Curtis Nix
Customer Reliability Engineer at Isovalent
Career: 9
Customer Reliability Engineer
Isovalent
Full-time Β· Remote
Fortinet
- Test Automation & CI/CD Validation: Built and maintained test automation for SCA, IaC, and SAST scanning validation across multiple CI/CD platforms (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines), catching regressions before reaching customers. - Engineering Contributions: Submitted a code fix enabling feature parity between self-hosted GitLab instances and GitLab.com; also contributed test suites and coverage improvements to existing production products. - Bug Reproduction & Triage: Authored reproducible bug reports with environment context and supporting evidence, enabling faster engineering resolution. - AI-Accelerated Workflows: Incorporated Claude (powered by internally hosted LLM) and OpenCode (powered by NVIDIA NIM API) into test development workflows to speed up scaffolding and reduce repetitive boilerplate. - QA Prioritization: Worked with Engineering and Product Management to identify products and features needing automated test coverage, targeting both existing functionality and upcoming releases.
Lacework
Orlando, FL
Lacework was acquired by Fortinet in late 2024; continued as TSE on the FortiCNAPP platform. - Case Management: Maintained a backlog of 30β50 active customer cases, triaging by severity and business impact to meet SLA targets across enterprise accounts. - On-Call Incident Response: Acted as primary escalation point during 26+ on-call rotations, triaging SEV-1 and SEV-2 incidents and coordinating resolution across Engineering and Customer Success teams. - Knowledge Base Development: Identified common drivers of high ticket volume and created 14+ customer-facing KB articles enabling self-service resolution, alongside internal onboarding documents and troubleshooting runbooks. - Customer Troubleshooting & Enablement: Led live technical sessions with customers to diagnose integration issues, demonstrate correct product behavior, collect diagnostic logs during collaborative reproduction, and apply fixes on the spot when possible. - Infrastructure as Code: Built and maintained Terraform modules for demo and troubleshooting environments including EC2 instances, Lambda functions, Route53 DNS, and self-managed GitLab instances. - Cost Optimization: Identified and implemented infrastructure right-sizing and resource cleanup processes that reduced monthly cloud spend by $65k/mo. - Ongoing Mentoring: Mentored 3 engineers on product troubleshooting, escalation workflows, and later AI-assisted debugging methods. - False Positive Triage: Evaluated reported false positives in security scanning by analyzing CVEs and vulnerability data, determining validity, and forwarding actionable findings to engineering.
DigitalOcean
Orlando, FL
- Addressed a broad range of customer tickets across Linux, web applications, and networking, leveraging technical documentation to identify root causes and implement solutions. - Utilized expertise in network diagnostics to replicate customer connectivity problems, then applied problem-solving skills to develop targeted solutions using tools like ping, netcat, ip/ifconfig, traceroute, ss/netstat.
WP Engine
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Served as in-house AWS subject matter expert, documenting common issues and guiding team members through complex cloud infrastructure problems. - Collaborated with senior management on escalated customer issues, driving resolution while mentoring junior team members through knowledge sharing. Used New Relic APM to proactively surface performance bottlenecks, slow queries, and error trends in customer WordPress applications. - High-Stakes Server Monitoring: Provided real-time monitoring for enterprise customers during critical events, scaling server resources on the fly and resolving emergent issues to prevent customer-facing downtime.
WP Engine
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
- Performed remote server management via SSH for troubleshooting, log analysis, and configuration changes across customer WordPress environments. - Troubleshot DNS propagation, SSL certificate installation and renewal, and domain mapping configurations for customer WordPress sites. - Performed WordPress site migrations including file transfer, database imports, DNS updates, domain mapping, and SSL configuration.
Fathom 4, LLC
Charleston, South Carolina Area
Planned and documented the installation and integration of networking and computer systems. Created over 350 physical network assets and developed the documentation for the process of each creation and installation. Created products in a development environment for Quality Control before being moved to production.
Fathom 4, LLC
Charleston, South Carolina Area
Read and interpreted engineering documentation in order to install networking cabling and computer systems for 74 mobile military assets. Documented the installation, inspection, and configuration each asset during each stage of the integration process.
United States Marine Corps
Used basic hand tools in order to troubleshoot and repair communications gear such as PCs, laptops, servers, switches, radios, networking cables, and antennas. Demonstrated an exceptional work ethic, and ability to learn in a constantly changing environment that led to an appointment to a responsibility beyond experience Directed workflow for team of six, documenting all maintenance. Transformed a failing maintenance department into a streamlined operation that met standards with increased efficiency, reducing the need for manpower by 80%. Entered data into computer database, and maintained accurate written records of all repair parts ordered and received. Recognized and filled a need for a subject matter expert on installation and support of developmental, hands free radios in militarized John Deere tractors, resulting in being appointed project supervisor for install teams. Accountable for monthly inventory and maintenance of gear valued at $115,229.00 Responsible for the annual calibration of equipment valued at $113,356.00. Competed with 60 peers to be one of four employees to be selected to attend an advanced skill course in antenna construction and propagation in a mountainous environment.
Skills: 48
Technical
Business
Interpersonal
Industry
Credentials: 25
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
The Linux Foundation
CAPA: Certified Argo Project Associate
The Linux Foundation
KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
The Linux Foundation
WGU Certificate: AI Optimization Developer
Western Governors University
Isovalent
Securing OpenClaw with Tetragon
Isovalent
KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
The Linux Foundation
CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
The Linux Foundation
WGU Certificate: Java Developer
Western Governors University
WGU Certificate: Back-End Developer
Western Governors University
AWS Certified Solutions Architect β Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Codefresh
Codefresh
SC102: Source Control Management with Git
The Linux Foundation
AWS Certified Developer - Associate
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Chef Software
Network+
CompTIA
Security+
CompTIA
Linux KVM Virtualization Essentials
Linux Academy
Education: 4
Bachelor of Science, Computer Science (ABET-accredited)
In progress.
Western Governors University
Master of Science, Cybersecurity and Information Assurance
College of Charleston
Bachelor of Science, Economics, minor in Mathematics
Marine Corps Communication Electronics School
Certificate, Communication and Electronic Repair
Courses: 15
Statistical Methods II
College of Charleston Β· Math 350
Linear Algebra
College of Charleston Β· Math 203
Calculus III
College of Charleston Β· Math 221
Money and Financial Institutions
College of Charleston Β· Econ 305
Urban Economics
College of Charleston Β· Econ 307
International Economics
College of Charleston Β· Econ 310
Environmental Economics
College of Charleston Β· Econ 311
Game Theory
College of Charleston Β· Econ 324
Economics for Development
College of Charleston Β· Econ 325
Econometrics
College of Charleston Β· Econ 419
Computer Programming I
College of Charleston Β· CSCI 220
Intermediate Java Programming
Western Governors University Β· IT3349
User Experience and Interaction Design
Western Governors University Β· IT3301
Hardware and Operating Systems
Western Governors University Β· IT3315
Database Development
Western Governors University Β· IT4731
Awards: 5
2018 Google Developer Challenge Scholarship Recipient
Dean's List
Dean's List
Good Conduct Medal
Marine of the Quarter
Languages: 1
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