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New Jersey, United States

Manage the DevOps and Infrastructure teams at XR, providing leadership for ten direct reports, spanning all cloud, data center, and office IT projects, with areas of expertise in AWS architecture, CI/CD, software release management, data center hardware/data storage/VM management, network engineering across all sites, internal user-support, and helpdesk.- Design and lead implementation of Kubernetes-backed projects running in both cloud (ECS, EKS) and data centers (K8s), managed using Helm,… Show more Manage the DevOps and Infrastructure teams at XR, providing leadership for ten direct reports, spanning all cloud, data center, and office IT projects, with areas of expertise in AWS architecture, CI/CD, software release management, data center hardware/data storage/VM management, network engineering across all sites, internal user-support, and helpdesk.- Design and lead implementation of Kubernetes-backed projects running in both cloud (ECS, EKS) and data centers (K8s), managed using Helm, with architecture deployed to multiple regions using Chef.- Coordinate with development teams to identify and design best-practice architecture for all dev projects using dockerized builds and app containers, deployed to easy-to-maintain ECS/EKS clusters and Lambda functions, backed by RDS databases.- Architect cloud infrastructure of 360IM platform and lead implementation to launch internal app used in US Verizon data centers- Centralize docker image management to ECR for internal platforms and JFrog Artifactory for ingested image custom GPU-slicing orchestration platform.- Manage and maintain software release schedules and priorities through regular communication with development leaders.- Expand implementation and maintenance of Bedminster Data Center into a GPU/ML development lab.- Design and implement multi-account environment and routing strategy for 22 AWS accounts to permit access for developers and tools using AWS Transit Gateway.- Oversee design, implementation, and support for APM observability solutions, source control management, CI/CD architecture, IAC architecture, AWS infrastructure, internal software solutions (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Nexus, VMware, Jenkins, Rancher, Splunk).- Administer and coordinate teams in research to identify solutions to emerging development roadblocks, implementing solutions to launch six major products. Show less

New Jersey, United States

Managed technical direction for the DevOps team, and designed and supported all build/deployment automation systems across multiple development teams. Led responsibility for cloud architecture design, implementation, and exploration of new technologies. Provided oversight for security operations and implementations, administering all Git-based code repositories and related org-wide releases and infrastructure standards.- Developed continuous integration and delivery models for Java, C++… Show more Managed technical direction for the DevOps team, and designed and supported all build/deployment automation systems across multiple development teams. Led responsibility for cloud architecture design, implementation, and exploration of new technologies. Provided oversight for security operations and implementations, administering all Git-based code repositories and related org-wide releases and infrastructure standards.- Developed continuous integration and delivery models for Java, C++, Android, and iOS projects using Jenkins.- Architected overall infrastructure platform entirely within Amazon Web Services to be sustainable, reconfigurable, scalable, and blue-green deployment capable.- Directed day-to-day responsibilities and technical direction for the DevOps team, including security, configuration management, environment testing, and release management.- Designed and implemented solutions for interdependent code releases.- Implemented and managed cross-site VPN strategy to maintain a cloud-based development environment in AWS, using Palo Alto firewalls.- Led design and implementation of IAC procedures to generate reproducible AWS environments leveraging CloudFormation templates. Show less

Bloomington, Minnesota, United States

Designed, supported, and documented build automation systems for five separate SaaS product teams. Administered all Git code repositories and related company-wide release branching standards.- Converted complex ANT-based multi-project build structure to Gradle.- Managed product infrastructure in AWS via Chef.- Automated build and deployment schemes for all products using Jenkins.- Developed company-wide security and code management policies.- Created Gradle plugin to unify… Show more Designed, supported, and documented build automation systems for five separate SaaS product teams. Administered all Git code repositories and related company-wide release branching standards.- Converted complex ANT-based multi-project build structure to Gradle.- Managed product infrastructure in AWS via Chef.- Automated build and deployment schemes for all products using Jenkins.- Developed company-wide security and code management policies.- Created Gradle plugin to unify design and functionality of all Gradle builds.- Supported automated build/deployment to internal servers for automated QA testing, both for planned branches and on-the-fly bug/feature testing. Show less

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for the design, support, and documentation of over 40 separate builds across five separate development teams, as well as administration of Perforce code repositories and Mantis bug tracking software.Overhaul of Final Builder build system to increase reliability, efficiency, and maintainability by implementing continuous integration to ensure proper build order and resource management, and by developing a unified, robust build script format to improve ease of use and streamline… Show more Responsible for the design, support, and documentation of over 40 separate builds across five separate development teams, as well as administration of Perforce code repositories and Mantis bug tracking software.Overhaul of Final Builder build system to increase reliability, efficiency, and maintainability by implementing continuous integration to ensure proper build order and resource management, and by developing a unified, robust build script format to improve ease of use and streamline updates for new featuresIntegration of new components to overall build system in a timely mannerIntegration of MSTest and Ensemble unit tests, Coverity and PC-Lint code analysis tools, and Mantis bug tracking with build processesMaintenance, administration, and upgrades of Perforce serverResponsibilities to multiple separate development teams simultaneously, and Scrum Master for one teamSecondary responsibilities as administrator of RnD lab environment including SAN, VM hosts, networking, domain management Show less

Edina, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for management, building, and migration of Lighthouse1 platform code, as well as process improvements and automation. Specialized experience includes:Multiple weekly code builds and deployments across environmentsStrict process management to adhere to corporate and security compliance policiesThorough documentation of build/deployment processesOther duties have included:Writing up post-merger security guidelines and policies for company-wide use and security… Show more Responsible for management, building, and migration of Lighthouse1 platform code, as well as process improvements and automation. Specialized experience includes:Multiple weekly code builds and deployments across environmentsStrict process management to adhere to corporate and security compliance policiesThorough documentation of build/deployment processesOther duties have included:Writing up post-merger security guidelines and policies for company-wide use and security compliance for HIPAA and PCIDocumentation of environment standards and configurations in preparation for data center migrationMigration of data, configurations, and code, as well as server and network set up for data center migrationManagement and review of firewall and networking hardware configurations Show less

Edina, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for network and server infrastructure across two corporate offices and two remote environments, as well as some corporate helpdesk. Specialized experience includes:Provide data security, firewall, networking, backup, and infrastructure designSupport for production and DR environments 24x7x365 in networking, system performance, and environment stability for the Lighthouse1 platform, supporting over 1 million participantsInstrumental in multiple security compliance audits,… Show more Responsible for network and server infrastructure across two corporate offices and two remote environments, as well as some corporate helpdesk. Specialized experience includes:Provide data security, firewall, networking, backup, and infrastructure designSupport for production and DR environments 24x7x365 in networking, system performance, and environment stability for the Lighthouse1 platform, supporting over 1 million participantsInstrumental in multiple security compliance audits, including 3 annual PCI audits and 2 annual SAS-70 auditsAssessment of new technologies prior to implementationResponsibility for implementation of Active Directory, MS Exchange, ChangeAuditor, and NuBridges Protect improvementsDocumentation of business processes Show less

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

Responsible for commercial and residential computer/network systems maintenance, repairs, upgrades, analysis and special projects.