SUMMARY:

• Skilled Systems Administrator with 9 years of managing server infrastructure and Cloud operations across multiple platforms.
• Proven ability to create and deliver solutions tied to business growth, organizational development and systems /network optimization.
• Highly motivated individual with solid experience in Enterprise Applications and Cloud Computing Administration.
• Excellent at communicating with stakeholders to deliver desired results.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Open source applications: JIRA, Remedy, Confluence, Slack, Apache, MySQL, LAMP, and Ansible

Networking: DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN

Monitoring: Nagios, Cloudwatch, Nessus Vulnerability scanner and Archer

Databases: Oracle EE, MySQL, MSSQL

CMS: Drupal, WordPress

Platforms: Server: Windows 2012 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2003 Server, Ubuntu Linux, Amazon Linux, Redhat Linux. Client: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Window 2012 r2 (UNIX, Linux, Red Hat, windows)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Cloud Systems Administrator/ Engineer

• Providing architecture, development and maintenance support for approximately 45 different accounts with a mixture Linux and Windows servers under the HHS/CMS program
• Key member of Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Cloud Infrastructure team responsible for transitioning new projects from traditional datacenters to the AWS cloud
• Utilizing automation for infrastructure as code to deploy new environments with Cloud Formation and maintain existing environment using Salt, Ansible, Active Directory and WSUS
• Active Directory Management including: Set up, user management, Group Management, GPOs, building and upgrading domains & forests, creating and maintain users.
• Deploy direct connect connection between AWS and multiple sites including CMS, Equinix, Baltimore Data Centers and Verizon.
• Write AWS IAM policies to control user access console and API access, s3 access.
• Mentor mid - level and junior engineers to facilitate rapid acclimation to cloud environments and professional development training
• Build entire AWS environments from inception to completion. i.e. development, test, validation and production-go-live.
• Implement VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, EC2 instances, ELB, VPN, and Direct Connect, EMR, S3 and DynamoDB
• Successfully connected onsite legacy datacenter and LAN network to AWS datacenter via direct connect and VPN.
• Participate in 24/7 On-call rotation to maintain high availability and meet strict SLA’s
• Providing support for the Client DevOps teams running windows and RHEL servers
• Execute automation system in AWS using Cloud Formation and Ansible
• Build configure and maintain Active Directory servers for connection through OpenVPN using Windows AD for centralized account management such as patching
• Managed budgeting costs and introduced cost cutting measures using Cloudwatch, Trusted Advisor, and SNS
• Performed monthly remediation of Vulnerability on assigned accounts based on the findings in the scans run by the security team
• Take part in weekly meetings set up by the Project Manager with several Application teams to discuss issues regarding the project using the Rasic chart.
• Build and share out Windows and Linux gold images for various accounts monthly
• Configure tools such as AD, OpenVPN, Nagios and TrendMicro
• Provide tier 2 support for development customers with regards the entire scope of AWS services

Confidential, Houston, TX

Cloud Systems Administrator

• Provides system administration support for a client with 133 instances hosted in AWS cloud environment.
• Provisioning EC2. Instances using Ubuntu Linux, Amazon Linux, Redhat Linux and Windows AMI’s.
• Patching of Linux and windows instances within a maintenance window using Ansible and perform security updates of same instances for the remediation of system vulnerabilities.
• Configure and maintaining Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), NAT instances and installing Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) to monitor public and private instances inside the VPC.
• Commission and decommission websites hosted in the company environment per request of the client, hence, creating AMI’s of the instances and volume snapshots.
• Change instance types per client request.
• Create and manage public and private subnets, configuring security groups to have controlled access to web apps and database tiers, configuring route 53 DNS servers. Ensuring appropriate protocols are configured for connectivity as per client’s request.
• Launch, configure and connect to Oracle EE, MYSQL databases on RDS.
• Perform data dumps at the request of the client.
• Create and manage Elastic Block Storage (EBS) and S3 buckets.
• Proficient in the installation and configuration of LAMP on Ubuntu, Redhat and Amazon Linux instances.
• Configuring route 53 for domain name to IP resolution.
• Provision, associate and disassociate Elastic IP’s to EC2 instances, IGW’s and route tables.
• Configuring and proficient in the use of Identity and Access management (IAM).
• Assist clients with writing Change Implementation Plans (CIPs) for Change Management Board (CMB) approval.
• Manage system processes and scheduling processes with the Cron utility.
• Install and administering APACHE web server, MySQL database and PHP.
• Participate in Change Management control of project assets using JIRA.
• Occasionally take the lead in scrum meetings while providing weekly status reports.
• Contribute to the in-house shared drive for documentation for knowledge sharing using Confluence.
• Contribute to improve the security of AWS by proper utilization of IAM, security groups and network ACL’s

Confidential, Washington DC

Systems Security Analyst

• Ensured the proper assessment and implementation of approved security practices and procedures related to information systems security.
• Assisted in the determination of an appropriate level of security commensurate with the impact level and collaborate with System Administrators on the managed implementation of security measures and requirements.
• Prepared and assembled system authorization package (ATO/OSA).
• Advised the system owner regarding security considerations in applications systems procurement or development, implementation, operation and maintenance, and disposal activities (i.e., system development life cycle management).
• Prepared and/or Updated System Security Plan (SSP).
• Provided advice and assistance to stakeholders on security-related issues.
• Assisted in the development and maintenance of system security plans and contingency plans for all systems under their responsibility.
• Worked with System Owners to develop and perform periodic testing of contingency/DR plans.
• Participated in risk assessments to periodically re-evaluate sensitivity of the system, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Tested, assessed, and performed continuous monitoring of security control effectiveness
• Provided timely response to audit requests.
• Participated in self-assessment of system safeguards and program elements and in security accreditation of the system.
• Maintained Plans of Actions and Milestones (POA&Ms) and provided timely updates on their status.
• Worked with System Owners to develop, provide training, and perform periodic testing of incident response plans.
• Maintained a cooperative relationship with partners and other inter connected systems
• Promoted compliance with customer's IT policies and procedures.
• Assisted in Revamping IT Security processes.

Confidential, VA

Cloud Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Launched, configured Ubuntu Linux, Amazon Linux, Redhat Linux and windows in an AWS cloud-based environment.
• Planned, executed and documented infrastructure software / hardware updates.
• Maintained documentation of architecture, interfaces, processes and procedure in Confluence.
• Performed patching of instances within a scheduled window.
• Provisioned VPC with public and private subnets within.
• Provisioned RDS on Oracle EE and MySQL
• Migrated RDS, webserver and applications between different OS platforms
• Performed data dumps at the request of DevOps and DBA’s.
• Provisioned and configured LAMP.
• Performed user and content management, intranet portal management, Linux and windows server management.
• Participated in scrum meetings to provide troubleshooting support for Operations, testing and development teams