https://www.joshdwells.comFew people can remember when they decided what they wanted to do with their life. When I was 11 years old, I stared at the family computer not really understanding what it was capable of or what I could do. This was the beginning of my journey. I quickly began my lifelong technology education. I've been living and breathing technology almost every day from that very moment long ago on the family computer. I am currently a Cloud/Automation Engineer and love it. I'm currently engulfed in anything Multi-Cloud, DevOps, Software/App Delivery, Containers, Orchestration and Automation related. I am AWS Certified in multiple areas and continue to learn and study often. I also most recently discovered my adoration of Software Development and am learning everything I can about Python and RESTful APIs. I absolutely love everything technology related and do my best to stay up to date with everything that I can. Before passing away, my grandfather told me to learn something new every day. While there are days I don't remember what I learned, I try to make it a priority to learn something new as often as possible.In my free time, I enjoy being with my friends and family the most. Whether it's fishing, golfing, cooking out, having a bonfire, watching movies, or driving somewhere; I love meeting and spending time with people. I also have been told that I have a voice for radio; and it's one of my dreams to be a voiceover artist.There are a few rules I live by: - Be passionate about everything you do. - If you tell someone you are going to do something, you do it.
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Devops Engineer ConsultantProgressive Insurance Jul 2021 - PresentMayfield Village, Oh, Us -
Devops Engineer LeadProgressive Insurance Feb 2018 - Jul 2021Mayfield Village, Oh, UsI started Progressive as a Contract-to-Hire and was mainly focused on enabling public cloud for the greater enterprise. As we set standards, patterns, and consistent usage and deployment methods, the business needs changed to ultimately form various product teams in relation to public and private cloud initiatives.Recently, I have mainly been a part of a self-service focused team who’s main goals are to create automations and enable other teams of developers and engineers the ability to move their workloads to the cloud. Most of my focus is around the toolsets and processes for automated infrastructure deployment, automated ci/cd/testing and application delivery into public cloud, and working with other engineering teams to develop and improve the self-service model.I have lead initiatives to implement a Terraform Enterprise, Vault, Consul stack, as well as self-service automations for consumption of these tools. Alongside the deployment and ownership of this toolset, I have developed versioned, consumable terraform modules for self-service usage within the Terraform Enterprise private module registry.Along with the Hashi stack, I have developed Python/Flask RESTful APIs to serve as entry points, integrations, and automations between Terraform Enterprise as well as other tools, processes, and pipelines here at Progressive.I regularly design, deploy, and consume automated testing and CI/CD pipelines for both our team, and our customers using tools such as Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and others.
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Cloud Engineer, Lead - ContractorProgressive Insurance Jul 2017 - Feb 2018Mayfield Village, Oh, Us
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Cloud Solutions Engineer | Co-FounderPolycloud Technologies Dec 2017 - PresentColumbia Station, Oh, UsPolyCloud Technologies is a Cloud Consulting company first and foremost, but we deal with everything DevOps and SRE related.We work primarily with local small and medium size businesses to assist them in developing public/private cloud and container infrastructure, automated testing, and automated application delivery pipelines.We consult on anything related to public or private cloud, software development, containerization, orchestration, automation, and CI/CD. Our goal is to help clients architect the best solutions the first time around. -
Senior Systems EngineerAxs Ticketing Aug 2016 - Jul 2017Los Angeles, Ca, UsAs a Systems Engineer at AXS, I was responsible for all on-premises and public cloud (AWS) infrastructure architecture, monitoring, logging, and automated application delivery. I designed, implemented, and maintained infrastructure and software delivery solutions for custom, highly-available applications, sites, and services in both On-Premises and Public Cloud scenarios. I primarily leveraged TeamCity and Octopus deploy for CI/CD to various Amazon AWS services (AutoScaling Groups, RDS, EC2, and more).I architected migrations of physical and virtual assets in the corporate datacenter space to private/public cloud providers, designed new cloud infrastructure for legacy applications, and implemented centralized monitoring and logging solutions using technologies like NewRelic, PRTG, SolarWinds, Graylog, SumoLog, the ELK stack, and collectd/Grafana.I spearheaded projects and initiatives to implement new designs of software delivery, old failing applications, and legacy infrastructure while collaborating closely with a large development team and my team of 5-6 engineers. -
Network AdministratorUnion Home Mortgage Apr 2014 - Jul 2016Strongsville, Oh, UsBeing the sole IT Administrator for the organization allowed me to have my hands on many things. I regularly mentored the up-coming IT Support personnel and lead interns in the intern program. I lifted and shifted monolithic on-premises solutions to Amazon AWS, lead an initiative to migrate cloud VoIP systems from one vendor to another, developed an equipment and copier leasing program, restructured branch office network infrastructure, and worked with a multitude of vendors on a day-to-day basis.I was responsible for all network, on-premises hardware, and cloud infrastructure. I lead many migrations, acted as top level escalation for all of IT, and was responsible for security, auditing, and documentation for all processes and systems. -
User Support Specialist - Field ServicesInvacare Feb 2012 - Apr 2014Elyria, Ohio, UsAs a field services support escalation, I spent most of my time building and deploying newly leased laptops and desktops, including department-wide rollouts. I also developed a Microsoft MDT imaging environment for quickly deploying laptops.I worked closely with the Enterprise service desk to troubleshoot and resolve standard break-fix issues with hardware and software. I was responsible for documenting break-fix solutions and other missing hardware/software configurations.As an enterprise of 6,800+ worldwide, I had hands on experience with various Enterprise level hardware, software, and procedures. I also traveled and performed as a Systems Administrator for the Akron, OH branch 50% of the time. Striving to automate as much as possible, I created a combination of VB, Powershell, and AutoIT solutions for automated software configurations, reconfigurations, and installations.I worked with vendors and owned the technical side of a software upgrade project for the Customer Service department as well as a Live Video conference room hardware/software upgrade project. -
Systems AdministratorConsun Food Industries Aug 2008 - Feb 2012• Managing small office network as well as a Convenient Food Mart remote site PCs. • Installing and maintaining video surveillance systems at Convenient Food Mart stores. • Working with Server 2000, 2003, 2008/R2, AD, Exchange, and Google Apps. • Maintaining Ruby/Sapphire POS systems and Retalix POS systems. • General Help Desk support for remote sites as well as the Regional Office.Accomplishments• Completely overhauled POS systems to Retalix Storepoint• Linked remote locations via site-to-site routed VPN• Established an internet credit card processing system across all sites• Migrated company from Exchange server to Google Apps Enterprise• Overhauled/Upgraded/Migrated all server hardware and server functions• Created/Maintained/Managed Servers using Hyper-V.• Installed/Maintained complete surveillance systems at Store locations.
Josh Wells Education Details
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Lorain County Community CollegeComputer Networking -
Lorain County JvsNetwork Communications Technology
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Josh Wells works for Progressive Insurance
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Josh Wells's current role is Cloud & DevOps Engineer.
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Josh Wells attended Lorain County Community College, Lorain County Jvs.
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