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Brookhaven, Georgia, Us

Securing the world's best weather forecast.Working to remove complexity and add elegance to the scientific and data conveyance operations of the brightest minds in meteorology. Guiding teams toward secure yet efficient operational states. Liaison to Security ELT and other teams for enmeshing diverse systems into a cohesive security posture.I also unblock teams that are stuck or slow to achieve goals. I remove operational obstacles to success and create happiness.

Brookhaven, Georgia, Us

Leading security thinking, architecture, engineering, and operations for the Science & Forecast Operations organization within The Weather Company.Prioritizing security initiatives and leading a cross-discipline team to track and implement same.Advising scientists, developers, and operations teams on security implementations for stable operations and adherence to corporate guidelines.Direct implementation of cloud devops and tooling.

Brookhaven, Georgia, Us

Leveraging my experience with enterprise IT security and business continuity for multiple global corporations, as Security Focal for the Science & Forecast Operations unit, I provide cross-team security leadership by guiding development teams through Threat Model exercises, DR Planning/Testing exercises, and ensuring compliance with corporate and industry security standards.I'm known for securely designing, deploying, and managing AWS and IBM Cloud Kubernetes infrastructure using DevSecOps methods.Member of the TWC Security Architecture Review Board.Experienced in leading and executing systems migrations, including datacenter to datacenter, physical systems to AWS, and from AWS EC2 to IBM Cloud Kubernetes Service (IKS).Some details:- Guiding software development & meteorological teams in all dimensions of IT security: threat model exercises, security process definition, disaster recovery plans/tests, access control reviews, and code scanning processes.- Leading standardization of DevSecOps practices and tooling in the Watson Advertising and Weather division.- Kubernetes cluster and networking design for migrating proprietary weather data processing and forecast engines from standard linux to containers on IBM Cloud.- Migrated physical Radar systems into AWS, creating deployment automation via Terraform and Chef, and applying mature business continuity principles.- Creating complete infrastructure-as-code stacks in AWS using Terraform and Chef automation for the integrated forecast systems.- Designing and implementing performance enhancements for AWS EC2 scientific computation instances running on CentOS 6/7.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Designing cloud infrastructure using DevOps methods and tools for the Digital Forecasting Operations systems within the Weather Content Group, including full-stack Prod, QA, and DR tiers within AWS. Developing and integrating industry standards and best practices into Weather@IBM division, including deployment and automation systems, monitoring and alerting systems, and systems design.- Leading by example in standardizing DevOps practices and tooling in the Weather@IBM division.- Creating complete infrastructure-as-code stacks in AWS using Terraform and Chef for the next-generation digital forecast engine.- Designing and implement performance enhancements for AWS ephemeral and EBS storage.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Provide UNIX and middleware engineering project consulting services across disciplines to major clients. Services include systems design, technical project management, QMS documentation, resource assessment and recommendation, new hardware bill of materials, and analysis of operating environments.• Performing triage and deep-dive analyses for multiple top-tier accounts. Providing recommendations for remediation, standards alignment, and best-practice implementation.• Convert project requirements into documents including QMS documents, system plans, bills of materials, and technical design specifications across multiple technologies including AIX, PowerHA, RHEL, VMware, and VCS/SF.• Providing expert AIX/DB2/IBM consulting and peer-reviews of architectural overviews and engineering designs, both internally and client-facing.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Performed DevOps and cross-discipline consulting in support of AIX, TSM, RHEL, and EMC for The Coca-Cola Company Account. Provided technical project leadership and client-facing project services.• Subject Matter Expert and mentor for SAP system and database cloning migrations.• Lead of a team of ten resources dedicated to a datacenter migration project. Performed resource scheduling, technical and administrative project management, client interfacing, and migration process definition while earning excellent customer feedback during relocation of 450 servers across four datacenters.• Collaborated with SAP, IBM, DB2, and Oracle specialists to design the Oracle-to-DB2 conversion of two Prod SAP systems. Developed automation tools to facilitate same.• Researched opportunities and gaps in the enterprise backup strategy, developed a series of infrastructure improvements, and implemented these via a redesign of the existing backup solution.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Perform Level 3 break-fix, DevOps, and project engineering in support of AIX, Solaris, RedHat and SUSE for Global Operations.• Cloning SAP/Oracle servers, new server builds from customized AIX image via NIM/TSM, including EMC storage configuration.• Creation and maintenance of procedures and supporting XHTML documentation.• Design, creation, and maintenance of custom tools in ksh and perl for security, capacity planning, alert reporting, and daily administration tasks.• Extensive enhancement of custom backup automation of TSM, TDP for R/3, and BR*Tools.• Client management and technical coordination during problem resolution.

Atlanta, Ga, Us

Perform Level 3 break-fix and project engineering in support of AIX, Solaris, RHEL and SLES for Global Operations.• Design, creation, and maintenance of custom tools in ksh and perl for security, capacity planning, alert reporting, and daily administration tasks.• Extensive enhancement of custom backup automation of TSM, TDP for R/3, and BR*Tools.• Cloning SAP/Oracle servers, new server builds from customized AIX image via NIM/TSM, including EMC storage configuration.• Creation and maintenance of procedures and supporting XHTML documentation.• Client management and technical coordination during problem resolution.

Piloted the Quality Assurance Technician position for the IBM Authorized Assembly Program under development by IBM at DDS. Designed, documented, and enhanced processes to oversee and enforce Quality Assurance of the RS/6000 assembly process, creating documentation of same. • Developed new Quality Assurance position within a developing IBM program.• Acted as lead in a team of two QA technicians.• Managed packaging of outgoing hardware and oversaw inspection of returns.

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