
Ben Mishkin
Verified Expert in Engineering
Cloud Architecture Developer
Ben has 18 years of experience as a cloud technology leader and architect. He's proficient in AWS and GCP and has managed dozens of projects and teams of 5-20 cloud engineers in various industries (healthcare, social networks, eCommerce, and others). Ben has a background in computer science, machine learning, and finance; he also has HIPAA, PCI, and SOC2 compliance experience. Ben primarily works as an architect and strategic leader for cloud infrastructure buildouts and migrations.
Portfolio
Experience
Availability
Preferred Environment
Git, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), Terraform, Slack, Agile Software Development, Test-driven Development (TDD), Google Cloud, Kubernetes
The most amazing...
...project I've delivered from the ground up is a HIPAA-compliant GCP cloud platform entirely in code for a Fortune 20 client, with a team of 15 infra engineers.
Work Experience
Senior Director | TechOps
Elevance Health / Carelon / Anthem Inc
- Delivered a greenfield GCP platform for B2C and B2E applications.
- Managed DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and tools for 150 people in the Carelon Digital business unit.
- Recruited and managed a team of 15 DevOps engineers.
Principal Consultant
MFT
- Built an in-house custom accounting and ERP platform.
- Developed a streaming video application and marketplace.
- Improved and managed an employee perks delivery application.
- Refactored a social networking application from PHP to Ruby on Rails.
- Supported a nonprofit home equity insurance program.
Engineering Manager
BigCommerce
- Managed 3rd-party applications and themes team and migrated themes billing to an integrated platform.
- Hired and trained additional managers and five engineers.
- Extended a billing platform to support a 3rd-party resale integration.
- Architected a billing platform with SOA decomposition.
VP of Engineering
Dropcountr
- Worked with the CEO to build a scalability strategy and revamp the client onboarding roadmap.
- Converted a data ingestion ETL to queue-based Sidekiq architecture.
- Rebuilt native mobile apps in React Native targeting iOS and Android platforms.
- Recruited and hired lead front- and back-end developers.
Leader, Technology Operations
Scout RFP
- Managed the AWS infrastructure, DevOps, security, and compliance for 13-person US and Latvia teams.
- Partnered with the VP of engineering to refactor agile work, CI, and planning tools.
- Migrated the legacy architecture to AWS RDS, Elastic Beanstalk, ElastiCache, Elasticsearch, and CloudFront.
- Envisioned, communicated, and executed strategic security and scalability plans.
Chief Technology Officer
Diagnotes
- Extended the API to support client-driven events and external calls.
- Integrated with clients' electronic medical records systems.
- Deployed and managed the VPN connectivity to our client's systems.
- Managed the development pipeline and overall product strategy.
- Delivered HIPAA-compliant secure messaging, medical records, and on-call scheduling.
- Recruited and hired developers, systems administrators, and a mobile team.
- Extended an application to multiple new revenue opportunities (mobile apps).
Chief Technology Officer
TheRegistrationSystem.com
- Architected and built a live e-ticket sales application (Ruby on Rails 3) in four weeks.
- Built a bidirectional API to support a multi-platform mobile application.
- Upgraded and extended the architecture to support high peak volume event sales.
- Recruited and managed the overseas development team.
Chief Technology Officer
WhatNext
- Extended and maintained a healthcare-focused social networking application.
- Optimized Sphinx searching, the Redis cache functionality, and a new feature pipeline.
- Managed a remote team for incremental improvements.
Chief Technology Officer | Co-founder
Sagebit LLC
- Designed the business plan and raised capital for a tech consultancy.
- Hired and trained a team of six developers and four interns.
- Managed migration of social networking site from PHP to Ruby on Rails.
Experience
ASmallWorld.net
https://www.asmallworld.com/A GCP Platform
Migration of an On-prem Project to AWS
https://my-trs.comSkills
Languages
Ruby, JavaScript, HTML5, SAML
Frameworks
Ruby on Rails (RoR), Sinatra, React Native, gRPC
Paradigms
Agile Software Development, HIPAA Compliance, Test-driven Development (TDD), Service-oriented Architecture (SOA), DevOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI)
Platforms
Amazon Web Services (AWS), iOS, Android, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Linux, Kubernetes, Docker
Other
Software Development, Cloud Architecture, AWS DevOps, Encryption, PCI Compliance, Networks, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Algorithms
Tools
Git, Auth0, Chef, VPN, Terraform, GitLab CI/CD
Storage
MySQL, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Elasticsearch, Sphinx Search Engine, Redis, Databases
Libraries/APIs
Sidekiq, jQuery, Resque
Education
Master of Science Degree in Computer Science
Brown University - Providence, RI, USA
Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science
Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH, USA
Certifications
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
AWS Training and Certification
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate
AWS Training and Certification