Corey Shields
Platform Engineer & Engineering Manager
- Role
- Principal Platform Engineer at Superwise
- Location
- Bloomington, IN, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Corey Shields
I have a passion for systems engineering, building teams, and open source communities. My…
Experience
Principal Platform Engineer
Jul 2021 — Present
At BOSS AI, Blattner Technologies, and SUPERWISE, I have led modernization initiatives that transformed AI and SaaS platforms into resilient, multi-tenant, and developer-friendly ecosystems. My focus is on accelerating delivery, reducing operational friction, and enabling secure AI innovation at scale.Key Accomplishments Cloud-Native SaaS Platform Architecture – Designed and evolved multi-tenant AI platforms on Kubernetes (GKE, EKS, k3s), using Helmfile, Helm, and GitOps for consistent multi-cluster delivery. Accelerated Delivery & Automation – Reduced platform setup from weeks to hours by building GitLab CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scans, and progressive rollouts. Modern Identity & Access – Implemented OAuth2/OIDC with Auth0, Keycloak, and Frontegg. Migrated legacy LDAP/CAS to standards-based IAM, enabling SSO, tenant-aware RBAC, and secure machine-to-machine workflows. Data & APIs – Architected PostgreSQL and StackGres clusters; developed scalable MSSQL-backed microservices. Delivered pipelines with NiFi, OpenSearch, and S3 for ingest, ETL, and search. Adopted OpenMetadata to provide data context to AI agents. AI Platform Enablement – Adopted Kubeflow and Flowise for ML experimentation and orchestration. Standardized FastAPI and Laravel services with observability and CI/CD. Advanced prompt and context engineering to connect AI outputs to production apps. Resiliency & Security – Strengthened platform security with Kubernetes RBAC, OAuth, and hardened Helm. Built monitoring and troubleshooting tools; led complex production upgrades.🤝 Leadership – Partnered with product and data science teams to align capabilities with business needs. Mentored engineers on Kubernetes, CI/CD, and DevOps best practices.
Skills
- Dns
- Debian
- Strategic Planning
- Php
- Mysql
- Software Development
- Leadership
- Red Hat Linux
- Solaris
- Apache
- Open Source
- System Administration
- Operating Systems
- High Availability
- Bash
- Linux
- Troubleshooting
- Domain Name System (Dns)
- Cluster
- Fantasy Football
- Servers
- High Performance Computing
- Management
- Data Center
- Unix
- Ssh
- Google Docs
- Open Source Software
- Virtualization
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