DevSecOps and Cloud: Trilogy’s Matthew Lake helps missions deliver results faster and safer
- Randall Cottle
- 14 hours ago
- 4 min read
RESTON, VIRGINIA — December 04, 2025 — In the IT Services world, much like many other facets of our lives, the big push is for better, faster, and stronger. And you need a go-to person who can make that happen. Enter Matthew Lake of Trilogy Innovations, Inc.
“I build and secure the plumbing that critical missions run on — so the right data gets to the right person at the right time, safely,” Lake said. “That spans everything from moving legacy systems into resilient cloud platforms to embedding security checks into every change with robust code pipelines, so small defects don’t become big outages.”
Lake is a DevSecOps authority with cloud and cloud migration expertise woven into the fabric of a vast array of knowledge. He has excelled at several roles at Trilogy Innovations, Inc., including Senior Red Hat Consultant, Senior Cloud Architect, GitLab Certified Professional Services Engineer, and Senior Red Hat Consultant.
“You want to integrate security practices into every stage of the software development lifecycle,” explained Lake, Senior DevOps Engineer at Trilogy. “But instead of thinking about traditional security after the fact, you embed security checks, collaboration, and automation from the very start — from initial planning and coding phases all the way through to deployment and operations.
“When you build on a foundation of secure code, you reduce logjams and allow your teams to deliver secure applications more efficiently. I think that’s the best approach for DevSecOps. Past practices have seen development teams, deployment teams, and systems administration teams butt heads a lot because they were working separate and apart from one another. DevSecOps is a collaborative environment.”
This model aligns with EO 14028 and Zero Trust Architecture, ensuring that every code change, every deployment, and every access request is verified and logged. This gives agencies both the speed they need and the assurance their CIO and auditors demand.
An experienced technology problem solver with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and public sector industry, Lake is skilled in Linux System Administration, Cloud Services, Automation, Bash, and Databases. Oh, and he holds a certification from AWS and is studying for another. Passionate, some would say, about the cloud.
“I’m unapologetically pro‑cloud because, when it’s architected well, it improves security, reliability, and speed of iteration all at once,” he said. “It also gives frontline teams — from analysts to first responders — better tools, faster.”
His background is highlighted by seven years at the FBI CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Services) Division, where he worked as a Systems Administrator, Database Administrator, Cloud Architect, and DevOps Engineer. Lake has worked at Honeywell, Lockheed, and ManTech and was Senior It Administrator at an aerospace and defense startup. He served in the U.S. Army and West Virginia Army National Guard for a total of 13 years, starting as a Signal Support Systems Specialist, before commissioning and serving as a Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, a Battalion Communications Officer and Team Leader.
Having supported systems where connectivity was not guaranteed, from deployed military units to remote field operations, Matt builds infrastructure that works when the network doesn’t: edge-resilient architectures with local processing, automated failover, and secure sync capabilities so missions continue even in disconnected or contested environments.
Lake built his strong IT profession brick by brick, having earned a Master of Science in Business Data Analytics, a Master of Science in Software Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems, all from West Virginia University.
Early in his career, he helped evaluate and migrate early FBI workloads to AWS as part of an applied architecture “red team,” then carried those lessons into Fortune 100 industrial IoT (Azure/Kubernetes) and later a hypersonic aerospace startup where he built green‑field cloud, HPC, and IT from scratch. On top of his academic degrees, he holds certifications as an AWS Solutions Architect–Associate (studying for Professional), a GitLab Professional Services Engineering, and certifications and experience implementing Ansible Automation Platform in practice.
“Additionally, I believe and practice DevSecOps as a philosophy, not a job title; everything‑as‑code (infrastructure, security policies, and deployments all version-controlled and automated), automated tests/scans, and frequent, small, reversible releases that keep risk low and velocity high. Beyond the philosophy, I deliver measurable wins and leading internal improvements that reduce friction for everyone,” said Lake.
The demand for an extraordinary approach to his craft hit strangely close to home for Lake in the past, which still drives him today.
“When I worked on the FBI’s background‑check ecosystem years ago, my brother was deployed to Afghanistan and his work depended, indirectly, on the system I was helping to keep up. That connection made ‘uptime’ personal,” he said. “It’s why I obsess over resilience, testing, and security in the pipeline. Somewhere, someone’s safety or decision depends on a service we run not failing.”
If you ask him what he does in his work, Lake will tell you he takes complex, fragile, legacy systems and makes them secure, dependable, and easy to change. That means building everything as code, automating tests and security, and running on cloud so teams can move quickly without breaking things. The bottom line: “I help missions deliver results faster and safer.”
So why does that matter?
“Modern missions live at the intersection of speed, security, and scale. DevSecOps plus cloud gives us that intersection,” he said. “We can ship small, safe changes continuously; test and scan automatically; and stand up full environments in minutes instead of quarters. The outcome isn’t just nicer pipelines — it’s faster learning loops, fewer incidents, and lower total cost for the customers, organizations and citizens who rely on our systems every day.”
About Trilogy Innovations, Inc.
Trilogy Innovations, Inc., located in Bridgeport and Morgantown, West Virginia, is an SBA Certified 8(a) small and minority-owned systems and software engineering company that delivers superior technical solutions for a variety of industries across private and public sectors. By applying a strong work ethic and an unwavering commitment to excellence, Trilogy’s highly skilled and talented personnel have successfully applied these core values across a multitude of government agencies and businesses. Inc. Magazine named Trilogy to the Inc. 5000 for four consecutive years from 2022-2025. The company was also named a 2025 Elev8 GovCon Honoree by Orange Slices for demonstrating a culture of excellence for talent, partners, and clients, marking the second consecutive year Trilogy has received this recognition.
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