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Apex, Nc, Us

Apex, Nc, Us

Reading, England, Gb

At The Big Bald Azure Guy, a pioneering E-Learning platform specializing in Microsoft Azure, Networking, Cybersecurity, and AI/Machine Learning, I steer the company's vision and operations, ensuring we fulfill our mission to demystify technology and empower continuous learning among tech professionals. My role integrates strategic leadership with creative content production, embodying the dual aspects of entrepreneurship and educational mentorship.Key Responsibilities:Strategic Planning & Brand Development: Spearhead the development and implementation of strategic plans to grow the platform's reach and impact. Cultivate the brand identity of The Big Bald Azure Guy, ensuring it resonates with our core mission and audience.Content Creation & Curriculum Design: Design, produce, and curate a wide array of educational content, including video tutorials, articles, and interactive learning materials. Ensure content is engaging, accessible, and pedagogically sound, covering topics from foundational concepts to advanced technical skills in Azure, Networking, Cybersecurity, and AI/Machine Learning.Audience Engagement & Community Building: Foster a vibrant community of learners through proactive engagement strategies. Utilize social media, webinars, and live Q&A sessions to interact with the audience, encouraging knowledge sharing and feedback.Market Analysis & SEO Optimization: Conduct market research to identify trends, opportunities, and educational needs within the tech industry. Apply SEO best practices to content creation and platform marketing to enhance visibility and user acquisition.Partnerships & Collaborations: Establish partnerships with industry experts, educational institutions, and technology vendors to enrich the platform's offerings and expand its reach. Coordinate with collaborators to produce guest content and co-hosted events.

Irvine, California, Us

Irvine, California, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

Management and Monitoring- Leads Northeast Cloud Infrastructure Services practice specializing in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Security, Networking, and Training- Defines processes and procedures for support, monitoring, cloud management.- Understands cost management and optimization in Azure; makes recommendations to ensure efficient resource use while meeting business requirementsContinuous Improvement and Automation- Automates provisioning, monitoring, maintenance, and cost management capabilities across entire client portfolio.- Delivers health checks to continually improve the client Azure environments; identifying opportunities to leverage current Azure platform capabilities and ensure alignment with best practices.- Regularly expands service offerings provided as a part of the Neudesic CSP program. Resource Configuration and Deployment- Configures customer environments to meet best practices for Azure resource deployments- Provides recommendations for cost optimization through available license and resource reservation programs.- Leads development of reusable deployment templates, implementing for customers based on their solution requirements

Irvine, Ca, Us

Irvine, Ca, Us

Designs and deploys highly available, scalable and secure Azure cloud infrastructure leveraging the WAF and CAF based frameworks. Implements infrastructure migration methodologies and techniques to migrate workloads into Azure. Designs and develops automation to support continuous delivery and continuous integration process using Azure DevOps.Works closely with the Development and Operations teams to build and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support automated deployment of infrastructure (DevOps) and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Analyzes and resolves configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.Builds effective monitoring, logging and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., HIPAA). Implements secure (zero trust) infrastructure on Azure. Works with solution offering teams that will be delivering and development of content for sales support.

Instructor, Blogger, and Career Coach focusing on content related to Microsoft Azure, Infrastructure-As-Code, DevOps, Security and Compliance, and more...

St Louis, Missouri, Us

• Responsible for client-facing troubleshooting of Level 4 and Escalation related issues including o Microsoft Azure (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, DevOps) including:  Ansible, Jenkins, Chef and Puppet for CI/CD  GitHub  Kubernetes and Docker for Containerization  Terraform  Splunk o Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, OneDrive, SharePoint Online, Migration) o Supporting on-premises and hybrid infrastructures (Windows Server, Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint) o Scripting (PowerShell, Python, DevOps)• Mentoring Level 2 and Level 3 Support Engineers in order to bring their current skill level up to standards.• Implemented custom learning pathways for Level 2 and Level 3 Support Engineers through multiple online training products to expose and teach the engineers Microsoft Azure and its supporting infrastructure.

Keller, Tx, Us

Responsible for creating material and content for online, self-paced courses that are offered at Linux Academy. Courses are made available to students worldwide via Linux Academy’s online platform and help students grow their personal and professional cloud-based skill sets. The courses include video lessons, live lab environments, quizzes, study guides, and flash cards. Maintained the highest standards for student course satisfaction rates.Courses Authored:Azure PowerShell EssentialsPowerShell Core for Linux Admins

Riverdale, Maryland, Us

- Verify syllabus accuracy- Verify that Course content is original and curriculum is not copyrighted or plagiarised- Check Cybrary content to see if course already exists- Provide course description explaining what to expect out of the course - Check that prerequisites are listed and clear - Ensure there are no grammatical errors in course content- Review current catalog for course topic to ensure there is no content overlap

Riverdale, Maryland, Us

– Review and grade instructor audition videos– Coach and provide feedback to instructors– Moderate Cybrary Live sessions– Review and grade course videos

Chandler, Arizona, Us

• Designed, planned and implemented Azure cloud solutions using a combination of Azure platform (PaaS) and infrastructure services (IaaS)• Led and delivered projects that encompassed systems architecture, proof-of-concept and deployment services.• Utilized tools that help automate the deployment of infrastructure.• Subject-matter expert and trusted advisor to clients, advising on best-fit technologies and best practices• Spoke and delivered presentations relevant to enterprise networking, infrastructure, and security topics both in the cloud and on-premise.• Shared knowledge and skills with other consultants throughout the organization.

Bloomington, Minnesota, Us

•Consults and prepares on design, support, and management of recommended solutions•Analyzes customer needs, issues and interests to formulate a strategy that will achieve business objectives•Provides live demonstrations for customers and sales teams•Strives to ensure a high market share of products and services by providing direction and information on the products and related services to customers and National Account Managers•Develops and maintains technical competency for all core products of C1's core solutions•Provides direction and consults to customers towards resolution of complaints for pre-sale issues•Keeps current on industry changes, participates when possible in organizations directly involved with SME products and services, and continually works to improve sales techniques and sales knowledge•Focuses on solution design as well as implementation of Microsoft Unified Communication applications - including Microsoft Office 365, Skype, Exchange and SharePoint interfacing with legacy PBX's (Avaya/Nortel, Cisco, Siemens) and in stand-alone environment•Designs and implements the following key solutions:◦Exchange Online◦Skype for Business Online◦Azure AD◦Azure Compute/Hybrid◦Works independently and as a team member with national account managers, major account support representatives, marketing, services, and purchasing to achieve company major business objectives◦Keeps advised on company policies, procedures, and objectives, clarifying them with a Manager when questions arise; is always prepared to accurately discuss these policies with our customers◦Works directly with key customer personnel to identify, establish, and communicate key performance indicators needed to meet customer requirements◦Assures tactical and strategic delivery of services to the enterprise in a timely, accurate, and reliable manner◦Creates, reviews and/or evaluates technical business scopes of work

Worked as an Infrastructure Consultant for multiple clients in the continental United States. Design/architect/implement Exchange Server 2000-2016/Office 365, Lync/Skype 2015 and Active Directory 2000-2016 enterprise environments, installation/configuration of Hyper-V/VmWare environments, consulting and presales activities, install and configure Microsoft products, troubleshoot servers, storage, and other networking hardware components in an enterprise environment, generate scopes of work documents, generate bill of materials for projects.Worked as a Cloud Consultant with multiple clients to assess cloud readiness of client applications. Travelled to customer locations to interact with stake holders to better understand their business requirements and their enterprise application portfolio. Provided recommendations on application suitability for cloud migration and designed migration strategy. Technical Summary:• Cloud, Infrastructure, Datacenter Designo Microsoft Azureo Amazon Web Services (AWS)o Google Cloud Platform (GCP)o Microsoft System Centero Windows Server and Active Directory• Cloud Automation and solutions for hybrid cloud utilizing technologies such as Puppet, Chef, Terraform, Containers, Custom Scripting• Networking: LAN, WAN, Switching, Routing, and Virtual Networks, VPN, Cisco, Fortinet• Enterprise IT Architecture and IT Security

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