SUMMARY:

• Experienced Senior DevOps/OpenStack Administrator, focusing on configuration management with Puppet, Chef, Docker, and Foreman.
• Expert at research & analysis, architecture and deployment of open source infrastructure tools.
• Implementing and blending mobile, social, and technology strategies, while effectively communicating with employees and managers across dynamic environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu Server, CoreOS, OSX 10.6 - 10.13 High Sierra, iOS, Android, Windows Server

Applications/Langs: Kubernetes, Docker, Chef, The Foreman, Puppet, Facter, Hiera, Logstash, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Magento, Wordpress, Drupal, Google Apps, Google Compute Engine,Redis, Amazon Web Services(AWS), Digital Ocean, Active Directory, VMware vCenter, Fusion,Splunk, MySQL, Apache, Ruby, LAMP, Bash/Shell, Scripting, Vagrant, Kitchen, Graphite, Nova, Horizon, Cinder, Ceph, Murano, Zabbix, Ansible, OpenStack, Apache Mesos, Sensu, Salt

Hardware Systems: Apple iOS(iPad/iPhone), Mac, Android(Samsung/Motorola) Dell, IBM, Drobo, Anything

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer

• Lead the DevOps team in creating, deploying and supporting proprietary infrastructure apps and Chef cookbooks for use with but not limited to AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Chef, and Bamboo
• Directed team on developing and using cloud agnostic methodology, cookbooks, and tools such as Docker, Kubernetes, AWS ECS, Docker Swarm, and Terraform.
• Worked closely with OSS vendors to gain insight and create solutions to company specific problems and use cases.
• Responsible for creation of internal confluence wiki and integration of Slack, Bamboo, and Bitbucket.

Confidential, Sunnyvale, CA

Senior OpenStack Operations Engineer

• Lead the US Operations Engineering and Escalation teams Full Lifecycle Management of OpenStack including but not limited to scaling, analysis, troubleshooting, and resolving OpenStack deployment, architectural, procedural, and performance related issues.
• Supported, deployed, diagnosed, and solved issues for large-scale multi-tenant infrastructure level services for customers running Confidential OpenStack, including Ceph, Neutron, Murano, Docker, Kubernetes, CoreOS, Nova, RabbitMQ, MySQL, Horizon, Apache, Keystone, Cinder, Glance, Python, Fabric, Cisco ACI, Foreman, Swift, AWS, PlumGRID, Google Compute Platform, rkt, Apache Mesos, Puppet, Chef, Ansible,Zabbix
• Responsible for research and analysis of launchpad bugs for coding, errant, and missing functionality. Upstream/Downstream documentation, misconfiguration, authorization, hardware, neutron/ovs failures, as well as end user errors. Developed internal training for Operations Engineers based on unique customer implementation of OpenStack.

Confidential, Beverly Hills, CA

DevOps OpenStack Engineer

• Deployed and architected Confidential, and managed all Red Hat OpenStack, DevStack and environments. Responsible for creating security groups, compute management, and rolling out new functions and features.
• Created OpenStack technical knowledge documents related to architecture, common issues, and technical processes. Advised and implemented security guidelines for PCI compliance and hardening of OpenStack with Puppet,
• Automated app and server deployments with Chef also wrote custom chef cookbooks to deploy Logstash and Graphite. Utilized Kitchen and Docker for testing of cookbooks.

Confidential, Calabasas, CA

Linux Systems Administrator

• Architected and deployed Puppet configuration management environment along with other open source software for management of all Linux Red Hat, CentOS, and Ubuntu servers. Also, implemented the use of The Foreman as external node classifier for Puppet and full life cycle management of physical and virtual servers.
• Implemented the deployment of Puppet to manage harborfreight.com, a site which sees over 43 million unique visitors, 5000+ products and 64K+ indexed pages.
• Developed custom Puppet modules, including one to deploy ecommerce web servers in less than a 1/4 of the standard deployment time as well as manage the full LAMP stack, users, and MySQL related DB's.
• As DevOps, working hand in hand with developers across other internal and external business units to provide configuration management solutions to daily problems and tasks.
• Deployed and assisted in the migration of development from SVN to Git and implemented configuration management using puppet. Implemented the use of Logstash and Elasticsearch for searching and graphing error and syslogs

Confidential, Calabasas, CA

Sr. Apple Systems Engineer

• Created Apple infrastructure division to provide comprehensive integration and support with existing Microsoft Active Directory environment and services. Extended support to creative, marketing, and packaging divisions.
• Focused on the reliability and stability of Apple environment for 100+ users while conducting a major refresh of all apple hardware in production, and migrated all Mac users from OSX 10.6 to 10.9 Mavericks
• Led procurement and IT ops in transitioning from an Adobe perpetual license to a subscription based model for Creative Cloud; and from Mac OSX 10.6 Snow Leopard to Mac OSX 10.9 Mavericks
• Architected and deployed the use of Puppet OS for configuration management of all Mac clients, as well as VMware, ARD, Munki, Phusion Passenger, The Foreman, Apache, Git, and MySQL
• Deployed Meraki for Mobile Device Management(MDM) of all iOS and Android devices

Confidential, Miami, FL

Apple/iPad Engineer - Consultant

• Provided engineering for Global Apple Infrastructure team for Confidential in developing creative solutions and experiences for guests and employees.
• Procured, administered, and deployed, iPads, Android tablets, Mac Mini’s, while supporting Xsan’s, and Apple Servers for both shipside and shore side hospitality purposes. Utilized all current tools such as but not limited to Command Line Interfaces, Bash, VI, Nano, Pico, SSH/Sudo

Confidential, Los Angeles, CA

Apple Systems Engineer

• Responsible for enterprise infrastructure evaluation, procurement, development, deployment, and integration of related Apple, RHEL, iOS, and VMware applications and technologies.
• Procured, deployed and maintained Mobile Device Management (MDM) and Enterprise Cloud backup solutions (CrashPlan) for iOS, Windows and Mac laptop/desktop
• Maintained RHEL/Linux servers, performed and integrated Directory Services (OD/AD, LDAP) for Apple/Windows Management using JAMF Software Casper Suite, Apple Remote Desktop (ARD),Puppet and other open source solutions
• Worked with C level execs and key decision makers, to understand business needs and develop technical solutions through analysis and reporting

Confidential, Washington, DC

Sr. Systems Analyst, Tier 3

• Administered windows, linux, mac, VMware vSphere, ms exchange desktop support, created and developed Drobo SAN policy, procedures, and documentation
• Provided onsite IT support for Confidential Show at the Confidential
• Responsible for all Apple procurement, configuration, integration, connectivity, deployment, user support and connected hardware.
• Maintained and configured all NLE (non-linear editing) workstations. Provided Final Cut Pro training and Post-Production support