John Rodriguez Email & Phone Number

Atlanta, Georgia, Us

• In Scrum/Agile setting with SRE and Dev team members maintaining Ansible enterprise environment • Used Ansible Tower and AAP to manage projects and users• Create and run Ansible playbooks from Ansible core, Ansible Tower, AAP• Use GitHub to maintain Ansible projects, playbooks, and configurations • Use Ansible Tower and AAP to troubleshoot customer job and access issues• Use Jira and ServiceNow to manage user request and problems• Create and modify Grafana/Promethus status pages to monitor Ansible environmental health

Hanover, Md, Us

@BCBSLinux Engineer• Work with application teams to reduce Linux technical debt by migrating applications off end-of-life servers. Followed up with teams for accountability.• Participants in the requirement, analysis, and design phases of SDLC. • Track and monitor team progress during cutovers and decommissioning.• Reprioritize activities with application teams in dynamic environment as required by changes communicated by executive management team.• Used Excel to create reports track and analyze progress towards eliminating technical debt.

Milwaukee, Wi, Us

@ IBM• Create KB articles instructing Linux engineers on step-by-step procedures to locate, identify, and remediate vulnerabilities.• Implement baseline security configurations per CIS Benchmark and Linux vendor recommendations.• Remediate Linux systems and application vulnerabilities according to current IBM cyber security and Best Practice guidelines.• Verify and report on remediation success/failures.• Draft and report assessment findings and remediation results to analytical management teams to gauge the effectual scope of the remediation program.• Use Excel to manage projects related to the goals of the team and our project managers.

Hanover, Md, Us

@ SoftLayer Fabric SRE: • Responsible for the triage and analytical diagnosis of the fabric behind SoftLayer’s cloud product.

System Administrator• System administrator providing support for Linux desktops and several Linux servers that included Ubuntu 16.04 & 14.04, Red Hat Linux 6; CentOS 6. Linux• Developed documentation for handling user problems• Developed scripts to collect needed user system information and system performance.• Performed installation and configuration of Ubuntu Linux systems.• Performed maintenance and hardware replacements on Linux servers and desktops.• Develop and document backup and restore process.• Provide Linux help desk service for users: troubleshooting, configuring, and maintaining operating system, applications, hardware, networking, local and remote connectivity of all Linux systems in environment.

System Administrator• Primary system administrator on two man system administration team providing support for approximately 100 servers in a disparate platform and operating system environment. Operating systems included Ubuntu, Debian, and Red Hat Linux 4, 5, and 6; HP-UX 11.31, 11.23, and 11.11, and Windows Server 2003. HP-UX• Performed troubleshooting, configuration, and maintenance, both hardware and operating system, on HP servers, including PA-RISC and Itanium.• Performed ignites/installs on HP servers ranging from Superdome to rp3440, PA-RISC to Itanium architecture. • Installed additional products and applications as requested by users to meet their needs.Linux• Performed troubleshooting, configuration and maintenance on all Linux servers in environment: including NFS, NIS, and multipathing.• Performed installation and configuration of Red Hat Linux.• Performed maintenance and hardware replacements on HP Red Hat Linux.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

UNIX System Administrator - Primary system administration on Solaris and Linux, secondary on AIX- On-call 24X7 playing vital role on team, serving as initial point of contact for customers in problem situations, providing highly responsive, dependable service, and protecting fellow team members from interruptions both on and off-shift- Performed maintenance, upgrades, and hardware replacements on SUN Solaris servers: including system installation, CPU, memory, Ethernet, fiber channel, and hard drive on all servers from e250 to V880- Performed troubleshooting on Sun server issues involving hardware, software, SAN, and networking- Managed Veritas Clustering Services and Volume management on Sun Solaris and AIX servers- Racked and installed IBM x345 and x365 servers and assisted in installation of Red Hat Linux- Performed Installation, configuration, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Red Hat Linux on corporate servers, and in VMware environment- Performed maintenance and hardware replacements on IBM Red Hat Linux servers: including system installation, RSA, and hard drive- Worked as on-site support for variety of data center delivery teams to assist in installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting issues- Performed troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and root cause analysis on AIX servers- Teamed with AS/400, VMS, SAN, Intel, and tape operations coordinating field engineering support and hardware delivery and removal to maintain minimal impact to data center operations- Chaired and participated in daily status meetings involving all IT departments of both company and customer ranging from users to management- VMS System Administrator - Provided daily system administration, problem resolution and change/maintenance activity, including patch applications, and hardware maintenance

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Computer Operations – handled schedules and jobs on mainframe and AS/400, also responsible for tape duties in data center. Assisted in problem resolution and trouble shooting on mainframe and data communications to stores. Worked with management in daily activities involving data center. On occasion, chaired and prepared reports for daily status meetings involving all IT departments.

Denver, Colorado, Us

Computer Operations - handled schedules and jobs on mainframe and AS/400, assisted on data transfer to stores, and responsible for tape duties in data center. Assisted in problem resolution and trouble shooting on mainframe and data communications to stores. Worked with management in daily activities involving data center, chaired and prepared reports for daily status meetings involving all IT departments.

Bs, Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering