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San Francisco, CA, US

• As the Primary AWS Engineer for Quantcast’s Internal IT Department, I drive automation initiatives and mentor engineers and operational staff to improve our cloud infrastructure. I focus on creating scalable, efficient.
• Implemented Terraform automation within our department’s AWS infrastructure, streamlining the provisioning of resources, reducing deployment times by 40%, and improving consistency and scalability in cloud resource.
• Developed and enforced infrastructure-as-code (IaC) standards that improved consistency and reduced the risk of errors in deployment, allowing the team to scale resources efficiently.
• Led a project to automate the deployment and setup of Linux and Windows EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager, Terraform, and Ansible playbooks. This process included joining instances to Active Directory, installing.
• Contributed to the development and testing of disaster recovery plans for AWS workloads, integrating Veeam Backup for AWS to streamline backup processes and ensure rapid recovery in the event of a failure, minimizing.
• Responsible for the creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of reusable Terraform modules to standardize and streamline infrastructure provisioning, ensuring consistency and scalability within our.

Plano, Texas, US

• Managed GitHub repositories and permissions, including branching and tagging.
• Implemented and Managed GitHub Actions workflows to deploy Terraform IaC to Azure.
• Implemented and Managed Terraform IaC to deploy/manage/support core Fisher cloud platform technologies such as Azure Firewall, Policy, NSG, VM, Storage Accounts, vNets, and Key Vaults.
• Implemented and Managed Terraform IaC to deploy Azure SaaS technologies such as Azure Data Factory, Azure Analysis Services, On Prem Data Gateway, Synapse, and PostgreSQL Databases.

Plano, Texas, US

• Sr. Engineer on Storage Modernization Project to shift storage technologies from Hitachi to NetApp storage arrays to take advantage of deduplication, enhanced recoverability options, and ease of management.
• Managed and maintained multi-site/multi-country VMware environment of 230+ Hosts and 1800+ VMs.
• Customized Powershell scripts to automate operational level tasks to help eliminate nonvalue added work.
• Sr. Engineer on Backup Modernization Project to explore and architect new enterprise-wide backup solution to enable greater flexibility, and recovery options.

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Diagnose and troubleshoot IT issues, deploy hardware, and maintain IT system health in support of day-to-day business operations for a company in the oil & gas industry with 600+ TB of data and a distributed workforce.
• Customized Powershell scripts to automate and revamp procedural communications with Tier 1 and 2 Help-Desk staff, preventing resource waste and eliminating personnel overtime
• Installed and configured VMware vSphere in HA Clusters and standalone ESXi servers, reducing costs of power and cooling
• Structured and implemented the migration of back-end enterprise storage from EMX NS480 to HP 3PAR 10800
• Served as the Windows Expert on a Security project and identified opportunities to reduce environment vulnerabilities by 80%
• Installed, configured and upgraded CommVault software in preparing EMC data domain back-up disk

• Managed IT infrastructure in sustaining 1100 workstations on various sites for the City of Bakersfield
• Performed troubleshooting on Windows server hardware and applications, solving network connectivity issues, resolving issues with email accounts, and configuring applications after installation
• Installed, configured and maintained Sophos anti-virus software to mitigate risk and promote system health
• Spearheaded VMware implementation for the City to reduce cost on hardware, power, and cooling

• Performed incident resolution and root cause analysis on the City’s Local and Wide Area Networks
• Tracked and documented all incoming inquiries, then identified and resolved concerns of all internal stakeholders, including employees of the City Police Department, City Hall, and Public Works
• Maintained upgrades, troubleshoot issues, and deployed custom solutions to address 40+ daily tickets related to all software programs, hardware and peripheral support devices
• Trained end-users in the proper use of software and equipment, delivered phone & remote machine support in response to service ticket system inquiries, and monitored overall network health