Phillip Kramp

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Solutions Architect @ Rancher Government Solutions
Charleston, SC, US
Phillip Kramp's Location
Charleston, South Carolina Metropolitan Area, United States, United States
About Phillip Kramp

I am an accomplished Associate Principal Specialist Solutions Architect with a strong focus on kubernetes and emerging technologies within the Public Sector Agencies and the companies that support them. I have over 19 years of experience in the field and regardless of the position I have always been dedicated to providing exceptional technical expertise and support to customers.As a Specialist Solutions Architect, I have excelled in leading workshops, conducting proof of concepts, and delivering impactful demonstrations to guide and enable my customers. By acting as a trusted advisor, I have consistently contributed to the success of various missions.During my tenure as the Product Solution Architect - OpenShift Team Lead, I demonstrated exemplary leadership skills by running office hours and supporting account teams to address customers' presale inquiries effectively. My expertise in Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (ACS) made me the go-to Subject Matter Expert (SME) within NAPS. I successfully conducted multiple PoCs, introductions, and demos of ACS, both for external customers and internal enablement.Additionally, my technical proficiency extended to installing, configuring, and utilizing OpenShift 4.x (OCP) across diverse environments, including Azure, Microsoft Azure Government (MAG), AWS, AWS GovCloud, VMWare, RHV, and BareMetal, even in disconnected setups. I actively participated in scoping, designing, and delivering PoCs for various clients, showcasing OCP's capabilities in their unique environments, whether on-site or remotely.As part of my commitment to continuous improvement, I collaborated with external vendors to test and coordinate enhancements, while ensuring seamless integration with Microsoft Azure Government and Azure Stack Hub support. My passion for innovation led me to participate actively in internal Hackathons, where I tested and enhanced products, including promptly filing bug reports for any identified issues.Throughout my journey at RedHat NAPS, I have consistently demonstrated a deep technical understanding of OpenShift and a keen ability to adapt to new technologies and environments. My dedication to providing exceptional service and support to customers has established me as a valuable asset within the organization.

Phillip Kramp's Current Company Details
Rancher Government Solutions

Rancher Government Solutions

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Solutions Architect
Charleston, SC, US
Phillip Kramp Work Experience Details
  • Rancher Government Solutions
    Solutions Architect
    Rancher Government Solutions
    Charleston, Sc, Us
  • Rancher Government Solutions
    Solutions Architect
    Rancher Government Solutions Sep 2024 - Present
    Reston, Va, Us
    Public Sector Pre-Sales support and enablement from a technical perspective in order to help customers succeed.
  • Bsides Charleston
    Board Member
    Bsides Charleston Nov 2024 - Present
    BSides Charleston is a 501(c)3 organization that was started in 2012 and has been held in Charleston, SC. Since its existence BSides Charleston has been attracting security professionals from all over the Lowcountry area for this one day event.Major conferences focus on the current hot topics in information security. BSides events explore the fringe of conversation and focus on the next big thing. The conversations have ranged from hardware hacking to gender issues, from Twitter hacking to proximity-based identity theft. BSides gives voice to the conversation that is happening just below the surface.
  • University Of Maryland Global Campus
    Adjunct Professor
    University Of Maryland Global Campus Apr 2023 - Present
    Adelphi, Maryland, Us
    Adjunct Professor in the Cybersecurity Department Graduate Program
  • College Of Charleston
    Industry Advisory Board Member
    College Of Charleston Sep 2021 - Present
    Charleston, Sc, Us
    Provide feedback from industry experience to the College of Charleston Computer Science Department on their degree program curriculum. This is a vital part to maintaining their Computer Science Degree Accreditation and a good opportunity for current students to talk to former graduates and others in the field about life after college.
  • Red Hat
    Specialist Solution Architect
    Red Hat Apr 2020 - Sep 2024
    Raleigh, Nc, Us
    Public Sector Product Solutions Architects• OpenShift Team Lead coordinating day to day operations and availability• SME Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes (ACS).Conducting PoCs, introductions, and demos of ACS for customers and internal enablement.• Installing, configuring, and using Openshift 4.x (OCP) in a wide variety of environments Azure, Microsoft Azure Government (MAG), AWS, AWS GovCloud, VMWare, OpenStack, and baremetal.• Scoping, designing, and delivering Proof of Concepts (PoCs) for a variety of customers to demonstrate OCP in the customers environment, both remotely and on-site as connected and disconnected installations as the situation requires.• Leading and assisting in a variety of workshops to enable current customers and future customers on Red Hat Products such as OCP and Ansible.• Writing instructions and Ansible playbooks to assist installation of OCP in Installer Provisioned Installations (IPI) and User Provisioned Installations (IPS).• Working with external vendors to test and coordinate enhancements with engineering and new support for OCP such as Microsoft Azure Government, and Azure Stack Hub support.• Participating in internal Hackathons to test out and improve our products.
  • Red Hat
    Senior Consultant
    Red Hat Aug 2018 - Apr 2020
    Raleigh, Nc, Us
    • Installing, configuring and hardening Openshift 3.x (Red Hat Kubernetes) for customers.• Supporting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to modernize their application development needs.• Implementing OpenShift in VMWare and Amazon Web Services (AWS).• Integrating the 3rd party tools required to support the pipelines, workflows, and promotions of the environment such as Artifactory, Xray, CloudBees Jenkins, GitHub, TwistLock, and SonarQube to name a few• Writing ansible playbooks to enable automation of deployments and configurations in order to support the goals of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) ensuring repeatability and reliability• Creating documentation and training for both the manual and automated steps to ensure customer success and enable knowledge transfers• Installation and configuration of supporting infrastructure pieces such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Red Hat Satellite, Ansible Tower, and Identity Management (IdM)
  • Caci International Inc
    Lead System Engineer
    Caci International Inc Oct 2015 - Aug 2018
    Reston, Virginia, Us
    • Lead systems engineer for a team of 35 people consisting of systems engineers, information assurance, testers, and software developers. • Provide engineer support for Defense Medical Information Exchange (DMIX) sustainment of the products Data Exchange Service (DES), Clinical Health Data Repository (CHDR), Bi-directional Health Information Exchange (BHIE), and James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (JAL FHCC) Medical Single Sign-On Context management (MSSO-CM).• Work to streamline and merge products while retiring older components to simplify and optimize the portfolio.• Evaluate, recommend, and implement replacement solutions for components that go end-of-life.• Responsible for scheduling and coordination of efforts ensuring resources are optimally utilized.• Capacity analysis and recommendations to keep up with growth and increase availability.• Regular meetings and coordination with customers and hosting partners to ensure continuing operations.• Regular meetings with current and future data sources and consumers to ensure changes and requirements are known to all parties, including line of site tests and coordination with DISA COMM LOB and NSOC.• Support production deployments as well as troubleshooting any production issues that may arise.• Submit and respond to tickets in the Defense Health Agency (DHA) remedy ticketing system.• Support rollout and connectivity between DMIX and Military Health System (MHS) GENESIS.• Support improvements to releases such as the roll out of Ansible Tower to production.• Support improvements to production metrics with roll out of AppDynamics to production.
  • Caci International Inc
    Information Systems Security Engineer
    Caci International Inc Mar 2014 - Dec 2015
    Reston, Virginia, Us
    • Run and analyze Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) and Security Technical Implementation Guides (STIG) for VBMS.• Create and organize VBMS Information Assurance (IA) Playbook to ensure standardized operations and continuity of knowledge.• Stand up Security Center and Nessus scanners to continuously scan and monitor the VBMS environments.• Analyze internal scans as well as scans from external audits performed by National Security Operation Center (NSOC) and Office of Inspector General (OIG).• Enter findings as environmental change requests to improve the security posture of VBMS.• Write Security Impact Assessments (SIA) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) as necessary.• Work with Production Operations to investigate and improve the security posture of VBMS.• Collect evidence and assist with documentation for the Authority to Operate (ATO) submission for VBMS renewal.• Conduct Static Code Analysis (SCA) of VBMS software code using HP Fortify and Dynamic Code Analysis (DCA) Burp Suite as well as track and enter defects from code analysis work.
  • Caci International Inc
    Sr Systems Integrator/Network Engineer - Technical Lead
    Caci International Inc Jul 2011 - Sep 2014
    Reston, Virginia, Us
    • Key member in the creation of the CDE for USTRANSCOM. Work included setting up, patching, and maintaining RedHat Linux Virtual Machines (VMs) and network infrastructure.• Technical Lead responsible for members in two locations including subcontractors. Daily status updates to the customers, and weekly leadership updates.• Responsible for setup and maintenance of CheckPoint R71 Virtual Firewalls and R71/R75 SmartCenters. Create requisite ACLs, routing information, • Setup and maintain CISCO ASAs 5510/5520 for remote access into the environment, as well as coordinate necessary port exceptions with SPAWAR.• Apply STIG (OS, Application, Network, Policy) to the CDE environment• Provided remote and on-site support for the installation of the production CDE at DECC, St. Louis.• Compiled monthly reporting of the Charleston team’s accomplishments for reporting to the customer.• Conducted Retina and Nessus vulnerability scans on scheduled and unscheduled basis. • Technical Lead for development of the CDE System Design Document (SDD), consisting of Visio diagrams and technical descriptions of the environment. • Wrote the CheckPoint, Remote Access, Nessus, and Retina section of the CDE System Administrators Guide, totaling 1,500 pages of detailed graphical and textual information.• Provide build documentation for the CDE Build Guide.• Coordinated establishment of a SPAWAR DMZ port exception for CDE testing and operation in Charleston.• Installed, configured and tested DISA’s Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) scanning and reporting functionalities.• Upgraded the Enterprise Integration Lab (EIL) Agile Transportation for the 21st Century (AT21) stack.• Conducted training for and supported the upgraded AT21 stack.• Delivered Distribute.mil 2.0 on the AT21 stack.• Provided support and management for continued Distribute.mil 2.0.2 development bridge contract.
  • Mantech
    Network Engineer
    Mantech Feb 2011 - Jul 2011
    Herndon, Virginia, Us
    • Assisted in building out the 6.5.3 Image Product Library (IPL) for DCGS-N Enterprise Node (DEN) test suite. Followed by building the cohost IPL for the pre-production suite.• Troubleshooting connectivity and authentication issues between remote sites/ships and the DEN.• Investigate and prototype a password management solution that can be deployed to a Tomcat server and maintain history and access to the passwords.• Work with Joint Communications Activity (JCA) to troubleshoot and fix the production IPL when new productsstopped showing up and looking into the logs revealed errors with ingestion.
  • Mantech
    Systems Analyst
    Mantech Jul 2008 - Feb 2011
    Herndon, Virginia, Us
    • Developed a SharePoint search interface to the DCGS Integration Backbone (DIB) using ASP.NET• Evaluated, tested, and recommended changes to Circadence about WARP for the USMC. On implementation observed a 600% throughput improvement over real world existing TCP/IP connections.• Evaluated, tested and recommended application virtualization technologies in order to promote client softwarebuilds that are more secure, reliable, and flexible from the enterprise down to the remote office user.• Helped to develop and deploy the EVS and Intelligence Analysis System Family of Systems ( IASFOS) Expeditionary Set (IES) systems to Afghanistan. These systems provide the Marines a scalable platform to grow their intelligence collection, production, and dissemination capability without requiring additional hardware.• Provided SME for system functionality and operations in support of numerous technical demonstrations of prototype solutions and technologies.• Participated in Empire Challenge 2010 Joint Intelligence exercise• Member of a “tiger team” implementing a strategy to introduce virtualization technologies into the IASFOS, a classically integrated project which deploys to environments ranging from enterprise wide area network (WAN) architecture to communications and environmentally austere tactical operations areas. Making efficient and effective use of ruggedized blade server hardware, VMware ESX server software, virtual machines and application virtualization, this new capability will enable the Marines to fully and effectively utilize their available IT assetswhile providing a robust, scalable, platform capable of supporting current needs and future requirements. Prototype capability sets are already operational, with a projected Initial Operational Capability for the larger capability being deployed in mid to late 2011.
  • Northrop Grumman
    Software Engineer
    Northrop Grumman Jun 2005 - Jul 2008
    Falls Church, Va, Us
    UNIX Integration lead on the first NavyMobile build based on the 4.x GCCS-M load• UNIX development (C++) worked on bug fixes for Configuration Framework for UNIX• UNIX testing of two Northrop Grumman programs including creating/updating test documentation alongwith implementing and creating tasks for others to fulfill these plans.• Created a new installation project using Install Shield Multi-Platform 11.5 for SIT-S• UNIX development (Java and Shell scripts) enhancing and debugging SIT-S. Including the creation ofsupporting usage and testing documentation as well as submitting and keeping to development andtesting schedules

Phillip Kramp Skills

Security Integration Network Security Troubleshooting System Administration Information Assurance Tcp/ip Cisco Technologies Unix Vmware Esx Sharepoint Dod Databases Firewalls Security+ Vmware Active Directory Linux Computer Security Windows Server Virtualization Software Development Microsoft Exchange Solaris Comptia Security+ Vsphere Redhat Vpn Rhev Checkpoint Security Shell Scripting Communication Teamwork Talent Management

Phillip Kramp Education Details

  • University Of Maryland Global Campus
    University Of Maryland Global Campus
    Information Technology - Information Assurance
  • College Of Charleston
    College Of Charleston
    Computer Science

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