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Vol. I · Engineer & Rescuer
Builds reliable systems.
Brings people home.
Two careers, one operating manual: stay calm, work the problem, leave it better than you found it. By day, DevOps and Cloud Architecture. By night and weekend, Technical Rescue, Public Safety Diving, and Festival Medicine.
Sub-dial · Index
I · The Tech Practice
DevOps, cloud architecture, site reliability.
I design and operate the systems that quietly do their jobs and provide services to users. Cloud-native(AWS/GCP/Azure) infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, and assocated site-reliability/monitoring.
- Cloud Architect · Cloud Architecture
- Cloud Solutions/DevOps Engineer · Cloud Solutions Engineer
- IT Operations Director · IT Operations Director
II · The Rescue Practice
Technical rescue, dive recovery, festival medicine.
The other half of the work. Rope and swiftwater rescue, public safety diving, Sonar scanning, pre-hospital EMS, and mass-gathering medicine at various festivals. The systems are different but the discipline is the same: train hard, check your systems/processes, and know what you're doing before the day goes sideways.
- EMT-Basic · Emergency Medical Services
- Festival Medic · Festival Medicine
- Public Safety Diver · Public Safety Diving & Scuba Recovery
“Both practices reward the same things: calm under pressure, respect for the fundamentals, and the humility to call for help when you need it.”
— from the field notes
III · Field Notes
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