Brandon Unkrur

Leading both Platform Engineering (6 team members) and SRE teams (5 team members) during the Go-Live of Volkswagen Brand Group's Connected Vehicle Programs across multiple regions, ensuring availability and system resilience. Created and managed a dedicated team focused on consolidating and modernizing Cariad's observability practices, migrating multi-cluster observability solutions into centralized regional planes with focus on cost optimization and operability. Refocused team strategy to integrate industry-standard problem-solving approaches, emphasizing cost reduction in monitoring solutions and data management. Transitioned from Principal SRE to a managerial role, shaping team members' career goals and aligning them with organizational objectives, significantly enhancing learning pace and application in daily tasks.

• Created and managed a dedicated team focused on consolidating and modernizing Cariad's observability practices
• Migrated multi-cluster observability solutions into centralized regional planes with focus on cost optimization and operability
• Refocused team strategy to integrate industry-standard problem-solving approaches, emphasizing cost reduction in monitoring solutions and data management
• Transitioned from Principal SRE to a managerial role, shaping team members' career goals and aligning them with organizational objectives
• Significantly enhanced learning pace and application in daily tasks through structured mentorship and goal alignment

Evangelized and led in organizational wide adoption of OpenTelemetry, creating standards and libraries for use in the largest scope of the Cariad ecosystem. Ensured our solutions were the first to implement and participate in cross-organization distributed tracing. Modernized approaches to legacy monitoring requirements with future-forward approach. Worked with Recruiting and Platform Operations leadership to improve and review technical hiring selection. Improved the cost around producing system health as well as its impact.

• Ensured our solutions were the first to implement and participate in cross-organization distributed tracing
• Modernized approaches to legacy monitoring requirements with future-forward approach
• Worked with Recruiting and Platform Operations leadership to improve and review technical hiring selection
• Improved the cost around producing system health as well as its impact
• Created comprehensive OpenTelemetry standards and libraries for organization-wide adoption

Led platform engineering initiatives, developing secure, scalable solutions for the Azure Multi-Site Provider platform, significantly enhancing reliability for enterprise clients. Spearheaded Azure Expert MPS audits, securing LogicWorks' Azure Partner recognition. Designed automated frameworks for alerting, reporting, and cost management, optimizing multi-client performance. Fostered organizational growth by leading hackathons, knowledge-sharing demos, and cross-functional roadmap sessions. Championed vendor adoptions, driving technology advancements across departments, and mentored peers, elevating the team's technical and strategic capabilities.

• Spearheaded Azure Expert MPS audits, securing LogicWorks' Azure Partner recognition
• Designed automated frameworks for alerting, reporting, and cost management, optimizing multi-client performance
• Fostered organizational growth by leading hackathons, knowledge-sharing demos, and cross-functional roadmap sessions
• Championed vendor adoptions, driving technology advancements across departments
• Mentored peers, elevating the team's technical and strategic capabilities

Architected a robust Azure platform leveraging IaC and CI/CD pipelines, accelerating code deployments to support Allrecipes' +90 million monthly visitors. Introduced new Azure technologies, streamlining infrastructure and leading internal adoption through training and mentorship. Pioneered SysOps automation, including SQL backups and scaling, improving operational efficiency. Directed cross-team roadmaps for platform upgrades, fostering collaboration on large-scale infrastructure projects, and delivered regular demo sessions to showcase optimizations and foster team engagement in DevOps best practices.

• Introduced new Azure technologies, streamlining infrastructure and leading internal adoption through training and mentorship
• Pioneered SysOps automation, including SQL backups and scaling, improving operational efficiency
• Directed cross-team roadmaps for platform upgrades, fostering collaboration on large-scale infrastructure projects
• Delivered regular demo sessions to showcase optimizations and foster team engagement in DevOps best practices
• Supported platform serving +90 million monthly visitors with high availability and performance

Managed hybrid cloud infrastructure and multi-OS environments for high-profile clients, overseeing secure deployments for campaigns like Pokémon Go and Starbucks. Designed automation scripts in PowerCLI and PowerShell to streamline patch management and deployment, driving operational efficiency. Initiated Azure Classic deployments, balancing scalability and cost. Led client-facing demonstrations and internal roadmap planning, improving transparency and aligning cross-functional goals. Mentored junior team members, fostering skills in cloud technology and automation, and facilitated team workshops for continuous development.

• Designed automation scripts in PowerCLI and PowerShell to streamline patch management and deployment, driving operational efficiency
• Initiated Azure Classic deployments, balancing scalability and cost
• Led client-facing demonstrations and internal roadmap planning, improving transparency and aligning cross-functional goals
• Mentored junior team members, fostering skills in cloud technology and automation
• Facilitated team workshops for continuous development and knowledge sharing

Member of grassroots organization advocating for abundant and affordable housing in Seattle. Supporting tech community engagement in housing policy reform to create a more equitable city.

• Advocating for housing policy reform to address Seattle's growing housing shortage
• Supporting tech community engagement in equitable housing solutions
• Contributing to grassroots movement for sustainable and affordable housing infrastructure