Scale and maintain high performance network for private cloud infrastructure in twelve data centers across the world. Automate hardware provisioning and network configuration for Cisco and Arista using Ansible, Netbox, and Python scripting. Develop network infrastructure integrations with VCD, NSX and third-party APIs. Build out CaaS Kubernetes hosting environment. Maintain and automate sophisticated BGP transit routing policies and communities. Improve network support ticket resolution time, customer satisfaction scores, and project delivery. Manage and direct team consisting of ten network engineers. Assign projects to team and oversee day to day operations. Member of security, architecture, and change management advisory boards.

The 5nines Foundation is a philanthropy dedicated to the ideal of Uptime for All! Organizations should not need their own IT department to have secure and resilient access to the internet and cloud services. A dependable and secure connection is key to thrive in the modern world and 5nines is dedicated to donating equipment, expertise, and education resources to organizations in need.

Cisco Nexus, ACI, DevOps, Palo Alto Firewalls, F5 BigIP, NSX-T, Kubernetes, NGINX+, Service Mesh

Guided multi-region ISP network build out, network design efforts, network security measures, and strategic upgrades to increase last-mile and core capacity.

Private cloud operations, VMware Cloud Foundation, vCenter, Aria Automation, vRealize Network Insight, NSX-T bare metal edge and DFW, AVI / NSX Advanced Load Balancer, GSLB, Dell MX7000, large scale migrations, Tanzu Kubernetes architecture and scaling.

Managed a team Cybersecurity engineers, network engineers, application developers, cyber analysts, and network field technicians across multiple clients and projects.Meet with client to gather technical project requirements, prepare scope and statement of work documents, architect all components of technical design, and supervise all aspects of project implementation and closeout.Design and implementation of dozens of projects including network security, data center, and application deployment for enterprise clients in a variety of sectors including power transmission, transportation infrastructure, corporate and government.

Managed a team including full-stack application developers, UI / UX designers, vulnerability and system analysts, and support personnel.Responsible for data center architecture, configuration, patching, monitoring, and management, including colo, IaaS, and PaaS infrastructure.Responsible for web application performance, including CDN configuration and optimization, and Memcached optimization. Responsible for application PostgreSQL database monitoring, management, and performance optimization. Designed and oversaw Javascript and Ruby on Rails application continuous deployment and integration services, including code review, testing, and quality assurance.

Managed teams for web application development and mobile app development for iOS and Android platforms.Responsible for all web and mobile application support and patching.Responsible for maintenance, patching and upgrades of all server, storage, and network infrastructure, including on-prem, IaaS infrastructure.