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Jay Riggins

DevSecOps Leader & Certified GitLab Engineer

Driving platform adoption, CI/CD pipeline automation, and value realization for enterprise and U.S. Public Sector environments.

Jay Riggins
About Me

Bridging Tech and Strategy

I am a customer-facing DevSecOps leader and Certified GitLab Expert with a proven track record of translating complex pre-sales technical commitments into actionable post-sales customer journeys.

As a trusted advisor navigating complex government and enterprise stakeholder environments, I design scalable CI/CD frameworks, bridge communication gaps between engineering and business leads, and deliver high-impact technical workshops.

DevSecOps & CI/CD

Advanced pipeline construction, Git workflows, security integrations, and seamless platform migrations.

Customer Success

Account management, retention strategies, platform expansion, and alignment of software value to business goals.

Custom Automation

System integrations and pipeline utilities using Python, Bash, GraphQL, and AppDynamics APM.

Technical Delivery

Featured Work

Integration & Security

Jira-GitLab Metadata Registry

Architected and built a custom Stateless Collector and Decoupled Analyzer system to automate push rule compliance across repository architectures.

Python Bash GraphQL GitLab API
Observability

AppDynamics CI/CD Integration

Engineered modern technical integrations between Cisco AppDynamics Application Performance Monitoring and GitLab pipelines to ensure continuous delivery health.

AppDynamics GitLab CI APM Observability
Enablement

Enterprise Enablement Series

Designed and facilitated a modular curriculum covering GitLab migrations, security practices, and Git branching logic to accelerate user adoption.

GitLab Training Agile Portfolio DevSecOps
Career Path

Professional Experience

2019 — Present

Technical Consultant (DevSecOps & APM)

CDW Government

Coordinate DevOps strategies, scale cloud adoption, resolve technical escalations, and architect migration procedures for highly secure public sector accounts. Multi-year recipient of the GitLab Public Sector Services Partner of the Year award (2023, 2024).

2018 — 2019

Technical Account Manager

Tasktop Inc (PlanView)

Guided customer system health check-ins, unblocked deployment pipelines, and served as the primary technical voice advocating directly with core product and engineering teams.

2017 — 2018

Cloud Technical Specialist

IBM (Federal)

Deployed Hybrid Cloud and DevSecOps frameworks matching critical federal standards, driving tier-3 monitoring support and onboarding initiatives.

Credentials

Certifications & Expertise

GitLab Credentials

  • ✓ Certified CI/CD Specialist & Trainer
  • ✓ Certified Associate & Trainer
  • ✓ Certified Security Specialist
  • ✓ Certified Portfolio Management
  • ✓ Certified Migration Engineer
  • ✓ Certified PS Engineer

AppDynamics

  • ✓ Cisco AppDynamics Certified Implementer Professional

IBM & Platform

  • ✓ IBM DOORS Next Gen
  • ✓ IBM SOA Certified
  • ✓ Private Cloud
  • ✓ Blockchain
Inquiries

Let's Connect

Interested in collaborating, hosting an enablement workshop, or discussing enterprise DevSecOps architecture? Reach out directly.