Andrew McAllister

Andrew McAllister

Andrew McAllister is an experienced IT professional currently serving as the Architecture / Engineering Director (IT) at Databricks. He has over a decade of experience in network and system architecture, designing solutions for scale and simplicity while meeting the productivity needs of users and clients.

Career Highlights

• Built a high-performing team covering network, cloud, Kubernetes infrastructure, IAM strategy, and engineering applications at Databricks1
• Implemented IAM program for Okta to enable self-service capabilities for thousands of entitlements, contributing to Databricks achieving FedRAMP Moderate Authorization1
• Devised overall strategy and design for a scalable network architecture for Databricks' global datacenter and branch offices1
• Served as Platform Lead for the center for enablement team at Salesforce, driving adoption of MuleSoft Anypoint Platform1
• Advocated API-led methodology and best practices for creating RESTful and component services at Salesforce1

Education and Early Career

• Completed an A.A.S degree in Computer Information Technologies
• Started a small home business in high school building custom computers and residential networks
• Worked as a System Administrator at McAllister Technical Services, deploying and administering Active Directory, Group Policy, and package management1

Andrew McAllister is an expert in various IT areas such as Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible, AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, MuleSoft Anypoint Platform, CI/CD, Cisco networking, Checkpoint, Juniper, Palo Alto Networks, Meraki, Netapp, IBM, Dell Compellent, Microsoft Server, CentOS/RedHat, Exchange, Active Directory, VMware ESXi, PowerShell, Python, Node.js, and Golang.1