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Jeff Ussing

Solutions Architect & Backend Engineer
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About Me

Solutions Architect and Backend Engineer with 15+ years of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure in high-stakes federal environments. Proven track record designing serverless architectures, Terraform-managed multi-account AWS Organizations, generative AI pipelines, and secure data platforms supporting U.S. Department of Transportation contracts. Skilled in AWS (Bedrock, Lambda, GuardDuty), Terraform, Python, and Databricks Unity Catalog. U.S. Army veteran adept at translating complex compliance requirements into production-grade IaC. Let's connect and explore how we can collaborate to drive success in your organization.

Work Experience

2025 - Present Solutions Architect Halvik
2020 - 2026 Senior Technologist – Subject Matter Expert QinetiQ US
2018 - 2025 Co-Founder – Consultant Red Delta Group
2017 - 2020 Data Analyst Hexcel Corporation
2014 - 2017 Business Operations Analyst II Albany Engineered Composites
2011 - 2014 Production Planner/Scheduler II Albany Engineered Composites
2008 - 2011 Engineering Technician II Jacobs Technology
1991 - 1997 Forward Observer US Army

My Expertise

Generative AI Pipelines & AWS Bedrock
Infrastructure as Code & Terraform
Data Warehousing and Data Pipelines
DevSecOps Team leadership
Agile/Scrum Projects

Education

Graduate Courses in Information Systems, Business Intelligence and Analytics University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business
Project Risk Management University of Utah, Professional Education
Data Driven leadership University of Utah, Professional Education
Bachelor of Science, Business Management Western Governors University
Production, Quality & Manufacturing, Level I Defense Acquisition University
Program Management, Level I Defense Acquisition University
Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Scrum Alliance
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner AWS
CompTIA Security+ CompTIA
SAS Certified Specialist: Base Programming Using SAS 9.4 SAS
Oracle Database SQL Certified Associate Oracle
CompTIA Project+ CompTIA

Skills & abilities

AWS
Terraform
Python
T-SQL & PL/SQL
R/RStudio
DAX, & Power Query M Code

Language skills

English

My Interests & Hobbies

Amateur Radio Operator

Title 47 CFR Part 97 General License, N7YFO

I'd love to hear from you!