Corey Hughes

With over 15 years in the technology sector, I bring deep expertise in DevOps engineering, infrastructure management, and cloud transformation. I currently lead a globally distributed team across the U.S. and India, managing mission-critical environments that support over one million cancer patient records. My focus lies in delivering scalable, secure, and compliant platforms that fuse business needs with cutting-edge technology. I actively contribute to enterprise architecture decisions as part of cross-functional technology committees. Whether modernizing infrastructure, accelerating data pipelines, or reinforcing compliance with HIPAA and security frameworks, I lead with a servant-leadership philosophy—empowering teams, cultivating collaboration, and aligning technology strategy with tangible business outcomes.

Real-time Data Platform Enhancement

Directed enhancements to a real-time data platform with AKS, OpenAI, Confluent Kafka, Power BI, and Snowflake—improving resilience, scalability, and time-to-insight for patient and financial outcomes.

Snowflake & Cost Observability Framework

Built Datadog-driven observability and cost anomaly detection for Snowflake, enabling account-level and warehouse-level optimization with predictive reporting.

Atlassian Suite Cloud Migration

Led migration of Jira and Confluence from Atlassian Cloud to Azure Cloud, enhancing enterprise integration, performance, and security alignment with HIPAA standards.

Why Bitcoin is Important for Technology

Bitcoin, the world’s first decentralized digital currency, has transformed the landscape of finance and technology since its introduction in 2009 by an entity known as Satoshi Nakamoto. Today March 11th 2024 it his a new ATH at $71k.

Jeff Apple RIP

Remembering a former coworker and friend Jeff Apple.

Embracing Servant Leadership A Path to Mutual Growth and Success

In the dynamic realm of modern workplaces, the concept of leadership has evolved far beyond traditional hierarchies and authoritative management styles. One approach that has gained significant traction for its profound positive impact on both organizational culture and employee well-being is servant leadership. This leadership paradigm, rooted in the philosophy of serving others first, benefits not only the company but its employees in numerous, invaluable ways.

Integra Connect LLC

Principal DevOps Engineer, March 2024 – Present

DevOps Infra Tech Lead, August 2023 – March 2024

Sr. DevOps Platform Engineer (Contractor), January 2019 – October 2023

DevOps Cloud Engineer, December 2016 – January 2019

InCare Technologies

Systems Consultant, August 2015 – April 2016

Think Anew

Senior Systems Engineer (Contract), March 2015 – August 2015

Pioneer Health Services

Operations Systems Administrator, June 2013 – January 2015

Cloud Platforms & Technologies

Expertise in Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in Terraform automation, workload identity, and enterprise observability.

Confluent Kafka & Snowflake

Strong knowledge of data streaming, data warehousing, and real-time analytics with Kafka and Snowflake, including performance and cost optimization.

Azure DevOps & DevSecOps

Advanced expertise in DevOps and DevSecOps, including infrastructure as code, CI/CD, identity management, security frameworks, and incident response.

Leadership & Collaboration

Servant leader skilled in team empowerment, agile delivery, strategic planning, and cross-functional collaboration across global teams.