Taylor Ross
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Josh Oidick
Taylor is one of the most dedicated Systems Engineers I have worked with. He is quick to learn new technology and always looking to take on new challenges. While working with him, he has developed the ability to balance customer and business requirements to find the optimal solution to issues. He also learned and become certified in SCCM in only 3 months and has revolutionized our infrastructure and the way that we manage desktop, servers, and software deployments.
LinkedIn User
Taylor is a responsive and knowledgeable Network Operations and Security Technician. He provides insightful technical information and know how to management with regard to ITIL processes, Service Delivery and ways to reduce cost through careful analysis of processes and procedures. Taylor also brings a positive energy and a great sense of humor and passion for his work and support to those he provides service too. I highly recommend him and know that he will bring the same value to your team.
Josh Oidick
Taylor is one of the most dedicated Systems Engineers I have worked with. He is quick to learn new technology and always looking to take on new challenges. While working with him, he has developed the ability to balance customer and business requirements to find the optimal solution to issues. He also learned and become certified in SCCM in only 3 months and has revolutionized our infrastructure and the way that we manage desktop, servers, and software deployments.
LinkedIn User
Taylor is a responsive and knowledgeable Network Operations and Security Technician. He provides insightful technical information and know how to management with regard to ITIL processes, Service Delivery and ways to reduce cost through careful analysis of processes and procedures. Taylor also brings a positive energy and a great sense of humor and passion for his work and support to those he provides service too. I highly recommend him and know that he will bring the same value to your team.
Josh Oidick
Taylor is one of the most dedicated Systems Engineers I have worked with. He is quick to learn new technology and always looking to take on new challenges. While working with him, he has developed the ability to balance customer and business requirements to find the optimal solution to issues. He also learned and become certified in SCCM in only 3 months and has revolutionized our infrastructure and the way that we manage desktop, servers, and software deployments.
LinkedIn User
Taylor is a responsive and knowledgeable Network Operations and Security Technician. He provides insightful technical information and know how to management with regard to ITIL processes, Service Delivery and ways to reduce cost through careful analysis of processes and procedures. Taylor also brings a positive energy and a great sense of humor and passion for his work and support to those he provides service too. I highly recommend him and know that he will bring the same value to your team.
Josh Oidick
Taylor is one of the most dedicated Systems Engineers I have worked with. He is quick to learn new technology and always looking to take on new challenges. While working with him, he has developed the ability to balance customer and business requirements to find the optimal solution to issues. He also learned and become certified in SCCM in only 3 months and has revolutionized our infrastructure and the way that we manage desktop, servers, and software deployments.
LinkedIn User
Taylor is a responsive and knowledgeable Network Operations and Security Technician. He provides insightful technical information and know how to management with regard to ITIL processes, Service Delivery and ways to reduce cost through careful analysis of processes and procedures. Taylor also brings a positive energy and a great sense of humor and passion for his work and support to those he provides service too. I highly recommend him and know that he will bring the same value to your team.
Credentials
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Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer
MicrosoftDec, 2019- Nov, 2024 -
MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
MicrosoftSep, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
MCSA: Cloud Platform
MicrosoftAug, 2018- Nov, 2024 -
CompTIA Security+
CompTIAApr, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Cloud One Consulting
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Azure DevOps Guru
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Oct 2018 - Present
• Lead projects with multiple organizations within the DoD (and other agencies) that designing and implementation of automated processes using DevOps tools such as Terraform, Azure DevOps Pipelines, Azure DSC, Ansible and scripting languages (such as Powershell). • Evaluate and Implement new Generally Available Azure services, such as Management Groups or network services in an automated, Infrastructure as Code fashion. • Provide administrative support for Mission Application teams through configuring build agents and team projects, troubleshooting user issues and advising on CI/CD capabilities • Monitor and maintain health of Azure Common Services Infrastructure via Metrics Dashboards, Log Analytics, Azure Monitor, Azure Security, ServiceNow MID, et al. • Working with a number of concepts: Policy/Security (including the context of DISA STIGS), ATO, JSON/XML/YAML, Cloud Architectures use cases (Monolithic, SOA, Microservices), Visual Studio/VSCode, ARM Templates, Terraform, DSC, Ansible, Agile/Scrum, SQL and more.
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Accenture Federal Services
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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Azure Engineer
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Jan 2017 - Oct 2018
• Lead the cloud team in designing, deploying and troubleshooting a 1000+ IaaS server hybrid cloud environment that contains a mix of Windows 2012/2016 and RHEL 7 on Azure cloud using a DevOps methodology. • Leverage Bash, Powershell, Jenkins, Chef and Azure Runbooks to improve general automation. • Lead the cloud team in designing, deploying and troubleshooting a 1000+ IaaS server hybrid cloud environment that contains a mix of Windows 2012/2016 and RHEL 7 on Azure cloud using a DevOps methodology. • Leverage Bash, Powershell, Jenkins, Chef and Azure Runbooks to improve general automation.
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DMI (Digital Management, LLC)
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United States
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Information Technology & Services
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700 & Above Employee
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System Engineer
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May 2015 - Jan 2017
•Work on POCs that included basic cloud-related AWS and Azure services, such VM/EC2, Blob/S3, etc. •Administer, troubleshoot, optimize and report system-wide server infrastructure platforms. •Work on POCs that included basic cloud-related AWS and Azure services, such VM/EC2, Blob/S3, etc. •Administer, troubleshoot, optimize and report system-wide server infrastructure platforms.
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Southland Industries
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United States
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Construction
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700 & Above Employee
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Systems Engineer
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Aug 2013 - May 2015
•Build physical and virtual (vSphere 5.5) servers with various roles for new project sites including DR (Commvault) management while ensuring SLAs are being met. •Build physical and virtual (vSphere 5.5) servers with various roles for new project sites including DR (Commvault) management while ensuring SLAs are being met.
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Digicon Corporation
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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100 - 200 Employee
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Network Operations and Security Technician
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Apr 2011 - Aug 2013
•Monitor, administer and resolve hardware/software/networking malfunction in multiple collocating data centers for 30,000 users in a 24/7 environment. •Monitor, administer and resolve hardware/software/networking malfunction in multiple collocating data centers for 30,000 users in a 24/7 environment.
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Best Buy Business
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United States
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Business Consulting and Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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Administrator
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Jun 2008 - Apr 2011
•Work with a team of 5 to resolve technology issues. •Work with a team of 5 to resolve technology issues.
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Education
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2008 - 2009
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
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