Earl Chery Email & Phone Number

Remote First, Us

Morrisville, Nc, Us

* Lead product teams (by example) to transition from a traditional software application environment to one that is cloud native, utilizing automation and build technologies such as CloudFormation and Docker, and championing the ‘infrastructure as code’ mindset. * Identified opportunities to break down monolithic applications and build them up as cloud native microservices to significantly improve build and deployment speeds across environments.* Lead meetings to discuss product security with the security team and key stakeholders of the product team, with the goal of having a ‘security first mindset’. Through these active security discussions stories are created for the product team to include into sprints.* Lead product team to increase deployment frequency through the use of creative automation techniques.* Regularly write code against AWS APIs and Google Firestore to accomplish varying needs of the product, leveraging AWS Lambda to run numerous functions in Production.* Attended AWS Re:Invent 2019 to learn about new AWS product offerings and how Amazon and AWS run their services at massive scale. Gained valuable knowledge and perspective from organizations presenting real-world challenges and how they were solved. * Maintain and own build and deployment pipelines. Continually improve on all pipeline stages with the goal of reducing deployment times.* Wrote and integrated security testing on pull requests to ensure insecure code or vulnerable software packages are not merged and deployed to an environment.* Actively collaborate with product team developers and DevOps members through tools such as Slack and Microsoft Teams.

Woburn, Ma, Us

•Build and configure multi-terabyte Linux storage servers across various technologies including iSCSI and direct-attached storage systems. Work with file systems includes: Ext3, Ext4, and XFS.•Write scripts in bash to automate repetitive system tasks, including a custom script to automate the movement of terabytes of data from localized Linux storage servers to a remote Gluster storage cluster for archiving purposes on a regular basis. •Write Puppet classes for system automation and configuration management and compliance.•Maintain and apply system updates utilizing Linux-based package management tools including YUM, YaST, and Aptitude.•Configure and maintain backups of internal and customer data to Amazon S3 using custom scripts and third-party tools.•Configure SNMP services to effectively monitor Linux servers through a predominantly Windows-based monitoring solution.•Build and manage virtualized infrastructures running KVM/QEMU and VMware vSphere. •Manage and maintain servers running NFS in customer infrastructures.•Implemented Dell MD3200i series storage systems to expand customer storage infrastructures. Expanded EMC VNxe 3100 appliance with additional storage enclosures and reconfiguring system partitions.•Implemented Samba with ACL’s to integrate into Windows environments.•Regularly provide specialized auditing and compliance of high impact systems with strict security requirements. Identify and document discrepancies occurring outside of normal operation.•Built and oversee internal Linux-based wiki server running Confluence, which greatly improved the accessibility and readability of all external customer documentation and processes.•Rebuilt a customer-inherited Cisco infrastructure from the ground up to provide various network services that span across a 90,000 sq. ft. facility. •Collaborate with senior systems engineering team to analyze and improve internal processes and workflows.

Woburn, Ma, Us

• Managed several Internet-facing applications hosted on Linux servers in customer infrastructures. Responsible for regularly upgrading applications while minimizing downtime.• Extensive experience working with Dell and HP hardware, replacing failed components on production systems. Proactively consulted with site contacts regarding infrastructure improvements to increase the availability of systems and to decrease potential loss of user productivity due to system failure.• Implemented unified solutions to seamlessly integrate customer infrastructures through the use of single-sign on services between Windows and Linux servers using Active Directory.• Implemented and maintained Microsoft Exchange mail servers at customer sites.• Managed all aspects of backups for customers including regular review of backups, performing test restores, and backup tape delivery and pickup.• Implemented an array of Cisco-based products into customer environments including: firewalls, switches, routers, wireless access points and complete phone systems.• Provided end-user support to customers on a regular basis.

Waltham, Ma, Us

• Authored documentation for several network processes and installation procedures.• Played key role in development of new end-user Service Level Agreement (SLA) policy, leading to a significant enhancement to user response times.• Instrumental in migration of workstations to Windows Software Updates Services.

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

• Played key role in the setup of presentation rooms for demonstration events, and facilitated installations of VMware Workstation at remote sites.• Spearheaded configuration of and provided support to team members for high-end workstations utilized for product demonstrations.