Jon Davidson Email & Phone Number

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

In this role I am able to pursue more security focused cloud engineering where I'm responsible for developing and implementing security architecture and solutions (mostly for AWS) as part of the enterprise cloud security.- Technical leadership for AWS platform security solutions such as federated AWS SSO/IAM with 3rd Party Identity Management, Centralized Logging, SIEM integration, Configuration Compliance and Security Eventing/Remediation- Team leadership for System Engineering concepts, design and implementation (IaC, scripting, SCM, Testing, CI/CD pipelines)

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Responsible for providing technical leadership, managing day-to-day team operations, work management and task definitions as well as defining team product portfolio and vision while maintaining system engineering responsibilities for the Cloud Platform Engineering team.- Built the team vision based on customer and organizational feedback within a dynamic enterprise environment- Defined the team product portfolio and support model to help provide boundaries and focus teams technology delivery efforts- Managed team work definitions, delivery and day-to-day operations- Provided technical leadership for system design, architecture and delivery with a focus on maturing automation/codification processes and competency

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Responsible for helping to establish the cloud platform engineering team and practice. I provided high level management and orchestration of cloud platforms to enable technology solution delivery at scale with ~60 managed AWS accounts supporting 200+ technology staff.- Developed AWS Organization and AWS Account environment design and shared responsibility model- Designed and built data driven automation for Data Lake(s) in AWS using imperative CloudFormation generation- Built AWS Account automation and configuration management processes for AWS Organizations including Identity Federation, Platform Logging, centralized Security and Compliance services- Built and maintained AWS Account baseline configuration (aka "landing zone") automation processes- Built and maintained DevOps tooling platforms automation in cloud environments for end-to-end technology delivery from SCM to Production deployments- Built automation processes for scaled delivery and management of codified standardized, shared or centrally managed services across AWS environments- Built CloudFormation and Terraform customization to fill in vendor feature gaps

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

Responsible for providing support for DevOps tooling and maturing DevOps practices.- Created CI/CD pipeline recommendations and roadmap for existing systems and processes to support ITSM and corporate policy standards- Created TFS extension to support XebiaLabs Deploy integration- Provided developer support for MuleSoft, Cleo Managed File Transfer, Atlassian BitBucket/Bamboo, TFS, XebiaLabs Deploy and Release

Des Moines, Iowa, Us

In this role I am responsible for Database Administration of Microsoft (MS) SQL Services (SQL Server, Analysis Services, Reporting Services including PowerBI and Integration Services) going from ~30 managed servers to ~300 with over 3,000 databases.- Converted database operations automation from MS SQL stored procedures to PowerShell module- First implementation of MS SQL Server Always-On in Principal to replace log-shipping for providing high-availability, enhanced features and easier administration- Created and maintained automated installation and configuration scripts for MS SQL Services- Using automation with MS Data Migration Assistant and Database Experimentation Assistant developed procedures to facilitate MS SQL version moves, changes in physical server resources and significant database structure changes (indexing, partitioning, etc)

- Evaluated (User/IT requirements and FDA 21 CFR part 11 compliance), setup, administrate, support - Desktop, Lab, and Server equipment.- Evaluated, designed, setup and administrate server hardware, storage solutions and virtualization infrastructure (VMware ESXi 4.0 -5.1, MS Hyper-V).- Evaluated, designed, setup and administrate Microsoft Group Policy, MS SQL(Cluster) 2005-2012 SP1, MS SharePoint 2007-2013, MS System Center 2008-2012(Service Manager, Configuration Manager, Endpoint protection, Virtual Machine Manager), AmegaView Monitoring, ManageEngine(Helpdesk, Change Control, Asset Management), MS iSCSI target, SMB and NFS Shares, MS Print Server, MS Deployment Toolkit(MDT 2008-2012), MS Remote Desktop Services(VDI)/Gateway, MS Fax server.- Setup data transformation packages in MS SQL server to load data from excel and Sharepoint sources to create reports for the clinical department (Adverse events, lab data, department performance metrics, and billing of clinical sites) as well as internal IT reports on infrastructure and systems.- Moved server room with 3 racks (network racks, servers, storage, and networking) from one research park building to another over a weekend.- Technical lead in implementing MasterControl document control and training system for FDA/GMP compliance. Evaluated, designed, setup infrastructure and wrote supporting IT SOP’s for qualification and validation efforts. - Wrote system documentation, general IT policies, work instructions and end user how-to’s.