Cindy Singleton

About Cindy Singleton

I am an individual with a strong thirst for knowledge, who sees cloud, big data, data…

Experience

1. Solutions Architect

   Ashley Furniture Industries

   Jun 2024 — Present · Tampa, FL, US

   I am a Solutions Architect on the Ashley Furniture Enterprise Architecture team. My work spans from greenfield network design to Terraform-based deployments in Google Cloud Platform (GCP). I successfully deployed Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters using Terraform modules in a way that aligns with Ashley’s existing Azure hybrid cloud architecture.I also developed an Agentic AI demonstration applying game theory principles to simulate a fictitious factory system. The demo showcased how an API-driven AI solution can dynamically adapt without machine learning model training. Using ChatGPT-5, I demonstrated rapid adaptation, monitoring, and control of a simulated manufacturing environment, highlighting the potential of AI-assisted operations in complex, real-time systems.In addition, I have collaborated with software vendors to ensure proper CI/CD practices through Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. These efforts supported enterprise-grade containerized deployments to Kubernetes clusters, with robust architectures that include:Enterprise-level redundancy and TLS managementHashiCorp Vault for secrets managementKong and ingress-nginx for API and traffic routingPrometheus for monitoring and observabilityCrossplane and custom operators for infrastructure automationMySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Kafka for data and event streamingA wide range of open-source tools deployed within an event-driven, enterprise-grade application architecture

Education

• Florida Institute of Technology

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Engineering

  1988 — 1993