Kirk L

Software Development and DevOps Consultant

Fiverr • Self-employed

Oct 2024 - Present • 2 yrs

Design and manage software development projects from inception to launch, translating goals into architecture, implementation plans, and working software. Use LLMs and AI agents to support development and automate engineering workflows. Recent project: design and development of a triangular crypto arbitrage bot using Python, Rust, and Solidity.

Senior DevOps Engineer - Sandbox Team (R&D)

CrowdStrike

Jan 2019 - Sep 2024 • 5 yrs 8 mos

Developed and operated large-scale distributed systems supporting advanced behavioral analysis for Falcon X and Hybrid Analysis. Managed projects to identify single points of failure and replace them with clustered technologies. Built extensive automation for infrastructure management, deployments, and routine operations. Improved throughput and reliability through performance tuning, troubleshooting, and infrastructure optimization.

Operations / Cloud Operations

MixMode

Dec 2013 - May 2018 • 4 yrs 5 mos

Architected an on-premises security platform used for customer evaluations. Automated cloud, virtualized, and bare-metal deployments, build packaging, installation, and delivery. Provisioned on-demand development, staging, and QA environments. Implemented monitoring, dashboards, and automated reports; supported hundreds of intrusion detection sensors feeding databases, messaging pipelines, and log analytics systems.