Zackary Maupin

About Zackary Maupin

I build platform teams that make engineers faster. 10+ years in infrastructure, SRE, and platform engineering. Currently Senior Engineering Manager at Wunderkind, leading the DevProd org: Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, Product Security, and Developer Experience. 12 engineers across 3 teams. What I\'ve done: Transformed 2 ticket-based service teams into self-serve platform teams. Engineers now get infrastructure and testing tooling in minutes, not weeksBuilt Product Security from the ground up after a major org restructuringLed the build of a self-serve IaC platform that cut infrastructure provisioning from 1 week to minutesReduced cloud spend by ~14% while building the observability foundation for company-wide FinOpsPromoted 3 engineers across levels: Senior to Lead, Junior to Senior (x2) What I\'m good at: Team transformation: turning reactive ops teams into proactive platform teamsDeveloping engineers: I take people development seriouslyStaying technical: I lead from the front, not from a spreadsheetFinOps: I understand cloud economics, not just cloud infrastructure

Experience

1. Manager, Infra Prodsec Devex

   Wunderkind

   Jul 2023 — Present

   Built and led the DevProd org: Infrastructure, Product Security, and Developer Experience. 12 engineers across 3 teams. Focused the org around a single outcome: make engineers faster and infrastructure more reliable.Org Design & Team Transformation- Transitioned 2 teams from ticket-based service models to self-serve platforms. DevOps became a platform engineering team, Quality Engineering became DevEx. Engineers across the org now get infrastructure and testing tooling without waiting on another team- Built ProdSec from scratch following a major org restructuring. Defined the charter, hired into the team, protected scope, and resolved ongoing friction with IT leadership to establish a functional cross-departmental partnershipPeople Development- Promoted 3 engineers: 1 Senior to Lead, 2 Junior to SeniorPlatform & Developer Productivity- Led the build of a self-serve IaC platform. Reduced infrastructure provisioning from 1 week to minutes, eliminating a chronic bottleneck for the engineering org- Strategic architectural partner for org-wide GitLab to GitHub migration across 20+ teamsFinOps- Reduced cloud spend by ~14% through infrastructure optimization while laying the observability foundation for unit economics and AI compute cost trackingProduct Security- Owned ProdSec engineering function: IAM, JITA, cloud permissions, CVE management, code security, and product security policies. Contributed to SOC2 and ISO audit processes, pentest coordination, DRBC exercises, and client security questionnaires alongside InfoSec.

Education

• Lakewood High School

  High School Diploma, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates

  2000 — 2004

Skills

• Group Policy
• Desktop Computers
• Sales
• Computer Security
• System Administration
• Vmware
• Operating Systems
• Inventory Management
• Dell Computers
• Program Management
• Css
• IT Operations
• Consumer Electronics
• Vmware Esx
• Strategic Planning
• Leadership
• Red Hat Linux
• Help Desk Support
• Technical Support
• Customer Service
• Computer Repair
• Team Leadership
• Wireless
• Management
• Laptops
• Windows 7
• Product Marketing
• Windows Xp
• Merchandising
• Os X
• Active Directory
• Hardware
• Antivirus
• A+ Certified
• Remote Desktop
• Training
• Customer Satisfaction
• Sharepoint
• Security
• Virtualization