Leverage Amazon Web Services native architecture to deliver Infrastructure as Code for robust compute and highly available network and application environments. Manage tools that deploy the Continuous Integration and Continuous Development pipeline.

Tasked with O&M application support, Information System Security (ISSE), Cloud Engineering and DevSecOps for an Open Source Enterprise (OSE) multimedia service.  The Enterprise Multimedia Application (EMMA) processes and disseminates radio, video and internet broadcasts for analysis and downstream exploitation.  Leveraged Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure to build and deploy IaC in support of existing functionality and new AI/ML features, to include; closed captions, chyron transcription and electronic programming guides.Key Achievements:Developed IaC to build and deploy a new application feature that captures Electronic Programming Guides (EPG) from public sources, parses and inserts them into the multimedia application as an alternative guide source for live channel streams and scheduled programs.Helped lead the Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) submission effort for the EMMA, to include; authoring Body Of Evidence (BOE) documentation, the collection of control artifacts and resolution and mitigation of findings.Developed IaC and scripts and automated a weekly Jenkins job to collect and transform AWS Inventory data to satisfy A&A requirements.

Tasked with the implementation of a language training application using Amazon Web Services architecture. Works closely with application developers to ensure the application installation methods and operability are engineered correctly for an air-gapped AWS environment. Engineer and implement an anonymous, load balanced Squid proxy solution using Amazon web services for virtual and on-premise, local and remote client connections to internal applications and external internet resources.

Lead Linux engineer in the design, implementation and support of a secure, high performance, Linux application environment using Amazon Cloud technologies. Provided server life cycle management support for development, test and production environments for the entire enterprise. Engineered automated builds and images using amazon cloud technologies, configuration scripts and CHEF recipes to create and configure virtual servers and services in the Amazon Cloud. Integrate seamlessly with windows system administrators and engineers to implement active directory authentication controls, file shares and Linux desktops.

Team lead for a small group of system and application administrators that supported two enterprise application infrastructures used to query databases for link analysis and full text results. Engineered and integrated systems and storage area networks based upon customer needs and requirements. Provided expert UNIX system administration, application and SAN support.

Provide Tier II/III level support for a highly complex web service consisting of web, application, portal, database, and LDAP and DNS servers. Participate in Enterprise Infrastructure planning; design, development, implementation and operations and maintenance support. Implement build requirements for virtual and physical server infrastructures; install operating system baselines and patches, configure servers for installation of applications COTS and GOTS software.

Support and manage web application infrastructures and agile development environments consisting of numerous physical and virtual application, database and management servers. Make informed technical decisions that increase user production, performance and application availability.

Provide on-site vendor hardware and software support for a large intelligence organization. Consult customers and system administrators on Sun's best practices for hardware and software implementation and configuration. Assist customer in developing standard operating procedures for software provisioning and change management. Perform system administration on dozens of system controller hosts for Sun Fire High End platforms.

Manage production, test and development environments. Provide system administration support for multiple Sun server and multi-vendor personal computers. Design and implement web server environments for development teams. Follow best practices for database management of a large Document Management Software solution.

Manage data center and personnel network connectivity projects in support of new facility construction and installation. Schedule, monitor and quality check the installation of telecommunication, network, computer and storage systems based upon customer requirements.

Provide Tier II/III software and hardware support for Federal Government organizations in the Washington DC Metro area. Execute post sales hardware and software installation and configuration of enterprise class, work group, volume servers and desktops. Utilize transfer of information seminars and on the job training sessions to mentor junior personnel.

Lead system administrator for a large UNIX environment consisting of production, development and testing suites implemented on Sun hardware and Sun Storage. Provide and manage patch installation strategies, software configuration and system performance improvements.

Provide software and hardware support for Air Force Mission Planning sub systems. Perform periodic briefings to either solicit interest from or provide updates of software capabilities to Air Force squadron commanders, pilots and navigators. Train new personnel on the use of the system, and hold update training for existing personnel.

Collect and process voice data from telecommunication systems into its finished product. Monitor system activity and voice collection systems for reliability and performance. Execute nightly backups for over 100 servers. Respond to Tier I/II issues related to back end database server(s), hardware and software issues.

Collect and analyze raw electronics intelligence data used by Marine war fighters in combat situations to avoid threat and detection. Responsible for administering servers used to process the raw Intelligence data on a field platform engineered by Sun Microsystems. Maintained SQL databases, troubleshot hardware and software issues, performed backup and recovery functions, monitored system performance and provided data to engineers for enhancements.