Tedrick Allen

Cloud Engineer & QA Engineer

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With nine years of experience in production-critical environments, my expertise spans accessibility testing, live platform operations, and incident response. As I transition into Cloud Infrastructure and DevOps, I’m building hands-on experience by deploying a 3-tier web application in Azure, standing up a Windows Domain Controller with Active Directory and Entra Connect sync, and designing an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environment first manually, then automating it with Terraform/Bicep and CI/CD pipelines. I’m sharpening real-world skills in Azure networking, identity, infrastructure-as-code, and operational automation, with a focus on reliable, secure, and compliant cloud solutions.

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Lead QA Engineer — State of Georgia @ DHS

2021 – Present

Acted as accessibility SME in cross-functional meetings; collaborated with BAs and product owners to define testable requirements, resolve compliance gaps, and prioritize ADA defects for release.

Senior Tech Ops Analyst - Warner Media (NBA Digital)

2017 – 2021

Led nightly operational oversight and technical execution for NBA Digital’s live event ecosystem, ensuring flawless performance across 10+ consumer-facing platforms (iOS, Android, Roku, FireTV, Xbox, Samsung, Web, Safari, Chrome, etc.) during all NBA game broadcasts. Acted as primary point-of-contact for coordinating platform health, video streaming integrity, API-triggered access control, ad insertion systems, and broadcast signal routing from arena control rooms to production hubs.

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AAS in Computer Programming

Chattahoochee Technical, 2019

AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft Certified, 2026

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Cloud

Microsoft Azure

Functions, Cosmos DB, Storage, CDN, App Services, and enterprise cloud architecture

Scripting & Automation

Python, JSON, API Scripts

Technical automation and scripting to streamline workflows and system administration.

IaC

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, Bicep for automated, repeatable infrastructure deployments

DevOps

CI/CD Pipelines

GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps for continuous integration and deployment

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Azure Services

Azure Functions Cosmos DB Storage CDN App Services VM

Languages & Frameworks

Python JavaScript JSON API Scripts Selenium

Infrastructure & DevOps

Terraform GitHub Actions Azure DevOps Docker Kubernetes

Databases & Storage

Cosmos DB SQL Server PostgreSQL Blob Storage

Monitoring & Security

Azure Monitor Application Insights Key Vault Azure AD Defender

Let's Connect

Ready to discuss cloud solutions? I'd love to hear about your infrastructure challenges and explore how we can build something scalable together.