Experience

X2X Media Group
• United States
• Media Production
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Jul 2023 - Present


ReadySet

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

• Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Mar 2022 - Feb 2023

  - Leveraged the AWS CDK framework to automate the Terraform management of AWS resources (cdktf). - Refactored/deprecate Cloudformation code with CDK - Optimized and managed Buildkite pipelines for various Readyset development projects - Wrote python PoC for CDK (Cloudformation synth); ended up using Typescript and cdktf (Terraform manifest synth) in production - Worked with Helm providers to deploy the ReadySet product to EKS-provisioned Kubernetes clusters - Created… Show more - Leveraged the AWS CDK framework to automate the Terraform management of AWS resources (cdktf). - Refactored/deprecate Cloudformation code with CDK - Optimized and managed Buildkite pipelines for various Readyset development projects - Wrote python PoC for CDK (Cloudformation synth); ended up using Typescript and cdktf (Terraform manifest synth) in production - Worked with Helm providers to deploy the ReadySet product to EKS-provisioned Kubernetes clusters - Created IaC data model and access patterns that utilized DynamoDB adjacency list pattern - Work with Product Managers and team members to identify high-priority objectives, plan action items, and meet delivery deadlines Show less - Leveraged the AWS CDK framework to automate the Terraform management of AWS resources (cdktf). - Refactored/deprecate Cloudformation code with CDK - Optimized and managed Buildkite pipelines for various Readyset development projects - Wrote python PoC for CDK (Cloudformation synth); ended up using Typescript and cdktf (Terraform manifest synth) in production - Worked with Helm providers to deploy the ReadySet product to EKS-provisioned Kubernetes clusters - Created… Show more - Leveraged the AWS CDK framework to automate the Terraform management of AWS resources (cdktf). - Refactored/deprecate Cloudformation code with CDK - Optimized and managed Buildkite pipelines for various Readyset development projects - Wrote python PoC for CDK (Cloudformation synth); ended up using Typescript and cdktf (Terraform manifest synth) in production - Worked with Helm providers to deploy the ReadySet product to EKS-provisioned Kubernetes clusters - Created IaC data model and access patterns that utilized DynamoDB adjacency list pattern - Work with Product Managers and team members to identify high-priority objectives, plan action items, and meet delivery deadlines Show less



Infoblox

• United States
• Computer and Network Security
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff DevOps Engineer

  • Jul 2021 - Feb 2022

  - Worked with Architects and Staff peers to drive high-level process adoption, engineering standardization, and quarterly milestones - Mentored Senior team members and provided escalation support for Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS, and Kubernetes - Simplified AWS VPC routing and connectivity architecture within the GovCloud space - Worked with Networking Architect to adhere to compliance and change request constraints governing network topology - Facilitated organization… Show more - Worked with Architects and Staff peers to drive high-level process adoption, engineering standardization, and quarterly milestones - Mentored Senior team members and provided escalation support for Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS, and Kubernetes - Simplified AWS VPC routing and connectivity architecture within the GovCloud space - Worked with Networking Architect to adhere to compliance and change request constraints governing network topology - Facilitated organization standardization and high-level process adoption across teams Show less - Worked with Architects and Staff peers to drive high-level process adoption, engineering standardization, and quarterly milestones - Mentored Senior team members and provided escalation support for Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS, and Kubernetes - Simplified AWS VPC routing and connectivity architecture within the GovCloud space - Worked with Networking Architect to adhere to compliance and change request constraints governing network topology - Facilitated organization… Show more - Worked with Architects and Staff peers to drive high-level process adoption, engineering standardization, and quarterly milestones - Mentored Senior team members and provided escalation support for Terraform, Cloudformation, AWS, and Kubernetes - Simplified AWS VPC routing and connectivity architecture within the GovCloud space - Worked with Networking Architect to adhere to compliance and change request constraints governing network topology - Facilitated organization standardization and high-level process adoption across teams Show less



Bynder

• Netherlands
• Software Development
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Jan 2019 - Jun 2021

  - Manage deploys and releases - Maintain and build Bynder’s global scaling infrastructure - Help development team to grow and enable development - Advocate operational best practices to technical and product teams - Drive process and company-wide communication, including post mortems, incident reports and project lifecycle documentation - Drive automation, monitoring and horizontal scalability of key systems - Remove single point of failures, reliability weak points and… Show more - Manage deploys and releases - Maintain and build Bynder’s global scaling infrastructure - Help development team to grow and enable development - Advocate operational best practices to technical and product teams - Drive process and company-wide communication, including post mortems, incident reports and project lifecycle documentation - Drive automation, monitoring and horizontal scalability of key systems - Remove single point of failures, reliability weak points and performance bottlenecks - Provide feedback and guidance on architecture proposals from across the organizations - Ensure that proactive and efficient monitoring is in place for all our vital microservices, while an advanced alarming system is notifying us for unusual behavior Show less - Manage deploys and releases - Maintain and build Bynder’s global scaling infrastructure - Help development team to grow and enable development - Advocate operational best practices to technical and product teams - Drive process and company-wide communication, including post mortems, incident reports and project lifecycle documentation - Drive automation, monitoring and horizontal scalability of key systems - Remove single point of failures, reliability weak points and… Show more - Manage deploys and releases - Maintain and build Bynder’s global scaling infrastructure - Help development team to grow and enable development - Advocate operational best practices to technical and product teams - Drive process and company-wide communication, including post mortems, incident reports and project lifecycle documentation - Drive automation, monitoring and horizontal scalability of key systems - Remove single point of failures, reliability weak points and performance bottlenecks - Provide feedback and guidance on architecture proposals from across the organizations - Ensure that proactive and efficient monitoring is in place for all our vital microservices, while an advanced alarming system is notifying us for unusual behavior Show less



productOps, Inc.

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

• Senior DevOps Engineer

  • Dec 2017 - Nov 2018

  - Primary DevOps Engineer tasked with automating AWS provisioning - Utilized Stacker and Troposphere (python projects) to drive the orchestration and generation of Cloudformation templates - Architected AWS resource layout and provisioning schemes consistent with DevOps principals and best practices (pets v. cattle, non-overlapping subnetting, security, reusability, etc) - Escalation support for AWS issues blocking software engineering - Collaborate daily with team members… Show more - Primary DevOps Engineer tasked with automating AWS provisioning - Utilized Stacker and Troposphere (python projects) to drive the orchestration and generation of Cloudformation templates - Architected AWS resource layout and provisioning schemes consistent with DevOps principals and best practices (pets v. cattle, non-overlapping subnetting, security, reusability, etc) - Escalation support for AWS issues blocking software engineering - Collaborate daily with team members to drive good code and infra design Show less - Primary DevOps Engineer tasked with automating AWS provisioning - Utilized Stacker and Troposphere (python projects) to drive the orchestration and generation of Cloudformation templates - Architected AWS resource layout and provisioning schemes consistent with DevOps principals and best practices (pets v. cattle, non-overlapping subnetting, security, reusability, etc) - Escalation support for AWS issues blocking software engineering - Collaborate daily with team members… Show more - Primary DevOps Engineer tasked with automating AWS provisioning - Utilized Stacker and Troposphere (python projects) to drive the orchestration and generation of Cloudformation templates - Architected AWS resource layout and provisioning schemes consistent with DevOps principals and best practices (pets v. cattle, non-overlapping subnetting, security, reusability, etc) - Escalation support for AWS issues blocking software engineering - Collaborate daily with team members to drive good code and infra design Show less



MZ

• Croatia
• Entertainment

• Senior Infrastructure Engineer

  • Dec 2016 - Dec 2017

  - Managed and wrote the Puppet code that enforced state across many thousands of nodes - Implemented a CI pipeline for Puppet that leveraged GoCD, Docker, VMware, Vmpooler, and Beaker - Created and maintained python scripts for the Automation team - Created and contributed to Ansible playbooks that managed Automation infrastructure - Routine configuration of Vmware and F5 Load Balancers - Collaborated with other seniors to promote infrastructure code usage patterns… Show more - Managed and wrote the Puppet code that enforced state across many thousands of nodes - Implemented a CI pipeline for Puppet that leveraged GoCD, Docker, VMware, Vmpooler, and Beaker - Created and maintained python scripts for the Automation team - Created and contributed to Ansible playbooks that managed Automation infrastructure - Routine configuration of Vmware and F5 Load Balancers - Collaborated with other seniors to promote infrastructure code usage patterns that incorporated good Git workflow - Managed a migration from Foreman to a custom ENC that implemented the Puppet 'Roles and Profiles' pattern Show less - Managed and wrote the Puppet code that enforced state across many thousands of nodes - Implemented a CI pipeline for Puppet that leveraged GoCD, Docker, VMware, Vmpooler, and Beaker - Created and maintained python scripts for the Automation team - Created and contributed to Ansible playbooks that managed Automation infrastructure - Routine configuration of Vmware and F5 Load Balancers - Collaborated with other seniors to promote infrastructure code usage patterns… Show more - Managed and wrote the Puppet code that enforced state across many thousands of nodes - Implemented a CI pipeline for Puppet that leveraged GoCD, Docker, VMware, Vmpooler, and Beaker - Created and maintained python scripts for the Automation team - Created and contributed to Ansible playbooks that managed Automation infrastructure - Routine configuration of Vmware and F5 Load Balancers - Collaborated with other seniors to promote infrastructure code usage patterns that incorporated good Git workflow - Managed a migration from Foreman to a custom ENC that implemented the Puppet 'Roles and Profiles' pattern Show less



GET IT Mobile Inc.

• DevOps Engineer

  • Jun 2015 - Oct 2016

  - Administration and configuration automation of development, stage, and production systems provisioned within AWS and Virtualbox (Vagrant) - Support Software Engineering via environment engineering, systems provisioning, and Continuous Integration administration - Utilized Jenkins, Git, Puppet, and R10K to implement a CM pipeline consistent with "infrastructure as code" ideology - Administration of AWS infrastructure elements, such as RDS, Route53, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, etc -… Show more - Administration and configuration automation of development, stage, and production systems provisioned within AWS and Virtualbox (Vagrant) - Support Software Engineering via environment engineering, systems provisioning, and Continuous Integration administration - Utilized Jenkins, Git, Puppet, and R10K to implement a CM pipeline consistent with "infrastructure as code" ideology - Administration of AWS infrastructure elements, such as RDS, Route53, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, etc - Monitoring of the environment via Nagios plugins, Elastalert, Elasticsearch, and Cloudwatch - Utilize Python, bash, and PHP to create EC2 management scripts, elasticsearch querying/alerting tools, nagios plugins, and infrastructure auditing tools - Administer and Puppetize various systems and platforms, such as ELK, Rabbit, REST services, OpenVPN tunneling, Apache, sendmail, and custom applications - Network Administration via ACL management, flowlog analysis, subnet provisioning, route configuration, VPC management, and load balancing Show less - Administration and configuration automation of development, stage, and production systems provisioned within AWS and Virtualbox (Vagrant) - Support Software Engineering via environment engineering, systems provisioning, and Continuous Integration administration - Utilized Jenkins, Git, Puppet, and R10K to implement a CM pipeline consistent with "infrastructure as code" ideology - Administration of AWS infrastructure elements, such as RDS, Route53, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, etc -… Show more - Administration and configuration automation of development, stage, and production systems provisioned within AWS and Virtualbox (Vagrant) - Support Software Engineering via environment engineering, systems provisioning, and Continuous Integration administration - Utilized Jenkins, Git, Puppet, and R10K to implement a CM pipeline consistent with "infrastructure as code" ideology - Administration of AWS infrastructure elements, such as RDS, Route53, EC2, Cloudwatch, S3, etc - Monitoring of the environment via Nagios plugins, Elastalert, Elasticsearch, and Cloudwatch - Utilize Python, bash, and PHP to create EC2 management scripts, elasticsearch querying/alerting tools, nagios plugins, and infrastructure auditing tools - Administer and Puppetize various systems and platforms, such as ELK, Rabbit, REST services, OpenVPN tunneling, Apache, sendmail, and custom applications - Network Administration via ACL management, flowlog analysis, subnet provisioning, route configuration, VPC management, and load balancing Show less



Comcourse

• United States
• E-learning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Systems Administrator

  • Sep 2013 - May 2015

  - Responsible for all *nix systems (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) - Responsible for the configuration/uptime of all networking devices (VPN routers, gateways, switches, firewalls) - Primary administrator for MySQL DBs - Architected LAMP infrastructure stack in AWS for a PHP application - Migrated PHP application from a DC to AWS - Created/modified Bash scripts for various mission-critical tasks (AWS EIP management, EBS snapshotting, file system monitoring, etc). - Responsible for all *nix systems (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) - Responsible for the configuration/uptime of all networking devices (VPN routers, gateways, switches, firewalls) - Primary administrator for MySQL DBs - Architected LAMP infrastructure stack in AWS for a PHP application - Migrated PHP application from a DC to AWS - Created/modified Bash scripts for various mission-critical tasks (AWS EIP management, EBS snapshotting, file system monitoring, etc).



Apple

• Indonesia
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Netflow Project Engineer

  • Mar 2013 - Jun 2013

  - Evaluated, configured, and deployed Netflow v9 compatible sensors and collectors. Utilized an Ixia BPS to stress-test device throughput. - Worked with high-level vendor support teams to analyze BPS test results and resolve software bugs/anomalies. - Worked with software developers to identify information sources, provide project overview/guidance, and act as a resource for TCP/IP questions. - Worked with multiple internal Apple teams to define a SOW (Scope of Work). - Coordinated… Show more - Evaluated, configured, and deployed Netflow v9 compatible sensors and collectors. Utilized an Ixia BPS to stress-test device throughput. - Worked with high-level vendor support teams to analyze BPS test results and resolve software bugs/anomalies. - Worked with software developers to identify information sources, provide project overview/guidance, and act as a resource for TCP/IP questions. - Worked with multiple internal Apple teams to define a SOW (Scope of Work). - Coordinated data center deployments via the creation of Service Orders, Change Requests, and cabling diagrams. Worked with Site Services personnel from various regions to rack/cable devices. Show less - Evaluated, configured, and deployed Netflow v9 compatible sensors and collectors. Utilized an Ixia BPS to stress-test device throughput. - Worked with high-level vendor support teams to analyze BPS test results and resolve software bugs/anomalies. - Worked with software developers to identify information sources, provide project overview/guidance, and act as a resource for TCP/IP questions. - Worked with multiple internal Apple teams to define a SOW (Scope of Work). - Coordinated… Show more - Evaluated, configured, and deployed Netflow v9 compatible sensors and collectors. Utilized an Ixia BPS to stress-test device throughput. - Worked with high-level vendor support teams to analyze BPS test results and resolve software bugs/anomalies. - Worked with software developers to identify information sources, provide project overview/guidance, and act as a resource for TCP/IP questions. - Worked with multiple internal Apple teams to define a SOW (Scope of Work). - Coordinated data center deployments via the creation of Service Orders, Change Requests, and cabling diagrams. Worked with Site Services personnel from various regions to rack/cable devices. Show less



Encompass Community Services

• Australia
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Network Admin II

  • Sep 2011 - Mar 2013

  - Primary admin for Exchange 2010 configured for HA and containing 400+ mailboxes. - Administrator for all Microsoft Server 2008 domain controllers, terminal servers, print servers, file servers, and various member servers. Specific duties include AD, Group Policy, IIS, DFS, DNS, SQL, and DHCP administration. - Administer Vmware ESXi 4.1 and HP SAN storage devices. - Administer a network comprised of Cisco and HP switches, ASA 5000 series devices, and an Adtran router. - Project… Show more - Primary admin for Exchange 2010 configured for HA and containing 400+ mailboxes. - Administrator for all Microsoft Server 2008 domain controllers, terminal servers, print servers, file servers, and various member servers. Specific duties include AD, Group Policy, IIS, DFS, DNS, SQL, and DHCP administration. - Administer Vmware ESXi 4.1 and HP SAN storage devices. - Administer a network comprised of Cisco and HP switches, ASA 5000 series devices, and an Adtran router. - Project lead in the network-side deployment of Solarwind's NPM and NTA products. - Project lead in event log forwarding and collection for the Exchange 2010 organization. - Verify Backup Exec jobs, perform data restorations, and troubleshoot failed jobs. - Track Help Desk issues and inventory via Spiceworks. - Support all agency staff (400+ employees) via Help Desk ticket resolution. Show less - Primary admin for Exchange 2010 configured for HA and containing 400+ mailboxes. - Administrator for all Microsoft Server 2008 domain controllers, terminal servers, print servers, file servers, and various member servers. Specific duties include AD, Group Policy, IIS, DFS, DNS, SQL, and DHCP administration. - Administer Vmware ESXi 4.1 and HP SAN storage devices. - Administer a network comprised of Cisco and HP switches, ASA 5000 series devices, and an Adtran router. - Project… Show more - Primary admin for Exchange 2010 configured for HA and containing 400+ mailboxes. - Administrator for all Microsoft Server 2008 domain controllers, terminal servers, print servers, file servers, and various member servers. Specific duties include AD, Group Policy, IIS, DFS, DNS, SQL, and DHCP administration. - Administer Vmware ESXi 4.1 and HP SAN storage devices. - Administer a network comprised of Cisco and HP switches, ASA 5000 series devices, and an Adtran router. - Project lead in the network-side deployment of Solarwind's NPM and NTA products. - Project lead in event log forwarding and collection for the Exchange 2010 organization. - Verify Backup Exec jobs, perform data restorations, and troubleshoot failed jobs. - Track Help Desk issues and inventory via Spiceworks. - Support all agency staff (400+ employees) via Help Desk ticket resolution. Show less



Geeks on the Go

• Canada
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Owner

  • Apr 2004 - Sep 2011

  - Engineer, configure, and deploy fault-tolerant Linux and Microsoft solutions for numerous small and medium-sized businesses. - Setup and administer MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010. - Setup and administer Server 2003/2008 core services. - Configure Linux servers to provide core services such as VPN access, web, file sharing, and e-mail services. - Deploy production vmware solutions. - Support a residential customer base of approximately 400. - Provide extensive desktop support to… Show more - Engineer, configure, and deploy fault-tolerant Linux and Microsoft solutions for numerous small and medium-sized businesses. - Setup and administer MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010. - Setup and administer Server 2003/2008 core services. - Configure Linux servers to provide core services such as VPN access, web, file sharing, and e-mail services. - Deploy production vmware solutions. - Support a residential customer base of approximately 400. - Provide extensive desktop support to commercial customer staff. Show less - Engineer, configure, and deploy fault-tolerant Linux and Microsoft solutions for numerous small and medium-sized businesses. - Setup and administer MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010. - Setup and administer Server 2003/2008 core services. - Configure Linux servers to provide core services such as VPN access, web, file sharing, and e-mail services. - Deploy production vmware solutions. - Support a residential customer base of approximately 400. - Provide extensive desktop support to… Show more - Engineer, configure, and deploy fault-tolerant Linux and Microsoft solutions for numerous small and medium-sized businesses. - Setup and administer MS Exchange 2003/2007/2010. - Setup and administer Server 2003/2008 core services. - Configure Linux servers to provide core services such as VPN access, web, file sharing, and e-mail services. - Deploy production vmware solutions. - Support a residential customer base of approximately 400. - Provide extensive desktop support to commercial customer staff. Show less



RagingNet

• IT Services and IT Consulting

• NOC

  • Jan 2003 - Jan 2004

  - Monitor client networks and server clusters via NetSaint; troubleshoot and resolve any errors. - Install and configure various Linux programs used within the RagingNet business environment. Examples include syslog-ng, swatch, cricket, and netsaint. - Proactively diagnose, troubleshoot, and document all system events logged by various nodes across the network in an effort to continually refine Operations and QOS. - Monitor, research, and respond to network security alerts generated… Show more - Monitor client networks and server clusters via NetSaint; troubleshoot and resolve any errors. - Install and configure various Linux programs used within the RagingNet business environment. Examples include syslog-ng, swatch, cricket, and netsaint. - Proactively diagnose, troubleshoot, and document all system events logged by various nodes across the network in an effort to continually refine Operations and QOS. - Monitor, research, and respond to network security alerts generated by the Snort Intrusion Detection System. Show less - Monitor client networks and server clusters via NetSaint; troubleshoot and resolve any errors. - Install and configure various Linux programs used within the RagingNet business environment. Examples include syslog-ng, swatch, cricket, and netsaint. - Proactively diagnose, troubleshoot, and document all system events logged by various nodes across the network in an effort to continually refine Operations and QOS. - Monitor, research, and respond to network security alerts generated… Show more - Monitor client networks and server clusters via NetSaint; troubleshoot and resolve any errors. - Install and configure various Linux programs used within the RagingNet business environment. Examples include syslog-ng, swatch, cricket, and netsaint. - Proactively diagnose, troubleshoot, and document all system events logged by various nodes across the network in an effort to continually refine Operations and QOS. - Monitor, research, and respond to network security alerts generated by the Snort Intrusion Detection System. Show less



Excite@Home

• Technology, Information and Internet

• Network Engineer

  • Aug 2000 - Feb 2002

  @Work Tier3 NOC - - Monitor nationwide network comprised of Cisco 2600, 5200, 7200, and GSR12000 routers using Rover on Sun Sparc 5 workstations running Sun Solaris. - Troubleshoot and resolve network outages and Tier 2 escalations. - Administer production network devices by updating IOS images, configuring network interfaces, modifying access-lists, configuring routing, checking error logs, supervising hardware upgrades/replacements, etc. - Approve new devices entering the… Show more @Work Tier3 NOC - - Monitor nationwide network comprised of Cisco 2600, 5200, 7200, and GSR12000 routers using Rover on Sun Sparc 5 workstations running Sun Solaris. - Troubleshoot and resolve network outages and Tier 2 escalations. - Administer production network devices by updating IOS images, configuring network interfaces, modifying access-lists, configuring routing, checking error logs, supervising hardware upgrades/replacements, etc. - Approve new devices entering the production network by double-checking device configuration for accuracy. Show less @Work Tier3 NOC - - Monitor nationwide network comprised of Cisco 2600, 5200, 7200, and GSR12000 routers using Rover on Sun Sparc 5 workstations running Sun Solaris. - Troubleshoot and resolve network outages and Tier 2 escalations. - Administer production network devices by updating IOS images, configuring network interfaces, modifying access-lists, configuring routing, checking error logs, supervising hardware upgrades/replacements, etc. - Approve new devices entering the… Show more @Work Tier3 NOC - - Monitor nationwide network comprised of Cisco 2600, 5200, 7200, and GSR12000 routers using Rover on Sun Sparc 5 workstations running Sun Solaris. - Troubleshoot and resolve network outages and Tier 2 escalations. - Administer production network devices by updating IOS images, configuring network interfaces, modifying access-lists, configuring routing, checking error logs, supervising hardware upgrades/replacements, etc. - Approve new devices entering the production network by double-checking device configuration for accuracy. Show less



ICG Communications

• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NOC

  • Apr 2000 - Aug 2000

  - Monitor nationwide network. - Troubleshoot modem racks and T1 lines. - Log events via remedy ticketing system. - Field customer and network trouble calls. - Coordinate circuit troubleshooting with the LECs. - Monitor nationwide network. - Troubleshoot modem racks and T1 lines. - Log events via remedy ticketing system. - Field customer and network trouble calls. - Coordinate circuit troubleshooting with the LECs.