Work after-hours and weekends as needed to provide second-level virtualization, security, and networking support to primary support technicians. Take the knowledge, skills, experience gained from primary, larger-sized employers and develop products and services that can provide similar levels of technological capability to smaller businesses but at a fraction of the cost.

- Re-architected and standardized existing GKE environments for performance and compatibility with CI/CD best practices and automation. - Re-designed processes and developed scripts/pipelines for automated builds and deployments of multiple Java & Nginx applications via Jenkins to Kubernetes.- Built multiple application environments (dev, test, stage) on multiple GKE clusters deployed in different GCP projects.- Implemented Bitbucket Pipelines for building, scanning, and testing of feature branches for better developer insight before submitting pull request.- Integrated Sonarqube and SeaLights into Jenkins CI/CD processes for automated code scanning and testing.- Deployed and managed Jfrog Artifactory & Xray servers for Docker image storage & vulnerability scanning.- Managed Hashicorp Vault secrets, ACL policies, and tokens. Wrote custom scripts to automate vault token creation and deployment as Kubernetes secrets.- Used Ansible to deploy Kubernetes clusters onto on-prem bare-metal servers.- Utilized Terraform and wrote custom scripts to build a menu-driven, Kubernetes/Docker based Local Development Environment (LDE) for developer sandbox use.- Collaborated with developer leads to implement Code Quality & Standards necessary to enable developers to more easily transition code from LDE to deployed environments (dev, test, stage) with features such as application healthchecks and dynamic runtime configurations.

- Introduced Puppet configuration management and project standardization to improve existing inconsistent and unscalable Linux Node.js/Apache architecture in AWS. - Was solely responsible for managing automation and lifecycle of ~250 AWS instances and ELBs until instructed to move infrastructure to in-house VMWare. - Built custom CentOS ISOs and bash scripts to automate VMWare orchestration where possible.- Led initiative and collaborated with developers to migrate architecture to Docker and Rancher Cattle to support the different application microservices and clusters (Node.js, Nginx, Redis, RabbitMQ, Traefik) and supported on a daily basis.- Responsible for ensuring application uptime and reliable deployments.- Built Docker images when existing images don't meet the company's needs or requirements.- Implemented centralized logging through multiple ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) clusters and custom log filters.- Implemented Consul and Consul-Template to enable application dynamic configurations and service discovery.- Managed MongoDB in-house via Docker and cloud-based via MongoDB Atlas.- Continually worked with developers to streamline CI/CD practices and methodologies using Atlassian solutions.- Managed Bitbucket, Bamboo, Crowd, Confluence, Jira, and Artifactory servers and maintain integration between these services through their built-in interfaces as well as custom bash scripts utilizing their APIs.

Responsible for the day-to-day management and operations of physical and virtual environments in development, testing, and production environments utilizing VMware, Proxmox, OpenStack, & AWS technologies. Work with development team via Scrum methodologies to design and migrate current LAMP environment to a highly-available and scalable environment utilizing Puppet, Jenkins, load-balancing, and MySQL/NoSQL clustering technologies. Implement extensive monitoring and reporting of systems and website data to identify bottlenecks, infrastructure enhancements, and end-user analytics.

Solely responsible for the day-to-day support and operation of a three-facility Windows Active Directory network for not-for-profit agency consisting of 95 users, 15 physical servers, 25 virtual servers, and 1 EMC SAN. Purchase and manage PBXs, phones, copiers, printers, firewalls, wireless access points, and network switches. Develop web-based applications to replace Excel and paper-based procedures to streamline reporting and operational tasks. Maintain the integrity and security of multiple medical data systems and run reports as needed to fulfill federal and grant requirements.

Performed outsourced IT services for financial and educational clientele. Utilized VMware technology to consolidate customers' dated server applications onto newer, more-reliable hardware. Conducted periodic penetration tests on financial customers' networks as required by federal auditors. Deployed intrusion detection systems and implemented disaster recovery solutions. Maintained Linux-based LDAP Directory servers and performed the associated day-to-day support tasks. Maintained ISP customers' internal multi-VLAN networks and the wireless links to their geographic locations.

Provided second-level support and supervision to part-time employees in the component level repair of assorted printer equipment. Maintained FAQ database of information pertaining to the repair of printer hardware. Performed Quality Assurance analysis of items to prevent shipping defective equipment. Responded to feedback request from technicians in the field about defective equipment they receive from the company.