Christopher Barclay

Cloud Engineer | San Diego, CA

I'm a Cloud engineer with six years experience writing software and automation. I've successfully led customers through complex technology challenges while leveraging DevOps practices.

I possess strong technical knowledge in Google Cloud Platform, focusing on IaaS, PaaS, Kubernetes, and IaC using Terraform.

Education / Skills

Certificates

Google Cloud Platform: Associate Cloud Engineer (GCP), Cloud Digital Leader (GCP)
Scrum Alliance: Certified Scrum Master (CSM, Scrum Alliance)

Languages

Terraform, Bash, Python, JavaScript, React, Redux, HTML, CSS, PHP, Java, SQL

Tools

Git, GitHub, Jira, Basecamp, Visual Studio, Teamwork, Notion, Google Workspace

Platforms

Google Cloud Platform, Kubernetes, Docker, WordPress, HubSpot, Magento

University of California, San Diego

B.A. Political Science and International Relations

Experience

Technical Project Manager, May 2021 - April 2022
— PINT, Inc. | San Diego

Introduced and trained my team in scrum methodology, which improved the agility of the software development lifecycle by 50%.
Owned client relationships and orchestrated new development for $2M of company portfolio.
Chartered statement of work, budgets, timelines, and deliverables for 28 projects.
Coordinated with clients to gather business and technical requirements and translated them into a backlog of development items.
Overhauled a large ecommerce website to modernize it and improve product search functionality, which increased client conversions by 35%.

Technical Project Manager, Jan 2020 - May 2021
— Barefoot Solutions | San Diego

Led a B2B machine learning project that cut the client's labor costs by 30% per year.
Orchestrated the consolidation of 8 state-based websites into one national application.
Managed overseas teams of developers to produce 15 new products for 11 US clients.
Collaborated with cross-functional internal team to plan and design technical projects.

Web Developer, Aug 2019 - Jan 2020
— San Diego

Managed release processes for production deployment of a microservices-based web application.
Added functionality and reviewed code for a Google Maps based web application.
Customized code for a Wordpress-based ecommerce website, according to client business requirements.