Experience

Objective

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I seek a role where I can apply my technical skills to contribute to an organization while expanding my expertise and facing diverse challenges to grow professionally. I also aim to further cultivate servant leadership principles through practical experience.

Experience Timeline

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Below is a concise visual timeline of roles. Bullet points highlight collaborative impact. Select Full details → for the full detail page about an experience.

1. Cloud Security Engineer

   Mar 2025 – Present

   Ford Motor Company

   • Implemented secure-by-default guardrails including image provenance verification and RBAC tightening
   • Integrated vulnerability scanning and policy enforcement into CI/CD workflows
   • Co-authored internal Kubernetes security guidelines translating compliance controls into actionable developer guidance

   
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2. MBA

   May 2024

   Oakland University

   • Completed graduate coursework focusing on the intersection of business strategy and information technology
   • Developed advanced skills in IT governance, enterprise architecture, and technology management
   • Balanced full-time professional work with evening and weekend graduate studies
3. Kubernetes Platform Engineer

   Dec 2022 – Mar 2025

   Ford Motor Company

   • Coordinated core upgrades across multi-cluster OpenShift and Kubernetes environments maintaining N-1 compliance
   • Co-facilitated the Kubernetes User Group and co-maintained internal documentation hub
   • Improved Terraform modules with validation, version pinning, and policy alignment
   • Participated in on-call rotation handling incident triage, root cause analysis, and communications

   
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4. DevOps Engineer

   Sep 2020 – Dec 2022

   Ford Motor Company

   • Supported Android (ConcourseCI) and iOS (CircleCI) CI/CD pipelines plus Spring Boot and Angular services
   • Led cross-functional hackathon producing a code review helper tool adopted in production
   • Hardened pipelines and reduced onboarding friction for application teams

   
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5. BS, Information Technology

   May 2020

   Oakland University

   • Completed undergraduate degree with focus on systems administration and network infrastructure
   • Gained foundational knowledge in programming, databases, and IT operations
   • Applied classroom concepts through internship experiences in enterprise environments
6. IT Intern

   Jun 2019 – Sep 2020

   KOSTAL Group

   • Built early container proofs of concept (Grafana, NetBox) informing future platform direction
   • Delivered Grafana dashboards surfacing network metrics during remote work transition
   • Provided broad IT operations support across networking, monitoring, and endpoints

   
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7. SAP Intern

   Oct 2018 – May 2019

   KOSTAL Group

   • Produced SAP training media and written guides accelerating employee onboarding
   • Converted training materials into Moodle courses improving accessibility
   • Supported upgrade activities, gaining exposure to ERP release and change management cycles

   
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Skills

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Platform and Cloud: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Terraform, GitOps, Tekton, Red Hat Dev Spaces, Bash scripting, Ansible, Google Cloud (Cloud Run, Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, GKE, IAM)

Programming: Go, Python, JavaScript, Object Oriented Programming fundamentals

Deployable Manifest

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Apply this YAML to your Kubernetes environment to implement your own!

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    name: garrett-holland-dev
    namespace: garrett-dev
    labels:
        location: Detroit, MI
        role: Kubernetes Platform Engineer
    annotations:
        linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrettholland/
        github: https://github.com/glholland
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    headline: Kubernetes Platform Engineer
    location: Detroit, MI
    skills:
        - Kubernetes
        - OpenShift
        - Terraform
        - GitOps
        - Tekton
        - Google Cloud
        - Go
        - Python
        - JavaScript
    experience:
        - company: Ford Motor Company
            position: Cloud Security Engineer
            period: Mar 2025 - Present
        - company: Ford Motor Company
            position: Kubernetes Platform Engineer
            period: Dec 2022 - Mar 2025
        - company: Ford Motor Company
            position: DevOps Engineer
            period: Sep 2020 - Dec 2022
        - company: KOSTAL Group
            position: IT Intern
            period: Jun 2019 - Sep 2020
        - company: KOSTAL Group
            position: SAP Intern
            period: Oct 2018 - May 2019
    education:
        - institution: Oakland University
            degree: MBA
            field: Management of Information Systems
            year: 2024
        - institution: Oakland University
            degree: BS
            field: Information Technology
            year: 2020
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    available: true
    currentRole: Cloud Security Engineer
    lastUpdated: "2025-03-15T00:00:00Z"