Experience

Stelligent

• United States
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• DevOps Automation Engineer III

  • Feb 2021 - Present

  (Consulting) Train teams to adopt sound DevOps, SRE, and InfoSec culture and practices. (Consulting) Train teams to adopt sound DevOps, SRE, and InfoSec culture and practices.



Rooms To Go

• United States
• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• DevOps Principal Engineer

  • Nov 2018 - Feb 2021

  Direct and train a department of SREs.Train developers to follow DevOps & CI/CD processes.Architect Hybrid-Cloud and Multi-Cloud infrastructure.Set and enforce security practices.Develop tools and services in bash, Node.js, Python, and Go.Design, build, and deploy Docker containers, API Gateways.Infrastructure as Code.Infrastructure via aws-cli.Automate and orchestrate infrastructure with Packer and Terraform.Build and maintain [Fargate] ECS, EKS, and Kubernetes clusters serving microservices.Manage AWS costs.Make and document changes to AWSManage network security with AWS Security Groups, iptables, and OpenVPN.Maintain MongoDB and DynamoDB databases.



MidAmerican Energy Company

• United States
• Utilities
• 700 & Above Employee

• DevOps Team Lead

  • Oct 2016 - Sep 2018

  Research, recommend, deploy, and administer hardware and software.Orchestrate servers with Chef.Design Docker containers.Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters serving microservices.Manage AWS costs.Make and document changes to AWS infrastructure via aws-cli.Manage network security with AWS Security Groups, iptables, and OpenVPN.Develop tools in Python, bash, awk, sed, etc.Build and maintain Cassandra, MongoDB, and MySQL databases.Build custom Raspberry Pi images for IoT devices sent to client locations.Develop and teach Arduino and CircuitPython software/hardware.Design and CNC mill custom IoT hardware cases.



Cox Media Group Digital & Strategy Team

• United States
• Online Media
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Solution Architect, Mobile

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2016

  Develop mobile client and backend POCs.Architect and deploy cloud infrastructure.Develop and maintain original Open Source software projects.Automate processes and workflows (DevOps).Lead mobile architecture and technical strategy.Recommend and review application architecture and code.Study complex systems and make them accessible to various audiences.Maintain SDLC process.Manage vendors.Archaeology of code, protocols, and processes.Script unit & functional tests.Present and Teach.

• Software Development Manager

  • Nov 2009 - Dec 2012

  Manage 1/4 of a ~30 developer team.Encourage and inspire developers and vendors to give great service.Improve performance through coaching.Maintain SDLC process.Develop mobile client and backend POCs.Architect and deploy cloud infrastructure.Architect and develop software.Develop and maintain original Open Source software projects.Lead mobile architecture and technical strategy.Recommend and review application architecture and code.Present and Teach.Study complex systems and make them accessible to various audiences.Maintain SDLC process.Manage vendors.Archaeology of code, protocols, and processes.Script functional tests.

• Internet Systems Manager & MySQL DBA

  • Jul 2008 - Nov 2009

  Hire and manage a department of system administrators.Administer Linux servers.Virtualize existing web infrastructure.Plan infrastructure to manage capacity.

• MySQL DBA

  • Jan 2007 - Jul 2008

  Administer MySQL.Audit DB queries.Develop PL\SQL.Optimize developer code.Maintain high availability and performance.Develop extra Django and Rails features.



Yahoo

• United States
• Technology, Information and Internet
• 700 & Above Employee

• Technical Yahoo!

  • Mar 2004 - Jan 2007

  Manages teams, development, projects, SLAsDevelop web applications.Admininister FreeBSD, Linux, Apache, MySQL. Manages teams, development, projects, SLAsDevelop web applications.Admininister FreeBSD, Linux, Apache, MySQL.



Apple

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Sales Specialist

  • Mar 2004 - Jun 2004

  Exploit my software development and systems administration expertise to lure businesses away from Microsoft products for the greater good of the universe.Plan computer deployments based on specific business needs.Hardware and software tech support.Help the pre-Intel Apple of 2004 become the largest company in the world. Exploit my software development and systems administration expertise to lure businesses away from Microsoft products for the greater good of the universe.Plan computer deployments based on specific business needs.Hardware and software tech support.Help the pre-Intel Apple of 2004 become the largest company in the world.



Lanier Worldwide

• Retail Office Equipment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Full Stack Developer

  • Oct 2002 - Mar 2004

  Manage and train developers on CVS, security policies, and best practices.Develop custom CMS. Manage and train developers on CVS, security policies, and best practices.Develop custom CMS.



MedCenterDirect

• Lead Solutions Developer

  • Dec 2000 - Oct 2002

  Develop applications, portals, and e-commerce solutions.Architect custom deployment strategies. (DevOps)Script data migrations Develop applications, portals, and e-commerce solutions.Architect custom deployment strategies. (DevOps)Script data migrations



Additional Professional Technology Experience

• Various software/systems engineering, tech support, and graphics/animation postions

  • Aug 1995 - Dec 2000