Jake Goldfield
About Jake
Jake Goldfield is a distinguished DevSecOps leader with extensive experience in designing, deploying, and managing secure, high-performance cloud infrastructures. He is passionate about embedding security into every phase of the development lifecycle, with a focus on creating automated, scalable, and compliant systems.
Jake possesses extensive expertise in AWS (holding Solutions Architect - Professional, Developer - Associate, and SysOps Administrator - Associate certifications) and is also familiar with Azure and GCP. His proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, Packer, Ansible) and CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, CircleCI) is central to his approach to modern infrastructure management.
With a strong focus on security and compliance, Jake has significant experience implementing solutions aligned with ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and PIPEDA. His background also includes traditional systems administration (Linux, Windows Domains, Active Directory), providing a comprehensive understanding of IT operations from bare metal to cloud-native architectures.
Areas of Expertise
Cloud Architecture
- AWS Well-Architected implementations
- Multi-account strategies and governance
- Cloud cost optimization
- High availability & disaster recovery
DevSecOps Implementation
- CI/CD pipeline security integration
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices
- Immutable infrastructure patterns
- DevOps culture enablement
Security & Compliance
- ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA implementation
- Cloud security posture management
- Security automation & tooling
- Vulnerability management programs
Container Orchestration
- Kubernetes (EKS) architecture & security
- Container storage solutions
- Microservices deployment patterns
- Service mesh implementations