Peter Aldrich Jr

Peter Aldrich Jr

Software Engineer

Creating and Maintaining Platform Infrastructures & Driving AI Innovation

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Professional Summary

Software Engineer with a passion for AI and infrastructure, seeking to leverage expertise and enthusiasm for cutting-edge technologies in a dynamic role. Committed to continuous learning and driving innovation to achieve impactful results.

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DevOps and Platform

Automation & CI/CD Expert

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AI/ML

Infrastructure & Hobbyist

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Security

CompTIA Sec+ Certified

Technical Expertise

settings_suggest Automation & CI/CD

Ansible Docker Jenkins CI/CD

code Applied Languages

Bash PowerShell Python C C++ SQL Perl

monitoring Monitoring & Tools

Grafana Log Analysis VS Code Jupyter Bitbucket GitLab GitHub JFrog

dns Systems & Data

RHEL Windows Server PostgreSQL MySQL Apache HTTPD Tomcat Ollama LLM

Experience

August 2025 - Present

Senior Software Engineer - Platform Developer

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  • Engineering Excellence: Spearheaded the elevation of code and documentation standards across the organization, ensuring the delivery of highly maintainable, scalable, and clean codebases.
  • Infrastructure & Automation: Architected and deployed robust CI/CD pipeline enhancements and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions, leveraging a multi-language approach including Python, Bash, Groovy, and Perl to optimize system accessibility.
  • Technical Leadership & Support: Served as a primary technical escalation point, troubleshooting complex software bottlenecks and resolving cross-departmental engineering challenges to maintain high system uptime.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Cultivated strategic partnerships with interdisciplinary teams to modernize their delivery pipelines and integrate high-impact features that align with broader business goals.
April 2024 - August 2025

Principal DevOps Engineer - CI/CD Tools Support

Raytheon

  • Led the support and integration projects of various development environments by implementing Ansible and Docker.
  • Managed and supported artifact and code repositories.
  • Automated infrastructure changes and deployments using Ansible, Jenkins, and cron jobs.
  • Led and deployed airgap LLM Infrastructure to enhance and improve engineering developments.
Sept 2022 - April 2024

Senior Systems Administrator - Linux Systems Administrator

Raytheon

  • Maintained and secured RHEL systems, ensuring compliance with cybersecurity standards.
  • Automated system administration tasks with Ansible, improving efficiency by 25%.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve issues on highly available RHEL systems.
May 2022 - Sept 2022

Surface Ships Software Infra Systems Engineer II

General Dynamics Mission Systems

  • Supported and integrated software infrastructure into surface ship systems.
  • Created technical documentation and software packages using scripting languages.
  • Applied Agile methodologies to improve project management.
June 2020 - May 2022

Surface Ships Software Infra Systems Engineer I

General Dynamics Mission Systems

  • Developed detailed documentation and scripts to configure and install software.
  • Conducted thorough testing on software installations and configurations.
March 2020 - June 2020

Surface Ships Systems Intern Engineer

General Dynamics Mission Systems

  • Conducted peer reviews of technical documentation.
  • Tested documentation and software packages against regression standards.

Education

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Bachelor's Comp. Sci & Criminal Justice

Westfield State University | 2016-2020

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Associate's Criminal Justice

Holyoke Community College | 2010-2013

Certifications

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CompTIA Security+

2024 - 2027

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Generative AI with Large Language Models

Deep Learning AI | 2025

Interests & Hobbies

smart_toy AI / ML Hobbyist
router Computing Homelabber