Jacob North — Technical Leader & Architect

Professional Summary

Technical leader with 6+ years building secure, scalable systems from architecture through deployment. Combines deep hands-on engineering expertise with team leadership and stakeholder management. Proven ability to architect solutions, lead cross-functional teams, and deliver mission-critical features while maintaining strict security compliance. Excels at wearing multiple hats — from coding production features to designing cloud infrastructure to managing Army security audits.

Professional Experience

Lead Developer • Cadet Portfolio — EdTech / Defense

Remote • Aug 2022 – Present

Solutions Architecture AWS (EC2/S3/RDS/ALB) NIST 800‑53 FedRAMP • DoD ATO Security Compliance SDLC Leadership

Architecture & Infrastructure

Architect and maintain secure, compliant AWS and AWS GovCloud environments supporting 250,000+ users across DoD installations, achieving 99.9% uptime during 40% user growth
Serve as Solutions Architect and Senior Systems Engineer for Army G6 technical reviews, owning documentation and compliance validation for 400+ NIST 800-53 controls
Design and implement cloud infrastructure across EC2, S3, RDS, ElastiCache (Redis), SQS, SNS, SES, ALB, and EBS, ensuring IL4, CMMC, and FedRAMP compliance

Technical Leadership & Delivery

Lead team of 5–7 developers through full SDLC: architecture planning, sprint planning, code reviews, and production deployments
Designed and delivered major platform features including MFA, asynchronous grading queue, quiz creation, curriculum planning tools, and internal messaging
Partnered with CTO to establish security documentation and controls infrastructure required for Department of Army ATO renewal
Overhauled workflows, testing, and ticketing systems, reducing help desk response times and production hotfixes

Tech: C# (.NET Framework & .NET Core), AWS/AWS GovCloud, SQL Server, Redis, REST APIs

Chief Technology Officer • Foxfire Software — Warehouse Management Systems

Hybrid • Feb 2019 – Sep 2022

Systems Architecture Team Leadership Client Engagement $3M+ delivered Team 10+ Enterprise integrations

Strategic Leadership

Led digital transformation as first CTO, migrating flagship WMS from on‑prem to cloud SaaS within first year
Managed technical relationships with 30+ clients including Fortune 500s, translating business requirements to solutions
Built and led a team of 10+ developers and contractors, establishing standards, code review, and delivery workflows

Technical Execution & Revenue

Delivered $3M+ in custom development and billable work over 3 years as IC (50% of role)
Architected full WMS feature set: allocation, wave/batch picking, pick‑to‑light, LPN mgmt, labeling, shipping integrations, pack verification
Designed APIs and integrations connecting WMS to ERPs, carriers, and warehouse automation

Tech: C# .NET, C++, Delphi, Pascal, SQL Server, Cloud (AWS/Azure), REST APIs, WMS/ERP

Additional Experience

Jackson County Emergency Management Agency

Communications & Disaster Assessment Team (CDAT) Member • 2023 – Present

Emergency Management Disaster Assessment Aux Comm (HAM) Community Resilience Volunteer

Support emergency operations planning and execution during county‑wide exercises and real‑world events
Provide auxiliary communications support via amateur radio (HAM)
Assist with emergency preparedness planning and community resilience initiatives

Certifications

Google Project Management — In Progress
Google Data Analytics
FEMA IS‑100.C: Introduction to ICS
FEMA IS‑200.B: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
FEMA IS‑700.B: National Incident Management System
FEMA IS‑800.D: National Response Framework
CISA Auxiliary Communications (AUXCOMM) — State of Georgia

Technical Expertise

Languages & Frameworks

C#, .NET Framework, .NET Core, SQL, T‑SQL

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, SES, ALB, EBS), AWS GovCloud, Azure

Databases & Caching

Microsoft SQL Server, Redis (ElastiCache)

Security & Compliance

NIST 800‑53, CMMC, IL4, FedRAMP, DoD ATO processes

Architecture & Design

Solutions Architecture, Cloud Architecture, System Design, API Design, Microservices

DevOps & Operations

CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure management, Production system administration

Leadership & Management

Team Leadership

Direct management of engineering teams (5–10), sprint planning, performance management, mentoring

Stakeholder Management

Executive communication, client relationships, translating technical concepts for non‑technical audiences

Process Improvement

Agile/Scrum implementation, workflow optimization, QA processes, incident response

Strategic Planning

Technical roadmaps, architecture decisions, resource planning, risk mitigation

Problem Solving

Root cause analysis, performance optimization, security remediation, scalability planning