Dylan Wilkie
New Hill
Summary
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and U.S. Coast Guard veteran with hands-on experience supporting Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and analytics platform deployments across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and OpenShift. Strong background in troubleshooting cluster issues, implementing cloud-native tooling, and supporting enterprise SAS Viya environments. Skilled in Kubernetes operations, cloud services, infrastructure automation, and working in regulated environments (FIPS, IRS 1075, FedRAMP). Known for strong problem-solving skills, thorough documentation, and effective communication in customer-facing settings.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Associate Technical Consultant
SAS Institute
Cary
04.2024 - Current
- Supported deployments of SAS Viya in Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, and OpenShift environments.
- Contributed to Kubernetes administration tasks, including workload troubleshooting, node issues, PVC bindings, networking problems, and certificate-related issues.
- Assisted with configuring storage solutions including ODF/CephFS, IBM Storage Scale, FSx, and Azure Disk/Files.
- Worked with Terraform, Helm, Kustomize as part of deployment and automation workflows.
- Participated in client workshops, troubleshooting sessions, and deployment reviews.
- Created detailed technical documentation for deployment steps, platform configurations, and system behavior.
Associate Technical Consultant
SAS Institute
Cary
06.2021 - 03.2024
- Supported multi-cloud deployments of SAS Viya across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
- Assisted with Kubernetes cluster operations, including monitoring, configuration, and issue diagnosis.
- Helped validate deployment architectures and contributed to solution testing with engineering teams.
- Troubleshot cloud networking, service connectivity, pods, and container-level issues.
- Contributed to customer enablement through walkthroughs, demos, and documentation.
- Supported teams with YAML changes, Kustomize overlays, and general Kubernetes operational tasks.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems & Operations Management
George Mason University
01.2020
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College
01.2018
Skills
- Kubernetes and container orchestration
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Red Hat OpenShift
- Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service
- Google Cloud Platform
- Helm and Kustomize
- YAML configuration
- Linux operating system
- Terraform for infrastructure as code
- Container troubleshooting techniques
- Networking fundamentals and TLS/certificates management
- SAS Viya deployment and support
Certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
- SAS Certified Specialist
Personal Information
Title: Cloud Platform Engineer | Kubernetes | SRE/DevOps
Timeline
Senior Associate Technical Consultant
SAS Institute
04.2024 - Current
Associate Technical Consultant
SAS Institute
06.2021 - 03.2024
Bachelor of Science - Information Systems & Operations Management
George Mason University
Associate of Science - Business Administration
Northern Virginia Community College