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Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Design new hybrid classical/quantum computing platform.Use AWS, Kubernetes, Grafana, Flagger, & Kubeflow as a Machine Learning computing design platform.

Determine if using a quantum algorithm fits your problem. Implement the solution on either IBM's Q Cloud, DWave's Leap Cloud, or Amazon's Bracket.

Driver Group - Manage infrastructure for genomics data processing pipeline that provides patient cancer screening and personalized drug recommendations and research. Specify, install and manage hardware and software infrastructure. Grow datacenter from ~50 VM's to ~700 VM's using Debian, Proxmox, Kubernetes, Docker, Puppet, Git, Shell Scripting, Python and Scala. Manage ~40 employee OS X LAN and Cisco Meraki's. Provide HIPAA compliance.Ask.com - Upgrade Zenoss from version 3.2 to 4.2. Convert 75 Ask.com Zenpacks from version 2 of Python to version 3. Evaluate Zenoss 5.Macy's Inc - Provide systems, network and applications inventory and performance baseline for data center migration using Riemann, Solarwinds, Zenoss, OpenVas and shell scripts on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.FogHorn Consulting - Design and implement HIPAA and PCI compliance systems in Amazon VPC for clients using the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) - Security Risk Assessment (SRA) Tool and Open-Source Network Intrusion Detection (IDS), Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) and Host Intrusion Detection System (HIDS). Implemented using Snort with PulledPork, BarnYard2, BASE, and OSSEC on Amazon Linux and Ubuntu using Chef.VMWare Inc. - Architect and implement real time monitoring for 1400 critical build servers worldwide using: Zenoss, Zabbix, PagerDuty, RHEL, Debian, Puppet, VMWare ESX, vCenter, vCloud & OneCloud.

Founded HealthGraph.Group SaaS Graph Database solution for Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry, Fully HIPAA & GDPR Compliant.Design and Implement Graph Database SAAS in Amazon Neptune using Cloudformation & OpsWorks, with Arch Linux, Kubernetes & Docker, Ansible and other NDA required software. Hire & manage teams. Assist in client development and sales.

Disrupt storage marketplace by challenging reining paradigms in providing low cost commodity storage servers and implementing high availability in software with a simple user Interface. Deliver storage as a service through an AWS S3 compatible API and web console.Design, test and manage the manufacture of storage and compute hardware. Implement easy to use storage systems software using OpenStack, Ubuntu, KosmosFS, Apache Tuscany, and other open source projects.Provide technical support, business development, and sales support for storage hardware and services.

Training at Puppet Labs, advising startups, and running CloudStor.it.

Hearst Inc. - Architect and implement infrastructure transition from physical datacenter to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for Elle.com, WomansDay.com, RoadandTrack.com and CarandDriver.com. Manage code deployments, site updates and maintenance. Recommend, install, configure and maintain Zenoss monitoring. Technologies: Amazon Web Services, Akami, VMWare ESXi, Ubuntu, CentOS, EMC/Celerra, Zenoss, LAMP, DNS.BlueWater Group - Use Zenoss, Remedy and MySql to manage ~3000 network devices, across 36 customers, perl and shell to automate process for 24/7 network operations center and customer deployments, management, and reporting.Assorted Clients - Implement Hudson continuous Integration pipeline, consult on JBOD storage architectures and implementations.

Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Support ~500 Macintosh OS X computers campus-wide. Administer Radmind to remotely manage OS configurations and all software updates. Write new modules in perl and shell for Xhooks to assist in remote administration.Deconstruct Apple's OS X boot sequence (which is completely undocumented). Construct a small network bootable OS X kernel package, and write the shell scripts to remotely upgrade 500+ macs across University of Utah's campus network from 10.5 to 10.6.

The Cobalt Group: support over 2000 auto manufacturer and dealership websites and applications, across ~600 servers. Consisting of Sun, IBM Bladecenter, and Generic “x86 whitebox” hardware, running Solaris, RHEL, Debian, and VMWare ESX. Support DNS, Oracle, Apache, Weblogic, and numerous custom applications. Lead engineer for supporting 10 NetApp NAS servers (F820, FAS960e) with over 100 Tb of data, and lead engineer for tuning VERITAS Netbackup architecture. Edison Schools / Tungsten Learning: Support ~400 geographically distributed school testing and grading servers implemented on IBM 340/350 eserver hardware, with Red Hat Enterprise. Support DNS, PostgreSQL, Apache, Perl, ModPerl and numerous custom applications. Build and deliver new servers. Distribute/update testing content across servers. Field 3rd tier customer support problems.

Portland, Oregon, Us

Manage website infrastructure including user accounts, DNS, and Apache. Install and configure Tomcat and Flash MX communications services for development and production servers. Assist with Java, PHP and Perl QA. Install and configure Subversion version control server and manage site release updates. Install, configure and maintain Redhat Linux gateway/firewall using ipchains and rinetd. Manage office LAN of Linux, and Windows 2003 servers with Windows XP and OS X clients. Research, specify, develop, test and deploy client and server systems for large format NEC LCD (42”) advertising display network. Prototype secure advertising content delivery and playback system using Apple Macintosh mini's, OS X, and open source software, controlled using Automator, Applescript and shell scripts.

Solaris/Linux Systems Administration Consultant to Sylvan Learning - Online Higher Education. Maintain approximately 30 local and offsite Sun and Linux website server systems and infrastructure. Troubleshoot and repair servers and software processes, update administration procedures, and install and test dual redundant Sunfire Database servers with RAID systems, and Oracle database software. Manage Legato DLT Jukebox and onsite/offsite backup operations.Website Production Systems Architect for eStable Inc. specify complete network, server, security, development and operations systems for stablegate.com, consisting of Silicon Graphics servers, FreeBSD and Linux operating systems, Oracle database, Cisco routers, Checkpoint Firewall one, and XGForce eCluster load balancing software.Solaris and Security Consultant to Medschool.com - Evaluate and implement security measures on Sun 4500's. Replace telnet with secure shell (ssh). Install and configure Checkpoint Firewall One. Write shell scripts for data back ups, and web site systems monitoring.

Design, configure and maintain a 50 server internet web site, with over a million registered users. Implemented on Intel servers running FreeBSD, Sun 4500's, Network Appliances and Sybase. Write shell scripts for data back ups, web site systems monitoring, and web site code development releases. Manage office FreeBSD and Macintosh workstations. Assist Perl, Java and C developers in QA process and manage CVS repositories.

San Jose, Ca, Us

For Cisco Systems configure and maintain CCO website, with over two million registered users. Manage Sun Sparc Enterprise 10000's, 4500's, Weblogic and Oracle. Integrate Perl, Java and C developers new features and applications into website operations. At Goodcompany.com design, install and maintain: Sun web servers, Firewall-1, SecurID, Legato and ichat. Write shell scripts for data back ups, and web site systems monitoring. Assist in planning and execute office move. For Hitachi.US - evaluate Oracle Web Server. Continuing consultant to BigBook Inc.

Assist in design & implement a commercial web site, using Silicon Graphics servers and Informix database. Manage Wan and Lan connectivity issues, hardware assets and repair. Write shell scripts to manage software updates, and provide development tools software and services. Assist Perl and C developers in QA process and manage Perforce software repositories. Implement Legato backup/recovery system and maintain Firewall-1. Manage 40 user Windows/PC LAN.

Zurich, Ch

Responsible for intranet web services to all CS United States locations. Install and maintain SGI web servers. Provide web content authoring using HTML and Java. Provide HTML, CGI, and Java training to CS personnel. Deliver time critical commodities and financial positions and summaries data to financial officers using CS intranet. Member of team that installs and maintains 150 seat commodities trading floor, using Sun workstation. Design and implement NFS services. Write shell scripts for software updates. Field daily user requests. Plan, install and administer Remedy help desk system. Monitor network/troubleshoot network using Cabletron Spectrum.

Member of 5 person team that manages 600+ node TCP/IP Based network, and maintain 130 Sun and SGI workstations. Design and implement Night Vision World Wide Web server using NCSA httpd. Write Perl programs and shell scripts to automate everyday tasks and disseminate network wide configuration changes, to Unix hosts.

Research, develop and implement test plans and procedures for real time Unix and MPX operations systems. Provide formal problem reports and recommend fixes · Unix administrator for Naval real time operations center: manage 30 Sun and Solbourne workstations, write shell scripts for software updates. Specify hardware and software solutions, and provide classroom training. Manage a 60 user Macintosh LAN.

Washington, Dc, Us

Support 24/7 real time operations using Sun and Soulborne Unix servers and workstations, and Gould MPX mainframe computers. Provide data analysis and reporting to national agencies. Manage team of 5 personnel.

General

Diploma, General Studies