Celebrating Open Source Technology for Enterprise

Martin Feineis

Engineering leader with 10+ years across cloud, DevOps, and SRE—now leading consulting teams and AI-driven engineering initiatives at Cognizant. Track record of standing up Cloud Centers of Excellence, delivering mission-critical platforms at scale (including a failover VDI environment for 8,000 traders), and mentoring engineers and Technical Principals. I turn business objectives into resilient, cost-optimized platforms and high-performing teams.

Key Achievements

  • Cut deployment time from 24 hours to 20 minutes with a one-click CI/CD pipeline at PointIO.
  • Accelerated cloud adoption by 50% with a one-click IaC solution at Cognizant.
  • Led delivery of a mission-critical failover VDI environment for 8,000 traders.
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Skills

Linux ★★★★★
AWS ★★★★★
Python ★★★★☆
Terraform ★★★★☆
Git ★★★★☆
Docker ★★★☆☆
Kubernetes ★★★☆☆
MongoDB ★★★☆☆
Postgres ★★★☆☆
DynamoDB ★★★☆☆
Nuxt ★★★☆☆
GCP ★★☆☆☆
Ansible ★★☆☆☆

Tech Stack

My experience with Java, Vue.js, and Nuxt.js demonstrates my proficiency in developing and deploying web applications. My expertise in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code highlights my ability to automate infrastructure provisioning and management. Proficiency in cloud service providers such as AWS, Azure, GCP, and Linode, coupled with advanced skills in Linux, PowerShell, and Python, underscores my versatility across platforms. I focus on leveraging technology to streamline development, deployment, and operational processes.

Linux

Linux

I run non-critical projects like PostgreSQL, Plex, or Minikube on my home Linux server.

Bash Guide · MacOS Tips

AWS

AWS

I manage infrastructure on AWS, including Lambda Functions, API Gateways, DynamoDB, and VPCs.

GitHub Projects · LinkedIn Profile

Terraform

Terraform

I use Terraform to deploy AWS infrastructure, storing state in S3 and DynamoDB. Many stacks include cross-account deployments via pipelines.

Terraform Playground

Nuxt

Nuxt

This website was developed using Vue.js and Nuxt.js. Additional projects are hosted on Vercel Playground.

Vercel Playground

Python

Python

The backend of my contact form runs on Python in AWS Lambda Functions.

Python Tips & Tricks

Git

Git

I use Git for version control across GitHub, AWS CodeCommit, and GitLab, leveraging CI/CD pipelines like GitHub Actions and Jenkins.

GitHub Repository

Work Experience

Cognizant

Sr. Consulting Manager (March 2025 - present)

  • Built executive-support tools and dashboards for proactive, AI-driven monitoring solutions.
  • Diagnosed recurring Git branching failures and led training sessions for DevOps teams.
  • Introduced AI-driven workflows that produced higher-quality documentation, improving readability, understanding and stronger adoption across engineering teams.

Technical Principal (October 2023 - March 2025)

  • Contributed to establishing a Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) on the AWS Well-Architected Framework, supporting cost optimization, stronger security, and a cleaner AWS Organizations architecture.
  • Built opinionated, reusable Terraform modules for S3, EC2 and VPS resources.
  • Built a highly available failover VDI environment in Azure VDI.
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Software Engineering Manager (September 2022 - October 2023)

  • Used Value Stream Mapping to remove delivery bottlenecks, cutting development time by 20%.
  • Trained engineering teams on cloud best practices, reducing costs and improving security and architectural compliance.

Lead Consultant (January 2021 - September 2022)

  • Designed DO-178C-compliant Terraform IaC solutions for remote piloting of unmanned aerial vehicles.
  • Developed a one-click IaC solution that accelerated cloud adoption by 50%.
  • Built HIPAA-compliant serverless solutions for healthcare clients, in AWS using Lambda, DynamoDB and Mutual TLS.

Berkadia

SRE (May 2020 - December 2020)

  • Developed a serverless application enabling mortgage brokers to submit property data, making deal closures 3 times faster.

DevOps Engineer (June 2018 - May 2020)

  • Oversaw change management processes and resolved deployment issues in production environments using PowerShell on Windows servers.

Cloudmine

SRE (April 2017 - April 2018)

  • Enhanced HIPAA-compliant AWS infrastructure with high availability and self-healing failover mechanisms, improving system resiliency and operational efficiency.

PointIO

DevOps Engineer (December 2014 - March 2017)

  • Designed and implemented a one-click CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment times from 24 hours to 20 minutes.

About Me

I'm a technology enthusiast and lifelong learner who loves diving into the deep end of systems management and self-hosted architecture. My technical playground usually involves maintaining a Linux-based homelab, managing network storage arrays, and fine-tuning my dotfiles. I believe in the power of open-source software and the satisfaction of a well-executed DIY project, whether that's flashing a custom OS onto an old tablet or rewiring hardware. When I'm not at a terminal, you can usually find me reading or exploring practical philosophy.

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