Principal Architect•Security•Automation•AI Systems

Christopher Stacks

Automation-first, security-driven, AI-enabled engineering for complex cloud and hybrid environments — built to scale, govern, and endure.

FedRAMP•DoD•GovCloud•Secure Automation

I build and lead automation, security, and AI-enabled systems to streamline hard problems in cloud-native and hybrid environments — from strategy to production.

With over 20 years of experience, my work spans mission-critical systems across the following sectors:

US Military, National Defense & Global Satellite Telecommunications

Public Sector Cloud — DoD, Federal & State Departments

Commercial & Private Sector

Telecommunications & Global Infrastructure

Financial District & On-Premise Automation

Principal Architect: Christopher Stacks

Operating through Centerupt, Inc.

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About Me

Christopher Stacks

Chief ArchitectFedRAMPRHCECEH

I build secure, automated cloud systems and tools—especially where compliance, visibility, and operational clarity matter.

Kane County, Illinois, United States

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Core Skills

Bash

95%

Automation glue for fleets, build systems, and ops workflows.

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LinuxCI/CDFirmwareAutomation

Python

85%

APIs, automation frameworks, data plumbing, and tooling.

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APIsAutomationCloudData

PowerShell

80%

Windows automation, AD/GPO workflows, and hybrid ops.

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WindowsAzureAutomationAD

HTML/CSS/JS

78%

Interfaces for tools: dashboards, portals, and internal apps.

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UIDashboardsNext.jsComponents

SQL

65%

Operational querying, reporting, and data integrity.

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ReportingDataPostgres/MySQLOps

Perl

15%

Legacy glue — enough to maintain and surgically improve.

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LegacyScripting

Technology Stack

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Category	Technologies
Cloud Platforms	Azure (Commercial + US Gov)AWS (GovCloud)OCIGCP Azure (Commercial + US Gov) • AWS (GovCloud) • OCI • GCP
CI/CD	JenkinsAzure DevOps (ADO)GitHub ActionsGitLab CIAWS CodePipeline Jenkins • Azure DevOps (ADO) • GitHub Actions • GitLab CI • AWS CodePipeline
IaC	TerraformBicepPackerHelm Terraform • Bicep • Packer • Helm
Config Mgmt	AnsibleChef InfraOpenSCAPSTIG/CIS Hardening Ansible • Chef Infra • OpenSCAP • STIG/CIS Hardening
Containers	KubernetesDockerComposeK9s Kubernetes • Docker • Compose • K9s
OS	RHELDebianUbuntuOracle Linux (OEL)Windows Server RHEL • Debian • Ubuntu • Oracle Linux (OEL) • Windows Server
Observability	Azure MonitorLog AnalyticsCloudWatch Azure Monitor • Log Analytics • CloudWatch
Security/Compliance	FedRAMPNIST 800-53CISOSCAL FedRAMP • NIST 800-53 • CIS • OSCAL
Scripting	PythonBashPowerShellJavaScriptPerl Python • Bash • PowerShell • JavaScript • Perl