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United States

Effort, Pennsylvania, United States

Responsible for developing and executing on strategic roadmaps for customer solutions by reviewing pain points and addressing them. Designed full stack web applications that are fault tolerant and highly available utilizing AWS services and features such as Cloudfront, Autoscaling Groups, and RDS. Aligned marketing, sales, and IT to optimize cross-team workflows by integrating API automations and software solutions. Implemented customer journey mapping by measuring behaviors and actions through… Show more Responsible for developing and executing on strategic roadmaps for customer solutions by reviewing pain points and addressing them. Designed full stack web applications that are fault tolerant and highly available utilizing AWS services and features such as Cloudfront, Autoscaling Groups, and RDS. Aligned marketing, sales, and IT to optimize cross-team workflows by integrating API automations and software solutions. Implemented customer journey mapping by measuring behaviors and actions through integrating data tracking solutions with existing web apps and social media. Show less

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Managed identification and addressed accessibility and compliance issues within web based environments for a client’s global brand by working with the legal team, business managers, and software developers to implement solutions. Maintained container-based client environments by updating and testing their applications via cross team communication and implementation with client developer teams. Designed an SIEM service offering, allowing clients to leverage a security logging system by… Show more Managed identification and addressed accessibility and compliance issues within web based environments for a client’s global brand by working with the legal team, business managers, and software developers to implement solutions. Maintained container-based client environments by updating and testing their applications via cross team communication and implementation with client developer teams. Designed an SIEM service offering, allowing clients to leverage a security logging system by combining Snort, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Grafana, and pfSense to build a full stack solution. Wrote custom scripts for system management, cleanups, monitoring, and various other tasks by using Python, Bash, and Powershell. Enabled international business managers to make decisions by providing detailed analytics data via designing, managing, tracking, and collecting goal oriented information from users. Show less

Strengthened system/network/application security and business-continuity planning within Linux and Devops environments by taking on a secondary role as a Security Ambassador through the company’s security incident response team. Managed a large-scale project in migrating over 1000 client websites to improve fault tolerance, high availability, and code management by migrating from bare metal infrastructure to an automated platform as a service model. Oversaw solution-based roadmaps by assessing… Show more Strengthened system/network/application security and business-continuity planning within Linux and Devops environments by taking on a secondary role as a Security Ambassador through the company’s security incident response team. Managed a large-scale project in migrating over 1000 client websites to improve fault tolerance, high availability, and code management by migrating from bare metal infrastructure to an automated platform as a service model. Oversaw solution-based roadmaps by assessing needs and development of multi-international environments with enterprise level clients. Maintained international SLA’s for web, database, and Devops environments by providing on-going on-call tier 3 support and after hours security maintenance. Show less

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

(Formerly INetU)At Viawest, I was responsible for two roles. Day to day as a Linux Admin I performed server software/system and DevOps fullstack application support in a Custom Client Services environment. I lead a 3-man team in managing environment migrations of over 1000 websites from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to Platform as a Service (Paas).Secondly, I was responsible for patching and maintaining system security. This required me to oversee SIEM / FIM and vulnerability… Show more (Formerly INetU)At Viawest, I was responsible for two roles. Day to day as a Linux Admin I performed server software/system and DevOps fullstack application support in a Custom Client Services environment. I lead a 3-man team in managing environment migrations of over 1000 websites from Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) to Platform as a Service (Paas).Secondly, I was responsible for patching and maintaining system security. This required me to oversee SIEM / FIM and vulnerability scanning to provide necessary patching and removal of suspicious code in client environments. I participated in weekly / monthly meetings with high level management to provide updates for our team and environment. All issues were tracked in JIRA.• Roles: System Administration, Networking, Security Ambassador• Security: Alertlogic, ClamAV, Imperva WAF, CloudFlare, SIEM/FIM, Satellite, Manual Patching, Virus Removal, Malwarebytes.• Tech/Tools: Jenkins, Docker, Mesos, Marathon, CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Nginx, Ansible, Python, Bash, Apache, WordPress, MySQL, PHP, Postfix, Git and Gitlab, Bacula, Load Balancers, VMware vCenter/vSpheres, DNS, Cisco ASA Firewalls Show less

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

Drafted out of college I was originally invited to take part in a Windows System Administrator internship at INetU. However due to their need of Linux Admins after 2/6 weeks I decided to switch. In only 4 weeks I completed the 6 week training program.Focusing on CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the program covered topics including redundant networking components, virtualization power by VMware, DRDB failover clustering, and shared storage.• Roles: System Administration… Show more Drafted out of college I was originally invited to take part in a Windows System Administrator internship at INetU. However due to their need of Linux Admins after 2/6 weeks I decided to switch. In only 4 weeks I completed the 6 week training program.Focusing on CentOS / Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the program covered topics including redundant networking components, virtualization power by VMware, DRDB failover clustering, and shared storage.• Roles: System Administration, Networking• Tech: CentOS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL), MySQL, Regular Expressions and Bash• Tools: VMware vCenter/vSpheres, ESXi, DRBD, Heartbeat, Bacula, Apache, Nginx, WordPress, GitLab, DNS, Load Balancers, VPNs, Cisco ASA Firewalls, RAID, iSCSI, Postfix Show less

Led internal core network infrastructure setup and implementation by connecting and configuring national core routing equipment to build redundant BGP and MPLS failover networks. Implemented QoS traffic shaping, allowing internet traffic to be distributed based on service plans through cabinet installation at DMARC and NOC locations. Maintained network systems equipment by tracking and testing system updates, working with tracking software, data center technicians, and KVM’s.

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Field experience in Fiber splicing, underground and Ariel OSP (outside plant) construction. PA 1 call and GPS locating. Station marking and white lining. Supervision of contractors and full time employees. Proper safety and standards in OSP construction. Reviewing, editing and closing out OSP construction prints. Knowledge of drilling and drill locating. Cabinet construction and installation. Managing, staging, and inventory control of warehouse product parts. Forklift experience and pallet… Show more Field experience in Fiber splicing, underground and Ariel OSP (outside plant) construction. PA 1 call and GPS locating. Station marking and white lining. Supervision of contractors and full time employees. Proper safety and standards in OSP construction. Reviewing, editing and closing out OSP construction prints. Knowledge of drilling and drill locating. Cabinet construction and installation. Managing, staging, and inventory control of warehouse product parts. Forklift experience and pallet jack experience. ISP ( inside plant) construction and setup Show less

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Field Experience with Strand mapping, pole line and underground surveys, supervision of contractors, attending meetings with engineering firms, utilities, and developed governmental agencies. Experience with recording any and all changes to coax and fiber plans, etc. Ability in understanding aerial and underground construction practice. Demonstrated the ability to perform non-routine assignments with minimum supervision. Expert Experience reading, interpreting, and drawing strand and… Show more Field Experience with Strand mapping, pole line and underground surveys, supervision of contractors, attending meetings with engineering firms, utilities, and developed governmental agencies. Experience with recording any and all changes to coax and fiber plans, etc. Ability in understanding aerial and underground construction practice. Demonstrated the ability to perform non-routine assignments with minimum supervision. Expert Experience reading, interpreting, and drawing strand and electronic OSP prints and maps. Good oral and written communication skills as well as good organizational skills. Knowledge of CATV distribution systems and Communications Space. Show less