Kayla McCauslin
DevOps Engineer
kayla@mccauslin.dev ⸱ kayla.mccauslin.dev ⸱ linkedin.com/in/mccauslink ⸱ github.com/itsasine
Summary
I'm the sole DevOps engineer at Annexus Health, a remote-first healthcare startup helping patients access financial assistance faster. I keep our infrastructure in code, our Azure costs in check, our pipelines fast, and our releases uneventful — which is exactly how releases should be. Most recently, I built AI tooling that pre-reviews every pull request in Azure Repos before a human reviewer picks it up.
Experience
Senior DevOps Engineer · Annexus Health
Jan 2023 — Now
Software Engineer · Annexus Health
Jan 2022 — Jan 2023
Senior Quality Assurance Engineer · Annexus Health
Oct 2020 — Jan 2022
Senior Software Test Engineer · UPMC Enterprises
Mar 2019 — Oct 2020
Software Test Engineer · UPMC Enterprises
Oct 2017 — Mar 2019
Intermediate Software Engineer · UPMC Enterprises
Mar 2017 — Oct 2017
Associate Software Engineer · UPMC Enterprises
Feb 2015 — Mar 2017
Associate Quality Analyst · UPMC Enterprises
Jan 2015 — Feb 2015
Skills
- CI/CD pipelines — Azure DevOps, YAML
- AI-assisted engineering — GPT-4o mini, automated PR review
- Infrastructure as Code — Bicep, ARM
- Cloud Platforms — Azure
- Security tooling — Defender for Cloud, secret scanning, static analysis
- Scripting languages — PowerShell, Bash, Python, JavaScript
- Monitoring tools — Azure Application Insights, Azure Metrics
- Git branching strategies — GitFlow
- Agile/Scrum — PSM I & PSD I certified
Education
Graduate Certificate · California University of Pennsylvania
May 2019
SAS Data Science
Professional Science Masters · California University of Pennsylvania
Aug 2018
Applied Mathematics
Bachelor of Arts · Robert Morris University
Dec 2013
Applied Mathematics
Certifications
Microsoft Copilot for Software Development · Coursera
May 2025
AZ-900 · Microsoft
Sep 2024
Azure Fundamentals
Professional Scrum Developer™ I (PSD I) · Scrum.org
Mar 2024
Professional Scrum Master™ I (PSM I) · Scrum.org
Apr 2021