Nick Bachicha
About Nick Bachicha
Nick Bachicha is a Senior Cyber Assurance Architect at Sandia National Laboratories with a background in web development and software development.
Company
Nick Bachicha is currently working at Sandia National Laboratories as a Senior Cyber Assurance Architect. His tenure at Sandia National Laboratories, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, began in 2017.
Previous Roles
Before his current role, Nick Bachicha worked at SAIC as a Web Developer II, focusing on projects for Sandia National Laboratories from 2015 to 2017. He was also a Software Developer at Aviata from 2013 to 2015. Prior to that, he served as a Web Specialist at Affordable Solar from 2007 to 2013, and again at Affordable Solar Group from 2005 to 2006. His early career included a brief stint as a contractor at MAXAMINE Inc.
Education and Expertise
Nick Bachicha received his Bachelor of Business Administration with a focus on Management Information Systems from The University of New Mexico, completing his studies in 2012. His expertise includes developing and maintaining fully automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Server and Docker, automating workflows through scripting with PowerShell and Bash, and implementing shift-left CI/CD pipelines with Static Code Analysis and Software Composition Analysis.
Technical Contributions
Nick Bachicha has acted as a resource for DevOps practices and technologies at Sandia National Laboratories, collaborating with several internal teams. He has maintained documentation and processes around key infrastructure services for both technical and non-technical audiences, and served as an escalation point for high-priority production-related issues. His technical contributions have been part of an agile development team environment.