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Saint Michael, Mn, Us

Saint Michael, Mn, Us

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Defined coding standard for Terraform live code and modules. Developed automated Terraform module testing and release pipeline in GitLab. Provide training and guidance on Terraform best practices. Develop Datadog dashboards for monitoring AWS resources and automated dashboard creation with Terraform.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Develop Terraform modules, coding standards, and CI/CD pipeline with Jenkins for modules. Develop a custom REST API of the Terraform registry protocol and a React UI to display Terraform modules. Publish training material and lead training sessions for new Terraform users. Develop packer image templates for RedHat, Ubuntu, and Windows servers in Azure, with monthly tests and published to Azure Shared Image Gallery with Jenkins. Standardize deployment and configuration of AKS with Terraform and Helm.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Implement the Atlantis Terraform platform for GitHub-integrated Terraform deployments. Develop Terraform modules and Packer image templates for Azure virtual machines.

Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Us

Primary contact for Linux-related troubleshooting, support, and automation. Maintain RedHat Satellite for management of over 1500 RedHat Enterprise Linux 7 systems. Standardize and automate deployment of RedHat servers, reducing deployment turnaround from days to under one hour. Utilize Puppet for post-deployment configuration. Develop forms and workflows in Service-Now to standardize requests and enable automated resolutions. Utilize Ansible as a standardized backend for all automation tasks, including Service-Now workflows. Automate deployment and maintenance for Graylog, processing approximately 1TB of logs per day. Use of Agile operations and development practices to improve delivery times and adapt quickly to change.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Team lead for level 1 production system. Coordinate with development, test, and management groups for future planning of infrastructure and application improvements. Lead performance and scale planning and testing efforts. Lead application and troubleshooting efforts. Plan and implement infrastructure expansion for data and usage growth for applications. Developed infrastructure and application management tool using SQL server and PowerShell to standardize and document 600 application installations, reducing weekly deployment and management time from 2 hours to under 15 minutes. Report major improvements and issues to upper management.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Sole system administrator for level 1 production system, supporting over 500 global support agents. Migrated over 200 Server 2003 and 2008 VMs on 2008 Hyper-V to 2012 R2 VMs on 2012 R2 infrastructure. Migrated SQL 2008 servers to SQL 2012. Designed and implemented new disaster recovery environment for production environments. Standardized process for application deployments to all servers. Standardized infrastructure and application configuration. Migrated services from 20 CentOS 5 VMs to CentOS 6.5 VMs. Manage 16 Compellent SANs, fiber channel, and iSCSI networks. Manage PowerConnect and Force10 network infrastructure.

Round Rock, Texas, Us

Migrated lab support infrastructure from Server 2003 and 2008 servers hosting DNS and DHCP to virtualized Server 2012 R2 redundant Active Directory domain controllers. Manage backups for approximately 50 backbone network switches. Upgrade lab networks from 1Gb to 10-20Gb backbone. Added IPv6 support to lab network of over 800 subnets.

Eden Prairie, Mn, Us

Repeating position during summer months. Assisted storage and network administrators in design and deployment of 15 SAN Fiber and iSCSI networks, serving over 500 servers for performance and scale testing. Deployed a company-wide inventory tracking and service desk tool to maintain over 6000 assets. Lead planning efforts to distribute engineers from a single lab of 80 racks to two labs totaling 200 racks to allow future growth.