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Cowpens, Sc, Us

Remote

Responsible for Maintaining, Monitoring, Patching, Configuring, Deploying & Troubleshooting Epic Cache/IRIS ODB Red Hat Linux Systems• Configured & Initiated scheduled/ad-hoc scans on Epic Cache RHEL systems with Tenable to remediate vulnerabilities on susceptible systems• Created & Maintained BASH scripts and Ansible Playbooks to automate nightly snapshots of the databases in tandem with Rubrik Backup Solutions• Created & Implemented Policies for Epic Analyst Active Directory User accounts for authentication within the Epic Linux environment, using Principle of Least Privilege Access• Proficient in creating, extending, and managing Logical Volume Groups (LVM) for Epic Cache ODB systems, ensuring optimal performance and high availability of mission-critical patient data, ensuring storage space was adequate for backups and normal operations• Hands-on-Experience with Red Hat Satellite Server 6.11 to automate Software Management/Updates/ Security Patches, Content Management for specific or third-party repositories, Monitoring & Reporting and Ensuring all systems were within Compliance for Epic's Standards and regulations• Created & Implemented Ansible-Playbooks for adding requested Epic Analysts' AD User Accounts to allow authentication within the Linux Epic Environment improving ticket SLA closure by 75% prior to previously• Led technical site migration project that involved the entire Epic environment(s) for the Linux systems moving from On-Site to Rackspace• Maintained & Automated the latest Security Vulnerability patches for RHEL 7/8 Epic Cache Systems utilizing Red Hat Satellite Server phasing out outdated Bash Scripts leveraging crontab

Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

• Developed and implemented an automated patch management policy for all Linux systems, integrating visibility reporting and utilizing Ansible Tower for rapid prototyping and enhancements.• Successfully phased out 95% of unnecessary risk-bearing end-of-life (EOL) systems, except for those retained under leadership discretion, and initiated the migration from CentOS to Red Hat to leverage our Premium Support and license availability.• Proactively established and configured Ansible for configuration management to standardize files across new and existing servers, focusing on authentication, SSH, patch scheduling, and sudoers based on the least privilege principle, improving system uniformity and security.• Enhanced system reliability and security by automating the patching process, ensuring no disruptions or failures, and subsequently set up a mirrored repository for RHEL 7, Ubuntu, and Debian systems, accessible beyond the internal network to reduce patch-related security risks and network traffic.

Englewood, Colorado

Englewood, Co

• Managed SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) & SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED) systems within the Test & Development Engineering departments.• Automated with BASH & Ansible Playbook scripts.• Managed LDAP Authentication configurations and maintenance as well as ssh/sudo permissions and guidelines.• Responsible for purchasing and recommending new hardware and SUSE licensing for test department.

Englewood, Co

• Managed Test and Dev vCenter and Hyper-V infrastructure.• Responsible for Storage Area Network (SAN) devices including setting up multiple SAN Fabric Fibre Channel switches & Storage Arrays.• Managed scheduled back-ups for Lab critical infrastructure using both backup-to-disk and backup-to-tape for virtual machines (VM) and physical systems using Veeam and Veritas.• Configured and Deployed RedHat (RHEL 5/6/7/8), CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE, HPUX, AIX, Solaris, Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016 systems.