Jacob.Frericks
Staff DevOps Engineer · DevSecOps · Software supply chain

Jacob Frericks

Des Moines, IA · Open to remote

I build secure pipelines developers actually use. My focus is CI/CD platforms, signed builds, and guardrails for the software supply chain.

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Since2013
13 years

Building and running software delivery since 2013.

Tech lead

GitHub & GitHub Actions platform at a Fortune 10 healthcare company.

SLSA L3

Building it at work. This site already ships at it.

Highlights

  • Leading a SLSA Build Level 3 pipeline for the company's buildsTech lead · 2026 – now
  • Main designer of the company's reusable security workflows for GitHub Actions2024 – now
  • Built distroless base images used as the standard base by every developer2022 – 2024
  • Built a pipeline that attaches a signed SBOM and cosign attestations to every container2022 – 2024

Skills

CI/CD
  • GitHub Actions
  • CircleCI
  • Concourse
  • Jenkins
Platform
  • Kubernetes
  • GKE
  • Argo CD
  • Docker
Security
  • SLSA
  • Sigstore
  • cosign
  • SBOM
  • Trivy
  • Semgrep
Cloud
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • GitHub EMU
  • JFrog Artifactory
Languages
  • Python
  • Java
  • TypeScript

Experience

2026 – nowTech Lead, GitHub & Actions platformFortune 10 healthcare company
2024 – 2026Staff DevOps EngineerFortune 10 healthcare company
2022 – 2024Senior DevSecOps EngineerFortune 10 healthcare company
2020 – 2022Senior Cloud Security EngineerHy-Vee
2017 – 2020Software DeveloperPrincipal Financial Group
2013 – 2017Cloud Software EngineerIBM
2013B.S. Computer ScienceIowa State University