Chris Johnson

About Chris Johnson

I’m a Senior Platform & Infrastructure Engineer with deep experience building and operating secure, scalable systems across cloud networking, Linux, identity, and automation. I focus on simplifying complex infrastructure through clean design, strong operational practices, and thoughtful tooling.My background spans engineering, DevOps, and security-minded infrastructure work. I’ve designed and maintained AWS environments with private networking, VPC peering, and secure service connectivity; led migrations from PaaS to AWS; improved CI/CD pipelines; and supported distributed systems that require reliability, observability, and strong defaults.I’ve spent significant time working in the “messy middle” of infrastructure: debugging production issues, improving on-call processes, reducing alert fatigue, and turning hard-won lessons into automation and documentation. I enjoy collaborating with product, security, and application teams to build platforms that are easy to use and hard to break.Highlightable work includes- Platform and cloud infrastructure design in AWS, including VPC peering, routing, and multi-account architectures- Secure connectivity and access patterns (VPNs, private networking, identity-driven access)- Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation- CI/CD automation with GitHub Actions and internal tooling- Identity, device trust, and endpoint management (JumpCloud, Google Workspace, JAMF)- Improving reliability through better alerting, runbooks, and automated remediation- Supporting compliance frameworks (HITRUST, SOC2, FedRAMP, CMMC) through technical controlsI thrive in roles where I can be hands-on, mentor teammates, and help teams ship faster by providing reliable, secure, and well-designed platforms. I’m motivated by curiosity, continuous improvement, and building systems that scale with both people and products.

Experience

1. Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

   Secureframe

   Nov 2022 — Present

   Senior platform and infrastructure engineer working hands-on across AWS, networking, reliability, and internal tooling. Partner closely with engineering, security, and product teams to build scalable, secure systems while mentoring teammates and improving operational maturity.• Designed and operated AWS infrastructure across multiple accounts, including VPC peering, private networking, routing, and secure service connectivity• Led and contributed to the migration from Heroku to AWS, improving scalability, cost control, and operational visibility• Built and maintained secure customer and vendor connectivity, including PrivateLink, IP allowlists• Supported FedRAMP and CMMC initiatives through infrastructure design, access controls, logging, and system hardening• Migrated CI/CD pipelines from CircleCI to GitHub Actions, improving reliability and developer experience• Built internal tooling using Rake, Make, and GitHub Actions to streamline operations and cross-team workflows• Designed and deployed infrastructure for the Trust Center, including custom SSL, DNS automation, and customer domain support• Improved on-call operations through rapid-retro postmortems, alert tuning, runbooks, and automated remediation• Drove meaningful cost optimization across compute, storage, and networking

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  Bachelor of Business Administration, Information Systems - Business Analysis

  2007 — 2008

• University of Wisconsin-Stout

  Computer Science / Information Technology

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Enterprise Architecture
• .net
• Jquery
• Web Applications
• Css
• Selenium Testing
• Rails
• Os X
• Mac Os X
• Postgresql
• Html
• Test Driven Development
• Ruby on Rails
• Agile Methodologies
• Bdd
• Rspec
• Windows Server
• Web Application Design
• Web Development
• Javascript
• Html 5
• Git
• Rhce
• Software Development
• Ruby
• Html5
• Xml
• Rest
• Tdd
• Windows
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Facilities Management
• Microsoft Sql Server