Mario Zamora, DevSecOps infrastructure and cloud engineer

a letter

from mario · to you · re: who I am

Thank you for stopping by. I really do appreciate you taking the time out of your day to see who I am and what I'm building.

My name is Mario Zamora. Over the last decade I've built a really strong career as an enterprise engineer. You know, the type who works at name-brand companies like Keysight Technologies and a large defense prime contractor (DoW). I've worn a lot of hats, from general IT and help desk support to DevSecOps, and now I'm diving into a systems engineering integration and test role. I don't like staying in one lane.

I'm a husband and father first. Family is important to me. I grew up with a single mom my entire life, so you can say an absent father has a lot to do with who I am.

I'm a strong believer in the path that keeps you out of survivor mode. That's a terrible spot to be in. I can talk more about that later, but it's a big part of why I got into tech. I wanted a stable career that could provide for me and a family. The kind you grow into, where your take-home pay and your net worth actually move. This wasn't by design. I fell into it. Tech also feels like second nature. I can talk to it, and about it. It's not that complex for me, and the job turned into a passion I never thought was possible.

Those two things got me here. Honestly, it's not enough for me anymore.

Don't get me wrong, the 9-5 is great. It's safe. It's comfortable. But you hit a point where you want more. More wealth, more freedom, more opportunities, more people to meet. That's why I build on the side. Off hours, I'm building systems, community, and product. It starts with this site. There's Colorado Contract Rankings. And it ends with an agency called Bottleneck Logic.

Right now I'm leveraging AI to build an outreach list of potential clients, to build the software at light speed, and to build the internal systems for the life I want.

If you want to keep up, follow me on X. That's where I actually am. Subscribe to Garage Briefing if you want the longer note. It sounds like a briefing room, with some startup culture shock mixed in. And follow along on the free Telegram channel for weekly updates on AI, where it's going, and what I think you should be using.

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skills

Cloud and orchestration

Kubernetes · GitOps (Flux) · Linux

Infrastructure as code and automation

Terraform · Ansible · Python · BASH · PowerShell

Security

PKI/PKE

Delivery and integration

CI/CD · Systems integration · Enterprise system integration

experience

• Current

  Large defense prime contractor (DoW) · Software Engineer, DevSecOps (Level 3)

  Enterprise infrastructure and cloud work on a DevSecOps team.

• 2018 to 2023

  Keysight Technologies · IT Associate, IT Engineer, DevOps Engineer

availability and contact

Employed at a large defense prime contractor (DoW).

Email is the best way to reach me. bottleneck.logic@mail.grokbot.com

Updated Nov 10, 2026

bottleneck logic

A product and services development shop. I build my own products and portfolio there. Bottleneck Logic Labs is planned: a paid community to learn and apply technical practices while sharing growth and wins.