Experience

Criterion Systems

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 200 - 300 Employee

• DevOps Engineer

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  ● DevOps Engineer supports enterprise IT platforms that improve delivery, system performance and security throughout software lifecycle. ● Develops and maintains enterprise systems and processes to enhance the security and efficiency of technology platforms. ● Professional strengths include excellent system analysis and integration skills, a customer focus work ethic, active leadership pf technology-focused efforts and great communication skills. ● Works with multiple teams to automate deployment of high functioning, consistent and robust server solutions to reduce delivery time and cost. ● Experience in AWS and On-Prem cloud provisioning using RedHat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), OpenShift, GitLab, JFrog, Artifactory, Kubernetes, Docker, Confluence, ● Develops STIG compliance and remediation automation processes ● Experience using BMC server administration solutions: TrueSight Server Administrator, Vulnerability Management, Smart Reporting, Cloud Lifecycle Management, CMDB, Atrium Orchestration, ADDM, Remedy & Patrol. ● Develope automation that supports IT infrastructure: ◌ CI/CD Pipeline (Ansible, YAML, OpenShift, GitLab, Artifactory) ◌ Security and patching (Tanium, RedHat Suite, Nessus, Zabbix, Datadog, Venafi, Qualys) ◌ Operating Systems (RedHat, AIX, Solaris) ◌ implements remediation strategies for non-compliant configurations. ◌ detects, reports and remediates server configuration drift. ● Scripting languages (Bash, YAML, Python, Perl, Bash, JSON, SQL, PowerShell) Show less



DST Systems

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Application Administration Staff Consultant - IT Automation Developer

  • Jun 2012 - Jun 2018

  ● Automation team developer with extensive systems administration background and strong communication skills.● Develops automation that supports server provisioning, operations and compliance functions.● Works with multiple teams to automate deployment of high functioning, consistent and robust server solutions to reduce delivery time and cost.● Experience using BMC BladeLogic Server Automation with integration into other BMC solutions: Cloud, CMDB, Atrium Orchestration, ADDM, Remedy & Patrol.● Developing plan to migrate existing work load to open source automation solutions (e.g. Ansible with GIT repository) for cost savings and to stay current with technology trends.● Automation saves company over 30,000 manual hours monthly, managing over 4,800 UNIX (Solaris/AIX/RHEL/HP­UX) and 2,700 Windows (2003/2008/2012) servers (90% VMs) spanning 2 data centers.● Developed and support server automation that: ◌ implements standard configuration on new build servers. ◌ performs monthly security patching. ◌ manages privileged access on UNIX systems via sudo based access controls. ◌ installs various 3rd party software (e.g. Oracle, CommVault backups, BigFix patching, Venafi certificate management, DDBoost deduplication, etc.). ◌ supports integration with identity management tools (e.g. IBM IAM, TPAM & Centrify). ◌ tracks user accounts to ensure audit controls are met. ◌ removes local user accounts of terminated employees. ◌ enables security scans (e.g. Qualys & Symantec File System Scanner) ◌ performs health checks to confirm server readiness post patch and reboot operations; automatically sends alerts and generates incidents as needed. ◌ implements remediation strategies for non-compliant configurations. ◌ detects, reports and remediates server configuration drift.● Create monthly automation hours-saved productivity reports for management review.● Scripting languages used include Network Shell (NSH), Perl and Bash and formally a C developer. Show less

• UNIX System Admin - Staff Consultant

  • Mar 2000 - May 2012

  ● Twice promoted during this time period with most recent promotion to staff consultant position.● Granted multiple peer initiated service awards for excellent individual performance.● Member Unix systems design team writing detailed documentation of new server configuration, disk and network requirements used by the implementation team to manually deploy 3-tier (web-application-database) server solutions for in house developed applications; this work required cross team communication that started with gathering requirements from application developers and then working with administration teams (middleware, network and storage) to ensure proper solutions were deployed.● Scripted (automated) repeatable server deployment tasks to streamline implementations, e.g. software installs, base IP configuration, file system setup and user account creation.● Involved in deployment of RHEL virtual machines to replace aging Solaris physical hardware including scripting deployment of middleware software components.● Member UNIX high availability cluster team providing 99.99% up­time for 15 production Veritas clusters across the enterprise (primarily used for file sharing).● Designed and implemented corporate Internet email solutions including virus scanning, spam filtering and encryption.● Developed a SAN based high speed file transfer solutions (EMC InfoMover), later migrated to SCP based solution.● Performed F5 IP load balancer and SAN management.● Scripted file synchronization (rsync) of data between remote systems including to disaster recovery site.● Provided on call rotation 24x7 support. Show less



Cintas Corp./Unitog Corp.

• Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Unix Systems/Database Administration/HelpDesk - Group Leader

  • Jul 1996 - Mar 2000

  ● Managed Unitog Unix System, Oracle Database Administration and HelpDesk Teams, reporting directly to CIO. ● Responsible for all corporate Unix servers and 40+ remote servers in regional sites across the US. ● Responsible for major improvements in Oracle database server backup processes and establishing disaster recovery procedures. ● Provided 3rd Level support for all Unix servers in the enterprise. ● Help transition Unitog corporate servers to Cintas headquarters in Cincinnati, OH after merger. Show less



DST Systems

• United States
• Information Technology & Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff System Administrator

  • Feb 1995 - Jul 1996

  ● Performed system administration on AIX, Solaris and HP-UX servers.● Work included maintaining file systems, developing backup strategies, user account management, establishing security controls, operating system patching, performance tuning and performing application installs and upgrades.● Implemented and managed SNMP based server management tools.● Performed server related network configuration including router management.● Provided on call rotation 24x7 support.

• Programmer Technical Analyst

  • Jun 1993 - Feb 1995

  ● Worked in Advanced Technology Group developing OS/2 applications in C++.● Became lead programmer for the Intelligent Workstation Station (IWS) Literature application before changing career to become a system administrator working at DST Winchester Data Center.



University of Kansas - School of Engineering

• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 1991 - May 1993

  ● Worked as a GTA while in full time pursuit of Master of Electrical Engineering degree. ● Taught digital design labs, graded papers and tutored undergraduate students during office hours. ● Worked as a GTA while in full time pursuit of Master of Electrical Engineering degree. ● Taught digital design labs, graded papers and tutored undergraduate students during office hours.



Honeywell (formally Allied-Signal)

• Kansas City, Missouri Area

• Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Jun 1988 - Jan 1991

  ● Worked as quality assurance engineer auditing technical specifications and writing quality inspection procedures. ● Granted DoE "Q" Security Clearance. ● Worked as quality assurance engineer auditing technical specifications and writing quality inspection procedures. ● Granted DoE "Q" Security Clearance.