David Chait

About David Chait

Principal DevOps / Platform Engineer and Engineering Manager with 15+ years of experience designing, scaling, and operating cloud-native infrastructure in enterprise and regulated environments.Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD platforms, Linux systems, and cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Extensive background leading large-scale on-premises to cloud migration programs and building internal developer platforms that support thousands of production workloads and CI/CD pipelines.Proven leader of platform, DevOps, and infrastructure teams, owning technical architecture, delivery roadmaps, and execution while partnering closely with security, compliance, and application organizations. Comfortable operating as both a hands-on principal engineer and an engineering manager, depending on organizational needs.Currently open to Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, and Engineering Manager roles focused on platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and large-scale modernization initiatives.

Experience

1. Staff Engineer

   BNSF Railway

   Mar 2026 — Present

   I am currently leading a team responsible for delivering PaaS solutions for BNSF,

Education

• California State University - East Bay

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business Analytics

  2017 — 2020

• San José State University

  BS, Business - MIS

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Systems Analysis
• Puppet
• Infrastructure
• Data Center
• Hyper-V
• Troubleshooting
• Ruby
• Software Development
• Python
• IT Management
• Cisco Systems Products
• Operating Systems
• Dns
• Integration
• Sql
• Linux
• Computer Security
• Windows
• Bash
• Vmware
• Project Management
• Network Administration
• Salt
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Servers
• Virtualization
• Virtual Private Network (Vpn)
• Storage
• Tcp/Ip
• Cisco Technologies
• Chef
• Apache
• Mysql
• System Administration
• Security
• Docker
• Cisco Ios
• Shell Scripting