Sean Simmons

Principal Engineer at Chef

Sean Simmons has a diverse work experience that spans across multiple industries, showcasing expertise in technology and infrastructure management. Sean currently holds the position of Principal Engineer at Progress Chef since 2022. Prior to that, they served as a Site Reliability Engineer at Signal Advisors from 2021 to 2022 and as a Cloud Consultant at Levvel.io from 2021 to 2021.

Sean's longest tenure was at VMLY&R, where they held the role of Director, Technology from 2012 to 2021. In this position, they were responsible for managing the TechOps department, implementing DevOps practices, overseeing infrastructure and application deployments for web and mobile platforms.

Before that, Sean worked as a Systems Administrator at Fort Hays State University from 2013 to 2014 and at Cyberclick Marketing and National Performance Agency from 2007 to 2012. In these roles, they provided support and maintenance for network infrastructure, handled VMware and EMC Sans systems, and collaborated with development teams.

Sean Simmons attended DeVry University from 2006 to 2009, where they pursued a degree in Networking Communications Management. Their field of study focused on the communication between computers. Sean has also earned several additional certifications. In 2019, they obtained the "Forrester CX Champ" certification from Forrester. In 2020, they completed the "Linux: Bash Shell and Scripts" certification from LinkedIn. In 2021, they obtained the "Software Design: Modeling with UML" certification, also from LinkedIn. Most recently, in 2022, they completed the "Istio Hands-On for Kubernetes" certification from Udemy.

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