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Cloud Engineer/Systems Engineer/Systems Administrator with expertise in AWS, Linux and Windows administration, networking, automation, config-as-code and scripting. Excels at working as part of a team, communication, learning new skills and technologies, leadership, teaching and bringing new ideas to existing workflows.

skills

Kubernetes Deployed, maintained, and upgraded numerous staging and production K3S and EKS clusters as well as applications deployed via Helm, kubectl, Terraform, etc.
Linux Administration expertise in SELinux enabled environments, shell scripting, and DISA STIG implementation.
AWS Familiarity with automation of EC2, VPC, CloudFront, Load Balancer, and numerous EKS clusters.
Puppet and Terraform Creator of enterprise configurations that deployed and maintained servers and applications. Maintained numerous Terraform and Terragrunt code bases to deploy platform and application infrastructure in AWS and EKS.
Ansible Creator and Maintainer of automated RHEL deployments, config-as-code, and other custom playbooks.
F5 BIG-IP Upgraded, deployed, and maintained numerous LTMs and hosts, crafted custom monitors and iRules. vCMP management, Ansible and Terraform automation. Passed ‘Administering BIG-IP v15’ Course.
Windows Server Managed ADDS, Exchange, Office 365, and IIS. Familiarity with PowerShell and Server Administration.
Virtualization and Containers Installed and administered ESXi and vCenter servers, including in home lab. Automated ESXi VM Creation via Packer and Terraform. Deployed numerous docker containers in home lab.
Middleware System Administrator of Django and Tomcat/Jboss applications including troubleshooting and deployments.
RabbitMQ Cluster management and troubleshooting. Experience with message shoveling, queue purging and mnesia.

experience

  • SEPTEMBER 2022 – PRESENT
  • CLOUD ENGINEER, INTELLIFLO (INVESCO)
  • Member of the Cloud Operations team working on AWS, Terraform, Harness NG, and the intelliflo SaaS platform.
    • Migrated thousands of Terraform states from Terraform Cloud to AWS S3 and DynamoDB.
    • Wrote Lambdas and Lambda Layers for patching, AppStream tagging, and SSL certificate monitoring.
    • Deployed, maintained, and upgraded numerous EKS clusters and applications in the cluster.
    • Created and refactored Terraform modules deployed via Terragrunt for various AWS services and custom purposes.
    • Migrated pipelines and workflows from Harness to Harness NG, as well as created new pipelines, accounts, delegates, etc., via config-as-code.
    • Helped track and reduce costs across numerous AWS accounts.
  • APRIL 2021 – AUGUST 2022
  • SYSTEMS ENGINEER, NAVEX GLOBAL
  • Member of the Hosting Team working on EthicsPoint, Platform, PolicyTech, F5 BIG-IPs, and automation.
    • Administered numerous CentOS, Ubuntu Server, and Windows Server 2016+ Servers including patching via BigFix.
    • Created custom Puppet code to maintain and manage Windows and Linux Servers across many datacenters.
    • Maintained and troubleshooted environment with numerous Tomcat and Jboss applications, modified config, altered JVM options and crafted automated deployments for applications.
    • Wrote custom Terraform code to deploy Windows and Linux servers via automation on vCenter Servers.
    • Main Engineer over F5 BIG-IPs. Constructed iRules, monitors, virtual servers, upgraded and maintained LTMs, etc.
    • Daily support work that included SFTP and AD Account Creation, JIRA Ticket Monitoring, Application Deploys, etc.
    • Deployed EthicsPoint Case Management to EU DR site from the ground up including Windows Server and PaloAlto firewall rule configuration, .NET Application deploy assistance and troubleshooting, DR testing, and documentation.
  • AUGUST 2019 – FEBRUARY 2020, APRIL 2020 - APRIL 2021
  • SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR II, CLINICAL REFERENCE LABORATORY
  • Worked in Enterprise Services managing numerous applications, F5 BIG-IPs, Linux/Windows Servers, and Automating via Ansible.
    • Administered hundreds of Red Hat 6.9+/7.7+/8.0+ and Windows Server 2008R2+ Servers.
    • Utilized Ansible Tower to implement and push custom written config-as-code. Designed numerous playbooks and BASH scripts to automate patching including automating the upgrade and install process for Tomcat, OpenJDK, and ActiveMQ.
    • Created RHEL 8 automated build process and set and implemented the Linux STIG standard. Implemented centralized authentication across all RHEL systems.
    • Maintained and troubleshooted environment with numerous Tomcat and Jboss applications, modified config, altered JVM options and crafted automated deployments for applications.
    • Administrator of numerous F5 BIG-IPs. Constructed iRules, monitors, virtual servers, vCMP guests etc.
    • Daily support work that included Exchange, Office 365, AWS, Splunk, ESXi/vCenter, and Tomcat/Java application support.
    • Deployed and managed vRealize, Nagios, Cerberus FTP, Serv-U FTP, and HyperScience.
    • Member of the Enterprise Services Design Review and Enablement team crafting designs for new technologies and reviewing other teams and members proposed designs.
  • FEBRUARY 2020 – APRIL 2020
  • APPLICATION ADMINISTRATOR II, AMC THEATRES
  • Worked in EIS managing and troubleshooting AMCs internal and external APIs, website, mobile app, and eCommerce platforms.
    • Utilized Splunk, New Relic, Runscope, and Ansible to maintain, monitor, and troubleshoot the eCommerce platform.
  • JULY 2018 – AUGUST 2019
  • SYSTEM ENGINEER, CERNER CORPORATION
  • Worked in Emerging Technology Services Team Forge HealtheLife on Patient Portal, Consumer Portal, and other solutions.
    • Administered hundreds of Red Hat and Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.9+/7.0+ and Windows Server 2008R2+ Servers.
    • Introduced Ansible for running system upgrades, configuration changes outside of Chef, and automating manual tasks.
    • Crafted Zabbix Templates and Splunk Alerts for monitoring as well as Splunk Queries and Dashboards to monitor service performance and reliability.
    • Revised Chef and Spinnaker configuration-as-code for automated deployments and OS configuration.
    • Revised internal RabbitMQ Chef cookbook (3.6.10 to 3.7 uplift, INI support) and wrote BASH wrapper script for automated RabbitMQ shoveling.
    • Wrote BASH wrapper script for automated SSL certificate acquisition for internet facing services via ALB and CloudFront stacks created with CloudFormation.
    • Worked with RabbitMQ to create and join instances via Chef, maintain queue health, and resolve issues with mnesia.

education

  • MAY 2018
  • BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES, SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERISTY
  • Graduated Cum Laude. Elected as Chief of Infrastructure for cyber-security focused student organization. Professor’s Assistant for Enterprise Networking Course.