SUMMARY

• Sr. IT/DevOps Professional with well - rounded technical and management expertise
• Deployed and maintained Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure consisting of hundreds of EC2 nodes and multiple RDS instances in several VPC’s across multiple regions
• Successfully managed and scaled current IT environment from supporting 20 users at one location to over 350 user at 8 locations over 8 years (including through company IPO)
• 16+ years of IT experience in implementing, managing, and supporting IT infrastructure systems and applications in heterogeneous environments (Windows, Linux, and Mac’s)
• Adept at recognizing trends and working proactively to develop effective solutions, policies, procedures, and documentation to help the overall business function with more efficiency, security, and stability
• US Marine Corps Veteran

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Microsoft: Windows, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, Lync

Linux: RHEL/CentOS, Ubuntu

Mac: OSX clients

Networking: LAN/WAN administration and architecture

Security: Network security, Application security, OS hardening, general best practices

LAMP: Apache, MySQL, PHP

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Mountain View, CA

DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Plan, deploy, monitor, and maintain Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure consisting of hundreds of EC2 nodes and multiple RDS instances
• Maintain MySQL, Couchbase Postgres, Redis, and MongoDB systems
• Deploy software and changes using Ansible
• Monitor systems using Zabbix and Python scripts
• Maintain Jira and Confluence servers and manage Google Apps
• Document procedures, manage projects, and support development engineers

Confidential - Mountain View, CA

Sr. IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Created policies and procedures which helped pass multiple ISO and SOX audits
• Managed IT aspects of 5 different facility relocations/expansions
• Managed projects including MPLS roll-out for 5 locations, new international office build-outs, Salesforce implementation/integration, and internal audits
• Involvement in the design, implementation, and/or support of various applications which include Oracle, Salesforce, Exchange, VMware, SharePoint, Confluence, Jira, Bugzilla, Perforce, Jama
• Managed AWS environment (Amazon Web Services) and Sun Grid Engine / Univa environment
• Administered FlexLM license servers and provided support for engineering applications including Cadence, Synopsys, Tensilica, and Mathworks
• Managed IT budgeting, hardware and software purchasing/licensing, interfaced with engineering and other organizational departments, managed facility audio/video systems
• Assisted in supporting Windows, Linux, and Mac clients, VMware hosts and virtual machines, networking issues, data backup/restores, Apache web servers, and FTP servers

Confidential - Sunnyvale, CA

Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Deployed Enterprise-wide Active Directory as well as QA Domains
• Spearheaded an Exchange 2003 / Outlook 2003 migration with +500 clients
• Deployed and administered other servers including Blackberry, Symantec Antivirus, WSUS, Symantec Ghost, Veritas Netbackup, Legato Networker
• Helped administer the LAN and monitor Data Center servers
• Create and document standard operating procedures
• Mentor junior Administrators and provide upper level support for escalated issues

Confidential - Sunnyvale, CA

Desktop Support Technician

Responsibilities:

• Part of a team that provided Desktop Support for 2000 users
• Troubleshot client system problems with Win3.x, Win95, and WinNT
• Resolved client problems that included viruses, file and print server access, and LAN connectivity