to identify cost-saving opportunities. Her work included employing Azure Cosmos DB Optimization reports to maximize performance capacity and reduce costs for database collections.
Cyber Security Analyst Experience
Kara Caffee worked as a Cyber Security Analyst at MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc. from 2015 to 2018. In this position, she was involved in various cybersecurity initiatives. She developed JIRA tickets with detailed information and utilized Excel spreadsheets and pivot tables for stakeholder review, contributing to the overall effectiveness of the cybersecurity team.