Summary
Daniel Steen is a seasoned infrastructure and DevSecOps leader with over a decade of experience guiding tech companies through hyper-growth, security, and reliability. As Vice President of Infrastructure at Paradox since 2021, he sets strategic direction for scalable, secure infrastructure that accelerates product delivery and IPO readiness. At Traitify, he built a from-scratch DevOps CI/CD environment delivering 5-9 seconds uptime, migrated the stack to 100% containerization, and championed Terraform configuration-as-code tooling and Chef automation for automated box builds and scaling. His earlier roles at Millennial Media and in financial services included establishing disaster recovery in AWS, rebuilding monitoring for thousands of data points, and hardening systems for compliance. He blends hands-on execution with cross-functional leadership, and holds an ALM in Information Technology from Harvard, reflecting a rigorous, systematic approach to complex infrastructure. Based in Baltimore, he demonstrates how security, reliability, and rapid delivery translate into tangible business value, including SOC II governance and scalable infrastructure architectures.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Courses, Computer Courses at Towson University
A.L.M., Information Technology, A.L.M., Information Technology at Harvard University
B.A., Talmudic Law, B.A., Talmudic Law at Ner Israel Rabbinical College