Acting as the Engineering Manager of USA SRE Operations I'm helping drive the team towards delivering excellent operational success, as well as overseeing and guiding the technical direction of the solutions we implement.Kubernetes AdministrationAutomating deployment pipelines (Jenkins, Github Workflows)Implementing Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/Elastic, Honeycomb, Sumologic, etc)Terraform and Custom modulesScripting using python, go, ruby, etcArgoCD Kafka/RabbitMQ/Redis Kubernetes Operator Automation and deploymentsHelm

Kubernetes AdministrationAutomating deployment pipelines (Jenkins, Github Workflows)Implementing Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, ELK/Elastic, Honeycomb, Sumologic, etc)Terraform and Custom modulesScripting using python, go, ruby, etcArgoCD Kafka/RabbitMQ/Redis Kubernetes Operator Automation and deploymentsHelm

Worked as a lead SRE to help Raleys implement modern infrastructure practices and grow the enterprise in a scalable fashion using IAC principles while reducing technical debt. Notable projects include:Implementing Infrastructure-As-Code and Git source control across multiple departments. Modernizing legacy bash/powershell scripts and converting to Ansible playbooks.Creating Azure Devops pipelines to to deploy infrastructure resources in Azure and vSphere.Implementing Azure Devops CI/CD build and release pipelines to deploy and maintain Docker Swarm Clusters in Azure using Terraform and Ansible.Creating process to create a consistent build images using Packer, Ansible, and Terraform across multiple environments.Containerizing legacy applications.Creating pipeline tooling using powershell and Python to modernize legacy functionality delivered by bash scripts.Deployed Promethus/Grafana stack for modern alerting on Docker and container infrastructure services.

Worked as a delivery engineer for DSA Technologies on a wide variety of infrastructure projects, migrations, and deployments for customers. Samples projects include High level network troubleshooting for customers. This includes topics such as dynamic routing (OSPF,EIGRP/BGP/VRF,MPLS,MAN), and complex switching,  Analysis of customer environments for virtualization and networking projects.  Expert VMWare Troubleshooting (Troubleshooting Large Clusters) Exchange Migration and deployment. (2007 to 2013, 2013 DAG Array Creation, Net-New Installs) Firewall installation and migration. Projects include complex firewall migrations (Cisco ASA to Palo Alto, SonicWALL to PanOS, JUNOS.). Projects sometimes include H/A deployments (SRX Clusters, ASA Clusters, PanOS Clusters).  Installation and Configuration of Juniper/Cisco/Arista switching fabric.  Storage installation and configuration – Examples include EqualLogic Deployments, Nimble, etc. Delivery of large virtualization projects and rollouts, including VMWare View 6 and VCenter. VCenter migrations, etc. Delivery of networking projects – Switch Stack installation and troubleshooting, network rollouts, etc)

Worked as part of the VMware PSO team to deliver VMware EUC related projects to customers.

Acted as the lead System Administrator for the Superior Farms LAN/WAN network. Duties include ensuring network integrity of the overall superior farms intranet, including management of virtualization infrastructure, WAN sites, and server maintenance. Major projects thus far include:* Redesign of LAN infrastructure / Active Directory Structure* Designed and installed custom monitoring solution to ensure connectivity of all network sites. * Core Network Redesign and various changes* Implementation of Disaster Recovery Plan* Complete Redesign of Group Policy * Optimization of VPN procedures and remote site connectivity / access * Upgrade to ESXI 5.1 and design of a fail-over cluster * Roll out of Windows 7 to whole enterprise. * Upgrade from Citrix 4.0 to Citrix XenApp* Roll out of Microsoft RemoteApp.* Streamline and optimization of software deployment.* Ran the process of bringing several new sites into the WAN network of TransHumance.* Assisted in the migration of a Pervasive DB backed ERP System to a SQL Backend

Works with several clients in the greater Sacramento area providing a variety of network and systems support.Acted as the LAN administrator for the California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP)This role entailed supporting a medium size active directory environment containing approximately forty servers and four hundred workstations. Other duties included;Supporting and maintain Windows 2003/2008 ServersWSUS Patching / Software Enforcement Supporting a virtualized hyper-v server environment Managing Cisco switches and ASA firewallsWorking with Exchange 2007 Managing Backups with BackupExec and HP Storageworks devices. GPO Creation and deployment. General Active Directory Maintenance and support.Managing internal and external DNS servers. Network monitoring and reaction to incidents that occurred. Key involvement in a major migration effort between ADP and the Department of Healthcare services.

Maintained, managed and administered a large Windows Active Directory network. Planned, configured, tested and deployed system-wide images Provide printer administration and support Managed the OpenEye camera server Provided ongoing management and support of all hardware component's Provide end-user administration and support Upgraded Windows XP to Windows 7 for all of the digital signage in the building which included planning and the creation of the Windows 7 system image. Key player the opening of the Well at Sacramento State, which involved planning, organization and deployment of over fifty computers to be utilized by all students. Hardware: Dell PowerEdge Servers, KACE Appliance , Openeye Rack Servers, Rack installation/Patch Panel Installation, Dell Optiplex PC Support Software: Mcafee, Kbox, Active Directory, GPO Editing, Altiris, Acronis, Wireshark ­ Nmap - Windows Server 2003/2008 ­ Esxi Server, Vsphere, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows PE, WDS Services, Office 2010 Deployment, CommVault Backup Software, IPSWitch What's Up Network Monitoring, Adobe Reader Deployment