SUMMARY

• DevOps Engineer/AWS Cloud Engineer/Linux and Windows System Engineer with over 13yrs of experience in the IT sector.
• I’ve worked in Systems Engineering for a total of 10yrs with 5 years being in AWS Cloud Engineering and DevOps.
• I’ve Architected technical solutions for on premise, public and private cloud enterprise infrastructure.
• I’ve built and deployed both unit and functional tests for a range of applications.
• Performed scheduled maintenance, patching thousands of virtual servers both on premise and cloud native.
• Experienced in Deploying/Monitoring applications. Well versed in Software Development Lifecycle.
• Served as Scrum Master/Tech lead in multiple high visibility projects from planning to operational transfer.
• Excellent technical and interpersonal skills. Experience working with Agile, Kanban, Scrum, and ITIL methodology.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Linux Server OS: Amazon Linux I/II, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Community Enterprise Operating System (Centos) 7/8, Ubuntu Server, Windows Server 2008/2012/2016

CI/CD: Jenkins, CodePipeline, Gitlab

Container: Docker, Kubernetes

Infrastructure: VMware (vCenter, vSphere, ESXi), Confidential (AWS)

Web Servers: Apache, Tomcat, Gunicorn (Django), Sinatra, JBoss, Weblogic, Nginx, Express

Relational Databases: MySQL/MariaDB, Aurora, Postgresql

NoSQL Databases: DynamoDB, MongoDB, Postgresql

Automation Frameworks and Tooling: Puppet, Chef Automate, Puppet, Ansible

Version Control: AWS CodeCommit, GitLab, Bitbucket, GitHub

Web Frameworks: Python (Django, Flask), Javascript (React, MERN stack), Ruby on Rails

Familiar with Confidential (AWS) core services and features: Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Amazon Aurora, Amazon RDS, Amazon Redshift, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, Amazon Linux I/II, Simple Notification Service (SNS), Simple Queue Service (SQS), API Gateway, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), AWS CloudFormation, Lambda, Serverless Application Model (SAM)

Project Tracking Software: Jira, Confluence

Commercial off - the-shelf Products: Cisco IOS, Solar Wind, Docker, Kubernetes, Kibana, Elastic Search

Programming Languages: Python, Ruby, Bash, Powershell, Java, YAML, JSON, Nodejs, Groovy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Write automation using Chef Automate to
• Set or change infrastructure configuration according to change management directives
• Programmatically create and or make changes to application configuration files
• Writing bash scripts to
• Loop through different environment configurations to verify infrastructure compliance
• Perform post deployment root cause analysis for failed deployments
• Standup new infrastructure appliances as needed to extend private cloud capability for clients
• Write bootstrap scripts
• Stage software on network attached storage for installation and configuration automation
• Information assurance patching to set and or maintain security compliance
• Build CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
• Ship, test, and deploy applications using docker containers
• Build and run images as a container
• Push / Pull images to and from docker hub
• Deploying database containers for MySql and Mongodb backend
• Updating Dockerfiles in version control for various images
• Removing containers from the environment using docker cli
• Attaching container volumes
• Setting up and managing inter container communication via network discovery
• Use Kubernetes to orchestrate docker containers for application deployment
• Provision new infrastructure using VmWare vRealise automation
• Bootstrap new virtual machines
• Connect windows virtual machines to domain controllers
• Stand up DNS
• Setup NTP peers throughout environment
• Deploy commercial off the shelf software to both Windows and Red Hat (Linux) environments
• Versioned software developed using git and Bitbucket
• Refactoring code for performance efficiency, better logic flow, third party tool integration
• Fix merge conflicts for different feature branches
• Make pull request to update and or add to codebase
• Generate issues for potential code improvement
• Perform code reviews on team member merge request
• Use Jira to manage different workflows for tracking change management activities
• Cross team collaboration between different scrum teams
• Emergency escalations that require immediate attention such as customer impacting events and painful edge case
• Sprint tasking
• Use testing frameworks notably cookstyle, kitchen and rubocop to validate chef logic
• Test post installation configuration health using customer use case procedures
• Generate release notes for feature launches
• Assist in project management functions by creating sprint tasking through componentization of stories
• Mentor junior engineers in code review standards and best practices

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Build Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery pipelines for zero touch application deployments
• Test software through different stages of delivery Gamma, Beta, Alpha, Staging / Pre-Prod, Production
• Setup repository hooks to kickoff builds after code review and push changes to pipeline for fleet wide dissemination
• Troubleshoot pipeline deployment failures for different availability zones and regions
• Provision infrastructure resources utilizing one or more of the following: AWS CLI, CloudFormation, or AWS SDK to support service delivery notably
• Load Balancer: Application and Network Load Balancers
• Compute resources: API Endpoint authentication privileges, IAM user and groups, Synthesize CloudFormation stacks.
• Storage: S3 buckets, Elastic Block Storage (EBS)
• Monitoring: Cloud Watch metrics
• Persistent Storage: DynamoDB tables, Lambda functions, Simple Queue Service (SQS) and SNS (Simple Notification Service)
• Use Amazon Route53 to provision domain services functions in support of service discovery
• Design, build, test, and deploy automation using AWS Python Software Development Kit (SDK) Boto3 and AWS Ruby SDK
• Build APIs for various development tasking notably
• API clients for interacting with internal applications through CRUD operations for data acquisition and delivery.
• Integration between microservices in an effort to generate service health views for pinpointing bottlenecks
• Drive out manual tasking by calling remote functions based on application and or infrastructure states
• Evaluate open-source python libraries and make recommendations for internal usage
• Pull code from open source repositories such as PyPi,
• Utilize git version control system (VCS) for source code management for project wide code base, review code commits for pull request from team members
• Participate in code refactor planning for code base expansion and potential feature additions
• Build command line applications to decrease operational burden and manual processes
• Maintain Elastic Block Storage farm, scheduling maintenance for drive replacement and or rack migrations.
• Trace network connectivity in and between different availability zones
• Push code changes to repositories managing Network Load balancer config scripts for making data traversal alternations.
• Build redundant systems to ensure high availability and reliability:
• Launch services in multiple availability zones within one region(s)
• Utilize EC2 auto scaling for compute support during heavy load.
• Configure Burstable performance instances
• Build Network Address translation for package distribution
• Build, test, and implement backup plans for database and ec2 instance snapshots
• Configure Load Balancers for handling queue pools
• Push new AWS services to “General Availability” status for cleared regions.
• Gather service launch requirements and documentation
• Schedule meetings with service owners, benefactors and stakeholders
• Provide a verifiable checklist of pre-launch checks to ensure favorable launch outcomes
• 24x7 monitoring on physical and virtual servers and infrastructure.
• Use cloud watch to track server and networking fleet health
• Setup monitors and alarms for microservices, server fleet, and networking infrastructure
• Setup alarms for metric threshold triggers and automated responses
• Page on call engineers
• Execute deployment rollbacks if monitor parameters breath their specified threshold ceiling or floor during or after deployment
• Use API endpoint test suites to pole endpoints for uptime and response validation
• Bring microservices online using service discovery tools and features
• Participate in On-Call rotation and bi-weekly sprints

Confidential, Seattle, WA

Enterprise Cloud Solutions - Network Operations Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Heavy utilization of Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
• Network monitoring and traffic alterations to handle architecture configuration changes
• 99.999% uptime of over 5000+ web, app, and proxy servers
• Bash automation scripting for repetitive tasks and reporting creation
• Python tool development for systems administration automation
• Author and or update knowledge base articles to grow technical reference documentation library
• Adherence to SLA agreement with heavy dependence on ITIL best practices
• Collaborate with various engineering teams to synchronize production system support
• Utilize change management procedures to track enterprise architecture modifications
• Manage communication streams between production teams and enterprise clients

Confidential, Bangor, WA

Assistant Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Develop telecommunications planning processes and procedures
• Plan, execute, and manage projects from inception to closing
• Perform incident management responsibility during emergencies
• Evaluate performance metrics based on Naval Baseline Key Performance Indicators
• Oversee Information Technology asset management and maintenance
• Provide general military training and mentorship to junior sailors
• Advise command leadership team on budgetary recommendations

Confidential, Norfolk, VA

Telecommunications Center Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Monitor day-to-day datacenter personal and activities
• Coordinate usage of globally distributed ground terminals
• Author, update and or disseminate telecommunications instructions for fleet units
• Participate in fleet wide exercises and activities to evaluate performance and process efficiency
• Assist in planning and testing business continuity and disaster recovery procedures

Confidential, Pearl Harbor, HI

Junior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Setup, configure, troubleshoot, monitor, maintain and administer telecommunications IT resources