Brian D. Frost
Principal Engineer – Platform
Principal platform engineer who builds low-friction developer platforms that make shipping simple and production stable. At Wendy's I cut the time to deploy new code from months to hours and raised availability from 98% to 99.999%+, for a fraction of total cloud spend. I lead through influence and mentoring.
Core competencies
- Platform
- Kubernetes (GKE), Helm, Docker, internal developer platforms
- GitOps & CI/CD
- ArgoCD (app-of-apps), Argo Workflows, GitLab CI/CD, Concourse, Renovate, Sealed Secrets
- Cloud & IaC
- GCP, AWS, Terraform, Packer, BOSH, Cloudflare
- Reliability
- Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, high-availability architecture, proactive incident prevention
- AI & GPU
- NVIDIA GPU Operator, Ollama, Open WebUI, HolmesGPT, kagent
- Systems
- Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat), Bash, TCP/IP, DNS, Go (working knowledge)
Experience
The Wendy's Company — Principal Engineer – Platform
Aug 2022 – Present- Lead a low-friction developer platform serving 150+ developers and 600+ services across GKE clusters for Wendy's Mobile/Digital and Enterprise Apps teams, handling dynamic demand peaks at meal times.
- Built on GKE with ArgoCD, Argo Workflows and Terraform, extended with Go-based Kubernetes operators.
- Cut the time to deploy new code from months to hours and raised availability from 98% to 99.999%+.
- Platform costs are a small fraction of total cloud spend while carrying growing mobile and web revenue.
- Mentor engineers on the path to principal engineer.
Techolution — Sr. Consulting Cloud Engineer
Oct 2017 – Aug 2022- Led managed-services engagement teams across multiple customers using BOSH, Packer, Terraform and Concourse CI/CD pipelines in the cloud.
- Directed onshore and offshore teams to deliver 10x returns on customer investment.
- Kept an e-commerce platform with millions in daily revenue available through continuous improvement and proactive tooling.
Earlier — Seagate Technology, IT Enterprise Manager – Network & Storage
- Led a team that cut maintenance costs by 80% while improving uptime, and replaced closed-source cluster storage with open source, eliminating a multi-million-dollar budget line.
Certifications
Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect (lapsed)
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (lapsed)
Education
Oklahoma Baptist University — B.A., Religion; Minor in Computer Science