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A detail-oriented programmer, developer, administrator, architect, engineer, and technician with 20+ years success devising innovative and tailored solutions to meet ever-changing business requirements within multination…
A detail-oriented programmer, developer, administrator, architect, engineer, and technician with 20+ years success devising innovative and tailored solutions to meet ever-changing business requirements within multinational diverse industries. Advanced skill with leading-edge architecture components and programming tools complemented by proven ability to assimilate and rapidly utilize emerging technologies. Experience developing robust, user-focused solutions driving breakthrough efficiency and bottom-line results. I’m now looking to further my already successful career by working for an ambitious and expanding company.
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Senior DevOps Engineer
Responsible for the maintenance, updating and creation of complete business infrastructure.
Real time response to any emerging issues.
Real time administration of existing infrastructure, including databases, ingress, and monitoring based on constantly evolving requirements.
Complete responsibility for any new infrastructure, from deciding on the technology, to implementing, monitoring and documenting each solution.
Self managing work load and responsibilities while continuing to secure best practices and implement newer better solutions.
Implemented and maintained 3 classic K8S clusters, additionally IBMCloud, and AWS using mature core technologies.
Implemented and maintained cluster wide monitoring.
Configured various exporters for services.
Configured robust alerting channels and notifications.
Set and refined metrics limits/alerts to suit business needs.
Automated chat alerting via google chat, slack, and discord webhook notifications.
Responsible for 24/7 on call outage response and ensuring 95% SLA.
Implemented internal/external email system with full security using established technologies.
Designed and implemented internal gitlab/git infrastructure.
Responsible for configuration, maintenance, migration, and upgrades.
Integrated internal docker registry.
Enforced SSH key based authentication.
Developed and refined a universal template in constant hourly use.
Created pipeline status chat notifications with flexible artifact/log URLs.
Created robust kaniko/buildah build stages and flexible helm deployment stages.
Implemented multiple unique load test stages.
Implemented browser testing stage via sitespeed.
Implemented dependency security scan stage via owasp, SAST security stage via sast-kubesec and sast_iac-kics.
Ensured proper licensing test stage via license-finder.
Prevented leaked credentials in code via secrets-gitleaks.
Implemented and deployed security scanning via established technologies.
Implemented, maintained, administered and optimized various database technologies.
Ensured standard backup procedures via Minio/Restic.
Responsible for performance tuning based on evolving needs and verbose logging to determine those needs.
Utilized scripting technologies for both mocking initial solutions, and full independent solutions: bash, sh, posix, perl, python.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Implemented and maintained 3 classic K8S clusters, additionally IBMCloud, and AWS using mature core technologies, Implemented and maintained cluster wide monitoring, Implemented internal/external email system with full security using established technologies, Designed and implemented internal gitlab/git infrastructure, Daily development of complex CD/CD infrastructure, Implemented, maintained, administered and optimized various database technologies, Utilized scripting technologies for both mocking initial solutions, and full independent solutions
Chief Information/Technical Officer/Senior DevOps Engineer
Designed and implemented a complete operational infrastructure for a startup company from scratch.
Created system standards, process flows, and supporting documentation.
Designed a complete certificate authority process implementing the strongest security practices.
Continuing to research, implement and contribute to emerging technologies and security concepts.
Designed physical network infrastructure.
Configured secure WiFi, LAN, and VoIP networks.
Installed and configured server hardware and software.
Secured and hardened operating system.
Configured multiple IDS/AV systems: Snort, Aide, RKHunter, etc.
Configured multiple MVC framworks and CMS: Laravel, Symfony, Phalcon.
Secured SSH2 access.
Implemented firewall, SPA/SDP, VPN.
Hardened TCP stack.
Implemented TOTP login scheme.
Developed initial company portal website.
Configured Load Balanced Apache/Nginx/OLS with HTTP2 and TLSv1.3.
Configured MySQL TLS Master/Slave sharding pool and Galera cluster.
Configured SASL memcached pool.
Configured and secured PHP8.5-fpm.
Implemented TOTP, 2FA, strong hashing and encryption.
Configured SASL postfix email server.
Designed responsive semantic HTML5 layout.
Designed responsive CSS3 theme.
Developed new CAPTCHA mechanism.
Developed HIPAA/GDPR/CCPA/ePR compliant notices and auditing.
Developed complete PKI/Certificate Authority solution compliant with CABF regulations.
Registered IANA PEN.
Configured EV X509v3 secp521r1 CA, intermediate, OCSP, server, and user certificates.
Created multi-threaded OCSP responder implementation in TCL.
Implemented embedded Certificate Transparency and Log Server.
Implemented Certificate Revocation Lists.
Designed Certificate Enrollment Portal.
Implemented Quantum-Safe cryptographic algorithms.
Implemented Software repository.
Compiled, patched, configured, and packaged 25 programs for 4 distributions across 6 architectures.
Implemented GitHub repository.
Maintained complete documentation repository.
Chief Information/Technical Officer/Senior DevOps Engineer
Designed physical network infrastructure / Configured secure WiFi, LAN, and VoIP networks, Installed and configured server hardware and software, Secured and hardened operating system (CentOS Stream 10/Ubuntu 25.10/PiOS), Developed initial company portal website, Developed complete PKI/Certificate Authority solution compliant with CABF regulations
DevOps/Systems Software Engineer
Maintained and supported server systems, network infrastructure, and telephony; respond to user service requests; and resolve trouble tickets.
Ensure system security and stability for desktop, server, and cloud environments.
Developed, implemented, tested, and maintained integrated technology architecture.
Developed and maintained remote monitoring solution, supporting 1000+ simultaneous users with 95% up-time and stability.
Installed and maintained multiple server instances supporting 5000+ simultaneous users with 95% up-time and stability.
Created and monitored development processes from development to testing to release to end support.
Developed and maintained complete user experience (un)installer.
Installed and maintained data entry database infrastructures.
Assisted, supported, managed, and repaired system-wide critical outages in real time.
Coordinated design and product solutions with a development team.
Maintained and assisted development of global CheckPoint architecture.
DevOps/Systems Software Engineer
Developed and maintained remote monitoring solution, supporting 1000+ simultaneous users with 95% up-time and stability, Installed and maintained multiple server instances supporting 5000+ simultaneous users with 95% up-time and stability, Created and monitored development processes from development to testing to release to end support, Developed and maintained complete user experience (un)installer, Installed and maintained data entry database infrastructures
System Administrator/Senior Desktop Support Technician
Maintained and supported server systems, network infrastructure, and telephony; respond to user service requests; and resolve trouble tickets.
Ensure system security and stability for desktop, server, and cloud environments.
Operated and maintained multiple web servers with 95% up-time and stability.
Designed end user experience for internet-facing applications.
Coordinated release schedules to minimize down time.
Supervised and managed inbound help desk supporting 600+ simultaneous users.
Assisted, supported, managed, and repaired system-wide critical outages in real time.
Coordinated design and product solutions with a development team.
Assisted development and support of Linux-based Live CD environment.
System Administrator/Senior Desktop Support Technician
Operated and maintained multiple web servers with 95% up-time and stability, Designed end user experience for internet-facing applications, Coordinated release schedules to minimize down time, Supervised and managed inbound help desk supporting 600+ simultaneous users, Assisted, supported, managed, and repaired system-wide critical outages in real time
Desktop Support Technician
Maintained and supported server systems, network infrastructure, telephony, workstations, mobile devices, printers, and peripherals.
Responded to user service requests, and resolved trouble tickets.
Ensured system security for desktop, mobile and cloud environments.
Organized physical network architecture.
Managed digital telephony infrastructure.
Installed, configured and maintained endpoint hardware.
Installed, configured enterprise server systems.
Managed and mentored interned staff.
Closed 95% of trouble tickets without escalation.
Quickly resolved complex issues including system crashes, network slowdowns, connectivity problems, security breaches, virus infections and more.
Set up secure WiFi, LAN and VoIP networks at remote locations, leading client/server configuration and performance-tuning of crucial infrastructure to ensure seamless business operations.
Installed and configured an entire physical location from the ground up.
Configured Cisco network and telephony systems.
Desktop Support Technician
Organized physical network architecture, Managed digital telephony infrastructure, Installed, configured and maintained endpoint hardware, Installed and configured enterprise server systems, Managed and mentored interned staff, Set up secure WiFi, LAN and VoIP networks at remote locations, leading client/server configuration and performance-tuning of crucial infrastructure to ensure seamless business operations
Freelance Developer
Created custom solutions based on internal needs.
Supported and further developed existing solutions as scale and responsibility expanded.
Translated between languages in order to optimize performance.
Mocked user metrics based on git contributions and issue response via bash and user applications.
Created complex cost calculation algorithms for logistics company via PHP/MySQL.
Complete backend/infrastructure/API design.
Finely tuned performance with sub-second response requirements.
Assisted front end team and responded to API requests.
Created integration between Notion and Gitlab via Node.js.
Utilized Notion and Gitlab APIs for communication.
Used Gitlab Webhooks for instant synchronization.
Used Notion automations for communication with gitlab directly.
Implemented responsive Gitlab issue display in Notion.
Created functionality not yet existing in the Notion API via custom code reverse engineered from the Notion user interface.
Created remote Android/Appium testing service/server in Golang for use in automated testing during CI/CD.
Instantiate multiple concurrent Appium sessions from CI/CD via JSON based API.
Authenticated access via custom appium Node.js plugin.
Live viewing testing sessions via Xvfb, X11vnc, websockify, noVNC.
Automated and configurable android emulator management.
Complete service configuration via ENV, cli, and JSON file.
Complete server and session logging and retrieval.
Optimized performance and concurrency with minimal external dependencies.
Robust CI/CD configuration and complete and detailed setup/configuration/usage documentation.