Hello, I'm Caleb - an experienced infrastructure engineer who specializes in outside-the-box thinking to solve problems with technology. As a lifelong learner, I never give up and am always ready to learn a new tool, favoring the best one for the job. I'm passionate about making software engineers more productive, effective, and satisfied with their tools, with a focus on enabling my peers to be better at what they do by removing obstacles they face and keeping their tools available through highly available infrastructure.My broad experience in many aspects of software engineering teams' operations has led me to focus on automation and infrastructure as code. I'm proficient in managing self-hosted GitLab Enterprise deployments and CI/CD pipelines, optimizing AWS infrastructure, building scalable infrastructure with Ansible and Jinja2 templating, and utilizing Prometheus and Grafana to improve performance and reliability. I have also played a pivotal role in rapidly transitioning the Engineering department to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic.I believe that if something can't be easily automated, it is my duty to write clear, conversational documentation for my peers and those who may take my place. Teaching others the things I have learned is always rewarding because we can grow together as a team and it is the cornerstone of my continued professional growth.On a personal level, I'm passionate about my hobbies and leading people to a shared objective. I'm a proud U.S. Army veteran and an advocate for transitioning servicemembers into civilian life. I believe in fostering esprit de corps in any team I'm a member of and elevating the accomplishments of those in my life.My skills in managing physical Dell servers and deploying data center hardware for R&D teams allow me to lead contract manufacturing automation with network boot (PXE) technology. I proactively support RMAs and conduct root cause analyses of hardware failures, while also driving initiatives to automate physical infrastructure for better portability, scalability, and cost savings.Overall, I am a dedicated infrastructure engineer with a strong commitment to automation, documentation, and continuous learning, eager to contribute my expertise to drive business success.
Listed skills include Servers, Active Directory, Windows Server, Virtualization, and 39 others.