As part of DTVA's SRE group, I maintain Systems Engineering processes for digital animation production. I’ve architected and deployed AWS EKS Clusters using Terraform and custom scripts, migrated major web applications to AWS EKS with Gitlab CI/CD pipelines, and handled deployment and production issues. I also maintain monitoring solutions with ELK and Prometheus, expedite the onboarding process for animators, and reduced vSphere complexity by building Kubernetes clusters. Additionally, I converted deployment processes to Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and Ansible, and contribute to creating IT automation web tools with Vue and FastAPI.

As part of the Disney Park’s Systems Engineering Group I designed, built, and maintained DPEP’s expanding public and private cloud infrastructure.

-An expert in Aspera product usage, installation and high-availability configurations on Linux, Windows, Cloud, and Mac, perform installations and field test beta releases while acting as a liaison to Solution Architects, Sales Engineering and Technical Support-Integrating Aspera software solution to physical, virtual and hybrid environment that includes AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Softlayer. -Pre-building replica versions of the customer solutions, including the OS, network and firewall configurations using automation tools like Ansible, Puppet and Chef in VMware, AWS, Google Cloud, Softlayer, and Openstack infrastructure-Integrating and creating custom workflows using Ruby, Perl, Bash for Aspera’s Workflow Automation Engine (Orchestrator) to work with 3rd party APIs-Recommending and implementing best practice data center architecture that includes networking, storage and compute technologies-Creating documentation of platform deployments and implementations with effective hand-over to Aspera Technical Support

-As a Senior Systems Engineer, recommend best practice implementation techniques and procedures to provide highly available uptime for critical e-commerce Oracle and front-end web services while managing multi-tier, multi-site, multi-OS, and heterogeneous environment-Support production and development e-commerce Oracle environment on RedHat running on Cisco UCS systems-Infrastructure advisor to e-commerce web team managing Cloud hosted corporate Magento/Litespeed web services-Streamlined patching systems for RedHat/Centos systems by building out RedHat Satellite (Spacewalk) services-Automated systems build by maintaining configuration changes using Puppet and Gitlab services -Architect, manage and maintain multi-site *nix/Windows OS environment-Support and Maintain multi-site Virtualization environment running VMware vSphere 5 Platform -Architect, recommend, and support multi-site Storage environment utilizing Netapp NAS supporting FC, NFS, NAS, and iSCSI backend for virtual and physical environments

-Responsible to train and assist Dell Premier Channel Partners in deployment of Active Systems Manager for demo and sales purposes.-Senior Integration Engineer for Dell Active Systems Manager Platform responsible to train and mentor field engineers.-Provide design and delivery of Dell’s Virtual Integrated System (VIS) Solutions which includes Creator (Dynamic Ops) and Advanced Infrastructure Manager-Validate, integrate and implement heterogeneous datacenter environment consisting of high end network(Core and ToR switches), Storage (iSCSI, NFS, and FC), and Servers(Dell, HP, and IBM) with various hypervisors such as Xen, vSphere, and Hyper-V-Consult as subject matter expert in Virtualization, Data Center Consolidation, Network Design, Storage and x86 Operating Systems to internal and external customers-Develop reusable custom scripts, deliverable implementation documentation templates, toolkit for delivery consultants and also document best practice guides for deploying VIS solutions-Serve as a technical project manager to ensure successful implementation and quickly identifying, troubleshooting and resolving any critical issues and field any technical question that arises from customers-Mentor, instruct and validate field engineers’ work during critical stages of customer engagements-File bugs and provide feedbacks to Product Management and Engineering for enhancements and or feature requests from customers -As part of Dell’s Customer Solutions Engineering Team, provide custom innovative solution to customer with unique requirements or services-Provide training for Dell’s VIS consultants as well as developing and delivering training to customers

-Delivered advanced solutions customized to unique customer needs combining Dell hardware, software and third-party products with professional service-As a VMware Certified Professional consultant, delivered services such as installation, configuration, and implementation of VMware products-Analyzed customer environment to ensure that the Dell solutions achieve customer ROI and TCO goals by using consolidation and virtualization tools -Communicated in front of high level executives to discuss data center consolidation, containment and virtualization to achieve customer’s IT goals -Provided end-to-end virtualization solution from assessment to implementation consolidating client’s physical datacenter to virtual infrastructure -Assist in writing Statement of Work for various type of virtualization engagements-Engage in customer whiteboard sessions(CWS) to bring out deeper discussions on customer’s needs and to propose next steps

-As a VMware Certified Professional consultant delivered services such as installation, configuration, and implementation of VMware products.-Worked as a team with the FusionStorm Account Managers and end-user customers to determine system requirements and specifications and generate quotations and proposals for the delivery of products and services to those customers.-Technologist focused on Systems and Storage technologies on the Unix, Linux, Microsoft Windows and VMware ESX Server operating platforms, and a variety of hardware and storage platforms including EMC, HDS, IBM, Sun and others.-Provided timely and accurate documentation for all projects as directed by the Practice Manager for the Systems and Storage Business Unit.-Assisted the FusionStorm Managed Services team with the design, deployment and ongoing support of hosted/managed deployments of Microsoft-based solutions including Exchange, Windows Server, Veritas Enterprise Vault, VMware and other technologies.-Managed project lifecycle which includes project initiation through implementation, closure, and post implementation support to ensures that projects are properly defined, budgeted, approved, planned, documented, resourced, scheduled, supervised and completed.

-Implemented backup and recovery processes with NAS/SAN devices using Veritas, Legato, and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager 5.3.x with TDP for SQL and Oracle using disk-to-disk backup technology to protect valuable company data and to reduce recovery time.-Conceptualized, implemented, and maintained the storage subsystems which included Network Appliance NAS and EMC Clarion to ensure highest server uptime.-Installed, deployed, and upgraded servers which supported growing and existing infrastructure by utilizing new technology such as iSCSI and Snapshots.-Participated in migrating 300+ server nodes from NT4 network to Active Directory 2003 to ensure interoperability with upcoming applications.-Strategized and project managed Disaster Recovery processes/documentations and participated in annual disaster recovery drills to validate backup and restore procedures.-Consolidated legacy servers to VMware ESX cluster environment using IBM Bladecenter to reduce costs and increase uptimes of servers. -Facilitated as Solaris, AIX and Linux Systems Administrator providing high-level support to the web developers.

SENIOR SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR (2000 – 2004)Supported highly sophisticated Windows and UNIX environment-Implemented Windows 2000/2003 Active Directory infrastructure to provide highly available, compatible and scalable network environment. -Built intranet and extranet web content infrastructure with Teamsite, Opendeploy and Metatagger to provide end-to-end web content publishing method. -Integrated Netapp Appliance and Teamsite (see case study attachment) to drastically reduce backup and recovery times.-Provided data protection and archiving by maintaining backups on Legato Networker system for corporate data center.-Provided 2nd level support and mentoring to Help Desk Analysts and Junior Systems Administrator to sustain a thoroughly trained team. TECHNICAL SUPPORT ENGINEER (1999 – 2000)-Provided expert technical assistance to customers regarding Interwoven Teamsite, Templating, Opendeploy, and Datadeploy products to maintain customer satisfaction.-Documented technical support FAQs and other information to enable users to troubleshoot their own problems.-Cooperated with Release Engineering to define deliverables for products, patches and upgrades.