Michael Ujifusa | DevOps & Software Engineering Leader

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About Me

Background

Accomplished DevOps and Software Engineering Leader with a proven track record of delivering innovative solutions and fostering high-performing teams. Currently contributing my expertise at Optum in Hopkins, Minnesota.

My approach combines technical excellence with strategic thinking, enabling organizations to scale efficiently while maintaining robust, secure systems.

Quick Facts

10+ Years DevOps Experience
Hopkins, MN
Drake University

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What I Do

I bridge the gap between development and operations, turning manual processes into automated, repeatable systems.

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CI/CD & Automation

Design and maintain deployment pipelines that ship code safely from commit to production with automated testing, security scanning, and rollback.

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Cloud Architecture

Architect and operate cloud infrastructure using IaC principles, ensuring high availability, cost optimization, and security compliance across environments.

03

Observability

Build monitoring and alerting systems that provide real-time visibility into application health, performance bottlenecks, and incident response.

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Team Leadership

Lead engineering teams through complex technical initiatives, mentor junior engineers, and drive adoption of DevOps best practices across the organization.

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Experience

Lead Software Engineer

Optum

May 2023 – Present

Lead a team of 6 DevOps engineers delivering cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platform services, and security initiatives for provider enablement applications.
Architect and deploy production AKS environment supporting 36 microservices, managing cluster upgrades, node pools, and autoscaling via Terraform.
Build and maintain Helm charts for all applications; implement ArgoCD-based GitOps workflows enabling self-service deployments for 3 development teams.
Establish and lead Security Champion program; reduced team CVE count by 90%.
Design and maintain secrets management architecture using HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, and Kubernetes Secrets Store CSI Driver.
Build and manage observability stack (Grafana, Prometheus, Splunk) via Terraform.

Planning and Zoning Commission

City of Hopkins

Current

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Featured Projects

A selection of projects demonstrating expertise across cloud infrastructure, automation, and full-stack development.

JavaScript AI

Hopkins GPT

Full-stack application integrating OpenAI's API with a Node.js backend, featuring prompt engineering, rate limiting, and streaming responses.

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Swift iOS

Longer Days

Native iOS application built with Swift and UIKit for productivity tracking, featuring local data persistence and notification scheduling.

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Python MCP

tf-modules-mcp

Model Context Protocol server exposing a library of reusable Terraform modules, enabling AI assistants to generate and scaffold cloud infrastructure code.

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Python Networking