Daniel Mahoney

About Daniel Mahoney

DevOps Manager and certified Project Management Professional (PMP®) with 17+ years of experience leading IT transformation, modernization, and governance initiatives across New York State government agencies. I blend deep technical expertise with strategic business leadership to deliver technology solutions that drive measurable organizational value.At the NYS Workers’ Compensation Board, I oversee a cross-functional team implementing DevOps practices, automation, and hybrid project methodologies that enhance efficiency, reliability, and service delivery. I’m passionate about cultivating innovation, accountability, and collaboration to achieve high-impact results.Holding an MBA with a concentration in Cybersecurity, I bring a business-first perspective to technology management—balancing risk, compliance, and value creation. As a Microsoft Certified professional, I apply Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud governance best practices to align IT operations with enterprise objectives.Core strengths include strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, risk and security management, agile and hybrid delivery, and technology modernization. I thrive at the intersection of people, process, and technology—delivering secure, scalable, and high-performing solutions.

Experience

1. Devops Manager (Mits 1)

   NYS Office of Information Technology Services

   Nov 2023 — Present · Albany, NY, US

   Business Application SolutionsNYS Workers’ Compensation BoardWCB Dedicated Support Team•Provides senior leadership for enterprise DevOps and cloud platform operations supporting the Workers’ Compensation Board’s mission-critical OnBoard application, ensuring high availability, performance, and regulatory compliance across production environments. •Defines and executes DevOps strategy aligned with organizational modernization goals, balancing security, reliability, cost efficiency, and delivery velocity in a large-scale Azure cloud environment. •Leads and mentors a multidisciplinary DevOps engineering team, establishing clear performance objectives, career development plans, and accountability metrics to drive operational excellence and continuous improvement. •Architects and oversees infrastructure-as-code (IaC) implementations using Terraform, standardizing cloud provisioning and configuration management across development, test, and production environments. •Serves as a key liaison between technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership, translating complex technical concepts into actionable plans and risk-informed decisions.

Education

• Empire State University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Information Systems with Business

  2010 — 2013

• University at Albany

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Cybersecurity Elective Track

  2019

Skills

• System Administration
• Html
• Troubleshooting
• Sql
• Websphere Application Server
• Data Analysis
• Information Technology
• Java
• Data Migration
• Technical Documentation
• Team Leadership
• Program Management
• Mainframe
• Business Analysis
• Supervisory Skills
• Application Migrations
• Websphere
• Software Documentation
• Databases