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Denis Willett, PhD
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1486
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English
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Summary

Denis Willett, a software engineer at the North Carolina Institute of Climate Studies, works on the NOAA Open Data Dissemination (NODD) Program, which provides free and publicly accessible environmental data across major cloud platforms. NODD supports over 220 datasets and more than 24PB of open data, emphasizing quick and resilient data delivery. To manage the complex multi-cloud infrastructure, the team transitioned from using individual cloud provider tools to employing Pulumi, an infrastructure as code (IAC) platform. This shift allowed the team to automate processes, reduce manual errors, prevent infrastructure drift, and enhance collaboration by using a common programming language, Python. Pulumi's ability to facilitate multi-cloud management with programming control structures streamlined the deployment of infrastructure, improving the efficiency and scalability of managing NOAA's data resources.