Spenser Pothier

Spenser Pothier has over 10 years of experience in various roles related to site reliability engineering, cloud infrastructure, and DevOps. Spenser has worked for companies such as Automox, Gravity Payments, Nordstrom, RealSelf, DLA TV, Ratio LLC, and Metropolitan Market.

At Automox, Spenser held the position of Senior Site Reliability Engineer and was part of the permissions sub-team. Spenser collaborated with the IT department to create automations via Jira Service Desk for privilege escalation paths and auditable trails. Spenser also encouraged the increase in deployment frequency to reduce the size of changes going into production.

During their time at Gravity Payments, Spenser worked as a Senior Infrastructure Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer. Spenser focused on increasing the reliability of systems supporting credit card processing for small and midsize businesses. Spenser centralized monitoring tools to improve visibility and observability and reduced the number of required tools.

At Nordstrom, Spenser had multiple roles, including Senior Site Reliability Engineer and DevOps Engineer. Spenser helped build resilient systems for the organization and implemented enterprise-wide monitoring using various tools and APM solutions. Spenser was also involved in hiring processes and interviews for the Operations Center.

As a Contractor - DevOps/Cloud Engineer at RealSelf, Spenser facilitated the migration of the company's data center to Amazon Web Services. Spenser was responsible for tasks such as writing Chef cookbooks and automating various processes.

At DLA TV, Spenser served as a Cloud Engineer and DevOps Engineer, managing the AWS infrastructure and configuring services. Spenser also collaborated with development teams to debug issues across the technology stack.

During their time at Ratio LLC, Spenser worked as an Engineer, contributing to an international video distribution and recommendation platform built on AWS. Spenser managed the build system, created custom scripts, and documented infrastructure architecture and deployment processes. Spenser also had a role as a QA Engineer/Developer, creating test suites and managing build and release processes.

Spenser started their career at Metropolitan Market as a Cashier and later worked as a Grocery Clerk.

Overall, Spenser Pothier has extensive experience in site reliability engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and automation.

Spenser Pothier's education history indicates that they attended the University of Washington from 2009 to 2011, majoring in Computing and Software Systems. Prior to that, from 2005 to 2007, they obtained an Associate of Science (AS) degree in Computer Science from Edmonds College.

In addition to their academic qualifications, Spenser Pothier also holds certifications in various domains. They obtained The Data Scientist's Toolbox certification from Coursera Verified Certificates in July 2014, and the New Relic Certified Performance Pro certification from New Relic University in April 2019.