Matthew Tobin Email & Phone Number

Herndon, VA, US

Falls Church, Virginia, US

- Builds, configures, maintains, troubleshoots Gitlab CI/CD pipelines and environments- Builds, configures, maintains, troubleshoots Kubernetes environments across security postures- Customizes and deploys Platform One BigBang Software Factories- Builds and maintains components within AWS cloud environments across security postures- Uses Docker, Gitlab.

Ashburn, Virginia, US

- Assisted, configured, troubleshot and participated in GitOps pipeline/build process with multiple development teams, each with unique goals and processes- Used ArgoCD, along with GitOps, to manage, visualize and organize deploys- Troubleshot Kubernetes environments within AWS

Reston, Virginia, US

• December 2016-March 2022:
• Administered/configured CICD pipeline with an array of tools, to include Gitlab, Jenkins, Nexus, Docker, Kubernetes, ETCD, Elasticsearch and CDH Kafka
• Worked with developers to deploy their code within the CICD infrastructure
• Components administered: Nexus 2k, 5k, and 7k networking components, Cisco ASAs, Cisco Catalyst switches, Dell and HP compute hardware
• Stands up/administers/configures ESXi 6.5/vCenter 6.5, Microsoft Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, RHEL 7, Centos 7 environments
• Creates/administers/troubleshoots AWS development/CICD environment

Reston, VA, US

• Participated on a team of IT specialists providing mostly tier 2 and 3 engineering support to a broad, geographically dispersed environment and customer set
• Administered Microsoft Windows Server and desktop, Active Directory, and NetApp SAN
• Performed system design, risk assessments and management, hardware/software implementation and integration, systems administration and general infrastructure support
• Engineered, monitored, maintained, troubleshot, and deployed VMware ESXi 4.2-5.x infrastructure

Herndon, Virginia, US

• Single engineer in support of DCGS-A Pacific-region fixed ESXi 3.5/5 virtualized infrastructure
• Supports the configuration and administration of deployable virtualized units
• Manages, troubleshoots and monitors clustered VM environment, to include high availability and DRS functionality
• Works with fixed SAN engineer to carve and allocate storage to datastores
• Created SOP for NetAPP NAS volume creation, VM datastore creation, and OS-level filesystem expansion to be used by DCGS-A deployable systems in the Pacific-region
• Works with OS-level engineers to manage and troubleshoot Red Hat Linux and Windows Server 2003/08 systems

Reston, VA, US

• Supported National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Allied Federated Access program
• Deployed, configured and administered Red Hat Linux, Windows Server 2008 and ESXi operating systems across a clustered, 250+ VM vCenter environment
• Configured Linux FTP server and client while utilizing GlubTech secure FTP wrapper
• Managed NetApp shared storage across varied-OS environment
• Installed and administered Active Directory and DNS
• Installed and configured Splunk indexers and forwarders across multiple domains

Reston, VA, US

• Supported Defense Intelligence Agency in cloud computing solution for data ingest, dissemination and exploitation across multiple security domains
• Conducted power study of proposed equipment to be integrated in a cloud environment
• Integrated HP standalone and blade servers, Cisco Nexus, Catalyst and fabric extension networking equipment and APC power units
• Deployed, configured and administered Red Hat Linux (via Kick Start and Puppet applications), Windows Server 2008 and ESXi operating systems of 130+ nodes
• Deployed and utilized VMware vSphere environment, to include vSphere Client and vCenter Server 4.1 and 5.0
• Installed and administered Active Directory and DNS

Reston, Virginia, US

• Supported the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency College (NGC) at NCE, Springfield, VA
• Assisted in initial standup of NGC as it transitioned from various legacy sites
• Provided technical support for 50+ active classrooms and 600+ workstations (thick and thin clients) in three uniquely classified domains
• Responsible for XP PC and Windows 7 thin client administration
• Pushed unique images via SCCM, while assigning and ensuring hosts are in appropriate application collections
• Served as GD MAAS FSR for FMV exploitation course, to include feed initialization and configuration on Windows 2008 virtual servers

Reston, VA, US

• Supported the NGC at Fort Belvoir, VA
• Responsible for the proper maintenance and operation of four servers and over 300+ workstations divided among six imagery analysis training classrooms
• Maintained and operated Windows 2003 Servers
• Assisted in the documentation and implementation of various systems to include desktop PC’s, servers, network equipment, software applications, video display units and control boxes
• Provided assistance in the installation of AV equipment, such as projectors, mounting of plasmas, microphones and speakers
• Provided real-time help desk support for 300+ end users within Active Directory, ensuring that account information is accurate and with current information

Reston, VA, US

• Supported NGA
• Supported the Airborne Integration Program office through the procurement, installation, and maintenance of full motion video exploitation and archival systems
• Performed security hardening of servers with DISA Gold Disk application
• Built, configured, tested, and integrated network servers, PCs, and video display units and controls
• Built and installed wire and fiber optic-based support and network cable assemblies
• Technical editor for full motion video systems contract delivery documents

Washington, DC, US

• Wrote over 40 stories
• Created, edited and published audio and video podcasts of Washington Nationals coverage
• Took various photographs and published them for the web
• Assisted with the daily maintenance of the Loudoun Extra Web site (i.e., created photo galleries, added stories, manipulated HTML, etc.)
• Brainstormed with team to propose and formulate story and multimedia ideas
• Assisted in a county-wide online directory of local organizations