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name

Chris Hultin

role

Senior Software Engineer @ Pulse Security AI

loc

Denver, Colorado · UTC−07:00

since

2011 · 15 years on the job

status

● employed · open to interesting conversations ▍

I build the systems that run quietly and reliably in the background, ensuring that users and developers can focus on what they're best at.

chris@now$ whoami --current

  → Senior Software Engineer at Pulse Security AI,
extending your security stack with AI agents,
so that you can understand your environment and make better decisions, faster.

chris@work$ git log --oneline --all --reverse work.log

2026 Apr '26
→ present LIVE
Pulse Security AI Senior Software Engineer Denver, CO
- Leveraging LLMs to analyze contracts and policy data.
2022 Feb '22
→ Apr '26
Google Senior Software Engineer Denver, CO
- Integrated Mandiant Threat Intelligence into SOAR systems.
- Architected and led the development of the next generation of Google Cloud Threat Intelligence APIs.
- Mentored 6+ Jr. engineers through GSWEP.
$ open ./denver_mountains.jpg
2019 Jan '19
→ Feb '22
EDX Technologies Linux Systems Engineer
- Standardized & automated EDXT server deployment via Ansible.
- Integrated server deployment automation into Slack for 1-click deploys.
- Implemented monitoring and automatic remediation for critical services.
- Extended CI/CD to cover all release channels (Android, iOS, Web, Windows).
- Configured automatic code signing and distribution for Android & iOS builds.
- Developed async API to manage the server software lifecycle.
$ open ./edxt_acx.jpg
2017 Apr '17
→ Dec '18
ObjectRocket Linux Systems Engineer Austin, TX
- Automated server deployment for hosted MongoDB & ElasticSearch.
- Built an API-driven system for deploying Kubernetes clusters.
- Developed immutable K8s on AWS using Packer + Salt + Terraform.
- Automated software deploys in K8s with custom Helm charts.
- Modernized internal infra for security & dev speed.
- Translated legacy server provisioning scripts into idempotent Ansible.
$ open ./austin.jpg
2014 Oct '14
→ Apr '17
Rackspace Linux Systems Engineer · Windows SysAdmin San Antonio, TX
- Developed and maintained OpenStack Heat templates; upgraded to Ansible 2 / Ubuntu 14.04 / CentOS 7.
- Contributed to OpenStack-Ansible for Magnum (Kubernetes-as-a-service).
- Helped incorporate Magnum into Rackspace Private Cloud.
- Built a process to deploy OpenStack clusters inside Rackspace Private Cloud for development and testing.
- Provided support for Windows servers in Rackspace Private Cloud.
$ open ./rackspace.jpg
2012 Sep '12
→ Sep '14
Old Dominion University Systems Administrator
- Administered a mixed Windows / Linux environment with a large user base.
- Designed and maintained a Cisco / Brocade / Juniper network.
- Implemented UI-driven automation and automatic backups for network devices.
- Planned and executed Hyper-V → VMware ESXi migration.
- Performed a 0-downtime upgrade from 1GbE to 10 GbE upgrade for virtualization and storage.
- Supervised student employees.
2012 May '12
→ Sep '12
Savant LTD Network Management Specialist
- Performed a enterprise-scale wireless network deployment, including site survey and installation.
- Configured Dynamic Multipoint VPN.
- Replacement design for aging core network.
2011 Dec '11
→ May '12
Clark Nexsen IT Intern Virginia Beach, VA
- Helped to provide day-to-day end-user support.
- Integrated new corporate acquisition into existing infrastructure.
- Built and captured new OS golden images for new laptops.