Systems Engineer
Lehi, Utah, Us
Linux/UNIX Systems Engineer maintained multiple datacenter sites with Ubuntu Server, RedHat, and Solaris physical and virtual machines hosting the Manta.com website. Worked with Open Source tools and platforms (Apache, Nginx, Varnish, Postgres, JobScheduler, Kibana, Logstash, etc.) and proprietary applications (MicroStrategy, Oracle, Datadog). Set up prototypes of new technologies for evaluation by management/business. Built in-house system monitoring service on Nagios automated with Puppet and Git. Improved site reliability by replacing hosting provider's DNS with HA DNS scheme based on Heartbeat and Pacemaker. Transitioned servers and services out of managed hosting environment into Amazon's Cloud service. Transitioned from legacy Oracle systems to Postgres. Migrated departmental documentation servers to new environment. Led multiple Lunch-and-Learns, entered Hackathon. Represented Manta at technical talks at Ohio Linux Fest and other conferences.