Summary
William Steele is a Principal DevOps Engineer based in Los Gatos, California, with a track record of translating hardware simulation expertise into scalable cloud automation. Over nine years, he has led cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD initiatives at Verint and Panzura, leveraging Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Docker, Rancher, Kubernetes, and Jenkins to deliver reliable systems. He brings a strong QA and simulation background (SPICE, PSpice, analog/digital models) to life-cycle testing, beta programs, and customer-focused support, ensuring robust performance and clear technical notes. As Automation Team Lead at Verint, he built and stabilized a global testing pipeline spanning the US, Scotland, and Indonesia, reinforcing quality across distributed teams. He holds a BSEE from Santa Clara University, and his career uniquely blends hardware simulation, web development, and DevOps to drive end-to-end reliability in complex environments.
9 years of coding experience
25 years of employment as a software developer
BSEE, Electrical Engineering, BSEE, Electrical Engineering at Santa Clara University