Infrastructure Architect & Developer Operations Resume
Oak Creek, WI
SUMMARY
- Technically sophisticated systems and network engineering professional with solid history of effective systems management and the integration/qualification of business focused solutions.
- Broad knowledge and success in an engineering development environment.
- Proficient in the analysis of qualification/integration/testing of ITSM / ITIL Processes and Service Delivery.
- Skilled trainer and project leader; able to direct multiple tasks effectively and master innovative software and tools.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Platforms: UNIX, Linux OS, Microsoft Windows Server and Desktop OSes, Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure Cloud computing platforms, F5 Network’s Silverline WAF services
Tools: Shell scripting, Powershell, Perl, C++, ITSM, ITIL, Active Directory, IIS, SQL Server, Apache Tomcat, Java, Web architectures, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint
Hardware: IBM, Sun and HP Servers, SCSI devices, Fibre Channel, JBOD storage, SAN storage arrays, ATA, SATA and SCSI hard drives and DLT tape drives, DLT tape library, Qlogic and Inrange SAN Switches
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Confidential, Oak Creek, WI
Infrastructure Architect & Developer Operations
Responsibilities:
- Developed a new sideline of revenue in special service work through the implementation of various customer special one - off programs for upgrades of Master Lock RFID based Access Control System.
- Spearheaded and developed the Tech Support Group for software and electronic hardware troubleshooting.
- Pioneered a unique virtual controller load testing environment to manage over 9000 micro servers in AWS, resulting in a testing environment scale that was not cost effective by using production hardware and that could be turned on and off only as needed paying for actual testing time only.
- Designed AWS IaaS development, testing staging and production systems and network environments for Access Control System enterprise software work
- Architecting of Azure PaaS network environment for new Bluetooth management software product development.
Confidential, Milwaukee, WI
IT Infrastructure Architect & IT Manager
Responsibilities:
- Oversaw the entire IT infrastructure for a financial information services start-up company.
- Coordinated IT services from various vendors. Provided technical support for both local and remote programmers.
- Managed vendor, executed and negotiated contracts, and procured IT equipment.
- Designed specialized large, terabyte sized analytical Debian systems for processing financial data for high speed markets with ultra low latency requirements.
- Supervised teams of systems engineering contractors in various financial market collocated data centers.
- Cisco SSL r emote access VPN system for remote developers and for remote access to co-located servers in financial markets.
Confidential, Milwaukee, WI
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Led cross functional teams in the implementation of new corporate financial systems, new core association management systems, and new e-commerce website redesigns.
- Redesigned and restructured the IT Disaster Recovery plan into a larger corporate Business Continuity Plan.
- Led infrastructure team in conducting internal audits for financial payment processing systems for outside PCI compliance auditing.
- Developed ITIL based department processes for systems and network management, leading to a more robust and resilient infrastructure and staff time savings.
- Complete data center server consolidation into VMware VSphere 5 based environment.
Confidential, Brookfield, WI
Midrange Systems Engineer
Responsibilities:
- Organized cross-functional group of a new Enterprise wide Virtual Server infrastructure using VMware ESX as part of an x86 based server consolidation plan.
- Designed the technical process of the build procedures for new and redeployed servers and coordinated the business.