David Brandwein Email & Phone Number

Hudson, Nh, Us

Hudson, New Hampshire, United States

Development and enablement of CDN strategy to support the modernization of the platform, and updating the platform to facilitate new product and new service availability at Marriott International, Inc.

Hudson, Nh

Maintain and operate multi-layered Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) spanning up to 3K servers each, serving both internal needs and external cable companies. Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.• Earned recognition for technical expertise and problem-solving skills, resulting in nominations to both Technical Steering Committee and Product Redesign Working Group.• Architected, documented, and implemented comprehensive global monitoring platform for 4K server infrastructure, enhancing service resilience, reducing downtime, and preventing outages through automated detection and standardized processes, benefiting both internal and external customers.• Created supporting automation in Golang and deployed with Ansible, reducing team workload.• Sunset aging QAM Video-on-Demand platform, improving efficiency and saving revenue and resources, completing entire product lifecycle.

Hudson, Nh

Maintained and operated national, multi-data center vSphere environment and virtual servers hosted, serving QAM Video-on-Demand command and control systems, as well as multi-data center Cloud Object Storage (COS) origins, housing Video-on-Demand content for both Comcast and customer cable companies. Participated in 24x7 on-call rotation.• Designed, integrated, and operated monitoring stack for Video Control Plane and Cloud Object Storage (IBM COS) Origin platforms, reducing time to resolution (TTR) and improving customer confidence, while aiding in capacity planning and directing daily maintenance operations.• Directed Puppet configuration management repository and cloud server suite, running custom and open-source monitoring software, and allowing for on-demand expansion or migration for all integrated products.• Served as security liaison for analysis and coordination of patch development and deployment with internal security teams and vendor teams, maintaining low-risk cyber security scores.• Oversaw project management of topology management software, coordinating with developers, quality assurance testers, operators, and customers, prioritizing and optimizing release pipeline.

Chelmsford, Massachusetts, United States

Served as highest level escalation point and subject matter expert for proprietary Video-on-Demand command and control platform, provided regular maintenance, education, and roadmap guidance. Held pivotal role in selection, validation, and hardware / software deployment of next-generation Video-on-Demand platform.• Qualified and deployed vSphere environment across multiple data centers to serve as hosting platform, resulting in cost savings for both hardware platform deployment and maintenance operations.• Maintained proprietary vendor platform and developed transition strategy, minimizing downtime, securing customer experience, and safeguarding flow of revenue.• Led efforts to augment platform, allowing for additional services to be offered through common infrastructure, leading to innovative revenue opportunities with marginal associated costs.• Coordinated with service desks, network engineering, and project management for maintenance, operability, and impact analysis of direct and indirect growth, providing concise and financially responsible vision.

Acton, Massachusetts, United States

Installed hardware / software of proprietary systems for Video-on-Demand control systems for both new and existing customers, hardware / software augmentations, and feature upgrades.• Served as expert in all aspects of deployment from manufacturing preparation, physical rack / stack / cable configurations to deployment cutover, streamlining process to meet customer requirements and timeline.• Improved process by creating automation and updating operational documentation and architectural designs, resulting in consistently reliable and 100% effective field operations.