Senior DevOps Engineer

• May 2022 - Present

Transition Datica customers to ClearDATA. Datica customers use ECS Fargate primarily with EFS deployed with a Datica-developed tool. I assist customers in transitioning their applications built with Datica tools to AWS Copilot. Transition Datica customers to ClearDATA. Datica customers use ECS Fargate primarily with EFS deployed with a Datica-developed tool. I assist customers in transitioning their applications built with Datica tools to AWS Copilot.

Lead Cloud Architect

• Feb 2021 - Apr 2022

Datica had a customer base in the CPaaS platform hosted on AWS infrastructure. The Annual Recurring Revenue from those customers was worth about 4.5 million. Datica needed to migrate those customers to the new Datica DCC Platform, built leveraging many more AWS services and capabilities. After analyzing the CPaaS platform, I created and implemented a plan to relocate eighteen customers off the CPaaS platform. I wrote bash shell scripts to migrate customer data and applications from the… Show more Datica had a customer base in the CPaaS platform hosted on AWS infrastructure. The Annual Recurring Revenue from those customers was worth about 4.5 million. Datica needed to migrate those customers to the new Datica DCC Platform, built leveraging many more AWS services and capabilities. After analyzing the CPaaS platform, I created and implemented a plan to relocate eighteen customers off the CPaaS platform. I wrote bash shell scripts to migrate customer data and applications from the CPaaS platform to the new DCC Platform.

Solutions Architect

• Apr 2020 - Feb 2021

I worked with Datica customers to help them understand and implement Datica solutions.

Senior Consultant

• Feb 2020 - Apr 2020

Senior Consultant in the Cloud and Integration group at Concord. Providing leadership with all topics concerning Cloud services and DevOps practices. Senior Consultant in the Cloud and Integration group at Concord. Providing leadership with all topics concerning Cloud services and DevOps practices.

DevOps Consultant

• May 2019 - Jan 2020

DevOps Specialist

• May 2019 - 2020

The customer had several objectives. The primary objectives were to increase the availability and resilience of their services by automating code deployment, move their infrastructure out of deprecated Azure Classic into Azure ARM. Used Terraform to build new infrastructure in Azure ARM and Saltstack to securely connect and manage systems in Azure Classic and in Azure ARM. Integrated Bitbucket and Saltstack to initiate a build process when any of the 8 repositories were merged.… Show more The customer had several objectives. The primary objectives were to increase the availability and resilience of their services by automating code deployment, move their infrastructure out of deprecated Azure Classic into Azure ARM. Used Terraform to build new infrastructure in Azure ARM and Saltstack to securely connect and manage systems in Azure Classic and in Azure ARM. Integrated Bitbucket and Saltstack to initiate a build process when any of the 8 repositories were merged. The build process downloads the latest code from the bitbucket server and then builds it on the build server with some minimal API endpoint testing to verify a successful build. It then packages the build into a tar file that is copied to Azure file storage. The salt server then initiates a job on web servers and if needed worker servers to untar the file to a local directory on each server. The last salt job changes the symlink to point to the new directory structure built from the tar file. The Terraform and Salt code are designed to allow the customer to build multiple environments for testing, staging, and deployment of new infrastructure. Show less The customer had several objectives. The primary objectives were to increase the availability and resilience of their services by automating code deployment, move their infrastructure out of deprecated Azure Classic into Azure ARM. Used Terraform to build new infrastructure in Azure ARM and Saltstack to securely connect and manage systems in Azure Classic and in Azure ARM. Integrated Bitbucket and Saltstack to initiate a build process when any of the 8 repositories were merged.… Show more The customer had several objectives. The primary objectives were to increase the availability and resilience of their services by automating code deployment, move their infrastructure out of deprecated Azure Classic into Azure ARM. Used Terraform to build new infrastructure in Azure ARM and Saltstack to securely connect and manage systems in Azure Classic and in Azure ARM. Integrated Bitbucket and Saltstack to initiate a build process when any of the 8 repositories were merged. The build process downloads the latest code from the bitbucket server and then builds it on the build server with some minimal API endpoint testing to verify a successful build. It then packages the build into a tar file that is copied to Azure file storage. The salt server then initiates a job on web servers and if needed worker servers to untar the file to a local directory on each server. The last salt job changes the symlink to point to the new directory structure built from the tar file. The Terraform and Salt code are designed to allow the customer to build multiple environments for testing, staging, and deployment of new infrastructure. Show less

Infrastructure Architect

• Apr 2016 - Dec 2018

Lead the IT Operations team to utilize AWS to deliver the iMedNet SaaS application. Develop a framework to deploy infrastructure using tools like Puppet, Packer, Terraform, Jira, Bamboo, Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes to build an immutable infrastructure that is HIPAA compliant. Maintain expertise in the area of infrastructure architecture and develop IT solutions which take into account the availability, performance, integrity, stability, and scalability of systems, while meeting business… Show more Lead the IT Operations team to utilize AWS to deliver the iMedNet SaaS application. Develop a framework to deploy infrastructure using tools like Puppet, Packer, Terraform, Jira, Bamboo, Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes to build an immutable infrastructure that is HIPAA compliant. Maintain expertise in the area of infrastructure architecture and develop IT solutions which take into account the availability, performance, integrity, stability, and scalability of systems, while meeting business requirements, timelines, and budgetary guidelines. Develop and refine standards and guidelines. Lead the development of virtualization and provisioning, networking, storage, backup, and system monitoring. Show less Lead the IT Operations team to utilize AWS to deliver the iMedNet SaaS application. Develop a framework to deploy infrastructure using tools like Puppet, Packer, Terraform, Jira, Bamboo, Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes to build an immutable infrastructure that is HIPAA compliant. Maintain expertise in the area of infrastructure architecture and develop IT solutions which take into account the availability, performance, integrity, stability, and scalability of systems, while meeting business… Show more Lead the IT Operations team to utilize AWS to deliver the iMedNet SaaS application. Develop a framework to deploy infrastructure using tools like Puppet, Packer, Terraform, Jira, Bamboo, Jenkins, Docker and Kubernetes to build an immutable infrastructure that is HIPAA compliant. Maintain expertise in the area of infrastructure architecture and develop IT solutions which take into account the availability, performance, integrity, stability, and scalability of systems, while meeting business requirements, timelines, and budgetary guidelines. Develop and refine standards and guidelines. Lead the development of virtualization and provisioning, networking, storage, backup, and system monitoring. Show less

Senior Solutions Architect

• Aug 2011 - Apr 2016

Xigent Solutions is the leading provider of enterprise infrastructure services and solutions. Use ITIL processes to deliver IT services to Xigent customers using CA Cloud Service Management, a service desk solution. Implement infrastructure monitoring services using CA Nimsoft monitoring services to monitor VMWare ESX hosts, NetApp storage, Windows servers, Linux servers, and network equipment. Xigent Solutions is the leading provider of enterprise infrastructure services and solutions. Use ITIL processes to deliver IT services to Xigent customers using CA Cloud Service Management, a service desk solution. Implement infrastructure monitoring services using CA Nimsoft monitoring services to monitor VMWare ESX hosts, NetApp storage, Windows servers, Linux servers, and network equipment.

Architecture Consultant

• Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

Provided High Availability consulting services to large US brokerage firm. Provided High Availability consulting services to large US brokerage firm.

Senior Sales Engineer

• Dec 2008 - Mar 2011

Collects, displays, stores, and analyzes data collected from software and equipment, with multimillion-dollar revenues and worldwide customers. Provided US sales team with pre-sales technical support, and post-sales support. Transitioned into sales role upon exit of sales professionals. Developed sales presentations for products. Prospected and pursued leads and connections. Collects, displays, stores, and analyzes data collected from software and equipment, with multimillion-dollar revenues and worldwide customers. Provided US sales team with pre-sales technical support, and post-sales support. Transitioned into sales role upon exit of sales professionals. Developed sales presentations for products. Prospected and pursued leads and connections.

IT Architecture Consultant

• May 1995 - Nov 2008

Participated in various matrix organizations providing technical infrastructure knowledge. Performed as part of Enterprise Architecture group tasked with creating a shareable infrastructure that could be utilized across all operating groups. Collaborated with Carlson Technical Architecture Committee (CTAC) and IT Council to determine and implement projects and associated budgets to support the development of shared infrastructure. Conceived ideas, gathered requirements, formulated plan and… Show more Participated in various matrix organizations providing technical infrastructure knowledge. Performed as part of Enterprise Architecture group tasked with creating a shareable infrastructure that could be utilized across all operating groups. Collaborated with Carlson Technical Architecture Committee (CTAC) and IT Council to determine and implement projects and associated budgets to support the development of shared infrastructure. Conceived ideas, gathered requirements, formulated plan and project, gained buy-in, coordinated project plan, and budget, completed approval processes, and served in lead role during implementation. * Designed and executed complete rework of user desktop environment that provided more consistent and predictable performance by redesigning network for Cornerstone, bringing all desktops to common software version, and by instituting version control over a core set of software, operating system, and hardware. * Championed long-term vision strategy and guidelines for storage of data at Carlson, addressing servers and personal workstations. * Evaluated and compared vendor offerings presented to Carlson using strategy. * Launched and implemented a project to backup local disk on all workstations, on-site and remote, transforming local hard drives into managed assets and reducing the need for file servers. * Published long-term strategy in a book explaining how Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) models could be used to define strategy and vision that would benefit companies. * Achieved national recognition for work in designing and implementing “World’s Largest IP Storage Area Network” which used IP Ethernet as core to network, enabling redundancy, high availability, and remote back-up and off-site capabilities. * Earned citations in several notable magazine articles for solution’s capabilities. Show less Participated in various matrix organizations providing technical infrastructure knowledge. Performed as part of Enterprise Architecture group tasked with creating a shareable infrastructure that could be utilized across all operating groups. Collaborated with Carlson Technical Architecture Committee (CTAC) and IT Council to determine and implement projects and associated budgets to support the development of shared infrastructure. Conceived ideas, gathered requirements, formulated plan and… Show more Participated in various matrix organizations providing technical infrastructure knowledge. Performed as part of Enterprise Architecture group tasked with creating a shareable infrastructure that could be utilized across all operating groups. Collaborated with Carlson Technical Architecture Committee (CTAC) and IT Council to determine and implement projects and associated budgets to support the development of shared infrastructure. Conceived ideas, gathered requirements, formulated plan and project, gained buy-in, coordinated project plan, and budget, completed approval processes, and served in lead role during implementation. * Designed and executed complete rework of user desktop environment that provided more consistent and predictable performance by redesigning network for Cornerstone, bringing all desktops to common software version, and by instituting version control over a core set of software, operating system, and hardware. * Championed long-term vision strategy and guidelines for storage of data at Carlson, addressing servers and personal workstations. * Evaluated and compared vendor offerings presented to Carlson using strategy. * Launched and implemented a project to backup local disk on all workstations, on-site and remote, transforming local hard drives into managed assets and reducing the need for file servers. * Published long-term strategy in a book explaining how Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) models could be used to define strategy and vision that would benefit companies. * Achieved national recognition for work in designing and implementing “World’s Largest IP Storage Area Network” which used IP Ethernet as core to network, enabling redundancy, high availability, and remote back-up and off-site capabilities. * Earned citations in several notable magazine articles for solution’s capabilities. Show less

LAN Specialist Consultant

• Dec 1994 - Apr 1995

Project consultant to Northern States Power, (now Xcel Energy) in the Network Operating System Design team to implement Windows NT servers and workstations. NSP had a large Novell Network installation of over 80 servers in transition to Windows NT. In addition workstations were moving from Novell network clients to Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95. Produced test scripts for this project and tested DHCP, WINS and Microsoft FPNW (File and Print Service for Netware). Project consultant to Northern States Power, (now Xcel Energy) in the Network Operating System Design team to implement Windows NT servers and workstations. NSP had a large Novell Network installation of over 80 servers in transition to Windows NT. In addition workstations were moving from Novell network clients to Windows NT Workstation or Windows 95. Produced test scripts for this project and tested DHCP, WINS and Microsoft FPNW (File and Print Service for Netware).

LAN Specialist Consultant

• Aug 1989 - Dec 1994

Response is a programming company and provider of consultants to Mayo Clinic primarily for desktop and server support. Delivered operations support for Microsoft LAN Manager Servers that were installed throughout Mayo campus, with token ring topology. Collaborated with team of other consultants and Mayo Clinic staff to identify and address technical needs. * Ensured consistent build of technology infrastructure and proper care for 30 servers by developing several installation… Show more Response is a programming company and provider of consultants to Mayo Clinic primarily for desktop and server support. Delivered operations support for Microsoft LAN Manager Servers that were installed throughout Mayo campus, with token ring topology. Collaborated with team of other consultants and Mayo Clinic staff to identify and address technical needs. * Ensured consistent build of technology infrastructure and proper care for 30 servers by developing several installation documents to describe how to install servers and software updates. * Automated transition of users from 1 server to another when hardware and software updates were being performed by developing several batch files. Show less Response is a programming company and provider of consultants to Mayo Clinic primarily for desktop and server support. Delivered operations support for Microsoft LAN Manager Servers that were installed throughout Mayo campus, with token ring topology. Collaborated with team of other consultants and Mayo Clinic staff to identify and address technical needs. * Ensured consistent build of technology infrastructure and proper care for 30 servers by developing several installation… Show more Response is a programming company and provider of consultants to Mayo Clinic primarily for desktop and server support. Delivered operations support for Microsoft LAN Manager Servers that were installed throughout Mayo campus, with token ring topology. Collaborated with team of other consultants and Mayo Clinic staff to identify and address technical needs. * Ensured consistent build of technology infrastructure and proper care for 30 servers by developing several installation documents to describe how to install servers and software updates. * Automated transition of users from 1 server to another when hardware and software updates were being performed by developing several batch files. Show less

Director of Information Systems

• Oct 1983 - Aug 1992

Non-profit corporation established to administer and distribute federal job training funds from Job Training Partnership Act. Initially provided accounting and computer services, transitioning into full-time IT management role as company grew. Implemented and maintained computer systems to track participant eligibility, enrollment, participation, and placement into full-time job. Supervised 17 direct reports. * Assisted staff in administering training programs and providing… Show more Non-profit corporation established to administer and distribute federal job training funds from Job Training Partnership Act. Initially provided accounting and computer services, transitioning into full-time IT management role as company grew. Implemented and maintained computer systems to track participant eligibility, enrollment, participation, and placement into full-time job. Supervised 17 direct reports. * Assisted staff in administering training programs and providing better services to participants by writing new application using Magic software. * Enabled staff to use data uploaded into statewide system for daily work and integrated application with state-supplied system to facilitate data upload requirements. * Developed several versions of application, with final version being early client/server application using Btrieve Database on Novell server. * Used application to enroll and track all individuals participating in any of SEMNPIC job training programs. * Installed and maintained Novell LAN at SEMNPIC that was purchased by state of Minnesota; this early Novell network was actually dedicated hardware and used Motorola processing chip and was one of first Novell LANs installed in Minnesota. Show less Non-profit corporation established to administer and distribute federal job training funds from Job Training Partnership Act. Initially provided accounting and computer services, transitioning into full-time IT management role as company grew. Implemented and maintained computer systems to track participant eligibility, enrollment, participation, and placement into full-time job. Supervised 17 direct reports. * Assisted staff in administering training programs and providing… Show more Non-profit corporation established to administer and distribute federal job training funds from Job Training Partnership Act. Initially provided accounting and computer services, transitioning into full-time IT management role as company grew. Implemented and maintained computer systems to track participant eligibility, enrollment, participation, and placement into full-time job. Supervised 17 direct reports. * Assisted staff in administering training programs and providing better services to participants by writing new application using Magic software. * Enabled staff to use data uploaded into statewide system for daily work and integrated application with state-supplied system to facilitate data upload requirements. * Developed several versions of application, with final version being early client/server application using Btrieve Database on Novell server. * Used application to enroll and track all individuals participating in any of SEMNPIC job training programs. * Installed and maintained Novell LAN at SEMNPIC that was purchased by state of Minnesota; this early Novell network was actually dedicated hardware and used Motorola processing chip and was one of first Novell LANs installed in Minnesota. Show less