Keith McCanless

Portrait of Keith McCanless
Person An icon of a human figure Status
Double Agent
Hash An icon of a hash sign Code Name
Agent 0068
Location An icon of a map marker Location
Columbus, OH

His mission

(he chose to accept it)
Make developers productive, environments secure, and operations invisible

Recent Deployments

Robot
Developed CircleCI Orb
Package
Grew and maintained Terraform module library
Craft
Built AWS Lambda Framework in Go
Cloud
Created Blue/Green Deployments in ECS

Tools & Tradecraft

Node.js/Typescript

Go

AWS/DevOps

CI/CD Pipelines

Security

Noteworthy Achievements

Developed ECS deployment pipeline utilizing CircleCI, AWS Step Functions, DynamoDB, and Lambdas
Lead SOC2 Certification for Web/Mobile Application Suite
Actively reorganizing approximately 100 AWS accounts using AWS best practices resulted in annual cost savings of over 20%
Migrated Application Infrastruction from Heroku to AWS while implementing Infrastructure as Code and Secrets Management

Reports from the Field

  1. XYB (Examine your buckets)

    Another major corporation is in the news for data loss. Don't let your company be next. XYB - Examine your buckets!
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    August 6, 2020
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Keith McCanless
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
    Process
    DevOps

  2. Security the elephant

    Sure security can be complex, expensive, and time-consuming. However, ignoring it is not an option. Sometimes the key is to keep it simple and start small.
    Time An icon of a clock Publish Date
    May 19, 2020
    Person An icon of a human figure Authors
    Keith McCanless
    Category An icon of a paper organzier Categories
    Security
    Agile
    Process

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