Christopher House
Platform Architect / DevOps Engineer
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 (Helm), Entra ID, Service Principals, Certificate Management, GitOps
Observability & ReliabilityElastic Cloud (ECK, APM, Kibana, Fleet), Prometheus, Grafana, 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
Lead Technical Architect / Senior DevOps Engineer
International Paper
- 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.
- Implemented .NET 8 REST services with RabbitMQ and Redis for asynchronous, fault-tolerant workflows.
- Refactored legacy .NET Framework services to .NET 8, adopting async/await, dependency injection, and container-ready configurations.
- 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.
- Deployed RabbitMQ, Redis, and Elastic Cloud stacks via Helm, managing lifecycle, upgrades, and persistent storage for production messaging and observability.
- Integrated Elastic APM instrumentation directly into C# services for distributed tracing and performance visibility.
- Implemented full observability using Elastic, Prometheus, and Fleet Agents — delivering near real-time insights across 250+ Linux and Windows servers.
- Built Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates and reusable Helm repositories published to ACR, standardizing deployments company-wide.
- Upgraded enterprise stack: .NET 6→8, Angular 7→20, Elastic 7→9, Docker→Podman — reducing tooling costs ≈$6.5K/year.
- Developed internal metrics and technical debt dashboards in Kibana, reviewed bi-weekly with team leads to guide modernization.
- Integrated secure Entra ID authentication into pipelines using service principals and certificate-based connections.
- 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.
- Led multi-site Omega 4.0 deployments at Henderson, Columbus, New Bern, Gdansk, Maysville, and Valliant facilities.
Software Engineer
Louis Dreyfus Commodities
- 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
- 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.
- Built reusable front-end components for operations and logistics teams.
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)