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Jacksonville, FL, US

Wrote Ansible and Python code to maintain Research Supercomputing Cluster with over 8000 nodes. Improved automation of code quality checks. Conducted code reviews. Documented standard development processes.

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• Developed 30+ Puppet modules controlling every aspect of O/S security-hardening.
• Used Azure DevOps for project and task tracking.
• Developed Python and Ruby code to analyze Github commits and pull-requests for all code repositories and present a one-page summary of pending code-changes.
• Developed Python code within Github workflow to automate CI/CD test pipeline.
• Developed python and ruby code within Antora and Github workflows to automate generation of Puppet module documentation.
• Developed and promoted company Style Guide; persuaded peers to adopt a consistent template for all Pull Request summaries, including blocks for Scope, Impact, Coordination, and Testing.

Reading, MA, US

• Developed complete CI/CD pipeline for Conning Financial using Puppet and Terraform.
• Use Azure DevOps for repository and project tracking.
• Supported database and application servers in AWS and Vmware.
• Wrote supporting code in Ruby, Python, Bash, and Powershell.

Henderson, NC, US

• Led CloudAwareFederal through FedRamp process.
• Wrote custom CloudAwareFederal plugins for Filebeat, Ossec, and Nessus using Ruby, Bash, Powershell, and C Language.
• Deployed all components of custom ELK (ElasticSearch, Logstash, Kibana) stack.
• Ensured that all code ran equally well in AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, VMware, and On-premise servers.
• Consulted with product owners to resolve performance problems.
• Used Jira for project tracking and task documentation.

Atlanta, Georgia, US

• Migrated NCR SecurePay team from onsite servers to AWS.
• Used Terraform and Saltstack to automate server deployment and configuration.
• Build high-availability services using HAProxy, Apache Kafka, and MySQL with InnoDB.
• Integrated with DataDog and PaggerDuty for host monitoring and alerting.
• Implemented MySQL clustering using Tungsten-replicated hot-standby, reducing DR-failover time from minutes to seconds.
• Wrote supporting integration code in Python, Bash, and Powershell.

Beaverton, Oregon, US

• Taught Verizon Telematics how to perform CI/CD for a single Java-based application.
• Built a complete CI/CD pipeline using RHEL, Puppet, Git, Jenkins, Maven, Selenium, and related open-source tools in a proprietary cloud environment.
• Demonstrated that each element of the pipeline could be independently and automatically rebuilt from source, on demand.
• Demonstrated that each individual commit to the source repository triggered a new round off unit, functional, and integration testing.
• Contributed improvements to top open-source Puppet modules.
• Developed and presented corporate training on promoting cooperation within the open-source community.

Tampa, FL, US

• Guided Home Depot through transition from Opsware to Puppet.
• Developed Puppet modules and Rspec unit tests.
• Deployed Spacewalk/Satellite, Kickstart, and Jenkins.
• Used Jira to manage project status.
• Mentored peers on Puppet, CI/CD, and code-quality.
• Contributed ServiceNow automation to simplify daily check-in process.

Norfolk, VA, US

• Wrote Puppet code to manage 400+ servers in support of the Homes.com website.
• Proactively deployed “FutureParser” to ease transition from Puppet-3 to Puppet-4.
• Deployed applications such as Apache, Nginx, NodeJS, ColdFusion, MongoDB, OracleDB, MySQL, Squid and PowerDNS.
• Enforced O/S Security hardening for Ubuntu, RedHat, and Oracle Linux.
• Contributed bugfixes to popular open-source Puppet modules.
• Used Groovy, Bash, and Jenkins to automate the creation of Debian packages from CPAN (Perl) modules.