SUMMARY:

• Information Technology Professional with broad experience across the IT disciplines including technical architecture, network management, middleware, database management and operations
• In depth understanding of Cloud computing, Software - Defined Data Center, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Servers, Virtualization and Enterprise Applications
• Has full SDLC experience with projects based on Open Source or Commercial Software, Cloud solutions, IaaS, PaaS and SaaS. Exceptional skills in business problem assessment and solution brainstorming
• Possess a strong knowledge of industry and corporate security practices, regulations and policies
• Fluent in Spanish and English

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Key Areas : Infrastructure Architecture & Engineering, Virtualization & Cloud Technologies, Automation Engineering, Core Services Engineering, Platform Engineering, SDLC/ALM, Agile Development, Strategic Planning, Talent Development, Outsourcing, Business Continuity, Vendor Management, IT & Cloud Governance, ITIL & ITSM Service Management Frameworks

Programming and Scripting Languages: Ruby, Python, Shell, XML, JSON, Web Technologies (DHTML/HTML)

Platforms: Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL,5.x, MS Windows 200x R1/R2/ and Server Core, IBX AIX

Virtualization / Cloud Technologies (IaaS/PaaS and SaaS): Amazon Web Services AWS (VPC, EC2, S3, Cloud Formation, Elastic Beanstalk, Route53, Autoscaling, ELB, EBS, Cloud Watch, EC2 Container Service ), Cloud Foundry, Linux Containers (LXC), Docker, Google GCE, IBM softlayer and Rackspace. Xen, KVM, and ESX (VMware vSphere), OpenStack, VMware vCloud, VMware vSphere 5.x, vCOPS, Oracle VM, Oracle OEM, Cisco ACI.

Automation Tools: AWS OpsWorks, OpsCode Chef, Ansible, BMC Blade Logic Database Automation, MS SCCM, HP QC, VMware vCenter Orchestrator (vCO), vCAC, Cisco Process Orchestrator

Other: Git, JIRA, Jenkins, Confluence, SVN, Release Management, Configuration Management, Splunk, LogRhythm, Elasticsearch/Logstash, New Relic, Nagios, Apache, Nginx, Microsoft IIS, MS Active Directory, MSSQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, AWS EMR & RedShift

Infrastructure Fabric & Protocols: Cisco UCS, EMC and Netapp SAN, Cisco Catalyst switches, Cisco routers, Cisco PIX & ASA firewalls, F5 load balancers, Knowledge of Layer-2 and Layer-3 network technologies, NFS, NIS, SSL, SSH, DNS, DHCP, IPsec, Strong understanding of WAN technologies utilizing T1, T3, OC12/48, DS0, BRI, Routing protocols EIGRP, RIP, BGP, OSPF, HSRP, Cisco Wi-Fi (802.11, 802.1X)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Melbourne, FL

Sr. Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Design high-availability systems with data replication and disaster recovery across multiple availability zones and regions
• Responsible for design of the platform, system and/or enterprise architecture to enable Cloud configurations
• Formulate cloud migration strategies, design solutions, and provide support as the technology landscape quickly transforms to take advantage of new cloud technologies
• Responsible for the configuration, deployment, administration, monitoring, analysis, and support of Cloud (Public/Private) application services and systems
• Play an essential part of an infrastructure team that provides transformational, secure, architectural and engineering services for various business group applications
• Work closely and engage with various teams to enable successful execution of critical and strategic engagements
• Additional areas of responsibility include process development, automation design and implementation, documentation, participation in technology roadmaps, mentoring operational staff and ongoing evaluation of new technology

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Sr. Cloud Engineer / Lead

Responsibilities:

• Cisco UCS computed clusters with VMware ESXi 5 and VMware 5 and vCenter 5
• Cluster leveraged EMC UIM/P
• Cisco 1000v Virtual switched module appliance within vCenter vSphere 5 infrastructure
• DevOps Lead responsible for guiding WMG’s DevOps group who create, operate, maintain, and evolve the infrastructure that supports internal B2B Digital Services Platform (DSP) web properties
• Serve as a subject matter expert lead on the execution and delivery of Cloud Integration and Transformation projects using cloud enabling technologies as well as orchestration and management approaches and tools (AWS OpsWorks, CHEF)
• Lead and contributed in the DevOps team to maintain and build out the infrastructure and servers currently operating on AWS, RackSpace
• Organized and assisted in leading efforts to deliver scalable monitoring solutions
• Evolved infrastructure, server, deployment strategies and testing to support a goal of 100% up-time and quick turnaround of deployments for the ministry
• Work closely with architects, engineers, product managers and other clients and partners of the DevOps team to meet the needs of the ministry to stay competitive - from the infrastructure up to the highest level of applications
• Ensured enterprise demand management through planning, estimation, and sizing of infrastructure needs in the cloud
• Responsible for cost management/optimization balanced with SLAs
• Took on Senior DevOps Engineer duties such as being on-call, writing deployment scripts, debugging applications, and evaluating new technologies
• Managed data migration project involving the transition of systems and applications from CRU premises to the cloud
• Acted as a liaison and negotiated lower cost with vendors, clients, and technology service providers
• Played a key role researching concepts, spearheaded design, implementing efficient solutions, streamlining business processes, integrating resources, and developed cost effective implementation of software and hardware purchases
• Performed various IT Engineer responsibilities including design and implementing a redundant Windows 2003 (Active Directory) / Red Hat Linux multi-server environment and Cisco (Layer 3) backend
• Designed and implemented redundant internet firewalls, Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, and monitoring solutions
• Implemented EMC Clariion CX40 and VNX 5700 SANs to accommodate Exchange clustering, Oracle RAC and data storage
• Responsible for maintaining system tape backups and created disaster recovery plan for data storage and recovery
• Controlled various networking protocols such as DNS, WINS, LDAP, and DHCP
• Administered configuration auditing & analytics solution implementation to help meet SEC regulation standards
• Recommend, evaluated and assisted in purchasing IT assets and equipment
• Administered and maintained core server applications including: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003, SQL Server 2005 Server, Developed and implemented Power Shell scripts with management of day -to- day administrative tasks
• Implemented security solutions for system integrity and protection
• Assisted with the implementation of cru headquarters VoiP systems (Cisco UC)
• ITILv3 / SDLC project methodology approach for project timeline scoping, milestones and deliverables

Confidential, Orlando, FL

Systems Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all Systems Engineering functions such as, Administration and maintenance of the server and network infrastructure
• Designed and implemented migration strategies, oversaw security procedures, upgrades and improvement of Windows and Linux environments
• Implemented documentation standards, standard operating procedures
• Changed management procedures, and disaster recovery procedures

Confidential, Heathrow, FL

Technical Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Systems Engineer, Network and Client Application Support Engineer, designing, implementing, configuring and supporting current Software Distribution Systems (application servers, databases and agents)
• Software Distribution and Patch Management Reporting and Metrics