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Linux & Automation Engineer | Global Infrastructure TeamAs a member of a global infrastructure team, I specialize in end-to-end Linux system administration and automation across production, development, and high-performance computing environments. My responsibilities span the entire Linux ecosystem, including managing containers, appliances, and HPCs, ensuring robust performance, security, and compliance.Key Achievements & Responsibilities: Automated Infrastructure Provisioning: Design and implementation of automated Linux VM provisioning via ServiceNow Ticket Requests, leveraging Ansible Automation Platform. This initiative has streamlined workflows, reduced manual intervention, and increased scalability for production and development environments. End-to-End VM Management: Oversee the lifecycle management of virtual machines, from provisioning to patching, troubleshooting, and maintaining compliance. I ensure quality assurance through extensive use of tools like Red Hat Satellite, Tanium, Splunk, and Cortex, achieving high system reliability and security compliance. Network Compliance Automation: Implemented network compliance automation using Ansible, driving improvements in security posture and efficiency in adhering to industry and organizational compliance standards. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Compliance as Code (CaC): Advocate for modern practices such as IaC and CaC, creating hands-off, secure, and scalable infrastructures. My work focuses on reducing manual configuration, automating security measures, and driving adherence to compliance requirements.Technologies & Tools: Automation & Infrastructure: HashiCorp Vault, Ansible Automation Platform, Terraform (Intermediate) Operating Systems: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7/8/9, Oracle Enterprise Linux 7/8, Ubuntu 20.04-24.04 Compliance & Security: Red Hat Satellite, Tanium, Splunk

Responsible for the Maintenance, Administration, Engineering, and Troubleshooting of Enterprise level Server hardware, its users, and other administrators. Experience Manipulating permissions to user needs as well as group permissions in Linux server environments.Resolving complex issues within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,4,5,6,7,8, and 9, as well as RedHat CoreOS.Experience with testing and integration of enterprise apps such as the Atlassian suite, rocket chat, DOORS, Ansible tower, and Satellite as well as the integration of Linux systems within Windows Active Directory using YellowPage, NIS, Centrify, WinBind, and SSSD.STIG Compliance checking, SCAP Scans (Nessus, OPENSCAP, DISA SCC) Applying STIGS using Ansible, reviewing compliance using STIGVIEWER, Reporting to executives about compliance status. Applying all STIGS both manual and administrative using Ansible Playbooks on linux workstations and servers running Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Solaris.Master of configuration management. Using tools such as ansible and the Atlassian suite to keep servers running, end users happy, and security and compliance folks well informed.VM Management using VMWARE VCenter, Windows HyperV, and Charon AXP for legacy UNIXExperience handling extreme cases of technical debt, migrating legacy machines to virtual to mitigate risk of physical machine aging and unavailability of parts and maintenance, as well as coming up with new and improved solutions with migrating services to better platforms to better serve the customer, and keep us in compliance.Experience with containers, working with both docker and podman in disconnected environments and keeping container images to maintain a compliant baseline environment.Experience engineering and implementing security solutions to any and all solutions using physical, software, and script based methods with little to no downtime to the customer.

Responsible for the Maintenance, Administration, and Troubleshooting of Enterprise level Server hardware, its users, and other administrators. Experience Manipulating permissions to user needs as well as group permissions in both a windows server and Linux server environment.Resolving complex issues within Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3,4,5,6,7,8. Now experimenting with the newly released Red Hat 9!!Experience with testing and integration of enterprise apps such as the Atlassian suite and rocket chat as well as the integration of Linux systems within Windows Active Directory using Centrify, WinBind, and SSSD.STIG Compliance checking, SCAP Scans (Nessus, OPENSCAP, DISA SCC) Applying STIGS using Ansible, reviewing compliance using STIGVIEWER, Reporting to executives about compliance status. Applying all STIGS both manual and administrative using Ansible Playbooks on linux workstations and servers running Red Hat, Ubuntu, SLES.Master of Yum Repositories: Setting up custom yum repositories while also implementing best practices to keep repositories and configuration from sprawling and keep them organized.VM Management – Cloning VMs, building templates, implementing an insta-clone system via VMWARE horizons so everyone uses the same master image upon initialization of desktop

● Responsible for the Maintenance, Administration, and Troubleshooting of Enterprise level Server hardware, itsusers, and other administrators. Experience Manipulating permissions to user needs as well as group permissionsin both a windows server and Linux server environment.● Responsible for the deployment of Linux workstations as well as flashing software on them using kickstart.● Troubleshooting diverse issue involving RHEL 6/7/8, Both software and hardware, Resolving issues with theCrestron system interacting with a multi display Linux environment. Troubleshooting modern AV environment● Sanitization – Server Rack teardown as well as disassembly of server equipment down the smallest components,ensuring complicity to security countermeasures set in place by the program security office.● Buildup – Experience building and planning for server infrastructure in enterprise racks from top to bottomensuring complete safety and efficiency with hardware components.● Made a script to find all pingable IPs on Multiple networks, as well as a script to sort the list to find those withouthostnames in order to clean both DNS and DHCP● Working closely with Commercial Off the Shelf hardware and interacting with many vendors.● Active leadership role in managing the refinement process of a complete system shutdown and recovery.● Experience with VMs, setting up bare metal hypervisors, both with oracle Virtual box and VMware.

Responsible for the Maintenance, Administration, and Troubleshooting of Enterprise level Server hardware, itsusers, and other administrators. Experience Manipulating permissions to user needs as well as group permissionsin both a windows server and Linux server environment.Responsible for the deployment of Linux workstations as well as flashing software on them using kickstart.Troubleshooting diverse issue involving RHEL 6/7/8, Both software and hardware, Resolving issues with theCrestron system interacting with a multi display Linux environment.Sanitization – Server Rack teardown as well as disassembly of server equipment down the smallest components,ensuring complicity to security countermeasures set in place by the program security office.Buildup – Experience building and planning for server infrastructure in enterprise racks from top to bottomensuring complete safety and efficiency with hardware components.Made a script to find all pingable IPs on Multiple networks, as well as a script to sort the list to find those withouthostnames.

Network Services supervisor- Hardware installations, CAT5, CAT6 install and Cable runs, Single Mode,Multimode, SC, LC, SM Fiber installations. Rack Installs, Server, Router, switch, IDS, IPS Setup. ExperienceTroubleshooting over the phone with distant end and leading other technicians through both simple and complexprocedures. Emergency Server Rescue response, intimate experience with HP DL360 Class Servers and HP DL380 Class Servers regarding both maintenance as well as troubleshooting. Multiple Juniper and Cisco Chassis.Also Direct superior of a team of 6 technicians who were all trained by me.Systems Administrator/Technician: Linux Administrator for Classified DOD system running SOLARIS.Troubleshot with critical EAM Circuits visible at the SECDEF level. Expert level working with many examplesof cryptographic equipment such as KIV7M and all manner of KG-175/TACLANE. Installed, configured,administered, and supported secure remote access utilities and applications including: Secure Shell,Secure Web Access, etc.)EHF SATCOM Operator: Worked with EHF SATCOM system at an advanced technician level. Troubleshootingsystem faults, helping ships in San Diego troubleshoot their systems via phone. Experience writing StandardOperating procedures and helping to change EHF COMMPLANS.Technical Control Supervisor -Responsible for a small team of tech control operators charged with the upkeep and troubleshooting of allclassified and unclassified pier services for Naval and Coast Guard ships in the Southwest region of the US

I completed a summer internship here, where I learned computer hardware repair, Screen replacements, and advanced troubleshooting techniques.