Cody Compton

Professional Summary

Product-focused software engineering leader with over a decade of experience in cloud infrastructure, Layer 3/Layer 4 networking, and distributed systems. Proven track record of acting as a Technical Product Owner to co-innovate with AWS, lead high-performing engineering teams, and develop secure, scalable enterprise solutions. Passionate about treating the engineering process as a product to deliver resilient network observability and DNS control plane platforms.

Technical Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (VPC, EC2, Load Balancing, Autoscaling, GovCloud, AWS Backup), hybrid infrastructure

Networking & Security: Layer 3/Layer 4 networking, DNS management (Infoblox IPAM), Palo Alto and ASA firewalls

Languages & DevOps: Python, Go, Bash, Node.js, Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, CI/CD

Systems & Architecture: Linux (Ubuntu, RHEL, Amazon Linux), distributed systems, enterprise backups, chaos engineering

Professional Experience

Capital One | Plano, Texas

Manager, Lead Software Engineer — June 2019 – Present

Lead and grow a team of software engineers to develop and deploy enterprise data protection and backup solutions across colocation and cloud environments.
Act as Technical Product Owner to develop and deliver automated backup restore testing capabilities leveraging AWS Backup, implementing comprehensive monitoring to enhance organizational resiliency and recovery posture.
Co-innovate directly with AWS to engineer and integrate new service features, ensuring alignment with agile, scalable, and reliable architectural standards.
Drive chaos engineering strategies to improve the resilience, observability, and operational efficiency of complex distributed systems at scale.

Amazon Web Services | Dallas, Texas

Cloud Support Engineer — June 2015 – March 2019

Delivered enterprise-level support for networking-related AWS services, resolving complex network routing and security challenges.
Architected, optimized, and supported comprehensive VPC designs, EC2 instances, load balancers, and autoscaling groups within commercial and GovCloud environments.

Texas Woman’s University | Denton, Texas

Network Systems Engineer (2013 – 2015) · Technical Support Analyst (2011 – 2013)

Managed routing and switching infrastructure for over 1,000 Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking devices.
Administered the Infoblox IPAM solution for campus-wide DNS management, establishing a reliable network control plane.
Administered and secured network traffic utilizing Palo Alto and ASA firewall infrastructure.

Geek on Wheels | Denton, Texas

Field Technician, Commercial & Residential — November 2008 – June 2011

United States Marine Corps | Quantico, Virginia

Combat Engineer and Marine Security Guard — December 2002 – October 2007

Honorably discharged as Sergeant.

Technical Projects

Personal web site: Architected a full-stack web application with a modern frontend, Node.js backend, and automated container deployment pipeline to a virtual private server. Used spec-driven development with LLM-assisted workflows to accelerate delivery while keeping infrastructure and content under version control.

Secure infrastructure administration: Configured an optimized Ubuntu VPS environment with automated cron-based backup rotations. Implemented strict administrative access controls utilizing YubiKey physical touch authentication via PAM and SSH agent forwarding for secure remote management.

Education & Certifications

University of North Texas — BS Criminal Justice (2011)
Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Cisco CCNA, CompTIA Network+, CompTIA Security+