Jacob Braswell

MLOps Engineer

Arlington, VA

jacob.braswell00@gmail.com|LinkedIn|GitHub

Experience

Booz Allen Hamilton - MLOps Engineer

April 2023 - Present

  • • Building multi-cluster MLOps platforms and GitOps workflows on AWS GovCloud
  • • Implementing KServe for scalable inference and Karpenter for resource optimization
  • • Designing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions with Terraform and GitHub Actions

Collibra Inc - MLOps Engineer

December 2021 - April 2023

  • • Built ML pipelines and worked with Kubeflow environments
  • • Created CI/CD pipelines for hundreds of machine learning models using Jenkins
  • • Developed model evaluation monitoring and logging pipelines
  • • Integrated Airflow for ETL pipelines and data processing workflows

SAS Institute - Solutions Architect

July 2019 - December 2021

  • • Created MLOps training environments and deployed Kubernetes at scale
  • • Built cloud-based training environments for hundreds of customers
  • • Implemented cloud governance automation using Cloud Custodian
  • • Used Prometheus, Grafana, and Thanos for monitoring Kubernetes workloads

North Carolina State University - Course Manager

April 2019 - July 2021

  • • Managed MBA courses covering Data Driven Managerial Decision Making
  • • Created learning resources using Python, R, and LaTeX

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories - Data Scientist (Capstone)

November 2018 - May 2019

  • • Built CNNs using TensorFlow for topographic fusion image parameter prediction
  • • Deployed GAN and CNN models using Docker containers for VR simulator applications

Education

Brigham Young University - Applied Statistics and Analytics

2015 - 2019

Relevant Coursework: Bayesian Statistics, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, NLP, Time Series Analysis, MCMC Sampling and Modeling

Technical Skills

Languages

Python, R, JavaScript, TypeScript, SQL, Bash

Cloud Platforms

AWS, GCP, Azure

ML/AI

Langchain, LlamaIndex, PyTorch, Hugging Face, TensorFlow

Vector Databases

Pinecone, Chroma, Vespa

Infrastructure

Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Crossplane, Helm, Kustomize

DevOps

Jenkins, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Git, Linux

Web Development

Next.js, React, FastAPI

Monitoring

Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Opik, Ragas

Certifications

AWS ML Specialty
GCP Associate Cloud Engineer
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Personal Projects

ChatBom.AI

RAG web application leveraging a large embedded text corpus using Langchain, Next.js, React, and Pinecone for intelligent document querying and conversation.

RoastMyCV

AI-powered resume critiquing tool providing personalized feedback using generative AI, Langchain, Next.js, and React to help job seekers improve their resumes.

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