Paul Kiley

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Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure Engineering - Cloud Native - Container Orchestration - Infrastructure as code (IAC) Terraform - Ansible - GitHub Actions - CI/CD Pipelines - Serverless Computing @ C4 Technical Services
Monroe, MI, US
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With over 15 years in the realm of cloud infrastructure engineering, my journey has been marked by a relentless pursuit of excellence in designing, deploying, managing, and refining Kubernetes ecosystems across an expansive range of environments, including both public and private hyperscalers. My experience extends into managing intricate VMware vCenter and NSX configurations within private data centers, particularly with VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (TKGI) and VMware Tanzu for VMs, showcasing my adaptability and depth of knowledge in cloud technologies.I bring a versatile skill set encompassing VMware Tanzu Infrastructure Engineering, comprehensive operations and administration, and the adept implementation of Tanzu Platform architectures. I've successfully navigated complex migrations, transitioning platforms from VMware Tanzu to various cloud-native services, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to drive efficiency and precision in deployments.Commitment to continuous learning and certification, especially within the Kubernetes landscape, stands at the core of my professional ethos. My endeavor to secure the Certified Kubernetes Administrator certification exemplifies my dedication to align with the industry’s evolving dynamics.The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) serves as the cornerstone for the Kubernetes ecosystem, promoting an open, standardized approach that embraces both open-source and proprietary solutions. My approach is harmonized with the CNCF's vision, ensuring the delivery of scalable, resilient infrastructures that seamlessly integrate with any cloud strategy, be it on open-source platforms or tailored commercial solutions. This perspective empowers me to architect and implement versatile, future-ready Kubernetes platforms that meet the diverse requirements of modern enterprises.My methodology prioritizes collaboration, strategic foresight, and innovation, aimed at fostering continuous improvement and leading-edge solutions. With a comprehensive background across various cloud platforms and technologies, I am poised to navigate the complexities of digital transformation, offering substantial value to teams and organizations striving to elevate their cloud infrastructure and operational effectiveness.

Paul Kiley's Current Company Details
C4 Technical Services

C4 Technical Services

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Kubernetes Platform Engineer - Cloud Infrastructure Engineering - Cloud Native - Container Orchestration - Infrastructure as code (IAC) Terraform - Ansible - GitHub Actions - CI/CD Pipelines - Serverless Computing
Monroe, MI, US
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Paul Kiley Work Experience Details
  • C4 Technical Services
    C4 Technical Services
    Monroe, Mi, Us
  • C4 Technical Services
    Platform Engineer
    C4 Technical Services Jul 2023 - Feb 2024
    Eagan, Minnesota, Us
    Integral member of the platform engineering team managing VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Integrated (TKGI) and VMware Tanzu for VMs, operating within a sophisticated VMware vCenter and NSX environment in a private data center.Developed a deep understanding of operational, configuration, and upgrade requirements for our platforms, ensuring seamless performance and reliability.Played a key role in cross-functional collaboration, liaising with other engineering teams responsible for VMware vCenter and NSX to coordinate upgrades and configuration changes. This collaboration ensured alignment with platform enhancements and supported component integrations.Strategized and negotiated upgrade paths and version compatibility matrices with other engineering teams, ensuring all products moved to supported versions that would remain viable for a reasonable timeframe. This process included thorough analysis and selection of optimal versions for compatibility and support.Coordinated the sequencing of operations across different teams' products, establishing a clear order of operations to ensure successful system-wide upgrades without compromising any team’s operational integrity.Advocated for and implemented best practices in system maintenance, upgrade processes, and inter-team communication, significantly improving project coordination and reducing potential for system vulnerabilities.Facilitated knowledge sharing sessions and provided technical support to both my team and collaborating teams, enhancing overall system understanding and troubleshooting capabilities.Contributed to strategic planning efforts, focusing on continuous improvement and long-term supportability of the platform infrastructure, ensuring robust, scalable, and secure operations.
  • Capgemini
    Technical Lead Cloud Platform Engineering
    Capgemini Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
    Paris, France, Fr
    Client 2 – American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation• Team Technical Lead - Platform EngineeringProject Durationo Approximately 24 mo.• Responsibilitieso Terraform – AWS Infrastructure Deploymento VMware Tanzu Container Orchestration via Bosh Deployment, Patching, and Upgrades (N-1) Platform Resource Monitoring, Scaling, Platform Tuning, and Advanced Platform/Application Troubleshooting. Write, Test, Deploy, and use custom CI/CD Concourse Pipelines Platform Automation – Bosh Directory, TAS, and Tile upgrades CI/CD Concourse Pipelines CF-MGMT Configuration, Deployment, and Management utilizing CI/CD Concourse Pipelines Wavefront o AWS Migration planning from VMware Tanzu to AWS ECS, ECS Task Definitions, Fargate, ECR, ALBs, Docker AWS CLI EC2 scripting, jq filtering Working with AWS accounts, VPCs, subnetting, IP address allocations, CIDR blocks IAM roles, user groups, and users S3 bucket • Software: VMware Tanzu, Ops manager, Tanzu Application Services, Spring Cloud Services, SSO, CredHub, Apps Manager, MySQL, and Wavefront• Special Tools: Concourse CI, Bosh, OM CLI, CF CLI, CAPI V2/V3, and UAA CL, Terraform
  • Capgemini
    Sr. Platform Engineer
    Capgemini Jan 2020 - Jan 2023
    Paris, France, Fr
    Client 1 Industry – Fleet Management• PCF Platform Engineer• Project Durationo Approximately 12 mo.• Platform Automationo Terraform – AWS Infrastructure Deploymento Deployment, Patching, and Upgrades (N-1)• Platform/Application Monitoring and Analyticso Platform Resource Monitoringo Scaling, Platform Tuningo Platform/Application Troubleshootingo Write, Test, and Deploy Concourse Pipelines• Agile Project Management Toolso Pivotal Tracker, BMC Remedy• Customer Communicationo PCF Infrastructure problem advisorieso Change management scheduling and advisories• PCF Development team supporto Advanced troubleshooting with application teams involving tracking down errors detected in Wavefront or VMWare Tanzu Application logs. • Train App Teams on Various Strategic Approaches for App Performance and Reliability. Provide information concerning the 15 factor design for cloud native apps.• Software Toolso VMware Tanzu, Ops Manager, Tanzu Application Services, Spring Cloud Services, SSO, CredHub, Apps Manager, MySQL, Wavefront, Splunk, VMware vCenter, Dynatrace• Special Toolso Concourse CI, Bosh, OM CLI, CF CLI, CAPI V2/V3, and UAA CLI
  • Ford Motor Company
    Pivotal Cloud Foundry Operations (Pcf Ops)
    Ford Motor Company Oct 2017 - Jan 2019
    Dearborn, Michigan, Us
    • BOSH* CF CLI• .ORG, Space, Application Operations* Vault• Concourse* Ops Manager, Apps Manager• Diego Cell, Go Router, HA Proxy• Healthwatch* PCF Metrics, Dynatrace, and Splunk* Scaling and maintaining PCF infrastructure* Cloud Foundry in Azure IAAS and On Premise VMWare infrastructure• Patching, upgrading, scaling, and migrating PCF infrastructure.• Isolation Segments* Enterprise Github* Agile work flow - Pivotal Tracker
  • Kinzit Technologies
    Consultant - Systems And Network Administrator
    Kinzit Technologies Aug 2016 - Sep 2017
    Southgate, Michigan, Us
    ● Administration and support of Linux RHEL, Centos, and Ubuntu servers● Administration and support of Legacy SCO Unix● Deployment and Administration of Windows 2008, 2012, and 2016 servers● Setup and deploy redundant Active Directory servers with Group Policy, DNS, DHCP● PowerShell and Batch scripting● Windows 7 and Windows 10 deployment and support● Microsoft License Management● Backup and recovery● Hyper-V deployment and management● Citrix XenServer 7● Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2 and related services● Microsoft Azure● Office 365 Exchange● Cisco routing and switching● Network management and troubleshooting● Customer support● Team Leader - train level 1 support in process and procedures● Developing IT road map● Infrastructure design and deployment● Server and application monitoring● SalesForce CRM
  • Tjgi Tech
    Network Administrator
    Tjgi Tech May 2015 - Aug 2016
    ● Administration and support of AIX servers● Administration and support of Linux RHEL, Centos, and Ubuntu servers● Deployment and Administration of Windows 2008, 2012, and 2016 servers● Active Directory and Group Policy● Managed redundant Windows server Domain Controllers● Managed Distributed File System with fail nodes● Managed Office 365 with Exchange and Lync● Managed the IT Roadmap for 1, 3, and 5 year visions ● Managed vCenter Server, 6. ESXi, 6.0, View Clients● Project manager – Voip phone system upgrades, Migrating onsite servers to the cloud. New facility IT blueprints. Hardware Lifecycle Management, License and support contract lifecycle management. ● Life cycle management of Dell Servers, Dell Laptops, Wyse Terminals, Switches, EMC SAN, Copy machines● Participant in a migration project from Cisco 3 layer switches to HP 3 layer switches● Participant in the migration of a legacy phone system to modern Mitel VOIP system.● Managed/setup FedEx and UPS World Ship stations● Microsoft Powershell scripting● Windows 7 and Windows 10 deployment and support● Microsoft License Management● Loftware print servers● Maintained various models of Zebra printers● Autobagger management and maintenance
  • Kiekert
    Server Administrator / Network Administrator / Cad Administrator
    Kiekert Sep 2013 - Apr 2015
    Windows Administrator● Windows Server 2008 and 2012● Active Directory and Group Policy● Managed redundant Windows server Domain ControllersCAD Administrator● CATIA V5 R18-22● NX● IDEAS● Teamcenter repositories at Ford, Chrysler, and GM● SmarTeam repositories at Kiekert Global Headquarters in Germany● CATIA with SmarTeam repositories● NX with Teamcenter repositories at GM● IDEAS NX● Dassault Systemes● SiemensOther Experience● In charge of backups to Tape library system. Creating custom windows images using Sysprep. Creating and deploying Windows Images using Windows PE. Kaspersky Antivirus● In charge of custom built help desk system● In charge of inventory management in custom built inventory management system.● Managed What's Up Gold network environment monitorUnix● Solaris Administration
  • Nutechs
    Windows, Aix, Vmware, And Network Administrator
    Nutechs Jul 2012 - Aug 2013
    Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Us
    Contractor at Venchurs Inc on behalf of NuTechs• VMware: vCenter Server 5.0.0, ESXi, 4.1.0, ESXi, 5.0.0• VMware View Administrator 5.0.0, VMware View Client 5• Windows Server 2008 R2 Administration • Domain Controller Administration• Active Directory: Group Policy and Organizational Units• TCP/IP Infrastructure: DHCP and DNS• Managed IIS Web Servers• Microsoft Server Update Services (WSUS)• Microsoft SMTP Server• Microsoft Key Management Service (KMS)• AIX 5.3 Administration• FacetWin• iSupport V11.2.0.0 - Server application administration, upgrades, migrations • SolarWinds Virtualization Manager v5.1.0, • SolarWinds Server and Application Monitor v5.5• SolarWinds Orion Performance Monitor v10.5• Office 365: Exchange Online• Administration of FOPE Online Protection for Exchange• Backup and recovery: Symantec NetBackup, Dell AppAssure, TOLIS Group BRU• Loftware server, On Demand Print 32, Design 32, managed 90 Zebra label printers• SAN EMC Corp AX4-5i
  • Monroe It
    Linux, Windows, And Network Administrator
    Monroe It May 2008 - Jul 2012
    • Linux Administration - Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu• Windows Server Administration• Network Administration• Puppet Installation and Administration• Installation, Configuration, and Troubleshooting of LAMP stacks• Installation and Administration of Asterisk PBX, VoIP gateway• Python Network Programming, Python Object Oriented Programming• Programming in Web Frameworks: Ruby on Rails 2.x and 3.x, Python • Pylons Pyramid, Python Django• Scripting: Python 2.x and 3.x, Ruby 1.8.x and 1.9.x, Bash• Install, Administration, and use of Atlassian Confluence, Jira, Bamboo• Tomcat installation and administration• NoSQL Installation, Administration, and programming with MongoDB• Cisco Pix IOS: Setup and Administration• Virtualization: VMWare ESX, VirtualBox, KVM, Xen, Amazon Web Services (AWS) EC2, Rackspace Cloud• Migrations: MS Exchange Server 2007, Office Windows 7, Mac OS X Lion, Google Apps for Your Domain email.• Client Software Support Dekstop Email Applications: Outlook, Thunderbird, Apple's Mail, Entourage, Desktop VPN: Cisco VPN Client, Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client, Microsoft PPTP, OpenVPN• Helpdesk Support
  • Mnx Solutions
    Linux And Network Administrator
    Mnx Solutions May 2008 - Jan 2011
    Monroe, Michigan, Us
    • Remotely manage / support Linux a large number of servers for a variety of clients nation wide using Softlayer, RacksSpace Datacenters, or other co-location facilities• Scaling high traffic web sites• Maintained procedural and client network documentation• Linux Administrator: Red Hat RHEL5.x, CentOS 5.x, Fedora 10-16, Ubuntu 8.x-11.x• Some experience with Unix - Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD• Secure Remote management: Key based authentication through SSH. • BASH • Custom file systems creation, management, tuning and troubleshooting using technology such as LVM2 EXT3, EXT4. Performed manual mounting, fsck, resizing, etc. • User and Group creation and management • Resource monitoring and management using tools such as top, ps, vmstat, iostat, sar, and many others• Repository and Package Management YUM, RPM, APT, custom compile applications, custom repositories, dependency resolution • Database: MySQL, setup and maintenance, backups, restores for various Linux applications• Email Servers: Postfix, Exim, Qmail, SpamAssasin, ClamAV, SMTP, IP reputation monitoring, • Administration of control panel systems: CPanel, Plesk, and others.• FTP Servers: Pure-ftpd, Proftpd• VPS: Amazon Instances, Sliceshost VPS, Rackspace Cloud• Server Virtualization: VMware ESX, QEMU, KVM, Xen, VirtualBox• Managed Bind DNS as well as Hosted DNS services• Apache2, Nginx, Ruby on Rails, Django• Backup and Recovery operations. R1Soft, tar, rsync, mysqlhotcopy, rotating backups• Security: filesystem, network, etc.• Network Troubleshooting: Firewalls, DNS, routes • Server Monitoring: SNMP, up time monitoring, system resource thresholds, first responder on alerts• Version Management: CVS, SVN, Git, Mercurial • Basic scripting using BASH, Python, and Perl • Cron management • Manage and customize Init scripts, chkconfig, and other startup actions, etc. • Syslog/Rsyslog management. Log rotation, log analysis for security, misconfiguration identification and resolution
  • Computer Works Inc
    Windows, Linux, Mac Os X Server, And Network Adminstrator / Mac Hardware Technician
    Computer Works Inc Sep 2006 - May 2008
    Computer Works Inc - September 2006 – May 2008On-site Administrator assigned to Mason Consolidated School District• Managed all IT projects and initiatives to include Windows 2003 Active Directory and Microsoft Exchange 2007 migrations and implementations• Instituted and managed group policy for users and systems• Supported all network infrastructure including Cisco core and edge switches, firewall, and wireless access points• Managed Barracuda spam filter appliance• SMS and Sysprep gold images for Windows OS.• Norton Ghost image deployments over the network• Trained end users with a new applications and adapting to changes in the IT environment• Supported all workstations, networked and local printers, and other peripherals• Upheld service level agreements via helpdesk ticketing systemApple Specific• Managed four Xserve servers running OS X Server 10.5 -10.6 Administrator• Maintained and managed redundant Open Server directory servers.• Lights Out Management (LOM) using Server Monitor• Managed mixed client environment including hundreds of Apple OS X laptops and hundreds of Windows machines• Managed the Network spanning 3 buildings interconnected with Cisco switches utilizing fiber optics for high speed LAN and a multitude of Apple Airport Extreme devices for wireless access.• Provided maintenance and hardware repair services for the Apple laptops and Windows workstations• Client Management: Profile Manager, Managed Preferences, NetBoot, NetInstall, NetRestore, Software Update Server, Portable Home Directories.• Workgroup Manager: Remotely managed user, group, and computer settings• Provided and managed additional client software: iLife, iWorks, MS Office 2008, Apple Remote Desktop• Created and managed master client images using System Image Utility• Apache Web Server, Qmail SMTP Server, SpamAssassin, ClamAV Anti-Virus, Squid Proxy Server, SSH2 Server, VNC Server, Bind DNS Server, Apple File Server (AFS)• Apple Active Directory integration
  • U.S. Air Force Reserves
    3S0X1 - Personnel
    U.S. Air Force Reserves Nov 1999 - Mar 2003
    Supervises and performs personnel activities and functions, including personnel action requests; source documents; unit, field, and master personnel records; and Commander's Support Staff (CSS) tasks. Interviews and classifies airmen and officers. Advises on career progression. Updates military personnel data system (PDS) records. Manages Air Force retention programs, assists military personnel in making career decisions, and advises on benefit programs. Ensures compliance with personnel policies, directives, and procedures.
  • United States Air Force
    2E8X1 – Instrumentation And Telemetry Systems
    United States Air Force Sep 1996 - Nov 1999
    Randolph Afb, Tx, Us
    Performed and managed design support, installed, calibrated, tested, operated, maintained, and repaired instrumentation and telemetry facilities, systems, equipment, and related subsystems.

Paul Kiley Skills

Twisted Windows Server Git Munin Sccm Citrix Continuous Integration And Continuous Delivery Postfix Hardware/software Installation Aws Cloud Migration Mercurial System Configuration Devops Infrastructure As Code Haproxy Centos Network Security Spam Filtering Aws Lambda Ssh System Center Configuration Manager Firewall Administration Virtual Private Network Group Policy Cloud Infrastructure Mac Os X Server Linux S3 Tomcat Networking Pylons Desktop Support Switches Tcp/ip Red Hat Linux Apache Memcached Microsoft Office Online Backup Wireless Networking Pivotal Cloud Foundry Varnish Puppet Cisco Ios Storage Area Network Concourse Ci Hyper V Cisco Routers Vmware Esx Tornado Bash Github Amazon Web Services Network Design Auto Scaling Hp Proliant Terraform Jvm Backup Solutions Docker Products Cloud Foundry Network Administration Scalability Technical Support Debian/ubuntu Container Orchestration Cloud Computing Software Deployment Confluence Zimbra Zenoss Cpanel Bosh Ssl Vpn Hardware Support Spamassassin Cisco Switches Load Balancing Python Help Desk Management Dns Management Serverless Computing Ec2

Paul Kiley Education Details

  • Baker College
    Baker College
    Computer Science

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