Rory Kiefer

About Rory Kiefer

I\'m an engineer\'s engineer, and passionate about the Software Lifecycle. As a twenty year industry vet, my ideal position has opportunity to mentor others, as well as the opportunity to learn from others and grow as an engineer. I\'m always happy as long as I\'m learning.I\'m extremely team oriented and find myself more motivated by team wins than personal ones. I have experience operating at every phase of the software lifecycle, and can jump in to any team in a software engineering outfit and make solid, continued improvement.I\'ve been programming (and loving it) since I was in 7th grade. My most recent work passions are data engineering, cloud process optimization via containers and serverless, enterprise secops and compliance, and next-level (\"DRY\") infrastructure/configuration as code (iac / cac) via Terragrunt.Network with me via my email address: linkedin (at) keef.biz

Experience

1. Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Foundational Infrastructure

   FanDuel

   Jun 2024 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US

   My second foray into engineering leadership, I represent FanDuel\'s Foundational Infrastructure team with focus on elevating FanDuel\'s market-leading products. I am responsible for standardizing and enhancing our cloud platform by designing, approving, and executing technical strategies. My role includes building strong working relationships with global teams and leveraging expertise in AWS, DataDog, Cloud Networking, Infrastructure as Code, Software Engineering, and Kubernetes to deliver highly efficient and scalable solutions. The best part of my role, however, is helping engineers/teams reach their goals and be their best.

Education

• Southern Polytechnic State University

  B.S, Computer Science

  2000 — 2008