Adam Brandt
About Adam Brandt
Adam Brandt is a Senior Systems Engineer with extensive experience in systems engineering and cloud solutions. He has worked for various companies, including Meritain Health, The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., and Newfold Digital, and has a strong background in UNIX and Linux systems.
Work at Newfold Digital
Adam Brandt has been employed at Newfold Digital as a Senior Systems Engineer since 2017. His role involves overseeing systems engineering tasks in a remote capacity from the Greater Boston Area. He has contributed to various projects aimed at enhancing system performance and reliability.
Previous Experience in Systems Engineering
Prior to his current position, Adam Brandt held several roles in systems engineering. He worked at Salesforce as a Senior Platform Engineer from 2016 to 2017. Before that, he served as a Senior UNIX Engineer at J.Crew from 2012 to 2014 and as a UNIX and Linux System Engineer at Meritain Health from 2008 to 2012. His early career included a position at ProQuest Company as a UNIX System Engineer from 1999 to 2006.
Education and Expertise
Adam Brandt is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati, expected to complete in 2026. He previously studied at Washtenaw Community College, where he earned an Associate of Arts in Business Administration and Management, as well as a Certificate in Core Business Skills. Additionally, he studied Unix Administration and C Programming at Marygrove College.
Technical Contributions and Initiatives
Throughout his career, Adam Brandt has implemented high-availability solutions and automatic remediation logic, significantly reducing customer-facing incidents. He has engineered a unified systems orchestration and automation environment using tools such as Puppet, Chef, and Ansible. He also led the transition from physical servers to a hybrid cloud solution utilizing AWS and OpenShift/Kubernetes.
Leadership and Team Management
Adam Brandt has managed an international team responsible for thousands of servers across multiple data centers. His focus has been on cost reduction and improving communication within the team. He has served as the final point of escalation for systems engineering and DevOps issues, providing 24x7 support for entire business units.