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{\LARGE\textbf{Elias A. Sterling}}\\[4pt]
{\large\textcolor{cyan}{Senior Systems Engineer · Cloud Native Infrastructure \& Security}}\\[5pt]
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Seattle, Washington \quad|\quad
\href{mailto:e.sterling@example-mail.org}{e.sterling@example-mail.org} \quad|\quad
+1 (206) 555 0198\\[2pt]
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Systems Engineer with over 8 years of experience in designing high-availability cloud architectures. Expert in container orchestration and automated provisioning. Led the migration of a legacy monolithic infrastructure to a microservices-based environment for \textbf{Nimbus Analytics}, resulting in a \textbf{40\% reduction} in operational overhead and \textbf{99.99\% uptime} across global regions.
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\textbf{M.S. Software Engineering}, School of Computing, Pacific Tech Institute \hfill 2013 -- 2015
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\textbf{Programming} & Rust, Python, Go, Bash, C++, SQL \\[2pt]
\textbf{Infrastructure} & Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Docker, Ansible \\[2pt]
\textbf{Security} & OAuth2, TLS/SSL, IAM, Network Tunneling, Encryption at Rest \\[2pt]
\textbf{Monitoring} & Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Jaeger, CloudWatch \\[2pt]
\textbf{Architecture} & Microservices, Event-Driven Design, Zero Trust Networking \\[2pt]
\textbf{Tools} & Git, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Bazel, Spinnaker \\[2pt]
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\cventry{Lead Infrastructure Engineer}{Jan 2021 -- Present}{SkyBound Cloud Solutions}{Kubernetes · Terraform · AWS · Go}
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\item \textbf{Engineered a multi-region Kubernetes mesh architecture}, supporting over \textbf{2,000 internal services} and processing \textbf{500TB of weekly telemetry data}.
\item \textbf{Developed custom Terraform providers} in Go to automate the deployment of proprietary security hardware across edge locations.
\item \textbf{Implemented a Zero Trust security model}, reducing unauthorized access attempts by \textbf{85\%} through rigorous identity-aware proxying.
\item \textbf{Optimized CI/CD pipelines} using Bazel, decreasing build times from 45 minutes to under 6 minutes for the core platform.
\item \textbf{Directed a cross-functional team of 12}, establishing standardized incident response protocols that halved the Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR).
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\cventry{Cloud Operations Engineer}{Jun 2017 -- Dec 2020}{IronLogic Systems}{Python · Docker · Ansible · Jenkins}
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\item \textbf{Automated the lifecycle management of 5,000+ virtual machines} via Python scripts, saving the company \textbf{\$250k annually} in manual labor costs.
\item \textbf{Standardized containerization across 40 internal applications}, ensuring environment parity and eliminating "it works on my machine" bottlenecks.
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Developed a lightweight service mesh sidecar designed for ultra-low latency environments, featuring \textbf{mTLS by default} and \textbf{hot-reloading} configurations.
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\projentry{\href{https://github.com/placeholder/ansitest}{AnsiTest}}{Automated Infrastructure Auditor · Python}{
Built a testing suite that validates infrastructure-as-code deployments against \textbf{CIS security benchmarks} and corporate compliance policies.
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English (Native) \quad|\quad French (Professional) \quad|\quad German (Conversational)
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