Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
Jay-Alexander Elliot
I build AWS platforms for teams that need reliability, clear delivery, and strong operational discipline. My background includes nine years in production, Terraform and AWS ownership across client AWS environments, and a FedRAMP-compliant State of Utah platform that was featured at the 2025 Data Privacy & Governance Summit.
AWS · Terraform · CI/CD · Python · TypeScript · Compliance-heavy systems
Why Me
A small set of facts that explain why I am a strong fit for platform and infrastructure roles, with clear proof instead of broad claims.
State of Utah Platform
Built a FedRAMP-compliant AI and compliance platform for the Office of Data Privacy, covering OCR ingestion, retrieval workflows, and policy-driven delivery for statewide privacy and governance work.
Public Credibility
That State of Utah work was featured at the 2025 Data Privacy & Governance Summit, giving a public anchor for platform and compliance delivery.
AWS Ownership At Scale
Owned AWS infrastructure across client AWS environments at picoEdge, with Terraform, CI/CD, IAM, and compliance controls across repeatable environments.
Founding Engineer Range
Served as a founding engineer twice, shipping HIPAA-compliant healthcare systems tied to Medicaid, behavioral health, and hospital network delivery.
Experience
The through line in my work is AWS platform delivery in high-trust environments where uptime, auditability, and clear execution all matter.
2017 - 2021
Founding Engineer
Parrot Health and TigoHealth
Built production healthcare systems from early-stage startup conditions, covering both application code and infrastructure in HIPAA-sensitive environments.
- Built HIPAA-compliant AWS systems and TypeScript applications for Medicaid and behavioral health use cases.
- Shipped patient-facing and operational workflows in small founding teams with broad ownership.
- Supported platform delivery tied to a hospital network serving large patient and Medicaid populations.
2021 - 2024
DevOps Engineer
picoEdge
Primary AWS owner across client AWS environments, with Terraform, compliance work, and repeatable deployment patterns.
- Owned platform operations, IAM boundaries, delivery pipelines, and production reliability across client AWS environments.
- Authored Terraform standards across multiple environments per client using modular HCL and remote state.
- Implemented SOC 2 and FedRAMP controls while maintaining zero downtime across AWS and private-cloud systems.
2024 - 2025
Lead Software Engineer
State of Utah, Office of Data Privacy
Sole engineer on a FedRAMP-compliant AI and compliance platform used for statewide privacy and governance workflows.
- Built OCR ingestion, OpenSearch retrieval workflows, and a React frontend on Amplify with Cognito auth.
- Delivered privacy notice, record retention, and CAO registration workflows under GDPA requirements.
- Platform was featured at the 2025 Data Privacy & Governance Summit.
Selected work
A small set of projects that reinforce the platform and infrastructure story.
Utah AI Compliance Tool
Built a production platform for document ingestion, retrieval, and compliance workflows at the State of Utah Office of Data Privacy.
FedRAMP-compliant delivery, sole-engineer ownership, and public proof through the 2025 Data Privacy & Governance Summit.
GeckoForge
Automation toolkit for repeatable Linux workstation and developer environment setup.
Shows platform-minded automation work focused on reducing setup drift and speeding environment rebuilds.
keripy
Core contributor to the KERI protocol reference implementation used for decentralized identity and trust infrastructure.
Demonstrates production-adjacent Python work in a high-trust systems space with government and enterprise relevance.