Experience

Speedscale

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Engineer

  • Mar 2021 - Present

  buzzwords: [distributed systems architecture, streaming, gRPC, Postgres, NATS, Kubernetes, event driven, AWS] projects: - load generator redesign / rewrite - protocol-aware text difference engine - Postgres wire protocol integration - Install / replay wizard buzzwords: [distributed systems architecture, streaming, gRPC, Postgres, NATS, Kubernetes, event driven, AWS] projects: - load generator redesign / rewrite - protocol-aware text difference engine - Postgres wire protocol integration - Install / replay wizard



Flourish Software

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Software Engineer

  • Dec 2019 - Mar 2021

  languages: [go (golang), JavaScript] buzzwords: [design/architecture, cloud native, integrations, telemetry/observability] technologies: [Docker, Kubernetes, AWS] projects: - lots of work on internal and external (client facing) APIs - bringing testability best practices to the organization - integration with LeafLink that was, according to LeafLink, "the most advanced integration we have seen" - event pipeline - webhooks (push API) - several internal libraries around… Show more languages: [go (golang), JavaScript] buzzwords: [design/architecture, cloud native, integrations, telemetry/observability] technologies: [Docker, Kubernetes, AWS] projects: - lots of work on internal and external (client facing) APIs - bringing testability best practices to the organization - integration with LeafLink that was, according to LeafLink, "the most advanced integration we have seen" - event pipeline - webhooks (push API) - several internal libraries around events, metrics, request-scoped values, etc. Show less languages: [go (golang), JavaScript] buzzwords: [design/architecture, cloud native, integrations, telemetry/observability] technologies: [Docker, Kubernetes, AWS] projects: - lots of work on internal and external (client facing) APIs - bringing testability best practices to the organization - integration with LeafLink that was, according to LeafLink, "the most advanced integration we have seen" - event pipeline - webhooks (push API) - several internal libraries around… Show more languages: [go (golang), JavaScript] buzzwords: [design/architecture, cloud native, integrations, telemetry/observability] technologies: [Docker, Kubernetes, AWS] projects: - lots of work on internal and external (client facing) APIs - bringing testability best practices to the organization - integration with LeafLink that was, according to LeafLink, "the most advanced integration we have seen" - event pipeline - webhooks (push API) - several internal libraries around events, metrics, request-scoped values, etc. Show less



The Home Depot

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff SRE/Developer

  • Jul 2019 - Nov 2019

  Some of the same responsibilities of the Senior SRE role, but with far more meetings and planning, and far less technical work.

• Senior SRE/Developer

  • Jun 2018 - Jul 2019

  languages = [bash, python, go] buzzwords = [docker, kubernetes, helm, grafana, prometheus, kafka, GCP]



GE Digital

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior SRE/Developer

  • Apr 2016 - Jun 2018

  languages = [python, go (golang), ruby, Java, bash, Powershell] buzzwords = [systems architecture, CI/CD, database clustering/management, integrations, security, automation, devops, protocol buffers, 2 factor authentication (2FA), cloud native] technologies = [Ansible, Chef, Kafka, MariaDB/MySQL, Sensu, RabbitMQ, Redis, Grafana] projects: - automated incident prevention and recovery scripting for Linux, Solaris, Windows, network, storage, database - back-end development for… Show more languages = [python, go (golang), ruby, Java, bash, Powershell] buzzwords = [systems architecture, CI/CD, database clustering/management, integrations, security, automation, devops, protocol buffers, 2 factor authentication (2FA), cloud native] technologies = [Ansible, Chef, Kafka, MariaDB/MySQL, Sensu, RabbitMQ, Redis, Grafana] projects: - automated incident prevention and recovery scripting for Linux, Solaris, Windows, network, storage, database - back-end development for custom monitoring platform using Sensu, RabbitMQ, Redis, Atlas, Grafana - extending open source software to make Rundeck and Ansible better - backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other "are we headed in the right direction" types of tasks Show less languages = [python, go (golang), ruby, Java, bash, Powershell] buzzwords = [systems architecture, CI/CD, database clustering/management, integrations, security, automation, devops, protocol buffers, 2 factor authentication (2FA), cloud native] technologies = [Ansible, Chef, Kafka, MariaDB/MySQL, Sensu, RabbitMQ, Redis, Grafana] projects: - automated incident prevention and recovery scripting for Linux, Solaris, Windows, network, storage, database - back-end development for… Show more languages = [python, go (golang), ruby, Java, bash, Powershell] buzzwords = [systems architecture, CI/CD, database clustering/management, integrations, security, automation, devops, protocol buffers, 2 factor authentication (2FA), cloud native] technologies = [Ansible, Chef, Kafka, MariaDB/MySQL, Sensu, RabbitMQ, Redis, Grafana] projects: - automated incident prevention and recovery scripting for Linux, Solaris, Windows, network, storage, database - back-end development for custom monitoring platform using Sensu, RabbitMQ, Redis, Atlas, Grafana - extending open source software to make Rundeck and Ansible better - backlog grooming, sprint planning, and other "are we headed in the right direction" types of tasks Show less



VMware

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Engineer

  • Nov 2014 - Apr 2016

  • Systems design and engineering • Scripting and automation using BASH, Perl, Python, PowerShell, PowerCLI, Group Policy, SolarWinds, SUSE Manager and other automation tools • Incident response • Disaster recovery planning and testing • Automation planning and integration • Large scale deployments across thousands of servers in more than 20 data center and cloud locations on AWS, CenturyLink, Terramark, and others • Infrastructure capacity evaluation and growth planning •… Show more • Systems design and engineering • Scripting and automation using BASH, Perl, Python, PowerShell, PowerCLI, Group Policy, SolarWinds, SUSE Manager and other automation tools • Incident response • Disaster recovery planning and testing • Automation planning and integration • Large scale deployments across thousands of servers in more than 20 data center and cloud locations on AWS, CenturyLink, Terramark, and others • Infrastructure capacity evaluation and growth planning • Infrastructure application support and monitoring • Linux server hardening and FIPS application Show less • Systems design and engineering • Scripting and automation using BASH, Perl, Python, PowerShell, PowerCLI, Group Policy, SolarWinds, SUSE Manager and other automation tools • Incident response • Disaster recovery planning and testing • Automation planning and integration • Large scale deployments across thousands of servers in more than 20 data center and cloud locations on AWS, CenturyLink, Terramark, and others • Infrastructure capacity evaluation and growth planning •… Show more • Systems design and engineering • Scripting and automation using BASH, Perl, Python, PowerShell, PowerCLI, Group Policy, SolarWinds, SUSE Manager and other automation tools • Incident response • Disaster recovery planning and testing • Automation planning and integration • Large scale deployments across thousands of servers in more than 20 data center and cloud locations on AWS, CenturyLink, Terramark, and others • Infrastructure capacity evaluation and growth planning • Infrastructure application support and monitoring • Linux server hardening and FIPS application Show less



VMware Workspace ONE

• United States
• Software Development
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Systems Engineer

  • Apr 2014 - Nov 2014

  • Systems design and engineering • Infrastructure application support and monitoring • Enterprise AV and patch management • Automation planning and integration • Systems design and engineering • Infrastructure application support and monitoring • Enterprise AV and patch management • Automation planning and integration



fusion Network Solutions

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner/CEO

  • May 2010 - Apr 2014

  Technology consulting and support for SMBs. I ran this company successfully with 3 full time employees until I decided that my path should be more technical and sold it. Technology consulting and support for SMBs. I ran this company successfully with 3 full time employees until I decided that my path should be more technical and sold it.



Everytech

• Network/Systems Administrator

  • Mar 2009 - Jun 2011

  • Physical and virtual server administration • Application administration • Command line and GUI switching and routing on Cisco, Watchguard, and Sonicwall devices • Wireless network survey and installation • Traffic shaping and filtering • VDI configuration and management • VoIP systems configuration and management • Physical and virtual server administration • Application administration • Command line and GUI switching and routing on Cisco, Watchguard, and Sonicwall devices • Wireless network survey and installation • Traffic shaping and filtering • VDI configuration and management • VoIP systems configuration and management



Infinity Network Solutions

• Network/Systems Administrator

  • May 2007 - Jan 2009

  Accomplishments and Duties: • Resolved network conflicts and issues to increase business functionality • Assisted in Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration and administered Exchange 2003/2007 for a number of clients • Provided detailed documentation and recommendations for new products and direction for the organization • Worked to establish new IT security policies and procedures within the organization • Maintained L2TP WAN VPN support for a number of school systems and… Show more Accomplishments and Duties: • Resolved network conflicts and issues to increase business functionality • Assisted in Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 migration and administered Exchange 2003/2007 for a number of clients • Provided detailed documentation and recommendations for new products and direction for the organization • Worked to establish new IT security policies and procedures within the organization • Maintained L2TP WAN VPN support for a number of school systems and multi-location clients • Worked as VMware ESX administrator for the organization • Lead integration and training of new ConnectWise customer tracking and ticketing system

• Internship

  • May 2007 - Jul 2007

  Worked as in intern under Owner/CEO Robert Betzel.