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Seattle, WA, US

• As a Public Sector Cloud Implementation Architect, I lead the design, deployment, and optimization of cloud solutions tailored for government and public sector clients. My work focuses on enabling secure, scalable, and.
• Architect and implement cloud-based solutions leveraging AWS, Azure, and other leading cloud platforms.
• Lead end-to-end cloud migration projects, ensuring alignment with public sector compliance standards like FedRAMP and NIST.
• Develop and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools like Terraform and CDK ( CloudFormation).
• Partner with clients to modernize legacy systems, incorporating DevOps practices and automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to cross-functional teams, ensuring successful delivery of large-scale cloud initiatives.

San Francisco, California, US

• As a Senior DevOps Engineer at Ontra, I played a critical role in building, automating, and optimizing infrastructure and workflows to enable high availability, security, and scalability for SaaS applications serving.
• Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines to streamline software delivery, reducing deployment times and improving release reliability.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning and management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Managed and optimized cloud infrastructure across AWS, ensuring cost-efficiency, performance, and compliance with security best practices.
• Leveraged containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration tools like Kubernetes to enhance application scalability and resilience.
• Developed robust monitoring, alerting, and logging systems using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and ELK Stack, ensuring system health and rapid issue resolution.

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Serving as a senior delivery engineer for RTT, the scope of my roles and responsibilities are including but not limited to the following:
• Assist in pre-sale initiatives such as scope, LOEs, and SOWs.
• Aid in Cloud assessment analysis and delivery.
• 'Codify' existing and new infrastructures in AWS via CloudFormation (CD/CI).
• Aid in the design and implementation of public and hybrid cloud environments.
• Deliver 'Lift and Shifts' via VMware Cloud on AWS.

London, GB

While at Cloudreach I partnered with Fortune 500 companies to assist in AWS specific migrations, provided general AWS consulting, and assisted with implementation of Citrix Netscalers in AWS and VMC on AWS. Additionally, I worked with leadership to develop mock project plans to better improve internal upskilling for PM’s, Engineers, etc.,

Cincinnati, OH, US

• Serving as a delivery engineer for RTT, the scope of my roles and responsibilities are including but not limited to the following:
• Aid in Cloud assessment analysis and delivery.
• 'Codify' existing and new infrastructures in AWS via CloudFormation (CD/CI).
• Aid in the design and implementation of public and hybrid cloud environments.
• Deliver 'Lift and Shifts' via VMware Cloud on AWS.
• Leverage business insight tools such as CloudHealth, Monyog, etc.

Roseland, New Jersey, US

• Primary responsibility include however are not limited to the following:
• Manage over 20,000 VM's running a combination of AIX, Solaris, SUSE, and RHEL
• Approve and execute LDAP request pertaining to Unix systems
• Work with team and level I - II to plan and execute various projects involving VMWare, various SANS, and the entirety of the Unix environment
• Work with other teams to resolve immediate critical issues surrounding the Unix environment and underlying infrastructure.

Brabrand, Midtjylland, DK

• Primary responsibilities include however are not limited to the following:
• Assist in developing the vision road map to execute current and future company goals and objectives.
• Coordinate and oversee operational structures, project plans and budgets with technical implications to ensure that each department’s goals and objectives are met in a timely and cost effective manner.

Tualatin, Oregon, US

• Primary responsibilities include however are not limited to the following:
• Develop company wide workflows and technical policy and process documentation.
• Consult with clients and other internal teams to determine hardware, software and system functional specifications required to implement, maintain and improve customer infrastructure
• Maintain various internal customer databases with complete, accurate and current information.
• Manage support requests and task tracking via Peak’s ticketing system.
• Work in a team environment with minimal direct supervision.

Virginia Beach, VA, US

• Worked to ensure high performance application delivery through an ESXi hypervisor clustered infrastructure specializing in Linux virtual machines.
• Designed an entire Learning Management System’s back end infrastructure
• Managed ESXi upgrades throughout the entire infrastructure from 3.5 all the way to 5.5

Virginia Beach, VA, US

• Worked to ensure success by providing support to all aspects of the systems and network infrastructure.
• Developed Azure PCI-DSS complient network.
• Automated hosted server VM implementations via PowerShell
• Implemented a new backup solution utilizing Veeam BnR
• Implemented a variety of Atlassian products (Jira, etc)

La Défense, Cedex France, FR

• Serving as weekend manager for Abbot Lab’s level one technical support team my primarily responsible was technical case escalations and knowledge base management.Accomplishments:
• Engaged and tracked priority level 1, 2, and 3 issues with responsibility for the timely documentation, resolution and closure of tickets.
• Developed knowledge base articles, which lead to an increase in first call resolutions and a lower escalation rate.

Associate'S Degree, Computer Science

Ciw, A+, Computer Repair / Electronic Commerce

General Studies, General Studies