Christopher House

Platform Architect / DevOps Engineer

Memphis, TN|linkedin.com/in/1chrishouse|chris@chrishouse.us

Full-stack Technical Architect with 13+ years of experience designing, coding, and modernizing distributed .NET and Angular systems deployed through modern DevOps pipelines. Hands-on expertise across architecture, CI/CD automation, and observability — from writing production C# APIs and Angular front-ends to deploying and monitoring them in Kubernetes. Proven leader of modernization initiatives across 30+ enterprise apps, unifying development, DevOps, and reliability practices.

Core Skills

Architecture & Development.NET 8, C#, ASP.NET Core, REST APIs, Angular 20, TypeScript, RxJS, Redis, RabbitMQ
DevOps & InfrastructureAzure DevOps (Pipelines, Repos, Artifacts), ACR, MicroK8s, Helm, Podman, Docker, Windows Server, Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), NGINX, IIS
Cloud & AutomationInfrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane, Helm), Entra ID, Service Principals, Certificate Management, GitOps (FluxCD, ArgoCD)
Observability & ReliabilityElastic Cloud (ECK, APM, Kibana, Fleet), Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Alerting, Synthetic Monitoring
Security & ComplianceTLS/PKI, Network Segmentation (DMZ), Purdue 3.5 ICS alignment, Secrets Management
LeadershipTechnical architecture, modernization strategy, Agile/Scrum leadership, cross-functional coordination, mentoring

Professional Experience

Staff Software Engineer — St. Jude Cloud

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Memphis, TNFeb 2026 – Present
  • Leading greenfield development of an internal developer platform (IDP) to streamline platform engineering and accelerate developer productivity.
  • Design and provision Azure infrastructure using Terraform and Crossplane for scalable, declarative cloud resource management.
  • Deploy and manage containerized applications on Azure Kubernetes Service with Istio service mesh, Docker, Helm, and FluxCD for GitOps.
  • Build CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and implement continuous monitoring and alerting with Datadog.

Lead Technical Architect / Senior DevOps Engineer

International Paper

Memphis, TN2019 – Feb 2026
  • Architected and coded high-throughput C# APIs and Angular front-ends for Omega, a distributed enterprise platform serving 27 manufacturing sites.
  • Developed reusable Angular modules and Nx monorepo architecture, improving build efficiency and UI consistency across 30+ apps.
  • Built and maintained Helm charts to package, deploy, and manage services across multiple MicroK8s clusters.
  • Designed Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines automating build, test, containerization, and Helm-based deployments for all APIs and Angular apps.
  • Implemented full observability using Elastic, Prometheus, and Fleet Agents — delivering near real-time insights across 250+ Linux and Windows servers.
  • Upgraded enterprise stack: .NET 6→8, Angular 7→20, Elastic 7→9, Docker→Podman — reducing tooling costs ≈$6.5K/year.
  • Partnered with InfoSec and IT to implement DMZ isolation and network segmentation aligned with Purdue 3.5 ICS standards.
  • Mentored engineers across Dev, Ops, and Automation teams on Helm, Kubernetes, Elastic, and CI/CD practices. 5 Scrum teams in total.

Software Engineer

Louis Dreyfus Commodities

Memphis, TN2015 – 2019
  • Developed distributed trading and logistics software with real-time shipment and warehouse tracking features.
  • Built APIs and Angular interfaces in .NET Core to support operational visibility across multiple sites.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines with Atlassian Bamboo, automating builds and deployments.

Software Engineer II

FedEx Services

Memphis, TN2013 – 2015
  • Created ASP.NET applications and automation tools for Technical Services, including a bulk-label system yielding $34M annual revenue.
  • Developed web-based reporting dashboards using ASP.NET and JavaScript.

Education & Certifications

B.S. Computer ScienceMississippi State University
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)Professional Agile Leadership (PAL-I)Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I)Scaled Professional Scrum (SPS)Certified Scrum Developer (CSD)