Peter Schimitsch
Senior Manager, Cloud Engineering at Speedcast- Claim this Profile
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Bio
Credentials
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AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Aug, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Feb, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
Amazon Web Services (AWS)Feb, 2021- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Speedcast
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United States
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Manager, Cloud Engineering
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Jun 2021 - Present
● Collaborate with stakeholders to architect AWS-based solutions that meet availability, cost, security, delivery time and other business-defined requirements.● Develop, test, implement and monitor customer (internal and external) systems using multiple cloud computing models (e.g. IaaS, Cloud-Native, Serverless).● Deploy and maintain cloud infrastructure using infrastructure as code (IaC) and DevOps tools, such as AWS CloudFormation, AWS SAM, AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodePipeline.● Define cloud governance policies, integrate cloud security services (e.g. AWS Security Hub) and develop custom tools to strengthen the organization’s security posture in AWS. ● Maintain cloud infrastructure used to support the organization’s hybrid cloud networking needs (e.g. AWS Transit Gateway, Amazon Route53 Resolvers, S2S VPNs).● Build and administer cloud shared services infrastructure to support AWS workloads maintained by development teams across the global organization.● Budget, monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure costs at both the organization and individual workload levels.● Provide internal technical consultation to product development teams using AWS as part of their solution technology stacks.● Perform project management duties for complex, multidisciplinary cloud initiatives.● Serve as a core member of the Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE), spearheading the organization’s continued cloud adoption strategy.● Deliver cloud-related presentations, training and workshops to both technical and business stakeholders within the organization. Show less
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Manager, Systems Engineering
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Mar 2015 - May 2021
Previously Globecomm Systems Inc. (acquired by Speedcast in December 2018)● Managed a diverse team of software, systems and cloud engineers to design, implement and integrate proprietary software solutions for end customers.● Oversaw the delivery of multiple new software product and project initiatives serving as the team’s sprint lead and solutions architect.● Collaborated with internal business stakeholders to develop product roadmaps, solution pricing and provide pre-sales technical support (e.g. RFI/RFP responses, demos, pilots).● Documented software systems across the stack (e.g. cloud, networking, server infrastructure, app services, APIs, sequence diagrams) with tools such as MS Visio.● Mentored junior engineers on engineering technologies, tools and best practices. Show less
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Globecomm Systems Inc.
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United States
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Telecommunications
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100 - 200 Employee
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Systems Engineer
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Sep 2011 - Mar 2015
● Traveled to customer sites to deploy and integrate proprietary network management application software used to monitor and control satellite earth station equipment. ● Installed and configured various systems and services (e.g. Hypervisor, Guest OS, Web, Load Balancer, Database, Directory) used within product technology stacks. ● Developed custom software applications to extend core product functionality and meet customer-specific integration needs. ● Provided on-site and remote product training to customer technology teams. Show less
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General Dynamics Mission Systems
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United States
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Defense and Space Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Software Engineer
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Jun 2010 - Sep 2011
● Implemented turnkey solutions for customer PKI server/user certificate management. ● Developed Windows and Linux shell scripts to harden operating systems and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software to comply with DoD security standards. ● Implemented turnkey solutions for customer PKI server/user certificate management. ● Developed Windows and Linux shell scripts to harden operating systems and commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software to comply with DoD security standards.
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Citi
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United States
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Financial Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Network Engineer Intern
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May 2006 - Aug 2007
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Education
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Boston University
Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Engineering