Personal Position

Hirecarta Summary

Copy/paste from Hirecarta AI (Career Guide)

Career Path

Career Track:

Individual Contributor (IC) in Systems Engineering & DevOps with strong
technical leadership and open-source influence. Transitioning toward senior
technical leadership (e.g., Principal Engineer, Staff Engineer, or DevOps
Architect), with demonstrated cross-functional impact in security, automation,
and infrastructure resilience.

Experience Level

Senior to Executive-Level Technical Expert (15+ years of progressive systems
engineering and infrastructure leadership). Current role reflects
Principal-level responsibilities despite title of 'Senior Systems Engineer'.

Progression Pattern

Began in application development and system administration (early 2000s),
evolved into automation-focused DevOps and SRE roles by mid-2010s. Consistently
advanced into higher-complexity environments (SMB → enterprise → hyperscale).
Demonstrates a pattern of joining organizations during technical debt crises
and leading stabilization, modernization, and automation initiatives.

Transferable Skills

  • Infrastructure automation (Ansible, SaltStack, Chef)

  • Security compliance and hardening (CIS, HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR)

  • Incident response and disaster recovery leadership

  • Cross-functional stakeholder collaboration (developers, network engineers, security teams)

  • Documentation and knowledge management at scale

  • Open-source contribution and community leadership

  • End-user experience design in secure environments

  • CI/CD integration for infrastructure and configuration changes

Next Career Moves

Principal Systems Engineer (Ready now)

A natural vertical move given your current responsibilities at Utah Broadband
and past leadership in incident response, automation, and cross-team
coordination. You already operate at this level.

DevOps Architect (Ready now)

Leverages your automation, security, and compliance expertise in a strategic
role. Your work at Sony, Volkswagen, and Juniper shows you can define and
enforce enterprise-wide standards.

Staff Systems Engineer (Ready now)

Your open-source leadership, documentation excellence, and mentoring passion
make you ideal for a Staff Engineer role focused on platform enablement and
technical guidance.

Head of Secure AI/ML Infrastructure (1-2 years)

A lateral move with strategic growth potential. Your security automation,
compliance tooling, and IRB experience position you well for a role shaping
ethical and secure AI infrastructure.

SFIA Skills Matrix

This table is a personal creation that merges an AUS/ACS Self-Evaluation with SFIA Categories.

Color Key - Summarizes coverage within Résumé/CV

Meaning

Prevalent

Keep in Rewrite

Missing in Résumé/CV

Do Not Show/Have

Color coding is primarily intended to guide laguage used when updating my CV/Résumé–not as a personal skills assessment.

SFIA-aligned Skills Matrix

Attribute

Level 4 (Operational Depth)

Level 5 (Drive Change)

Level 6 (Infrastructure Strategy)

Level 7 (Organizational Strategy)

Autonomy

General direction, personal
responsibility, team delegation

Broad direction, self-initiated
work, task definition

Strategic decisions, defined authority,
organisational accountability

Vision setting, full accountability,
strategic delegation

Influence

Project influence,
tactical contacts

Domain influence, operational
decisions, resource control

Strategy formation, organisational
leadership, senior stakeholders

Strategic direction, inspirational
leadership, enterprise authority

Complexity

Varied contexts,
complex activities

Unpredictable environments,
extensive activities

Highly complex, multi-dimensional
(technical/financial/quality)

Strategic leadership, governance,
executive management

Knowledge

Integrated field knowledge,
organisational domain

In-depth expertise,
authoritative advice

Broad business knowledge,
strategic decision support

Strategic foresight,
industry shaping

Collaboration

Cross-functional teamwork,
shared objectives

Diverse objectives,
organisational relationships

Senior stakeholder leadership,
competing priorities

Strategic partnerships,
industry leadership

Communication

Clear explanations,
mixed audiences, listening

Impactful communication,
consensus building

Credible influence,
organisational alignment

Authoritative persuasion,
industry engagement

Improvement
Mindset

Team improvements,
procedural change

Evaluated enhancements,
local leadership

Organisation-wide improvement,
strategic alignment

Continuous improvement culture,
enterprise impact

Creativity

Alternative approaches,
idea facilitation

Innovative solutions,
customer value

Strategic innovation,
new ideas at scale

Innovation champion,
strategy-driven creativity

Decision-making

Judgement on complex
issues, escalation

Informed operational
decisions, risk awareness

Strategic judgement, financial impact

Critical enterprise decisions,
executive governance

Digital Mindset

Tool optimisation,
standards awareness

Technology impact
assessment, practice adoption

Digital capability leadership,
governance

Digital transformation vision,
regulatory accountability

Leadership

Team guidance,
risk awareness

Operational leadership,
policy execution

Organisational leadership,
strategy contribution

Strategic leadership, governance,
enterprise risk

Learning &
Development

Rapid learning,
self/team development

Standards setting,
capability growth

Strategic capability building,
leadership development

Learning culture ownership,
future skills readiness

Planning

Scheduling, monitoring,
quality focus

Milestones, cost/time control

Strategic objectives,
responsibility assignment

Enterprise planning authority

Problem-Solving

Issue analysis,
option evaluation

Root cause analysis,
expert collaboration

Strategic anticipation,
resource allocation

Enterprise problem resolution,
systemic judgement

Adaptability

Supporting change, flexibility

Leading transitions,
stability focus

Organisational change leadership

Cultural agility,
resilience embedding

Security, Privacy
& Ethics

Standards application,
compliance awareness

Professional practices,
ethical culture support

Cultural leadership,
inclusion, equity

Strategic governance,
diversity leadership

Evaluation Summary

The table shows that my CV and Résumé describe what I have accomplished but neglects to cover what organizational need drove me to specific tasks.