Andy Wright Email & Phone Number

Detroit, MI, US

Cloud architecture/engineering/migration/DevSecOps consultant, focused on GCP, AWS, and Cloudflare; CNAPP, DAST, and SAST tooling; Terraform, CloudFormation, Python, Bash, and Powershell languages; CI/CD automation (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure DevOps); and containerization (primarily GKE, ECS, and Docker).

Atlanta, Georgia, US

Farmington Hills, MI, US

• Designing, engineering, and managing Google Workspace and GCP environments
• Engineering GCP infrastructure in Terraform: Custom modules to reduce boilerplate code and speed up deployments; GCP Project APIs; API gateways; Cloud Storage buckets for Terraform state files, logging, and application.
• Building CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for IaC and application code deployment
• Managing Cloud Identity Provider and integrating GCP with Microsoft Entra for internal SSO
• Implementing Wiz for CNAPP: Scanning cloud configurations, CI/CD pipelines, and both locally and remote stored code
• Developing API swagger files, implementing proper authentication/authorization model with web applications, and mapping API endpoints to Cloud Functions

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• On Assignment with NBC Universal
• Designing, engineering, and managing an API migration of over 1000 endpoints from an on-prem solution to Cloudflare
• Developing Terraform modules to handle onboarding applications to Azure Active Directory and Cloudflare
• Developing CloudFormation to build serverless ECS infrastructure in AWS
• Hosting/deploying Cloudflare connector infrastructure in ECS using Fargate
• Deploying Terraform and CloudFormation via GitHub Actions pipelines

• 1-Month engagement working on multiple cloud infrastructure projects for various clients
• Creating IaC using Terraform and Cloudformation
• Developing Terraform modules from scratch
• Building out an entirely new infrastructure to host web-based applications in AWS – i.e. VPCs, route tables, EC2 instances, Docker containers, ELBs, and WAF
• Implementing infrastructure security and secure coding practices
• Documenting proposed changes and migration, IaC, infrastructure, and new processes to hand over to client when project is completed

Dallas, TX, US

• Migrating over 500 web applications from AWS, Azure, and F5 WAF solutions to Imperva Cloud WAF on a Global DevSecOps team
• Troubleshooting application security issues for teams around the globe
• Troubleshooting network issues for application teams
• Developing Terraform modules for WAF implementation
• Creating IaC using Terraform and Python
• Documenting technical processes, runbooks, and reports for upper management

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Leading SRE team while current team lead is out on paternity leave
• Representing SRE team to C-level and Vice-level management
• Interfacing with other team leads
• Implementing team and organizational level policies and documentation
• Designing security infrastructure, such as WAFs, and reimagining network security using Terraform
• Creating Terraform modules to manage Security Groups, WAF Rule Sets, Network ACLs, and IAM policies

Durham, North Carolina, US

• Engineering and monitoring infrastructure for GPS-based technologies used by multi-million dollar transportation/automotive industries
• Developing and deploying IaC through Terraform, Helm Charts, and PowerShell
• Engineering and managing infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform and AWS
• Maintaining multiple Kubernetes clusters in production, stage, and development environments
• Creating and deploying Docker images
• Engineering and maintaining VPN connections between on-prem and cloud solutions; implementing BGP to have connections as HA

Raleigh, NC, US

• On Assignment with TransLoc/Ride Systems
• Engineering and monitoring infrastructure for GPS-based technologies used by multi-million dollar transportation/automotive industries
• Developing and deploying IaC through Terraform, Helm Charts, and PowerShell
• Deploying, maintaining, and troubleshooting applications in Google Cloud Platform and AWS
• Querying for metrics using SQL-based languages
• Implementing solutions to collect metrics with Prometheus and Thanos

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• On Assignment with TrustMark Insurance Company
• Managing team of 3 system engineers for a security vulnerability remediation project
• Remediating security vulnerabilities within Microsoft server infrastructure – 500 systemso Configuring SMB Signing, disabling old TLS/SSL protocols and ciphers, disabling HTTP methods on web servers, application.
• Managing security vulnerability project using Agile methodologies
• Scanning and maintaining security of the infrastructure using personally developed PowerShell Scripts, InsighVM’s Rapid7 reporting tools, SCCM/SCOM, and WireShark
• Owning and managing system/environment changes through a standardized change process – i.e. creating Implementation, Test, and Rollback plans per vulnerability, presenting to CAB, and owning change until closed after.

Detroit, MI, US

• Developing and deploying IaC through Terraform and Azure CLI
• Managing and automating Linux patching
• Converting processes written in VBS to PowerShell and Python
• Automating day-to-day tasks and system upgrade processes in PowerShell
• Managing Online Ordering environment with 99.9% up-time
• Maintaining multiple cloud environments and directories in both Azure and GCP

Hanover, MD, US

• On assignment with Ford Motor Company
• Automating processes in PowerShell – viz. server deployments, patching, datacenter operations, compliance checks, and package deployment
• Updating scripts from VBS to PowerShell and Python for migration to a NextGen Datacenter
• Scripting from scratch to reduce team effort on day-to-day tasks
• Deploying and decommissioning Windows servers
• Patching production and development Windows servers

Seattle, Washington, US

• On assignment with a major Midwest chemical company
• Leading project management on Windows 10 deployment and Microsoft Teams work streams
• Supporting and managing Office 365 licensing deployment
• Maintaining current SharePoint environment and assisting in transitioning off SharePoint
• Troubleshooting SharePoint, Azure, SCCM, and Office 365 issues
• Using and teaching Agile methodologies to on-site staff for new projects

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Contracted employee of Domino’s on the Store Platform Engineering team
• Automating processes in PowerShell – e.g. disk space queries, disk cleanup processes, email notifications during machine staging and disaster recovery, event logging, creating new functions, and remote management.
• Scripting from scratch in PowerShell, Python, VB, and.NET
• Documenting processes, environments, and code
• Engineering backend solutions for “above store” operations
• Deploying solutions through SCCM

Ann Arbor, Michigan, US

• Automating solutions for manual processes via PowerShell – viz. API calls, application migrations, machine discovery, system monitoring, security patching, firewall control, AD account management, and server.
• Architecting and managing virtual infrastructure – viz. VMWare
• Implementing cloud solutions – e.g. Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services
• Engineering Windows environments for user services and internal solutions – e.g. RDS and RemoteApplications, research computing nodes, webhosts, and SQL clusters
• Administering and troubleshooting Linux environments
• Operating, maintaining, and refreshing hardware – e.g. rack-mounted servers, SANs, networking switches, and UPSs

Hanover, MD, US

• Contracted employee for the University of Michigan’s School of Information
• Engineering Windows environments to improve accessibility to applications and hardware resources
• Automating manual processes to reduce overhead and afterhours work – viz. application migrations, server cleanup, WSUS
• Troubleshooting end user issues related to share permissions, server connectivity, software upgrades, and VDI
• Improving security for web and classroom applications
• Migrating research environments to and from different University departments

Farmington Hills, MI, US

• Building and maintaining Exchange 2013 environment in hosted mode for multiple clients
• Safe guarding mail flow by monitoring spam filtering and implementing e-mail encryption
• Managing and troubleshooting a multi-domain forest in Active Directory for internal company and hosted external clients
• Implementing Microsoft Best Practices for better use of security groups and enforcing company policies
• Troubleshooting and maintaining Exchange 2010 hosted environment via PowerShell
• Scripting automated processes for patching and monitoring software via PowerShell

Beverly Hills, MI, US

• Helping families pre-plan cemetery needs

• Assisting customers in using the Western Union Speedpay system
• Troubleshooting website/web applications

San Felice Sul Panaro, MO, IT

• Troubleshooting and repairing robotics for paint dispensers, PC hardware issues, software applications and Windows OS (Windows XP thru 7), and printers (document and label)
• Providing IT support in person and over the phone
• Training customers on proper use of paint dispensers and Windows-based software

• Sales, customer service, and managerial duties such as banking, ordering stock, and office organization
• Providing IT support for mobile devices, anti-virus software, and Windows OS upgrades

• Managing customer-technician and inter-departmental relations
• Troubleshooting various information technologies: Windows XP client machines, document and dot-matrix printers, LAN issues with switches and routers, and Point-of-Sale software

• Customer service and sales
• Managing 1 – 4 employees
• Scheduling, banking, ordering stock, loss prevention, and other managerial duties

• Tutoring college students in physics, chemistry, philosophy, and mathematics

Bachelor'S, Philosophy, Psychology

Physics

Hs Diploma, General Studies