C. Thomas Clark
About C. Thomas Clark
C. Thomas Clark is a Staff DevOps Engineer at Kin Insurance, where he has worked since 2022. He has extensive experience in DevOps roles across various companies, including Ruvos and Traitify, and holds degrees in Psychology and Philosophy.
Work at Kin Insurance
C. Thomas Clark has been employed at Kin Insurance as a Staff DevOps Engineer since 2022. In this role, he focuses on implementing continuous integration and continuous deployment strategies using GitHub Actions to enhance the software development lifecycle. His responsibilities include optimizing deployment processes and ensuring the stability of applications through infrastructure as code practices.
Previous Experience in DevOps
Before joining Kin Insurance, C. Thomas Clark worked as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Ruvos from 2020 to 2022. He also held positions at Traitify as a Systems Engineer/DevOps Engineer/SRE from 2015 to 2020 and at Househappy.org as a DevOps Engineer and Ruby on Rails Developer from 2013 to 2015. His experience spans various roles where he specialized in automating monitoring with tools like Datadog and employing application containerization techniques using Docker and Kubernetes.
Education and Expertise
C. Thomas Clark studied at the College of Southern Nevada, earning an Associate of Science (A.S.) in Psychology from 2006 to 2008. He furthered his education at Portland State University, where he achieved a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Philosophy from 2009 to 2011. His educational background complements his technical expertise in DevOps practices, including the use of HashiCorp tools like Consul, Vault, and Nomad for infrastructure management.
Technical Skills and Specializations
C. Thomas Clark specializes in various DevOps methodologies, including continuous integration and deployment strategies. He utilizes infrastructure as code practices with tools such as Terraform to enhance application stability. His skills also include automating monitoring processes around the application stack and employing containerization techniques to improve software deployment efficiency.
Early Career Experience
C. Thomas Clark began his career as a Delivery Driver at Jason's Deli from 2006 to 2008. He also served as Technical Director at kpsu.org during his time at Portland State University from 2009 to 2011. These early roles contributed to his development and understanding of operational processes in various environments.